Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-12

tails. There's 40 money In that game"
Money is not everything in the
world. A mans career may be more
to him than the mere monetary aspect
of it,
''If ever you meet my missus you'll
hear the other side Of the question:
Miss Maxwell. S'posin' Courtenay was
in the navy an had wife an family
to keep. could he do it on his pay?
Not he. AS it is. he's sure to marry q
girl with pile an wind up a managin'
owner"
Perhaps he is engaged to some such
young lady already?"
Haven't heard So You may be sure
there's one waitin' for him somewhere
| know. There's no dodgin' luck, good
or bad. l thought it was goin' to be
that friend of yours, but she's off the
register, poor lass. There! l didn't
mean that. I'm an idiot, for sure.
You see, don't talk much. as a rule,
Miss Maxwell, or should know better
than to chin-wag like blazin'-huh,
ike DaDDlln' fool"
Elsie turned her face aside when he
mentioned Isobel 1t seemed to her
sensitive soul an almost unfair thing
that she should be gossiping about
trivialitieS when the girl who had
commenced this unlucky voyage in
such high spirits was lying beneath
that grim sea behind the smiling head
land. Yet she knew that Boyle meant
no harm by his chatter. He, was weak
from his wound and perhaps trif1e
light headed as the result Of being
brought from the stuffy salon to the
airy and sunlit chart room. So she
crushed a sorrow that was unavailing
and strove to put the sailor at his
ease again.
81 do not find any harm in your re-
mark" she said resolutely. Were it
possible should have been very pleas
ed to see Miss Barring married to a
man of strong character like Captain
Courtenay. By the way, who is keep
ing watch on deck"
''The doctor was here with me until
few minutes ago. Then the skipper
telephoned him. guess there is some
one on the lookout, but you might just
cast an eye shoreward. I'm not sup
posed to move yet"
He wriggled uneasily in his chair,
for the spirit was willing, but Elsie
made him lie quiet. She rearranged
his pillow and stepped on to the bridge.
By walking from port to starboard
and traversing the short length Of the
spar deck she could command a view
Of the bay and Of most parts of the
ship. She heard the dog scuttiing down
the companion. On reaching the after
rail she saw the captain engaged in
earnest. low toned conversation with
ToIlemacne ana Walker. Iney were
standing on the main deck near the
engine room door and examining some
thing which resembled a lump of coal.
She saw the engineer take three SINH
lar Jumps from a pocket.
Christobal appeared, carrying buck
ct of water, into which the Jumps were
placed by Walker, who handled them
very gingerly. After a slight delay
he began to crumble one In his fingers.
still keeping it in the water, until
finally he drew forth what Elsie rec
ognized at once as a stick Of dynamite.
Though 1t was blackened by contact
with the coal, she was certain Of its
real nature. She had visited a great
many mines, and the officials always
scared the ladies Of the party by tell
ing them what would happen if the ex-
plosives were 10 blow up. She had
even seen dynamite placed in the
sun TO dry, as it is very susceptible to
moisture, and she wondered, naturally
enough, why such a dangerous agent
should be hidden in or disguised as a
piece Of coal.
She thought that the men should be
made aware Of her presence, so she
leaned over and said:
May l ask what you four are plot
ting?'
They looked at her in surprise. They |
were so engrossed in their discovery |