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No am not" angrily returned
Jerry. His PATIENCE was going fast
You certainly are displeasing me
greatly. I no longer can doubt that
you find pleasure in your actions. You
must not imagine. sir. that am 90 be
triaed-"
Father. I think I am capable OF do
ing some of my own thinking now"
was the heated retort. Jerry's cheeks
were aname and his blood was boiling.
"Ungratelul-"
Unreasonable" and Jerry checked
himself as quickly as he had checked
his irate father.
Wallace Chambers was so angry
that ne brought his teeth together
hard and clenched his hands For a
moment his tongue burned the words
that came.
You may go 90 your room now" he
finally said. forcing calmness. But
shall have something to say later on,
remember"
eff you insist on saying something.
father. say IL now"
you know well enough how 1 feel
towards Marsylla Bayless."
And you know how I feel"
Again You are unreasonable You
will not listen You are fighting
against the best thing that fate has in
store for you. You are more than in
dependent-you are downright bull
headed. sir" Again the blood surged
in the fathers veins. and again the
ire and resentment Gared up IN Jerry.
Il do not love Marsylla BayIess."
snapped Jerry. and the match YOU
would have made would be a curse to
both % as"
Again | say YOU are unreasonable;
YOU are displeas ne me nightly" and
the fathers tone - an ominous ring.
Il am no longer a boy. father"
You may go 90 Your roomt" half
cried the father LET this stubborn
moss wear on and youU come 20 see
that your father is risht-that the
College-bred youngster is wrong"
Jerry went Go his room with brain
airc, and in q few minutes. from a re.
clining position On the couch. Ee was
rushing clouds az smoke across the
room. There was but one thing 20 do
to acQuiesce 90 his fathers way OF
against IL. Then thoughts OF the fu.
ture flashed across his brain. 70 was a
question now OF the supremacy OF
'colors of the old and the new.
Which should triumph
IL said Ia show father" he anCrilv
mumbled. as he sprang 90 his feet.
land TN 90 iti"
He heard two strokes from the old
clock downstairs before he finally fell
70 sleep The FIRST faint light of morn
ing aroused his troubled senses. and
he arose and went into the street. lie
walked TO a small park a few blocks
away, where he brought himself as
nearly as possible 20 a calm. dispas-
sionate way of thinking over the mat
ter. His father aSd mother were at
the breakfast table when ne returned.
sleep well. Jerry? asked Mr. Cham
bers.
mot very" answered Jerry.
BED too now?"
Perhaps"
did you have pleasant dreams IN
your old room. Jerry?" asked his
mother.
enough 10 have a dream"
Wallace Chambers smiled and Jerry
hdgeted in his chair
The last day OF the influence OF the
sign Of Gemini was but a few days OF.
Jerry all alons had felt that he would
have difficulty in beginning the first
month OF his absence and he deter
mined that ne could not act too quick
iy In laying his prel minary Strings"
Towards three o'clock IN the after
noon he went 70 the foot OF South
street. where freighters Of all nations
were moored. He walked along the
docks until he reached a place where
the boats were scattered and not
numerous. He stopped at one Of the
piers, where he accosted an old,
pleasant-feced tar.
Anybody around here need an extra
man." Jerry asked.
by golly." laughed the sailor.
there don't seem to be no end to
you fellows that want places. You're
the tenth that's been long today
lookin' to ship. There amt vacancy
anywhere. I'll warrant. This is the
time when everythings taken. There's
a heap more men n there's places for
'em. But say" and he cast his eyes
over the young collegian. you don't
look like one thar wants TO ship.
You're too trim and tidy"
Don't count too strongly on ap-
pearances," smiled Jerry. Il probably
want to so to sea more than any Of
the other fellows that have been along
here"
Pears Ike you could buy passage
TO any port"
so l could. But / must earn my
way ! must go to sea for a month
and land on another continent Seems
strange. doesn't ito"
1T does that. What's up?"
"Oh. nothing much to"
"Trouble?r
"No trouble that would dri We me
away You see. IL am unLer con
tract TO earn my way at SEA for a
month-lost a bet. you kno-s."
Never shipped before?"
Il have never been on =. freight yes
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