Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-17


with 1t.
"ship will strike soon," he said.
Gray turned on him sharply ooh,
NONSENSE" he exclaimed. What has
put that absurd notion into your
heady"
Know this coast"
But we are far out ut sea-"
Fifty miles from danger line two
hours ago; thirty now"
Are you sureT
Certain"
"Do you mean to tell me that In
three hours or less the ship may be Il
wreckg'
"Will be-" said Tollemache. "Ilavc a
cigar And he passed well filed
case TO his companion.
The American was beginning TO take
the silent ones measure. He bit OF
the end of cigar and lit 1t.
whats at the back of your hcad?"
he asked coolly. The other looked to.
ward the Chilcans.
'Those chaps are rotters," he said.
you think they will cut up roughT
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steward and the padre"
Gray felt That here was n man after
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sest OF MANHOOD Is nppiied by ship'
wreck or hre'
Got gum he inquired.
"CaDin-soing Tor 1t trst opportuni'
W.
same mere. But the captain VIII
give us some sort OF warning.
ferhaps not. DE quick. die happ!'
linen Gray smiled, ana ne couid not
heip saying, TEL You what, cousin, II
you shoot as straight as you TAX THESE
stewards VIII come 10 heel, no matter
what happens.
fair shot, admitted Toliemache,
ana he staiked OH to MS stateroom,
While the count was vociferatinS FOR
the last time:
cuel bon pitt roi c'etait lal
La, la'
Between Elsie and Dc Poincilit the
chorus made quite n respectable din.
Few noticed that the salon main com
panlon had been opened again until
| the sharp bark Of dog Joining in
the. hand clapping turned every eye
| toward the stairway. Captain Courtc-
| nay was descending In front ran
| Joey, who of course imagined that the
| plaudits of the audience demanded
recognition. Courtenay had removed
| his oilsklns before leaving the bridge.
His dark blue uniform was Hecl;cd
with white foam, and sou'wester was
tied under his chin: otherwise his ap.
pcarance gave little sign of the wild
tumult without. Joey, on the other
hand, was very wet dog and inclined
| to be snappy.
81 regret TO have to inform YOU" said
Courtenay, with the measured delib'
GRAFTON of a man who has made up his
mind exactly what TO say, that the
ship has been disabled by some acci'
dent, the cause of which Is unknown
at present. The unfortunate result Is
that she Is In position of some peril.
There was sudden stir among the
Chilean stewards, whose wits were
sharpened snfliciently TO render TIC
captains statement quite clear 10 theui
lsoDel uttered niue SOD Oh terror
ana Mrs. somervllle gaspeu audlpiy
"Oh, my poor children' Elsie, mel
lips parted, sat FORWARD on inc piano
stool. Her senses seemed 10 nave Dc
come intensified all at once. she could
see everything, near everything sou',
OF the Chileahs ana spahiaruS crossed
themselves; DINERS sWorc' Count hu
GUARD brcathed nara ana mutlefed
Grand Dieu" She wondered why thI
captain ana MI. Iollemache, VINO hao
returned from his stateroom ana was
standing III the hait iiSht Oh door
way, should simultaneously drop theil
right hands into coat pocket MI
Iollemache, TOO, gave queer llttl'
nod TO the American, who mad move'
near TO lsoDel ana placed mana OF
her shoulder Elsie was quite sure ina
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