Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

1 all those awful reefs and thlngsl No;
you must not say you have done moth
ing marvellous. DR.. Christobai has
| told nae everything. Next to Proyi-
dence, Captain Courtenay, we owe our
! lives to you.v
Courtenay felt it would hurt her
were he to smile at her earnestness.
But he did say:
| "Surely it is not SO very remarkable
| that should do my best to safeguard
| the ship and such of her passengers
and crew as survive last nights or
DEAL
Il shall never understand how |
came TO fall asleep, said Elsie. q
remember feeling very tired. | sat
| down for q moment, and that ended it.
| The next thing heard was rapping
on my door and DR.. Christobal's voice
bidding me hurry If would see the
| entrance to the harbor.''
The two men exchanged glances.
! Courtenay laughed so pleasantly that
1t was good to hear.
"Yet there was / up aloft, lnaneu-
| vering the ship in the firm faith that
DR.. Christobal was busy in the cooks
galley" said he.
"Ah, we have news for you'll" cried
Elsie. "One of the poor fellows who
was knocked on the head during that
terrible fight for the boats was the
master cook himself. He is better
now, and breakfast can be ready in
five minutes. I'll go and tell him"
| She ran off, and Joey scampered by
her side, for he knew quite well where
the kitchen lay.
| Bromide is useful at times" MUIR
INJURED Christobal, watching Elsie un-
til she had disappeared. Then he turn
ed to Courtenay.
II suppose you have seen nothing of
| the boats?''
"No sign whatever And could
hardly have missed them if they were
here They may have escaped, but
doubt it. The sea ran very high for
time, and the Kansas scraped past
so many reefs that 1t was almost inn
possible for each of the three boats to
have done the same.''
Even if one or more of them reach
ed land there is small likelihood that
they would turn up in this particular
bay! =
"That is true, especially if they used
their sails The Chileans who got
away in the lifeboats would know suf-
fcient of the coast to make northerly
course, while my parting instructions
to Malcolm were to keep to the north
all the time"
Il wish now that poor Isobel Barring
and the others had not left u.s." said
Christobal sadly.
| Coultenay was about to say some
thing, but checked himself. He was
not blind TO the aspect of affairs which
| TolIemache had summarized so pithily.
It might yet be that those who remain
ed had more to endure Then Elsie
summoned them to breakfast, which
was served on deck, as the salon had
been temporarily converted into hos
lpital.
Before sitting down Courtenay paid
a brief visit 10 Mr.. Boyle Christobal
| told him not to allow the wounded
man to talk too much, complete rest
for a few hours being essential. But
Boyle's paIlid face lit up so brightly
when the captain stood by his side
that it was hard not to indulge him to
some extent
s.Huh,s he said, his gruff voice strong
as eyer, @ChristobaI was not humbug-
gin me when he assured me you were
all right. Where are we?''
"In a small bay on the east of Hano-
yer island. have not taken any OBJ
servations yet, and there is no hurry.
old chap. You'll be out and about
| long before we move again"
Boyle smiled and closed his eyes.
81 heard the anchors go. and then i
knew that all was well. You're the
| luckiest skipper aaoat. Huh. the
bloomin' Kansas was lost not once.
but twenty times"
"Are you in pain, Boyle?' asked
Courtenay, placing gentle hand on
his friends forehead.
"Net much. More stiff than sore. 1t
was a knockout blow Of its kind. I
can just recall you haulin' me out Of
the scrimmage and -
1T will be your turn to do as much
| for me next time. Try to go to slaep
| Wen have you on deck tomorrow"
Courtenay noticed that there were
only four other sufferers in the sa-
! lon Three were fremen Injured by
| the explosion. He had a pleasant
word for each of them. The fourth
was a sailor. either asleep or uncon-
scious, and Courtenay thought he rec
| ognized a severe bruise on the mans
left temple where the butt Of his re-
| yoIver had struck hard.
When he returned on deck be learn
c1l that two other members of the
crew, in addition to the cook, We're
able to work. Walker had set one to
clear up the stokehold. His compan-
ion, a fireman, had relieved Mr.. Tolle-
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