, 1909-06-03

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Tuttle's insanity was ne necessary n
make me act-his brutality to thoss
women below, his shanghaiing me jn,o
this fool scheme. were enough. am
for taking possession of the yess.l
aver IL we have to LASH him to nj,
berth"
Eat was not to be done, monsieur
And why not? Must We sail with
a madman? This IL no regular yoy.
a"e; not a maj Lb .-.. - ...gned M.
itrs. futile is no btl.ar tLan
irate. and to overthrow him and az.
sume control of the yacht would no,
be mutiny. We might sail straight
back to Valparaiso and not a thin,
could be done with U.s."
The mate shuffied from one foot IA
the other. his black eyes hardening
Now, see here, Mons. Stephens" he
burst out. Eat was only re half of I,
| Sure we not regular crew. but we part.
ners. Eat was re way 1t is. We take
re big chance for re profit. Zose sail.
or-men for'ard nave Messing agains' zs
futile. ley sink he tell truth. May.
be icy sink him a bit queer In re head
may be zey not like his praying, or bis
talk of re spirits, but so long he sail
re ship all right, zey stick wiz him
Eat all zey know-how sail re shin:
DIM re rest! ley believe wat he tell.
icy di .iCe zose pesos every watch be.
uw. Eats il. If we lay hand on re
mate, by gar. ze lads fight for him till
l,y drop. ley will do 1t, monsieur, an
an IraftN frll ynp mn II. uyilI ,,nL.
zem sink anysing but zat you try rob
ZEN OF zeir share. ! know sailor-men,
an in case like zis. you got to 20
dam slow"
You are speaking for yourself and
Anderson As well as the men, | take
it?"
Maybe so. monsieur: wy not? We
nave long voyage. an nov we not so
cry lar from Eat place we aim at.
Zen wy not tai Dol long Eat lati-
Jude before we turn north again? wy
OF, monsieur? Sure you not blame
mt for feel like zat?"
No, DE Nova. | don't blame you.-
replied. honestly, although disap-
o!nted at his confession. That's
natural enough. Still. l hoped there
was a little French girl down below
who might be worth more to you than
wen that fantastic dream of money"
He did not meet my ayes, his own
3aZe out over the gray tumbling wa
ters. Blu he smiled good naturally.
Il nevaire suppose, Mons. Stephens
he returned quietly. Eat a girl care
less for man II he have plenty re
ahfuk yau lnyE ~ M n,,L.
much difference to re ladies'. below.
ley have ze plenta eat. ze coal to
burn. Maybe zare b. truth in re mates
story; anyway. it North re try. My
hare of re pesos be bettaire as =
sailor-man's pay. Out. why not?"
The man IA undoubtedly right
rom his point of view, and l compre-
hended fully the utter uselessness Of
any further argument. was still
practically alone: yet now l had an
understanding which greatly strength
med me.
Then why did you speak to me
about Tuttle?"
ITO warn you take care of yourself,
monsieur: to have you keep YOU eye
on him."
That, then. is all you expect me
to do?"
so | sink: Eat will be all so long as
he sail re ship right, an keeps away
from re ladies'"
Ay, but would he? The vagaries OF
a crazed man were beyond all guess
ing, and TO be cooped up in the con-
mes OF a narrow cabin with one. and
he in virtual command, was anything
nut a delightful position. l no longer
doubted Tuttle's mental condition; in
a way had suspected 1t long before.
out now possessed positive proof,
Even as | gazed down over the rail at
the white foam rushing past US, 1t
was TO perceive the appealing eyes Of
Lady Darlington. De Nova's voice
aroused me,
Would you min to Civ me re pres
ent position of re ship. monsieur"
glanced around at him, startled by
so unexpected IA question.
our position! Don't futile prick
on the days run or the chart?"
Maybe he do. but he keeps re maj
In his W room. He get YER mad
We | ask him to see wat It was. Eat
was wat he have agains' you-ze
taSin' OF re observation. He not seem
To want us to know. l understan' NOT
wat he be up to. but l have to guess
were We was for maybe two week"
gave him our position according to
my latest figures. and we went for
ward. to the c%harthouse. hunting
among the maps there until we
hnally discovered an old one partially
covering our course. BY means of
This Indicated with some
about where we were. and the point
loward which we were driving the Sea
queen, | left him studying over It
ana descended the eompanionsteps.
unwilling longer to remain out of sight
OF those | guarded. NV lady met me