The Washington times., 1909-09-08
SAILING IN CIRCLES

the nice time you had in the ships
YES shuddered Nash.
1T will be repeated in double dose n
you refuse to talk and make clear
| confession"
"I have nothing TO confess"
There will be no beating around the
BUSH" said the captain, sticking out his
ugly jaw. This is man to man. II you
don't tell all you know, and tell 1t at
once, III have to introduce you TO the
third degree, as practiced on sailors
ahoa rd ship
"But ! haven't anything to confess, -
reiterated Eben, bit fearful OF the
threat.
picking up a rope with a heavy knot at
/ the end Of IT,
yes" answered Eebn, wondsringly.
"Do you know what I'll do with 1t If
you refuse to answer2''
"IH get one Of the seamen to take
you below and use it on you until you
will talk"
the kind OF punishment meted out
aboard ship, but he had never imagined
that IL was praCtiCed I'm so cruel way
| in this age. Also, he knew the way a
knotted rCpe would smart on his heSn.
But I haven't anything to tell you.
he repeated. Il haven't done anything.
There's conspiracy against me- !
don't know anything about II, except
I
| the double cross
"A likely storyi" sneersd the captain.
you'll be telling me neX that my hand
is against you, too, and tfat you haven I
, The captain laughed. cyniCally.
"Then you refuse to Ialk2" he said
| his eyebrows narrowing.
IT have nothing 10 say"
The captains hand went out like a
shot and he pressed a button.
Get me an abie-bOdied seaman and
tell him to report in the stoke hole,
ordered the captain, his teeth set grim
The messenger disappeared and the
captain turned to Eben.
Young man" he said. 'I have never
been forced to do this but once before
and that was in a crisis almost as bad
as this. One Of the seamen stole four
thousand pounds sterling that we were
carrying in the safe as freight. He
| hid it cleverly and 1 w5s forced to re
sort to this device to get the informa-
| ton out of him. It worked on him
and IL viii work on you; IL can't fail u
Eben was all cold perspiration-
You can't do such thing. It's In
humanr' cried the young fellow.
You'll see if I can't. Come alOngF
The captain jerked him to his feet
| thrust the knotted rope into his pocket
| and forced Eben below.
They went through a long corridor
until they came to the engine room
/
| When the engine room was opened
Nash shrank back, his nostrils tingline
with the hot air that rushed out.
Good God. captaint" he cried. "You
aren't going to take me down theroT
For answer the officer pushed hin
down the steep. oily s.airs.
| The seaman was found by the fur
/ naces, waiting 20 obey the captain s
/ orders.
| II was the heat OF he'll that greeted
/ Eben. He could hardly stand UP under
| II. and the thought of being beaten In
/ such hole made him shiver and trem-
/ bic like q reed in the wind
! He could not get the upper hand OF
| himself. His imagination had got the
/ better Of him.
| The captain handed the knotted rope
/ 20 the husky seaman. Then he turned
| TO Eben.
"I don't Ike 20 do this But the
! safety OF the ship depends on Il. VII
| you tell me what YOU know; 7 ask you
for the last timer
| mo: 7 can't tell anything, because
don't know anything" Eben answered
| stoutlv
| Then. by heaven, III make you
| talkr' cried the officer. giving a sigma
to the seaman to commence.
| At iust that moment a hatless man
| with outstretched arms, rushed into the
| group, a look OF terror on his face
The Continuation of This story VII
BE Found in TOmorrOw's
Issue OF The Times.