The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-01

rI.err--aaH aiI oftnis aIe 81 ~
tneas of e. e6la. He'd squIrn p1i q
hls troubles somehow As lol tto
other natter. tbe CaleadaF aaa'f. ~
nra amed hP was wen 10 of ii--Nit1
slxb of regret e bad been 2 nort
oniIelne mystery. you know. end -
woman IN fhs case vas extraordinary.
20 ray tie least
ne msnory % Dorothy Caisndki
ms6e BIN aiEb asain And be eat un
-bumpe1 BE bead. groped round nnil
hIs hand feif upon e doOrkuob, opened
ths door and looked out into the
bi0Wzy emptiness Of the ships cabin
pFoper, whose gloomy confines we're
made visible only b. che rtgs Of 2
dingy and smoky lamp swinging vio-
lently 90 Fimbals from 4 deck beHm.
KiFkwood's clothing now rough
dried and warped Wretchedly out Of
shape. had been thrown carelessly on
q tEanB0m near the door He got Bp.
collected them and. returning 70 his
berth. dressed st leisure. thinking
heavily. dIsgruntled-in q humor e.
eVll as TIE afteF taste Of bad brandy
20 his mouth. He had slept away
some eighteen OF twenty hours BE
felt stronger now and bright enough
and enormously hungry into the bar
cain
Abstractedly. needless Of the fact
that hls tobacco would be water
sonked and ruined. be fumblPd 10 bis
rnckets for pipe and pouch thinking
20 soOthe the pangB Of hunger against
breakfast time. His pucketR were
enpty-eVeFy one of them He as
simfated this discovery IN patience
ard cast an eye about the ruom, b
iuyate n possible. the missing prop
priy But nadght Of his wns visible.
~ he rose and begun more pains
taking search.
The cabin was at once tiny. low
.ni!cd and depFesslngly glOOmv. It's
furniture consisted entirely in chair
~ two. supplementing the transoms
sad lockers as resting places. and q
inu+pr table covered with cloth Of
uriey red, whose original aggressive
rr~s had been dnrkly moderated by
m atIons Of liquids principally black
rnf'pe and burnt offerings Of grease
ard tobacco ash. Eight bells sounded.
1rd from the commoti0n overhead, the
watch changed. a lt1p later the com
naniOnway door slammed open and
shut. and Captain Strykcr fell down,
rather than descended. the steps.
Without attention 20 the American
be rolled into the mates room and
reused that parsonage. KiFkwoOd heard
that the name Of the second m com
mand was 'Obbs. as well as that be
occupied the afarbOard stateroom aft.
After a brief exchange Of comment
and instruction Mr.. 'Obbs appeared IN
the shape OF a walking pillar Of oil
skins, capped by n sOu'wester. and
went on deck Stryker following, him
out Of the stateroom. shed his own oil
ers In a clammy heap upon the floor. Z
opened a locker. from which he brought
forth a bottle and a dirty glass, and,
turning toward the table. for the first
time became sensible OF Kirkwo0d's
presence.
'Ow, there you are, elgh, little bright
eyesFs he exclaimed. with surprised an.
imation.
Good morning, Captain stTyker,"
said KlrkwoOd. rising. II want TO tell
you
But Stryker waved one great red
paw impatlently. with the effect Of
sweeping aside and casting into the
discard RIrkwOOd's intended speech Of
thanks Nor would be hear him further
"Dld you ave a nice little napTT be
interrupted. Come up bright an
smilln. eight Now ! guess"-the en-
phasis made It clear that the captain
believed himself TO be employing az
Americanism, and so successful was
be IN his own esteem that he could not
resist the temptation to improve upon
the imitation-"na-Ow guess yeou're
abaout right ready. bent ye. TO hev a
drink. sonnyT
"No, thank you," said KlrkwOod,
smiling toleraDtly. I've got any
amount Of appetite"
"'Ave you, now?" ShFykeT dropped
his mlmicry and glanced at the clock.
breakfast" be announced. "will be
served IN the myne dinln' saloon at
eyght A. m. Passengers Is requested
not to be lyte at tyble."
Depositing the bottle on the said "a.
bic. the captain searched until he
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