The Washington times., 1909-09-01
SAILING IN CIRCLES

arms. Hicke gave a garbled account
of the fight, and then the captain de-
livered his ultimatum.
In view Of what has happened he
said, and in order to maintain order
aboard ship, i shall be forced TO put
Mr.. Nash under guard. l will not put
him in irons, because the ofense. is not
serious enough. But, understand, Mr..
Nash, If you cause me any more trouble
aboard this ship o viii be put in
irons at once. Do you understand
Yes" answered Nash, sick at heart
at all the trouble that had been thrust
upon him. But What do you mean by
being placed under guard. I'm afraid L
don't exactly understand.
The master-at-arms viii appoint a
deputy to accompany you everywhere
you go on the boat, and you are prac-
ticaily under arrest during the whole
voyage"
But tina is ou~trageous!" cried Nush.
Everybody will shun me. 1 can't
stand that"
you brought the trouble on your
self replied the other. with dnality.
Then he turned 10 the ships policeman
and ordered him to appoint a deputy to
take charge OF Nash.
Eben went out of the officers room
with a confused feeling. Bonner accom-
panied him and tried to cheer him up,
DuL MS enOfts were useless TIE dep
uty was appointed and Immediately be-
gan 10 dog Nash's footsteps.
Inside Of an hour Eben could have
killed the deputy, the very sight Of the
Watchtul mans face acting on him Ike
a red flag to a bull,
1t was afternoon when he encountered
Marjory Bonner again.
n came over and spoke TO him. 1t
was good to have two friends aboard,
but in Nash's desperate position il took
even more than that to bring him from
the depths Of melancholy in which he
had been sunk.
We'll, I hope you've seen the last Of
T-nrnhNn M hnnHI NJ Nah - cold ~
girl Father is so sorry for you and
50 am j. for that matter. You've had
ali il-starred voyage from the start.
Here we have been out only twenty-four
hours or 50 and you've found three
scrapes. 1 hope you've used up all your
III luck"
There are six more days to travel I
don't know how ! shall get through
them. The rate L nave been getting into
trouble can't last very much longer"
Yes; I think things will take a turn
for the better" she said.
1T doesn't look as though I could
reinstate myself on this ship, but I'm
going u dc my best" replied the young
for il in some way and get the respect
Of my fellow-passengers before the
thing is through"
Il guess you can do that without much
trouble" said Marjory.
I'm not so sure OF it. The way
EFL.rHN 1870 -r N
that I'm a criminal Of some sort. II
Will be hard 10 overcome the impression
/ have all eady created
At that momen the master at arms
stepped up TO the deputy who was
g%uardin. Nash. He spoke to aim in a
low tone. and then left Immediately.
The guard went over TO wlere Nash
was conversinR with Miss Bonner.
There has been a robbery or board"
he said, land the master has asked me
10 search you and have you unlock your
luggage, SO we can look through it, he
explained.
What vas stolen?'" asked Eben.
"A valuable watch" replied The dep
uty. 1T was living on the captains
table When YOU were IN there last"
Good heUvensi' cried Eben. This
is the beauty of being a suspicious char
acter. What II that watch IS really
found IN some Of nv luggage
n thought overwhelmed him. Sucn
strange things had happened 10 him on
board shin that ne had learned to ex-
pee the improbable. With a peculiar
feeling Of anxiety he went on with the
guard 70 help in examination Of his bag
gage.