New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

ING in and out of the galley during the trouble
While they were mastering, Willie, with seaman s
eve had taken stock Of the upper works OF the brig,
and he noted feature unknown to him IN any craft
he had sailed in At the main royal masthead was
small spar hoisted 70 the truck like the staff OF fly,
and from it depended number OF wires, leading to
the deck and into the cabin .
Does any O ve know, he asked IN Prelfhi,
nary what that coutraptiOn IS at the man royal
masthead?"
No one knew Wagner the German surmlsed
that it might be kind OF wind vane, omth, the
defeated did not care what It was, the dark man
and brother thought II might be lightning rod ana
the Frenchman and the Italian frankly acknowledged
"WeII to he'll with it," said Willie The idea is
to git this brig back SOS GIT ashore m done
wi gon' to sea az in me will and me cnoce! Wen
drive this hooker back and won't stop for pilot
dive hear Wen pills her up on the erSey SANDS
and git back to Cherrs s-st. Are YOU Wld me
They were with him. e.ea the man at the wheel
Welding to this dominant personality Nl!he, from
the top of the house gave the orders toward wearing
shin to course due west which, whether true or not,
must certainly bring he brig into contact with the
coast of North America. This done ne descended
from his elevation and met the stripping n the Tor
ward companion
father Won't YOU Ie, me into the cabin:
We'll kid " said Willie. beaming into the boy
fresh young face with smile OF approbatlon are
YOU the shippers son,
Yes. sir, and Ia like to be with him He's my
father"
He accompanied him 20 The after cabin ana ad-
deck "A fine lad ne unused Its pity ne
grow up To be a man.
Ills anger had cooled. Yet when he found the
II crew listening to = lecture mutIny from The
reluvcuated second mate he iuContucutly bundled
him into the arnproon. and, there being no key III
the lock nailed the door fast Then he put the htrce
and vosifcrous little first mate into the boatSWaln
locker securing the door in the same manner and
continued the lecture himself
Mutinv." he said Whea he had reused their Wa
verug spirits level with his own IS only "a word
and the punishment Is matter geiun caught
We won't git caught When did we sal from Ne"
York;
Has the wind held steady"
Yes. due north. IT Is now. all night
Then if II holds, ought to make the coast
after dark tonight Wen beach her pull ashore IN
the boat and scatter
1t seemed feasible There were a Chinese cook and
steward to consider bu' these were noncombauve,
and evidently in fear of WIie's bg fist On being
sternIv questioned thcN trenblngy promised TO play
no tricks and were allowed to continue their work.
THE brig slid along at about seven knots impeled
L bv a brisk beam wind from the north, and all
went well for an hour There craft nearer
than the horizon, and these seemed all outward
bound except one, huge warship, nearly hull down
in the southeast
Willie walked the poop in a state of mind unknown
to him before He in command for the first
time in his life, and men actually obeyed his orders
Not since childhood had he known such pure. en-
thusiastic happiness There were few minutes OF
disquet however, while this potential hour was tick
ing off the clock.
A sound from below as of boards being broken in
two by some strong man hands, raspng, cracking
sort OF sound sent him into the cabin investigate
The skipper not breaking down the bulkhead;
he quietly seated in chair, holding book, and
his Young son seated before strange looking in
strument on a table \ little disconnected, Willie re
locked the door and returned to his post of command
As he looked round he noticed that the warship IN
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