The Springdale news., 1909-02-17

lieutenant
 "she's a smtll boat came h the clear tones of the lookout "driftin' down :"
 Any one in herf" asked Carter
 "Can't make out yet sir No ones in charge though. sir
 Captain Parkinson appeared, and Carter pointed out the spcek To him
 ..Ycs Give her full speed. said the captain, replying to . question from the officer of the deck.
 Forward leaPed the swift cruiser. all too slow for the anxious hearts of those aboard For there was not one of the Wolverines who did not expect from this aimless traveller of desert seas a the least leading elew ta the riddle that oppressed them.
 "A loft therel9
 Ave aye sir.
 Can you make out her buildf"
 "Ridcs high, like Il dory. sir.'
 "Nasn't there dorv on the Laugh ing Iassf7 cried Forsythe
 "0n her Stern davits, answered. Trendon
 "It is hardly probable that unat- tached small boats should be drifting about these seas" said Captain RarEin- son thoushtfaly If shes I dery she's the Laughing Lass boat
 That's what she is said Barnett "You can see her build plain enough now.
 4Mr Barnett, will you ge aleft and keep me Postedfs said the captain
 The executive officer climbed fs join the lookout As he ascended those be- low saw the little craft rise high and slow on I broad swell
 same dorv.n said Trenden .l'd swear 10 her in Gonstantinohle..
 "What else could she be- Hattered Forsythe.
 "Somethin that looks tite=a Han in the bottom af her, sang out fhe eHan s nest Two of ,em. l think
 For five minutes there Was stiffness aboard broken only 6v an occasional low voiced conjecture Then from aoft
 .'rwo men reHin' in the boftem'
 Are they aIive4.
 "No. sir Net that can see
 Tue wind which had heeH extremely variable since dawn now whipped around 4 couple of points. swinging the boats stern t5 them Barnet. put ting aside his glass for moment. call cd down
 "That's the ane sir I eaa make out the Haiaes
 sG'ood said fhe captain quietly eWe should have neWs at IeaSt
 lives 1T MeGHiHe,n suggested For sythe iu low tones
 4or RHs Edwards" amended Car ter
 @Not Edwards said Treadan
 How dc you know demanded For sythe
 sBory WIS aboard when 8e found her the second fime after Edwards had left
 can you make out which ef tue men are in her*7 hailed the captain
 "pon.t think it,s any of our people" came the astonishing reply from Bar nett
 Are you slue.,
 T can see only one mans face. sir II isn't lEes or McGuire He's a stranger to me
 rlt must te ane of the crew. then
 "Na sir beg your pardine. called the lookout Nothin like that in our crew. sir"
 The bodt edIae down uIan them swiftly Soon the quarter deck was looking into her. she was ef type common enough on the high seas. cX eept that ! step for a mast showed that she had presumably been used for skimmius about open shores of her passengers one lay forward. prone and quiet X length of sailelalh spread over him made f Impossible ta see his garb- .Nt Hls breast aa ugEs WoWBer- anee. outlined vaguely. AiHted ae- formitY
 The other >prawled aft. aud at a nearer sight of him some of the men broke out iuto nervous tittcrS There was some excuse for sureiy such a scarecrow had never before heen the sport of wind and wave. \ thing of
  face overruH with a scrub Of beard and preternatnrally drawn. sarmeunt- ed with a stiff dried dirty cloth semi turban. with q wide, forbidding stain along the side, worked out the likeness to a makeup
 My Godr' cackled Forsythe with hysterical explosion. and again "My God."
 long drawn, irrepressible aspira- ton of expectancy rose from the war ships decks as the stranger raised his haggard face. turned eyes nHseeingly upon them and fell back. The forward occupant stirred not. save as the boat rolled
 From between decks some one called out sharply an order. In the grim si- fence il seemed strangely incongruous that the measured business of ships life should be going forward as usual Something within the newcomers con sciousness stirred 10 that voice of au- thority Mechanically. like some huge. hideous toy, he raised first ole arm, then the other and hitched himself halfway up on the stern seat His mouth opened. His face wrinkled. He seemed groping for the meaning of a joke at which he knew he ought to laugh. Suddenly from his lips in sur prising volume raucous, rasping. yet with certain rollicking deyiltry fit to set the head a-tit, burst a chanty. "Oh, their coffin was t.elr ship. and their
 grave it was the sea