Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-24

would be no more difficult TO raise
money on personal belongings In Ant.
werp than anywhere else. II has been
observed that the first flower Of civ.
llizatlon Is the rum blossom. the next
the convcntionalizcd heurdc.lls Of the
money lender. There would be pawn.
shops. then. In Antwerp. and Kirk.
wood was confident that the sale or
pledge OF his sicnct ring. scnrfpin.
matchbox and cigar case would provide
him with money enough for n return
to London by third class. at the worst.
There well. all events were OH the
knees Of the gods. He'd squirm out Of
his troubles somehow. As for the
other matter, the Calendar affair, he
presumed he was well rid of it-with
a sigh of regret. II had been a most
enticing mystery. you know. and the
woman In the case was extraordinary.
to say the least.
The memory OF Dsroshy Ca;ensa.
made him sigh again. And he sat up.
bumped his head. CROPPED round until
his hand fell upon n doorknob. opened
the door and locked out into the
blOwzy emptiness VI the ships cabin
proper, whose gloomy confines were
made visible only 10y the rays Of q
dlngy and smoky lamp swinging VIC.
lently In gimbals from deck beam.
klrkwood's clothing. now rough
dried and warped wrrtchcdly out Of
shape. had been thrown carclessly on
transom near the door lie got up.
collected them and. returning TO his
berth. dressed at leisure. thinking
heavily. dlsgrunilcd-ln humor us
evil as the after taste OF bad brandy
In his mouth. lie had slept away
some eighteen or twenty hours. lie
felt stronger now and bright enough
and enormously hungry Into the bar.
gain.
Abstractcdly. needless OF the fact
that his tobacco would he water
soaked and ruined. he fumblcd In his
pockets for pipe and pouch. thinking
breakfast time. His pockets were
empty-eyery one of them. He MS.
simulated this discovery In patience
and cast an eye about the room. Il
locate, II possible. the missing prop
erty. But naught Of his was visible
So he rose and began more pains
taking search.
The cabin was at once tiny. low
cellcd aud dcpressngly gloomy. IT.
furniture consisted entirely In a chail
or two. supplementing the transoms
and lockers as resting places. and n
center table covered with a cloth OF
turkey red. whose original aggressive
ness had been darkly moderated by
libations Of liquids. principally black
coffee and burnt offerings Of grease
and tobacco ash. Eight bells sounded
and. from the commGtion overhead. the
watch changed 4 little later the com.
panionway door slammed open and
shut. and Captain S'rykrr fcll down
rather than descended. the steps
Without attention to ,hc American
he rolled into the mates r,Om and
reused that parsonage. Eirkwo0d heard
that the name Of the second In com.
mand wss 'Obbs. ms well Ms that he
o''uI'Nu lllt
After brief exchange Of comment
and instruction Mr.. 'Obbs appeared In
the shape Of walking pillar OF oil.
skins, capped by SOU wester, and
went on deck. Stryker. following him
out OF the statcroom. shed his own oil.
ers In clammy heap upon the floor
opened locker. from which he brought
forth n bottle and dirty glass. and
turning toward the table. for the frst
time became sensible Of KlrkwOods
presence.
low. there you are. eIgh. little bright
eyes," he exclaimed. with surprised nn
imation.
Good morning. Captain stryker.'
said Klrkwood. rising. II want to tell
you
But Stryker waved one great red
paw impaticntly, with the effect Of
sweeping aside and casting Into the
discard Kirkwood's intended speech OF
thanks. Nor would he hear him further
did you ave u nice little nnpT" b,
interrupted. Come up bright an
smllln', eigh? Now I guess"-the EN-
phasis made 1t clear that the captain
believed himself to be employing M
Americanism, and so successful wa,
he In his own esteem that he could no
resist the temptation to improve upoi
the imltation-"na.ow ] guess yeou'r,
abaout right ready. bent ye. to hev /,
drink. sonnyT
mo, thank you" said Kirkwood
smiling tolerantly. "I've got any
amount Of appetite"
lave you, now:" Shryker dropped
his mimicry and glanced at the clock
breakfast" he announced. will b,
served In the myne dlnln' saloon n
eight n. m. Passengers Is requested
not to be lyte ut tyble"
Depositing the bottle on the said tn
BILE, the captain searched until b,
found another glass for Kirkwood an,
sat down.
: 'Do you good" he inslnuated, push
Ing the bottle gently over.
mo. thank YOU" reiterated Kirk