The Washington times., 1909-09-02
SAILING IN CIRCLES

In the first instance it had been Hickc
who had called attention TO his sup
posed cheat at cards lie remembered
wildly the conversation he had over
heard between Hicke and PiCketzo, the
! first day, when he was seated between
/ the .CHtilatOTS.
He realized that Hicke and Pfckeizo
were plotting against him for some
/ reason or other What that could be
he could not imagine. IL was almost
clear TO HIM that these two men ndd
| in some way stolen the captain S
watch and hidden it in his trunk to
cause him further annoyance.
He racked his brains for their pur-
pose I'm all jhis He had done them
no harm. Why should they pick upon
/ him as their victim?
From this his thoughts flew TO Bon
neT He could not understand the sur
l prised look on mis- friends face when
| he first saw Hicke. That, too, was
! vivid i'm his mind. What did Bonner
| know about Hicke? If he did know
something why didu he come TO Nash's
aid with the intoramtOn2
Going from this thought he came to
MarjOry and her treatment of him. It
was fine Of her 20 sympathize WITH him
when he was suspected by everybody on
board
Nash had never been in love; he knew
of it only from his friends. He thought
/ suddenly that his admiration for Mar
jory was an absolutely new experience,
and possibly akin TO love.
He made q mental picture OF her. il
I
could bring her before his eyes in al
most real form, and yet he had hardly
thought of her since ne was aboard.
Closing his eyes, for IL was so dark
/ In the room that there was no necessity
in keeping them open, he summoned up
/ picture of the girl. She was tall, well
dressed and charming IN every respect
II was surprising 10 Eben that she
should have taken any interest in him
| from the start, and yet he set It down
as nothing more than sympathy with
! her fathers views. Her deep brown
eyes glOwed through the whole picture
with a quivertng warmth He Won
dered IL il could be possible that he
| loved Marjory Bonner
Eben had never believed In love at
first sight, re thought Of it as most Of
us do, sort Of medieval idea. Yet
why was il that the girls picture was
! so firmly imprinted on his mind, and
! why did he see her now that he was
alone and in the worst Of holes2
For a long time he occupied his mind
with this wonder. linen there came a
, sudden noise at the door and 1t was
thrown open abruptly.
Nash was almost blinded by the sud
den light after so much darkr ess and
1t was several moments before ne could
see and realize that food had been
He took the platter mechanically and
then the door was closed, and locked
again Eben was hungry, he began at
the same kind fed to the cattlemen, but
! be did not mind that.
His hunger forced him TO eat, and
be managed 20 make away with a GUAM
tity of the sea biscuit and salt junk be-
fore he began TO notice the motion of
the boat
Evidently a storm was brewing out
side, for the ship began 20 toss Vio-
lently and Nash jolted from side TO
side as he ate.
The motion grew into a sort OF mo-
nOtonOUs rhythm, and TO Eben's sur
prise he followed the motion with a
dread certainty which told him that
| he was about to be in the grip OF NAL
de mer.
He fought against the feeling that
had begun 10 steal over him He reached
into his pocket and tried to find another
anti-seasick pill. But the search was
useless, he had been stripped by the
masteF-at-arms before being locked up.
Eben lurched with the boat ana
made one last frantic effort 70 keep
his feet. Then he sucCumbed and fell
| to the floor, imprisoned in a room three
! feet square with seasickness as horrible
/ companion.