The Washington times., 1910-05-19
CHAPTER VIII (Continued.)

sort Of a detailed account OF our
voyage down the coast and around
Florida peninsula; and lacking So
craft. as I am free to confress / DO ana
ever viii. my log would be q Siresome
thing and the butt for the ridicule OF the
Initiated
The days dragged along slowly enough
Tor the other members OF me crew
Even 10 me one tWenJy-fOur hours was
monOtOnOusly like unto another Yet
with this Wear1SoEue S8meueSS they were
ali a golden delight for me-
For once, and foE the trst time tnat l
could recau IN nay llIes I was absolutely
Care-Iree- 30 longer had I 20 scratch
Justify fer the living that the rates De
Erudged me. And there was absolutely
nothing al ali 10 do
NV meals came regularly as clock
work: a very grateful mama I found
them. Zeb had the knack Of infuslng
new taste TO his dishes, few as they
were IN number. limited as they neCes-
esssrily were under the circumstances
Then too i must allow thai the Sa-
line tonic Of the sea air can be blamed
IOT my appetite Wnicn was eLOE as
and entirely unluSTlIeds considering the
amount OF labor I carefully RETAINED
from doing
FaraGav was used 10 watch me at
meal times with . kind Of awe the
while making facetiOus comments-un-
I'll 7 remarked that l. not being N love
vas entitled TO a healthy man s ratiOns-
Upon which he dropped the subject
There was no doubt about this young
mans condition OF love-slckness- There
from. indeed. grew the sole cause for
complaint that had during those
Faraday possessed a flexible faEeolet.
upon which he OCcssiCnally performed
with a rather pretty pleasing skill when
so Inclined But ne was seldom so in
Clined-
He produced the instrument Of torture.
II ] remember rightly. on the second
night out, and leaving Zeb at the wheel,
went forward to the bows, where he set
tied himself comfortably and proceeded
10 indulge in a series Of the most ex-
CTuCiatingiy mOurnful and soul depreSs-
ing tunes in a minor KEY that I have
ever Sen compelled to listen To-
Understanding well enough the cause
Of his complaint ! could not interfere
The man was in love and thinking Of
his dear one, lamenCiug the weary waste
Of time and water that separated him
The worst Of It was that one couldn't
get away from It The piercing melodies
filled all the circumambient atmosphere
and seemed 10 cast q pail OF sadness
over the face Of the waters.
one could not sleep nor think nor
smoke comfortably 1t was very very
1epressing-so much so that once or
twice I found Zeb, his face COntorted
with woe meditatlng upon his mlSdeeds
and repining that he had not taken a
seat on the sinners bench during the
last revival which had CONFUSED the
black population Of Culpepper-
From what he cOnhded 20 me "a more
than willing listener, since the sound OF
his voice tempered the sErillinE OF the
Internal tOOtle-tOOIle from the bOWs)- 7
and abandoned darby south Of the
Mason and Dixon line.
But IN the morning after a spell OF
slumber he would have reEalued his
spirits. and for the rest Of the day his
voice would raise the winds
He was q good boy, that Zeb- I cana
10 like him quite well before the end
OF the voyage most respectful negro.
such as are bred in the South. and
quite q relief after one has submitted
TO the bowling self-suffciency OF the
Northern product
And any one more devoted 10 his
master than Zeb was TO ''Marse Tom
would have been hard to ind
Luckily. and perhaps Il may have
been remarkable We had little dirty
weather TO distress US The wind might
have Deen tempered 10 rs snOrn iaTnoss
the better to hasten our progress
one bright jeWeled day succeeded
another, ana TO my mind the Beau Cal
liant fairly few through the water
She was trim little craft as 10 lines
although remarkably neglected FaTa-
day explained the clutteTed confusion
and the CRIME upon her decks by saying
that he got along well enough without
wearing himself and Zeb out by eternal
II cleaning up
tine that man might more prohta bly,
devote 70 smoking OF possessing his soul
10 the dulcet strains OF music Ia fiage-
However, he cursed her daily for d
sIuggsrdly old tub. and told ne that
there was beyond doubt no less than
barnacles living on her hull
ne seemed to be IN q hurry TO get
20 Culpepper, while was QUITE con-
tent TO let the days slide along as
they would-pTovtded the tobacco
Tba 7ir1t we left the Key West
HIGHT behind US and raced out into the
blue balmy gulf Of Mexico, his spirits
improved immensely He did try 10
tootls out dead march from the f1ute
thing, but there seemed TO be q hitch,
disCord. somewhere. and he gave i
uD-rather reluctantly imagined
knowing that there = no one so sOT-
Ctloly Iover-and broke into a rat
Ting breakdown
Later and earlier than vas his
won't he put the instrument aside and
went below. where he lighted thu
lamp / followiaS him after an in
tcrvaI. found him pOriug, bat-lil1a,
Ger the letters from SpotSwOod and
his daughter snd knowing that these
would play the deuce with his eye
SiEht. I promptly took them away
He did not object.
Hammond he said, after a silence
r some minutes duration do vOT
7--aW 7 think YOU and I are trembling
--- the verge q finding 2 forture27
YOU'D better not think so. then. be
t--so II YOU do We won't. That's the
S--aiEhtest tip from a uon-suPersti-
+ious man that ever you received. It's
h- experience all the way through life
ttat the man who talks about hls
dee 1Dointed'
There's something in that know
he admitted We noticed IL nv ou-r
self 7 have sometimes fancied there
are malignant little 6evils-evfI spirit.
IF q Sort-always lowering at our Shout
ders, ready TO pOunce on the first WORD
We utter concerning our plans, and
JhereUpon 20 set about 70 thwsrt them
Yes, 7 think you're right But there,
surely a puzzle In these papers this
matter Of the green lamp. that Ia.
for its solution-well, 70 my mind. roth
III -
has concealed
And BY the way, do ycu happen [,
remember giving me the pawn ticke
Scr that watch2''
''I surely DO; handed it to you Wit
the bills
He sucked Al his pipe thouEhtfuliy.