The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-25

Choose your own poison, Mr.
Howard" he offered bOspitablys
/ indicating a sideboard loaded with Dot
{ ties We have pretty nearly ever
/ thing there is A single steamer - -
month brought Us more than We cOuiu
drink IN lifetime What 1 have mere
doesn't represent half her selection
There is beer in the ice box over IN mat
{ corner. If YOU prefer It
Tpo1 Howard's accepting the beer,
his host set half a dozen bottles on me
table. adding one Of whisky Tor niIrlSel1
'ROurJon Il good enough Tor ne, ne
d bserVed- Il sample the fancy Crinks
once in while. but always come back
TO the straig stuff I'm surprised that
you dent also You are naval olllcer-
aren't NOuE ] hope you are DeIleE UP
IN other details OF your profession
Howard laughed Hard drinking ism
exactly compulsory in the service, he
''Oh. no offense, I was only joking. Of
course Issuppose you have specialists
IN that line as well as IN others From
what I read in the papers that drift IN
10 use here, I take Il that everything =
being specialized nowadays What s
your particular line-nGvIEatngs engi-
neering. summarizing
Howard laughed again This IS an
/ age Of Specialization, all right, cap
tain he returned. but II hazE L
( struck the navy yet QHite the con
/ trary- Only a year or two ago. Con-
| gTess wiped out all special lines and
/ insisted that all officers should know
( everything Perhaps 1t was right
/ but
5 but you don't think so. We'll, it's a
good thing 10 know all about your
own job II You can / suppose, how
( ever, you can't help specializing more
or less For instance, you must have
( special men who manage your sub
Z marines
+ Not exactly StfH. only a few men
{ have had any experience in that line
! Yet The boats are too new and TOO
3 Few 10 give everybody q chance Vet
( Personally. I have been lucky enough
I 10 have had a good deal OF experience
I with them, but comparatively few others
! have as yet
/ Forbes threw himself back in his
I char with a look OF intense satisfa.c-
. ton on ms face That's good he
: said heartily "'HumphI BY the way,
{ Howard, this party Of yours is a curl
: ously mixed one
You think soy
+ oh, it's eviden- on the face OF III
) Have a ClgaTette2- a navy officer,
I New York policeman, and q girl;
{ t1aI 8 odd enough, isn't it, Not mat
Z sailors and girls are antfpathetic-uufre
| the cOntraTy-but where does the police
man come in2 I don't quite place him
I IN the picture
! Howard lighted his cigarette with a
{ steady hand T believe he had been
( 10 Porto Rico 20 bring a convict back
, 20 New York ne returned
: "A convict Humph, Too bad he
/ didn't bring him here. There's never
+ a law or God or man runs in the
/ SarSasso sea I'm UP in the modern
I poets, you'll observe Howard we
J have no extradition here. Well as
I was saying. Neptune makes some queer
/ bedfelloTs- especially here Who IS the
I lady. by the way
/ Miss Dorothy Fairfax, daughter Of
/ Col John Fairfax, a millionaire railroad
I man, who has been building lines IN
/ Porto Rico OF late His daughter was
/ on her way home after visiting him on
I the island
/ Forbes eyes glittered col. John
I Falrtax.s daughter. ehl 7 was reading
Z an article in the paper about him the
! half the railroads ia the United States
J His daughter viii be quite a catch for
/ a poor man. En-. Howard
Howard made a slight movement II
J you'd rather not discuss Miss Fairfax,
( caotain,'- he returned quietly When
and how can We get away from here2r
/ Forbes held mis- glass TO the light
and squinted At IL Wen. Howard. 90
+ NE remarked. refieCtiveiy, I've been
kind OF expecting YOU 70 ask me that
( In fact I brought You down here 10
! give you q chance 70 ask me The
T truth IS, you can't get away at all
( unless you come 10 terms with me-
What are your terms p
I "WelI-IU come 10 that gfJeT 4
I while Look here Howard. I've been
3 here ten Years and never was 50 com
3 Portable N my lie before I We lived
! easy and slept soft, and never had a
, minutes WOrrE about grocery bills or
g taxes or any Cf the other pIagGes Of
: civilization And my men have been
IN the same case They've had inst
work enough 20 keep them healthy and
lust drink enough to keen them HAPPY
E II they were out Of tiIIs. they'd either
+ be working like dogs or drunk-slso ike
dogs Why IN thunder should either
. they or I want to so back to that old
daUnable life2
No reason at all captain. If you're
E content here
That's the devil OF it In not con
9 tent In Just fool enough 10 ache .
get back But don't want TO 20 back
empty handed dent want to go back
poor I want TO 50 back rich, vita in
fFuentiaI connections social relations.
and all the rest OF it
! Howard smiled You're not -he oniy