Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-14

1ny news. n thsrtd been anything to
ind. we'd have heard"
Silently he reached across the table
and pAtted the hand that lay there on
the white cloth.
''oh, I know I oushtnt 70 cry" she
said, and I woa't: It's your goodness
and kindness to me- a. much ~ any.
thing else. Ever since he went away
you've been like Q father to me, and
TON. dear old Tom, like brother.
And then building this ship and com.
ing up here yourself. facing tbs dan.
gers yourself and letting Tom face
them, ill for such IN impossible, hope
less hoEe % that message the sea
brought to us."
Her voice uttered there. and she
bent down abruptly and kissed the
hand that was still caressing- her own.
my child" he said, your father
and I were like brothers-nearer to
each other than most brothers. He
went away, moving that IL his ven.
ture failed. II It ended fatally for him,
a. 1t probably did. should regard you
as my daughters just as much q
child of mine - Tom IL. II you
hadn't been in the case at all, we'd
have built this ship and come up here
to md Tom Fielding Just the same.
There, don't cry. Put on that big fur
coat Of yours and como out with me
on deck"
The moment Mr.. Fanshaw and
Jeanne emerged upon the deck they
h>srd the ao,,nA - n~~. h>.>.AS A.
and looking over the rail saw one q
the boats in which the shore party
had set out, pulling up alongside the
accommodation ladder. Three men
were in It. two Of the crew and Tom
Fanshaw.
What news, Tom?" his father
called out anxiously enough to belle
his former tranquil manner. Have
you found anything? hope there's
nothing wrong"
The younger man looked up. He
saw his father. but not the girl.
Nothing wrong" he growled, except
this Internal ankle of mine. I've
sprained it again, and did it just
when" He broke the sentence of
short there, his eye falling at that
moment upon Jeanne.
She paled little. for she had been
quick to perceive that something he
had been about to tell would not be
told now, or must be told differently.
But she waited until his father, to-
gether with the two sailors, had got
the disabled man up onto the deck
and safely installed in an easy chair.
Then gravely. but steadily. Just 40
what, Tom? What clue had they found
Just as you had to come away?"
1T was very wonderful" he sad:
"quite inexplicable. Just as we were
about breaking camp this morning We
saw q man coming toward US across
the ice. We thought at hrst that 1t
was Hunter. and we were mighty
glad to see him, because he had stray.
ed OF somewhere and hadn't camped
w....h US. But We soon saw it wasn't
he. wasn't . man anything like him.
He was queer, slouching, stunning
creature, dressed in skins, ana no
came up in a hesitating way. AZ II he
was afraid Of US. He couldn't talk
English. nor understand 1t, apparent
~. He looked TO me like . Portu-
guese, and I tried him in Spanish
good Filipino spanish-on the chance.
I thought it startled him . little, and
he pricked up his ears at 1t, but he
couldn't understand that either. He
Just kept reckoning and repeating two
words"
What words. Tom! Out with ~"
This from the old gentleman, who
had controlled his patience with DIFF
fculty during the little silence. But
the younger man hesitated and looked
into the girls face. mutely. half-Ques-
tioningly. before he spoke.
The words" he said. seemed to be
your fathers name-'Captain Field
ing 1t sounded like that"
She went quite white. and reeled .
little. Then elutched 1t the shrouds
for support. The old gentleman was
at her side IN IN instant. his strong.
steadying arm across her shoulders.
Tom himself half rose from his chair.
only to drop back into It again with .
grinaoe Of pain and . little dew Of
Precipitation on his forehead. He
looked rather white himself under the
tan.
II suppose"-the girl said almost
voicslsssly. II suppose I mustn't dare
let myself begin to hope yet,
must l. not-yet?"
Il don't know" said Tom. "The fel-
low seemed half.crased: seemed, al
most, to have lost the power Of speech
from long disuse Of Il. But he meant
to take us somewhere. that was clear
enough from his gestures. II could
only have seen you before I began to
blurt the thing out, I'd have spared
you the suspense until there was some
thing to tell. I'm sorry. Jeanne"
ITS queer" she said, 1t the end OF
. rather long silence. I'm sure there
was NO Portuguese In fathers sxpedi-
ton. Except for two or three Swedes
and Nofwegians, they were all Amer
leans. know the name Of every man
who sailed in his ship."
He might have taken some ono On
ut 81. Michasls." suggested the elder
Fanshaw.
YES" she said Q little obviously.
only he never thought much Of south
efn Europeans ~ sea-faring men,"
There was another silence after
that She rose presently and began
DY0Oping the shore line with q pris-