The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31


Heved by the announcement Of eight
beIIs-sOunded in siIvery duplication by :
an invisible gong The echoes died sing !
ing on the stiffness. ana the ticking I
proceeded placsdly. as II TO signify that
the mechanism, apIus Times -Imper-
turbability. were unruffIed by the un-
seemly Interruption
This suggestion Os3truded itself insen-
sibIy between Cadosan-s thoughts and
the printed page wherein his gaze was
fixed
emily impatient Of clocks They TrI-
tated him with their bland. sleek. eX-;
pressionIess faces, their airs OF re-i-
ability and OF strict attention 70 5uSi-
ness, their ins0IeuL iusisce1Ce upon the
1ndisputabie facts Jnat Time is ever
a flying and man is growing older, up
preaching more nearly the grave with
each unhastened, inevitable tielz-tock-
Cad0sau lifted his head and stared
frowning at the chrOnOmeter- The
chronometer. inTardly exultant a. hav-
Ing attracted attention, pretended that
Il didn't care Cadogan continued TO
stare fOrgetfuI OF his book, until his
memory echoed the now inaUdible
Ginning. and his eyes connected Il wiki
the position OF the slowly Parting
hands.
It was midnight and his watch on
deck Cadogan came out OF his REVERE,
pushed the book aside yawned.
stretched, bIinIzed- tried 20 remember
what he had been reading, and failed
Then realized that for half an hour his
eye had been following the lines Of type
while his consciousness had been else
where realized and wondered TVhuher
had strayed his Grant thoughts ID that
period Of Unbroken abstraction He
coald not say
II appeared that this was one Of his
days for InscrutabIe moods An hour
gone he had been the prey OF seven
riotous devils OF restlesSness- q hunlor
which had held him, indeed LhTouEh0CL
the afternoon and evening, but Whlen
had, II appeared. yielded suddenly a,iu
with mysterious couplaisance 10 an Cd
uvion OF thought so deep as 10 resemble
ThOuEhtlessness-
Strange And now the spirit of I'm
ease was come upon him again urlstc-
CoUntably returned stronger than ever
he seemed TO be forever IN suspense
waiting either for something to happen,
OF TO hear something important lhaL
was II; his mental attitude was that q
one who strains 10 hear a-an uilSouI-ded
That's rather deep CadoEan
doubted "a bit over my head, / fancy
He rose Mans an UnaccOuntaple ant
NAL he observed. saEeIy- And went
on deck. into the silent heart or night
At the head Of the cOmpaniolWay ne
paused, straddling, yaWnInS again.
lUxuriOusly.
Dead midnight
With cTeakIng boom and gar and
block the Colleen lay Calu1-soun1 upon
q sea of oil sea gIaSsed and luSITOuS
with starlight upon its surface &iid
with depths profoundly permeated
with pale. ElimmerIng pnOsphoresceIlce
At long intervals q slow ana slllei
swell shOuldered Up out OF the south
heaved the little vessel gently SKY y ara
and passed on with a SlEh- sllo'nS a's ay
into the north where Tar beneath the
black belt OF the horizon, Il was ceS-
tined 10 break. in q smother OF white
foam and green nre, upon the reefs
and beaches Of the gulf coast
Cadogan shook his head, olSpleased-
This fifeIeSSueSs Of sea and air and
ship irked his fretted humOr- lover OF
The sea that he was he was least in
love with this lis sober and peGce1u III
phase For him the clean rush Of air,
the song IN the rIgglng- the leap ana
plunge OF the Wlnc-crlFeh laLlic pc
meath him. for him the world Cf shout
ing waters, white-crested, sreen-bellied,
Not this! Cadogan lifted shoulders in
speeChleSs disgust and moved aft. wnlS-
ting softly for the breeze OF whose
early coming ne was but scantlly nope
fUL
For three whole days the Colleen had
been rouEhins II ElOrlouslE- snoring into
head winds and waves OF rerocIty and
determination But since dayDredk both
had been falling steadily At dusk the
wind had been but a whisper. on the
q.
past II had died away completely, leaT-
ing the Gulf 10 smooth Itself out and
play the mill pond The glass was
steady and the skies held forth no
promise Of change 10 the most weather
wise eye
one must school ones soul TO content
In teh stern Creagh was Ioungns
half asleep, shoulders bTaCed against
the blunacles the abbreviated stem 81 a
smoulderInS Guilty between his teeth
CadOgans step stirred him out Or
borderiand Of melancholy Celuc
dreams He scrambled 10 his feet
greeting the skipper respectfully al
The crew Of the Colleen loved lis
master second In command COOK
steward. cabin boy, foremost hand and
able seaman all IN One-CreaSh was tlt
crew He never dream med OF mutlnyT II
the double capacity OF BODY ai3t
LOYAL friend he had served CadOgan
father as he served the son. with Ct
lection, UnQuesriOnIng obedience anc
unfailinZ ability IN whatever emergency
ITS my watch announced CaCoEan
S1perduously- Better go below ana
get some rest hadn't you, Terry
For why, sir2 AIyseifs not tired a
all What would make met' CFTinllllg
Creagh tamped down the dottle m hl
pipe with a caliOused fore1nEer anl
pulled il 10 a brighter glow lhell- u III
concern you'll not We been sleeEltl
any yourself. MistneT PeIherE
'-NO-reading, replied Ca-1osan- nellq
In COVER the Illuminated compass Ni.lLu
sure then there's no reason Tor 70.
to be standin' this trick II St-l
calm and myself content If auSh
turns up, III call you quick enough
sir
The skipper Strengthened M, srll-ins-
ssTi7a-7I- 1-o11 Terry Guess Z viii Iurl
IN. then I've read myself stupid No'
know how 10 hold her, II the Wlh'
comes up"
West by Moth sir
That's right Mind you call me Z
you set sleepy OF there's any oe0@
sion.
! viii so. sir
Grateful thus TO be spared the Je
dunn OF a futile watch Cacogan tooi
himself of but, with his loot on IN
tor step OF the companlon"ay
What's that. Terry he in
II sid nothin'. BTr- Pether.
"OhI Thought you did Coo
Below. on the threshold of the cabiT
the glass arrested MS iangulo lnLeL
perpIeXity Had il fallen shad