The Washington times., 1910-07-09
By CRITENDEN MARRIOTT
Copyright
The Frank A. Munsey Co

satisfied, but ne dismissed the subject.
changing. however, to a cognate one
Your men2~he questioned, can you
trust them fuI1yz@
T hesitatcd-
Trust them for what2'' temporlzed-
I can trust them to do their sea. duty
correctly, for they have been wei Sc
Iected for that AS for the rest ] don't
know. II you mean. am i certain that
none Of them are IN the pay OF the
enemy. ] can only say that L don't see
how trey could be, az the enemy could
not know until now at the earliest that
was in the game. But. of course I
cant guarantee their honesty In the fu-
ture 81 they are tempted Sailor men
are a mighty uncertain quantity"
You've had them all for. say,
pressed a button on the wall.
Ask Captain Martin II he viii be
good enough 70 step here for a mo-
ment.- / instructed the steward be
can tell you about the crew better than
7 can" I informed the bishop Il
haven't seen them for two months or
more"
a moment later Captain Martin knr-ic-
cd az the door when I bade him enter
he did so, cap IN hand
7 presented him TO the bishop, who
claS7ed hts hand warmly
Il am glad 10 meet YOU. Captain 90 he
aeclaTei. am 20 be your passenger
for q short voyage. and 2 am always
glad when the captain is a strong man
II gives me 2 feeling OF safety
The captain turned the words over in
his mind for a moment Then h= do-1aTe.L
up his arm
yes. I'm strong" he Eruuted.
'Inats evident But 7 meant e man
or force rather than mere physical
strength What coultrymau are YOU,
Captain
American
Captain Martin tells me that his
father was an EnEiismau and his
mother a Pole" explained hastily.
He himself was born IN Minnesota. T
am right am not, captain
well. that's all. captain. only
wanted you 10 meet Bishop Latour. VINO
. going south with us. and ask E0I
about the crew It's been some time
been any chaHEesE'
you. have all your old men. and have
shipped no new OueSr
The captain saIuted stoIIdIv and
moved away. When he had gone the
bishop took a letter from his pocket and
UuICIGed IT,
This is from Marian he said EFT IS
dated day before yesterday in IL she
says that she and F'red are about 20
sail under the name Of Brown ON the
steamer CrossJzCE fc- Belize she fu-
tended 20 send DtTauto ashore with the
ton IN the newspaper Clearly y was tr
taking thar message that the poor trl-
low met his death
That is all. except for a few per
S0Dal words and declaration that
everything had gone vel so far In q
postscript she adds that she VIII send
ashore a later message t possible bv
The pilot ! have not been able to learn
vet whether she did send such a mes
sage and fr is 10 Ind this out that we
Bre waiting
You have inquired about the Cross
yes. Srr left n 3 o-cIock-her usual
tme-on- her usual TIP. with her usual
quota 0f uaSseuzers- All perfectly reg
me Here IL is
T took The paper and studied IT.
-Ffuruuh- Yes 7 eAe- She touches ~
several ports on the wsv 20 Belize T.
day We can easily eaten her before sEs i
gets TO her destination
..J,an vou-' IRE bishop rose e-rhusi-
ast ~alIy to hts feet. Az he did so the
Letter from the shore. sir he re-
=orted-
EsasriIv tre bishop broke the seal and
glanced at the contents Then he Ut
tered an exclamation.
'Earfau-s rressa 90 has beeu DELAYED
he lar7entei Ire p-lot-7oat hash Te-
turned Vet 1r7t IS expected soon II
Stavs out tuI all the pilots have been
nut aboard vessels YOU know.
Nv friend. Colonel Summers saws y
we choose f1 go on be VIII get the let
rer-ff there fS Cue-aS soon as r. comes E
and send the --is- or e. on 90 rs a- wire
less frc-- Key West rrL--- -ar-lzL-5- .
-va had better let him do It. II isn't /
certain that Marian was able 90 write .
ven know. and there IS no telling how /
long the uiIot-hoat may be DELAYED"
'Terv well III give orders 90 get IN
der way at once and we Ii -
s sudden runUIt on deck cut short the .
words 4 chorus 0f wells. rrauUfUE of
feet. the HoarSe voice or TIE CAPTAIN
sudden trrCb Of the euEi-es-all told .
that something unexpected had oc-
Cured
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