The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-13

deck. haste being in her opinion, an
invention of Shaitan's. Logotheti,
who wished her to see the straits. was
loon, waiting for her to come out of
her cabin. The officer of the watch
read off the signals of the other yacht,
ran up the answering pennant, and
sent for the sailing-master, but could
of course do nothing else without or
ders. So the Erinna continued to go
slow. All this took some minutes, for
the officer had naturally been obliged
to look up the signal in the code be-
fore answering that he understood it;
and in that time Van Torp's yacht had
completed her turn and was nearly
alongside. The Lancashire Lass
slowed down to the Erinna's speed,
and the two captains aimed their meg
aphones accurately at each other from
their respective bridges for a little
pleasant conversation. Capt. Brown,
instructed by Mr.. Van Torp at his
elbow, repeated what his signals had
meant. The other sailing-master an
swered that he had already informed
his owner, who was coming to the
bridge directly.
At that moment Logotheti appeared.
There was not much more than a
cables length between the two yachts.
which in land-talk means 200 yards.
Van Torp also saw a slim young lady
in blue serge, with a veil tied over
her hair, leaning on the rail of the
promenade deck and looking towards
him. With his glasses he recognized
the features of Baraka.
Got 'em!" he calculated in a low
but audible tone of intense satisfac-
ton.
Logotheti had also seen Van Torp,
and waved his hand in a friendly
manner
ASK the gentleman if he'll come
aboard, captain" said the American.
81 can't talk through your cornopean
anyway. l suppose we can send the
naphtha launch for him if we stop,
can't WEI"
Cant stop here" answered Capt.
Brown. "The currents might jam us
into each other. and we should most
likely get aground in any case. This
is not even a safe place for going
slow. when the tide is running"
well, you know your business, and
/ don't. Tell him we don't want to in
terfere with any arrangements he's
made, and that if he'll kindly set the
pace he likes we'll trot along behind
him till we get to a nice place, some
where where we can stop. / suppose
he can't run away from us now, can
hep
Capt. Brown smiled the smile of a
man who commands a 23-knot boat,
and proceeded to deliver the message
In a more concise form. L~ogotheti' heard
every word, and the answer vas that he
was in no hurry and was quite at Mr..
Van Torp's disposal. He would be
glad to know whom the latter had on
board with him.
Lady Maud Leven, Miss Margaret
Dome, Mrs. RushmOre and Count Kra-
linsky,' answered Capt. Brown,
prompted by Van Torp.
The latter was watching the Greek
through a pair of Devastating glasses
and saw distinctly the expression Of
surprise that came into his face when
he heard the last of the names
Tell the gentleman said Van
Torp. that If he'll bring his party
with him when we stop, I'll be very
glad to have them all take lunch with
me-"
Can't, Brown delivered the message.
AT such a short distance he did not
even have to raise his voice to be
heard through the six-foot megaphone.
TO Van Torp's surprise. Logotheti
nodded with alacrity, and the answer
came that he would bring his party
with pleasure, but thought that his
visit would be over long before lunch
con time.
All right. good-by.s said Van Torp.
as il he we're at the telephone. Ring
Oh, captain. That's all. Just let him
give us q lead now and Wen follow
him through this creek again. since
you q you can't stop here