Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
MAX PEMBERTON

80 O0OUAN shy yaSAASs Jul ! Will IClu11 4
at ~daybreals and see what moro l can
do. MI. Ross says that you are head
Ing for the Brazils. That Is no affair
OF mine. The man I want is no longer
on the ship. 1 have no concern with
the others nor they with me. Let us
put things as straight as we can-and
then a about the Shore"
This should not have been said. It
occurred to me almost Is I uttered the
words. that the man had not hitherto
thought about the yacht at all; but
no sooner had l spoken than he step
ped to the gangway and Immediately
realized the situation.
Guess your people have gone hay
making, DOCTOR" he said far from
pleasantly. Well, 1 don't suppose it
matters much anyway. My mates want
you pretty badly. and while they want
you, 1 guess you'll have to stop. Just
step down and take another look at
Harry Johnson. will you? He's raving
| a fool woman in the Doldrums.
You can turn in by and by-1l see
What Williams a do for you-thougn
it's forward you must swing your ham,
mock, and no two opinions about that"
To this answered. in a tone as de-
cisive as his own. that my comings and
my goings would be ordered by lone
but myself, and thai his friend must
await his turn. A long acquaintance
wv HAS COIlClIVcu me LHdC any
weakness of civiltty Is lost upon them,
and that firmness to the point OF bru-
tality is the only weapon. I would
have shot this man dead had he given
me an impudent answer, and his sur
prise when he heard me speak was
something to see.
N offense, dortor," he said quickly.
TN tell Harry you'll be along present
ly. Don't think as we're not obliged to
o for what you've done. The boys
are ready enough to tell you SO. You
TAX your own time, and do what's best
pleasing to you. There's work enough
He spat his filthy tobacco juice into
the sea, and. turning upon his heel.
Went forward to join his companions
by the fo'castle.
Let me escape these decks. 1 re-
upon the road to fnality? I could tell
a plain tale to h government, GER
tainly. and could open the doors Of this
temple OF assassins to the world-but
who would crush so vast a conspiracy?
What unity Of national action. what
initiative would war upon the greater
truths of it. hunting the tigers from
allies? All that I had done. all my
planning, all my thinking had left Inn
roth a free man and sent me a prisoner
the deck Of his ship.
This was the outcome of my philos-
ophy as I stood by the gangway and
watched the shifting mists, here OPEN
ing a little silvered pathways to an
arbor OF delights: there beating down
again in dark clouds Of vapor, and
shutting all the hither scene from my
view. The men had left me alone for
the time being. but their absence
seemed a greater peril. / could hear a
argument going on by the fo'cas-
tie and voices raised in persuasion or in
anger. The monster ship herself drift
lurch1ng In agony and seeking only a
place to end it's woes. Every faculty
I possess told me that 1 was in
great danger. These rogues would
forward presently and put some
proposition to me. So / argued, nor did
the night give me the lie. Shutting
and hesitating they came, some 20 or
passed. all together in a deputation. and
as ready, I would swear, to cut me
down here l stool. as to drink the rum
which an obliging purser had served
out to them.
The American. I perceived, was to be
their chief speaker, and with him was
the man called Bill Evans. Advancing
by h promenade deck in a body, they
to find some little diflculty
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IN plain English: and had the situation
been less dangerous, It would have been
amusing enough.
We'll, my men," I cried, being careful
to have the first word at them; what
70 It; now? Speak up. I shall not eat
BEG pardon, sir, we wish YOU to
know that Will Rayner has been made
captain Of this ship. and that he wishes
yOu to 70 below"
The man named Evans spoke, and I
say his manner was diverting
enough.
That IL very considerate Of Mr.. Will
lam Rayner." said I with q laugh. VIII
he not step forward-am I not to have
pleasure Of seeing him?"
He's back there by the capstan, sir.
We're q depytashun. II you please. Will
won't have nobody aft the gallery. and
that's his plain words. You're to 20
below and to wait until you're sent for.'
I looked the speaker full in the face
and laughed at him contemptuously.
NY men," said calmly. addressing
afoat tomorrow morning. or II this ship
ana all aboard her to be 1t the bottom
Df the Atlantic -
They were evidently perplexed. The
gentleman by name OF Bill Evans con-
tinued to speak.
NE and my mates. begin your par
don sir-we don't tall In with that.
end OF Il. Will says a. he means well
~ you. but while you're on this ship.
yousM obey him and nobody else. Hum
bly, r~epreeentln' II sir. welt have 70 8
you do - WIN says-.
! took g pistol from my pocket and
deliberately cooked 4, This was touch
ana - Tor my very life. Had I shot
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