Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-26
CHAPTER XIV.
A MATTER OF TRAINING.

NAIc III dOdu . company anu thereby
increasing the dislike Sheldon had
taken to him. He went swimming
with her, IN point Of rashness exceed
ing her. and dynamited fish with her
diving among the hungry ground
sharks and contrasting with them for
possession Of the stunned prey. until
he earned the approval of the whole
Tahitian crew. Arabu challenged him
to tear a fish from a sharks jaws. leav-
ing half to the shark and bringing the
other half himself to the surface. and
Tudor performed the feat. a Zip from
the sandpaper hide of the astOnished
. shark scraping several inches OF skin
from his shoulder. And Joan was de-
lighted. while Sheldon. looking on. re-
allied that here was the hero of her
adventure dreams coming true. She
did not care for love. but he felt that
II ever she did love. it would be that
sort OF mana man who exhibited"
was bis way Of putting 1t.
he felt himself handicapped in the
presence Of Tudor. who had the gift of
making a show Of all his qualities.
Sheldon knew himself for brave man.
wherefore be made no advertisement
Of the fact. Life pulsed steadily and
deep in him. and 1t was not bis nature
needlessly to agitate the surface so
that the world could see the splash he
was making. And the effect of the
others amazing exhibitions was to
make him retreat more deeply within
himself and wrap himself more thick.
~ than ever In the nerveless, stoical
calm OF his race.
"You are so stupid the last few days."
Joan complained to him. "You don't
seem to have an idea in your head
above black labor and cocoanuts. What
IL the natter"
Sheldon smiled and beat a further
retreat within himself. listening the
while 10 Joan and Tudor propounding
the theory of the strong arm by which
the white man ordered life among the
lesser breeds AS be listened Sheldon
realized. az by revelation. that that
was precisely what he was doing.
While they philosophical about it he
was living 1t. But why talk about it?
1t was sufficient to do 1t and be done
with it.
| He said rs much. dryiy and quietly.
and found himself involved In a dis
cnssion. with Joan and Tudor siding
against him.
1.-THE Yankees talk a lot about what
they do and have DONE" Tudor said.
land are looked down upon by the
English as brnggarts. But the Yankee
ia only child. He does not know ef-
fectuaIly how to brag. He talks about
II. you see But the EngIishman goes
him one better by not talking about 1t.
The Englishman's proverbiai lack Of
Dragging is a subtier form of brag.
after ALL"
II never thought Of 1t before" joan
cried. "Of course An Englishman
performs some terrihcaily heroic ex-
plot and ID very modest and reserved.
refuses to talk about 1t at all. and
the effect Is that by his silence he as
much as says: i do things like this
every day. 1t is as easy as rolling OF
log. You ought to see the really
heroic things could do IL they ever
came my way Confess. MIR. Sheldon.
don't you feel proud down inside when
you've done something daring or coura-
geous?"
Sheldon nodded.
Then" she pressed home the point.
isn't Disgusting that pride under a
mask Of careless Indifference equiva-
lent to telling lieY
"Yes. It is" he admitted Put we
tell similar lies every day. 1t is mat
ter Of training. and the English are
better trained. that Is all. Your coun-
trymen will be trained as we'll in time.
As Mr.. Tudor said. the Yankees are
young. Certainly we are proud inside
of the things we do and have done
proud as Lucifer. yes. and prouder.
But we have grown up and no longer
talk about such things
Il surrender" Joan cried. 'You are
not 80 stupid after ALL"
Eyes. you have US there" Tudor ad-
mitted. "But you wouldn't have had
Us II you hadn't broken your training
rules"
How do you mean?''
by talking about IT,
Joan clapped her hands in approval.
Tudor lighted fresh cigarette. while
Sheldon sat on. imperturbably silent.
Joan was looking intently across the
compound and out to sea. They fol-
lowed her gaze and saw a green light
and the loom Of vessels sails.
II wonder II It's the Martha come
back" Tudor hazarded.
mo. the sidelight is too low" Joan
answered BESIDES. they've got the
sweeps out. Don't you hear them?
They wouldn't be sweeping a big YES
eel like the Martha"
Besides. the Martha has a gasoline
engine-twentyf five horsepower" Tu-
dor added.
"Just the sort of a craft for u.s."
Joan said wistfully to Sheldon. II
really must see II can't get schoon-
er with an engine. might get Sec
ond hand engine put in. II you were
not SO medieval could be skipper and
save more than the engineers wages"
He did not reply to her thrust and
she glanced at him. he was looking
out over the water. and in the lantern
light she noted the lines Of his face