The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-11

/, amazing back number Well, | guess
you'll have 10 camp out in your own
chart house till ! give further orders.
Don't you dare 10 answer me. And
II you try any trick I'll pluck your
beard clean out by the roots next
time. Now, quick march. Vor-
warts"
Only once did the German attempt
further expostulation. But when he
turned he looked down the black bar
rel OF his own revolver, and the sight
cowed him finally He suffered him
SELF 10 be hustled into his chart house,
and there collapsed on the settee.
To him were driven under varying
circumstances OF indignity his three
kins, with another flched revolver,
stood guard over the door.
I And now" said Mr.. Kettle, ad-
dressing the rest OF the crew within
reach, does any one dispute that ow-
| ing 10 the lamentable detection and
incapability of other officers, | am in
full command OF this junk?'
There was no answer.
Carried" said Mr. Kettle. Very
good, then. don't allow my decks
TO be used as an alameda. Watch be-
low, get below Mr.. jenkins, you re
mate. Get hold OF your deck-hands
on duty, and set them TO washing this
filthy paint like a clean ship. You,
! quartermaster, my compliments 20
! the second engineer, and I'd be glad
IL he'd come and report 10 me how
long IL will be before he can have
the ship under way again.
Some men are born TO command
and Mr.. Owen Kettle. the mate OF the
Norman Towers, was one OF them.
He had the knack OF the words. and
nature and practice had given him
the clear, crisp, carrying voice IN
which 10 deliver them. Men instinc-
lively jumped 10 carry out orders
when he gave them.
Miss Violet Chesterman, who came
from a military stock herself. noticed
| this with keen appreciation. So
much depends on the timbre OF
voice.
Miss Chesterman, II CHANGED, had
been the first OF all on board the
Rhein to see the life-boat. She had
been sitting under the shade OF an
awning reading a novel. which duck
lily for Kettle) bored her. She had
looked up, and there, on the edge or
the blue desert OF sea, spied ths
boat. She shaded her eyes, and saw
men In II waving frantically. What
woman would not have been thrilled?
She had Jumped TO her feet and run
to the bridge ladder and given her
alarm. Captain Engelberg, In his
most stir and pompous manner, had
intimated that he intended to con-
duct the affairs of his ship without
the unasked-for assistance OF pas
sengers. And then, when he saw that
no attempt was going to be made to
pick up the lifeboat, she had taken
steps TO have the passage or the
Rhein rudely interrupted.
All this, OF course, Mr.. Kettle did
not know. But his eyes told him
that the lady In white muslin who
came up from aft, was extremely
good-looking, and he returned her
greeting with cordiality, and men
toned his surprise at finding an Eng
lishwoman on a German tramp cargo
boat.
The lady shrugged. Il had my rea-
sons" And then she laughed. But
ri freely own that | didn't travel by
the Rhein for comfort. To be frank
with you, I've found both the ship
and her German officers more detest-
able than | imagined could be posi-
BILE. | heard Captain Engelberg call
you a pirate just now. She laughed
again. Il don't know II you are that,
or what you are. but anyway. I'm sure
your regime viii be an improvement
Your comfort. miss. will be thing
that / shall look after most narrow