The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-26

mates ana the DOdlSNdln' one Dy Oht5
20 go to the chart house; and, when
they were all assembled, joined them
there. and gave his orders in a few
words.
Il may be wrong but | expect those
niggers will try ana get aboard here
tonight. Now, therel be no moon.
and, with this heat haze about, no
light from the stars. The nightll be
as black as the inside OF heather,
and I'm not going to let our amateurs
play around with those rifles. They d
be just as likely to shoot some one on
board here as Moors over the side;
and when they'd shot their magazines
empty they'd be whanging in with the
butt and smashing good rifles which
will perhaps be of use later on.
Bo's'n, believe there's a keg OF spare
iron belaying-pins in your locker
There Is, sir"
Then you. will deal out one Delay.
ing-pin TO every man on board, and.
II the hands are wanted, you mates,
and you, Mr.. McTodd, will see that
they are strung out at reasonable in
tervals round the rail. guess an
old belaying-pin, well driven, will
SaNo III oNoH nl66SI phuh' Ahel
will do"
Night fell, as II falls In the tropics
AS though the sun had been shut
into box, and by her captains or
ders. all lighted portfolios and sky
lights on the little steamer were care
fully shrouded. With the scheme OF
his Vancouver clear in his mind Cap.
tain Kettle, in the hour preceding
dark, had already run his noisy steam
winches and derricks for the handling
OF imaginary cargo, 80 that, IL the
sound travelled to the shore, the lis
teners there should get accustomed to
1t, and as a consequence, when the
windlass, which was worked by mes
senger chain from the forward winch,
did start heaving up. the only impress.
sion conveyed to the beach would be
that the uneasy N'zaranees were again
shifting cargo. And when his anchor
was once a-trip, with engines just
turning at dead slow ahead, and bin
nacle light carefully shrouded, Kettle
moved the Wangaroo half a milo
farther north. and again dropped an
Choir and held there to shN
From the saloon below there drifted
up the chatter OF voices and whiffs
OF laughter. Captain Kettle bit his
lips with vexation. He knew we'll
enough how sound travels aero.
water, and IL looked as II his ruse OF
shifting anchorage would be wasted.
But 1t crossed his mind that In a mo-
ment OF enthusiasm Sir George
Chesterman, M. p. had offered to
serve under him-and obey orders
In any capacity he cared TO name.
What IL he were to go below and ask
for silence?
With ordinary passengers he would
have done 1t in a moment, yes, have
ordered It, and one can imagine that
under the circumstances his manner
would have been, to say the least or II,
brisk. But, as things were, the whole
theory OF his sea upbringing rose In
arms at the idea An owner was an
owner all the seas over. Captains
existed merely for owners profit and
pleasure. And 80 he stayed on deck
and did his best.
A voice and Whit OF whisky came
to him out OF the dark.
Captain"
Yes, Mr.. McTodd"
ABBOT yon black fellow the stew
ardess kenned. For why did he ask
IL | could do him bit Job ashore,
count?"
told him you we're engaged here, and
he could put his money where the
monkeys put the nuts"
Man" said McTodd solemnly.
you'd never guess H. OF me, but I'll
tell ye In confidence that come from
the North, and up there it's said to
be -unlucky II you refuse siller II IT'S
as good as offered we. So IL angled
him. and landed the note. changed
It with the steward to make sure it
was good one"
And bought bottle OF ships whis-
ky with part OF the change"
Well | couldn't ask the steward to
do a delicate bit OF financial business
like yon without giving him profit
on the turnover. At least, that's no
the custom whore | come from Mon,
meanness such as that's a thing you'd
never find In a Scot"
Get on. You drank half the wits
ky, and what them"
Now, Captain. see here. l win no
be spied on. Tell me in a word
who's your informant aboot the
whisky"
Kettle turned on him savagely. IF
you've come here on business, let me
hear what II Is without further maun.
dering II you~vs nothing useful to
say get down of my bridge. II you
waste any more OF my time, I'll kick
you to the deck, and then send you
TO your room, you-you dissolute
mechanic"
And IL think myself too useful on
deck to be incar-I should say in car.
cerated what them"
Then. by James, II you cant
remember you're an officer now, and
you won't 90 peacefully when You're
ordered, III have you frogs -marched
there by the watch and put In irons
I'm captain aboard her2 and you've
got to know it,"
The vara words Miss Dubbs said
10 me when | telled her she could
twiddle ye around her little finger II
she felt that way inclined. And. pagh!
she seemed 10 think that because We
held a masters certificate ye'd be un.
approachable. ! telled her that men
with masters tickets could be bought
at threepence a dozen near the docks
in any seaport town, but she preferred