The Detroit times., 1912-11-12
Az The Marriage of Il,
H. Captain Kettle
fFAH A ROMANCE OF THE SEA M
I'LL c4.A. s ss II. noss. asm oop,a, -
ROMANCE OF THE SEA.
By CUTCLIFFE HYNE
Copyright 1912, The Bobbs- Merrill Company

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ing beyond In reply TO the whistle
boot dozen apathEtic ngures ap-
pearet on tne- Norman Towers un.
tidy decks, but there was no Captain
Farnish, and no trace of organized
discipline. and for moment Mr.. ket-
tie gritted his teeth in a spasm oil
rage at the spectacle. 49,
"Misa,.,- he said turning 10 the lady,
what You, see there is entirely my
fault Captain Parrish suffers from
malaria, and | guess he's down with
bad attack. He deliberately signed
on inferior mates and engineers, as
he did me the honor 10 intrust the
discipline or the boat TO his chief Of
fcer. ana that's me- When my backs
turned, you see what happens. When
| | get hack on board there, youll see
discipline come back Hike eeR5Hfing
trick"
He hailed across, addressing the
second and third mates by name, and
demanding a boat, but none was
Forthcoming Apathy had bitten into
that crew too deeply. and finally II
was In the Rheims quarter-boat, row
ed by the Negro and the German,
and escorted by a shcal OF excited ny
ing fish that he passed across to his
own ship.
BY way OF emphaaizing his home
coming he knocked down the first
three men who stood in his path and
then marched briskly into the chart
house. Captain Parrish. with tho
usual tear in his eye. sat huddled IN
his red velvet chair. and Mr. Kettle
noted with fresh distaste that tbs
caster of the lame leg was still ali
sent.
! Come back on board. sir. I've
brought that coal"
4 VERY pleased TO see you, Mr.. ket-
tie me man. But / don't think coal
interests me now NY professional
regulations eternally punctured; n
| all on account OF that psalm-singirg
Mr.. Little Never you take up psalm
singing, Mr.. Kettle. me man, or IL
YOU do. take dam good care TO pick
out the right psalms
"Tll remember that, sir. But I'd
like to point out that whatever else
the owners may be, at any rate they
are business men. II isn't as IL the
old Towers was fully insured. They
stand 10 lose twenty-five per cent. IL
she's a total loss, and 10 pay accord
Ing on salvage. Now you've saved
them that" rrseT
Captain Farnish shook.sa bloFsy
head. ~
Think that Dutch boat won't put
| in a big claim for salvage"
"She might" said the chief officer
dryly. "if anybody aboard her knew
our name. But you see, I've every
souisof her people under matches. and
there, IL you'll give me my way, sir.'
they'll stay till we've got the coat
we-want and are away out OF sight,
:Bnt youE- own boats crew. won't
they tell the Dutch skipper III ne
asks?" sss-s-
Well there IRE two reasons against
that, sir First, the Rhein didn't treat
Ius very civilly, and my men were med
Tenough 70 eat her, funnel and all BY
the time we did get on board And.
secondly, I had the handling OF these
imen for a considerable number OF
days in our life-boat, sir. andr-Jgcan
guarantee that-with me in command
OF them-they're the best disciplined
handful OF toughs in the Western
Ocean today" .y.s--
Il can believe IT, You have
knack with you in handing cTSw.
Mr.. Kettle. me man. Must have got
1t from me, | suppose. My whiskers,
out ] was fine buckle mate in my
day befofe / got command and had
to take so many precautions against
malaria, But IL would have To eeme
out sooner. or later who We ares We
cant take the Dutchmans coal with
out paying for IT, That's blame near
piraCy." ~
Beg your. pardon. sir, but wasn't
proposing anything OF the sort. You've
money In that drawer next TO the
chronometer. in hard cash. suppose
there's some one among those incom-
petents down in the engine-room wso
can figure out how many tons II win
take TO steam us home and we will
pay the Rhein at Newport rates plus
five shillings a ton added for the
emergency call. You can take il from
me. sir the subject will then drop
That Dutch skipper although | can
not like his eyeglasses or the cut OF
his beard) is q man with a pride OF