The Washington times., 1913-08-04
CHAPTER XXI.
Two Kinds Of Fire.

wv YGTH the first streak Of day
! M Paul was on deck. The blow
/ " " OFF of the donkey. which he
had set at low pressure a
! couple of hours before, reused him from
the berth he had stretched along the
| carpenters bench. Custom trains sea-
fsrers. as it does soldiers on campaign,
| to- live by a broken sleep, which the
average Horkaday citizen thinks would
kul him.. Although Paul had been up al
intervals during the night with an eye
! for the weather and any chance lights,
he was filled with an eager freshness.
A stirring was coming out Of the
northwest. There was a tang In It
which promised a whole sail breeze. II
put a song in his heart, and a little
while later Emily was awakened by his
clear voice ringing through the morning
air. The Chanty Of the Rio Grande.'
Where are you going to, my pretty
maid?
. away Rioi
Where are you going to, my pretty
We are bound to the Rio Grande,
o away Rio
0 away RIO
o fare you well, my bony young girl,
We are bound TO the Rio Grande.
When Emily got forward to the galley
she found breakfast waiting.
why didn't you call me, Paul2" shs
asked, in tone OF protest and she
waited archly in expectancy OF kiss;
but he did not seem to notice this.
Partners must play fair
Never mind. Emily. 1 can do so
little for you. From now on II will
be watch and watch. and there will not
be much of that l can do for you
The bending of a new foreuppertop
sail and Strengthening out the tangle OF
running-gear about decks occupied
most of the forenoon. 1t was not until
Emily at the wheel, lifted away to the
eastward before a fresh northwesterly
breeze.
Paul ran aft as the bark entered
ment beside Emily. The intoxication
which she had first experienced alone
at the wheel was again upon her. The
breeze was busting loose wisps of her
hair into a halo which the sun burnish-
ed with fire. Bosom heaving, eyes
alight her whole virgin being alive,
thrill with love, and the sensation OF
the Daphne's motion, she presented
figure which would have given fame
to any brush which could have limned
It,
She might have been Daphne her
self. not fleeing from. but Fastening
with her fresh treasures to meet Apollo.
Paul felt that he dare not speak.
He put his hand on the wheel to haul
the bark half a point closer to the
wind As he drew it away Emily
touched II impulsively.
Good. strong. honest mans hand,
she murmured.
Their eyes met in a flash. in which
her soul called to his. and trembled
when echO only seemed to answer II.
NFrnu fTf- aTH In ell
he found himself n few minutes later
staring out over the weather-bow he
wondered how he had gotten here. And
the gold woman, watching him until
he disappeared. dissed the wheel
spoke his hand had touched. and even
again in thc sweet agony of her love
when she saw that IT was flecked with !
the blood of his storm travel
That evening Paul established the
rule by which he thought 1t best to
watch and trick at the wheel of two |
hours and have three hours below. His |
watch would be three on deck and two
below
protested when he explained II to her.
IT is fair, Emily. l wish l might
spare you every bit Of the coarse. hard |
things you have TO do"
That's just it. You are always think
Ing OF sparing me-"
Take your orders or go to your |
room. he said with pretended serious
ness. Emily started with a gasp. Her
thoughts leaped to MacGovern's story
OF what had happened on the bridge OF
the Yukatat. This was what Graham
had said to Paul that fateful night.
II will take my orders" she an
swered in n low voice"
why, dear, what Is the matter?
didn't mean to frighten you. I'm a
ruffian. Dc forgive me-" Il
mo Won should forgive me- ! had
no right to question what you said.
You know best"
She drew in beside him on the lee side
of the wheel
I've been away from civilization so
long that I Imagine that I've forgotten
how TO speak decently to white folk.
Then ] should like to send ever So