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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
ly than ever in the nerveless. stoicai
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
is the natter"
Sheldon smiled and beat a further
retreat within himself, listening the
while to Joan and Tudor propounding
the theory of the strong arm by which
the white man ordered life among he
lesser breeds. AS he listened Sheldon
realized. as by revelation, that that
was precisely what he was doing.
was living 1t. But why talk about 1t?
1t was sufficient to do It and be done
with IL
He said as much. dryly and quietly,
and found himself involved In a dis
cussion. 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 braggarts. But the Yankee
is only a child. He does not know ef-
~fectually o to brag. he talks about
1t. you see. But the Englishman goes
him one better by not talking about II.
The E%nglishman's proverbial lack of
Dragging is a subtler form of brag,
after all"
81 never thought OF 1t before" Joan
cried. .Of course. An Engiishman
performs some territcally heroic ex,
plot and is 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
a log. You ought TO see the really
heroic things | could do II they ever
came my way Confess. Mr.. Sheldon,
don't you feel proud down inside when
geousY
S0elQOn
Then she pressed home the point,
isn't Disgusting that pride under a
mask of careless Indifference equiva-
lent to telling a lieY'
"Yes. It is" he admitted. But we
tell similar lies every day. 1t is n mat
ter of training. and the English are
better trained. that is all. Your coun-
trvTnan will la frofpa1 N, ,raII L. tE,,o
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"
81 surrender" Joan cried. "You are
not so stupid after ALL"
Eyes, you ave us there" Tudor ad.
mitted. But you wouldn't have had
rules"
How do you meanr'
"By talking about it."
Joan clapped her hands IN approval.
Tudor lighted n fresh cigarette. while
Sheldon sat on. im%perturbably silent.
Joan was looking intently across the
compound and put to sea. They fol
lowed her gaze and saw n green light
and the loom of n vessels sails.
II wonder If 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
sci like the Martha"
Besides, the Martha has a gasoline
engine-twenty-tve horsepower Tu-
dor added.
Just the sort of a craft for u.s."
Joan said 'w~istfully to Sheldon. Il
really must see II | can't get a schoon-
er with an engine. l might get a Sec
ond hand engine put in. II you were
not so medieval ! could be skipper and
save more than h 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
strong. stern, logged. the mouth al
most chaste, but tirmer and thinner
Tipped than Tudor's. For the first time
she realized the quality of his strength,
the calm and quiet of 1t. its simple in
tegrity and reposeful determination.
She glanced quickly Mt Tudor on the
other side Of her. 1t was a handsomer
face. III that was more Immediately
pleasing. But she did not like the
mouth. 1t was made for kissing and
she abhorred kisses. For the
she knew Il feeting doubt of the man
Perhaps Sheldon was right in his judg.
ment of the other. She did not know.
and 1t concerned her little: for boats
and the sea and the things and hap.
penings OF the sea were of far more
vital interest TO her than men. and the