The Washington times., 1913-07-09
CHAPTER IV.-(Continued).

horizon the loss Of the Alaskan
| liner Yakutat had been dragged
out of its ten-year past and gossiped
from one end of the ship to the other.
blithely manufactured into the fabric
of a sea disaster which had shocked
| the world and made nation ash famed.
Men shook their heads ominously and
from mouth to mouth that Lavelle,
the Yakutats second officer, who had
beaten drowning passengers with an
oar, was among them.
| When 1t became known that Emily
Granville, whose parents had been
driven away from Lavelle's boat was
also in the Cambodia and lying Ill in
that LaveiIe was a fellow passenger,
tenseness came upon things that
made the nerves Of the liners officers
raw.
Paul Lavelle did not enter the dining
saloon after that first night 1t be
came known that he took his meals
in his room, and left 1t only atter
darkness fell. Watch Officers d saw ;hsp hlm
shadow in the night Wanae[ing
around like a pariah dog" one OF them
told a passenger. OFTEN they saw the
sfsEoT BTt this a. night1it was the fifth out
! of Yokohama-the deck saw the
| Shadow earlier than IT was ms "onI
to appear. The saloon was bright ana
Yeile was taking advantage OF thls:
He met only one or two straying
couples in the darkness, and tns! spott ,t
went inside. 1t was not h.s afar He
could remember few nights nKe ~
| n was a dead black-shocking IN i.s
intensity. The Cambod1a mlght nat
been ship wlthout Iu a sheer by the
hlackness. There seemed to be nolh n1oh,
. ing over his head. There was asa rsn1 from
breeze which seemed 70 GAR ~ once
every point of the compass H a. .ers
It whimpered as il went by MS ears shs
after a long, steady, hard walk, @ Ine
shadow sought out his favorlte Nisho ho
post against the pipe-fha1itd pip hrideel a It was
mea '" nnrt tonight, although it was hard
~ teIi the weather side from the Zee, zee.
" ~ ' leaned some comfort from Ine
thought that the liner was tha IN
slipping down to the ne eof bmndred and
.tiatb meridian and the THIRTEEN
| aSraIIei through which ships great
rr;rcIe between Yokohama ana the &c,
Waiian Islands. She was Que l9 tha,
meant half his passage IN neI To at
me hed Setermined to quit the snip at
Inst after the lights went out IN tae
; saloon at one bell nan tSa dark
TaiSnight-and the silence OF the ne; dat be n
miur t'ina Rad settled upon the ship ne
sd nours somebody stealing along the
sens y, the deckhouse. He nxed the
sbadow finally. but no sooner a coniS
done so than II disaPp"t tpps the form Of a
not zen Woman. Then he heard d
man man, h,eath at his feet, and 1umpeo
heakSd Sdefensiveiy. A hand touched MIN
and he grabbed It ,.,,cs in Chi
ma ster" whispered ro III
ase Chang rose beside MN He
nese; nee:Sh;ang" was all he could say: ne ne
ChamnS,uheImed by the loyalty OF tilis
'cs,iow heart which could give anu eN'
and nd ASK a:aw no Dav' Make him work-shuo,
,eaI like hell. No can kommen rS merS
bel coal 20 Flisco." Lavelle heaTu
See-iord ornd of a heavy football Approach
tnp Chang's ears caught II, 700 oin
by Tomollah night koi darkness. and
h;.a.s light watchman dasneo
-o,,nd from the lee SIDE OF tne II.
~sroutIu ~ n,itb a club raised to strike, ne
iowered his arm as ne oisco'e
velle. b,o coolie stoker
FOUND here, sill?
No" answered Lavelle ,a-s
"Reen tryin' to get aroun up ne
the mast three nights" and ,,".s tne
man muttered off into the piaca strres a.
Th. shadow pondered a long ufile as
hs3 ne he could do for Chang. but ne
couId come to no decision Ihe tnouS, u,
tbat he was in the ship cheereu I'M. III,
thongb ,t,ou as he went to his room. Ihat
band IN the darkness and the manu-
niasn Of a frai woman In black-ohe t,i,e
Nth her cage in the zoo OF NE nhe
h,maeIf-were the only friendly touches
! which had come TO MIN. .,.r, and
! FIsie of Shanghai was gratetul anu
| bad sought him out the night OF SAILING
to tell him so. because he had KEPT . hea a
| aItve She would never forget that ne
had sheltered her from death In ths
Shanghai riots. and Chang; ne w.. %ouna no
Law down his life to pay the deot ne
| considered he owed him for saving ms
| yeIIow carcass from the knives OF
| drunken mob of sailors
Everybody wanted to cling TO lie, ana
whItridge smiled grimly to himselt IN
the darkness at the thought he mao
! removed lis overcoat and coat ana as
he put out his hand to grope Tor the
| electric fash he muttered, nat d
| comedy, What comedy!
| THE next instant he was pitched head
long against the side OF the vessel by a
| shock which ratified her like an empty
basket. A sea slapped through the
omen port of the room and choked him
| with its brine.