The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-31
CRAP VII.


Somewhere EAST Of nantucket
The sihyiln under strere OF her
powerful turbinep waG rarluS eaJiIy,
rnaling on her thirty knots with no
seeming effort and scarcely q porcep
'tlbie vibration There had been a
iEtiT breeze during the night, but II
had died down nj sunrise and now, at
moon, the sea wan calm ~ III" bosom
.oi a nun. The sun blared on thu
yachts polished h]raases, iUlcnRIfyinE
tho snowy Wilderness NJ her gloa8y
paint, and turning to irwciiod SHOW
ses the spray which fen away from
her sharp prov aud cnrcEs"d her long,
steok sides. II was wonderful weather
Zoe late October. On the nineteenth
the temperature had risCn 10 ninety
In New York. breaking MI records
,f0r that date, and low, two days
later, here At tho meeting Of sound
and ocean, with Point Judith Just
coming into view over OuF port bow,
and Block Island a blur abaft our
s'arboart beam. we cat. Cameron and
l. shaded by gprend awnings. IN the
retter.deck. AS though it we're mid
summer. Fer he had b"cH convinced
BY my righteous untruth, after re.
pealsd and emphatic dlnniuR. and had
daily grown stronger. readily nRree-
Ing at length 70 q cruise along the
-rnast, with Rar tiarbUr as objective.
That Is precisely what ! had the
.atbyiia built for" he told mo. when
my suggestion found acceptance,
'"Dtd you ever notice The inscription
,on the brass tablet over the fireplace
la tie Raloon2 MOI Well, It's this;
"siby'la, when thou SecRJ me fnyute,
address thyseIfe the gyde OF my com.
'piaynte,'
Y found It in an old book. published
In 1868, q poetic induction 10 The
Mirror Of Magistrates, written by
Thomas saCkyille. You can tarcy
how my application dtHtorts the orig,
Anal intention; but SnckvIllc isn't
iikely to trouble me over H."
I repeat this explanation now main.
Az TO indicate the improved temper 0f
the speaker. His mind was placid
ouce again, and With this recovered
piaeidity had Cumo a return 0i his
quiet humor, For my wi part I
was not altogether happy. Ny de
hight over my friends recovery. and
Eyelyn's pleasure therRat, was cur
,3died by se%lt-repFoach regarding the
instrument | had employed to bring
N about. A lie Is to me a most con.
temptlble agent. and to make use OF
,sue has been always Rbhorrent. In
Ithis instance | had salved my con-
.science In q measure with tho old ex.
teuse that the end justified the means,
but II was only In a measure, aud !
wsS far from being ne happy as |
pretended,
Moreover. I could not rid myself OF
az u~neaslness~~a misery, indeed, IN
which | was now without company
concerning tie day and its menace |
iaay without company" for Gamer.
on, OF course. had quite dismissed the
subject, and Evelyn, who previously
was greatly perturbed. had seemed to
put away all apprehension directly
Aehe cav us safe aboard the Yacht
There had been some talk Of her &C.
.e~ompanying us, but without signify,
ling my real reason, ! had managed
TO dissuade her.
For my dtsquietude there waG Ger.
,tatniy no logical ground, | had TAX.
ion the precRutlou Of having the
I6lbyilA searched from masthead 10
skeeisnR before sailing. The coal was
examined a. carefully az that OF a bat.
;tieshtp In time of war; every locker
and cupboard was Inspected, even the
lvsntiiatnrs we're metaphorically turn.
led inside out and the record OF ey.
cry man Of the crew WIS looked into
with vigorous scrutiny. So ! could see
90 ioophoie ]unguarded. But the past
was an argument which set logic at
.SRught II such things could be as
that which had happened "A month ago
In CRmerou's dressing room, how
'utuch further might the lueNplICablo
carry: or what use were procau.
tons against on enemy who with ap
parent case calmly dcncd all natural
laws?
All the morning my thoughts had
been running in this line. Foolish
thoughts they must seem 10 one who
reads Of them; worthy only to be
rlassed with the idle, guperstltlous
tears Of young girls and old women,
and impossible TO q wellbaIanced
dear.headed mar OF twenty. nine. II
may be that / rs not well balanced
add clear'heRoed. And yet the so.
Quei would tend rather to a contrary
conclusion
Cameron was still reading the Her.
aid, and ! sat with a pair OF binocu.
lars at my eyes sweeping the waters
Tor the trailing smoke OF a liner or
senae .bieot OF lesser interest
Presently the silence was broken
III my csmpaniop