New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
BY HERBERT WYNDHAM-GITTENS

I'm giving him Roadway that Come never got out 81
herr I'm not saving anything George but I've hustled
steam for quite tc" Captains, and q Ike 20 knock
his greasy face
Don't YOU Ioi, II. J. | know how you feel though.
don't like the senior Captain myself. lie was hanging
round Yesterday ~ the cold gray dawn and ! had a
tlgkllsh time getting aboard without him spottng me.
What arr the others like,
lust plain seniors They'll rush for the boats when
the water begins TO come IN. Now We got TO Co.
George I'll srnugglc YOU IN some grub You lie low,
and don't go roaming through the lazarc,e any more.
I'll queer the game II somebody sees YOU.
Don't know it, returned Grng. settling himself
upon his bed Of coal. But coudnt resist netting the
stuff once So long. II. J. Wish YOU could leave the
lantern. the darkness IS tcaT~"rnc.
ALL that afternoon the Conception uo-cd her way
into the Caribbean, her Captain being apparently
unwilling that the Yankee engineer should tear the
bottom out Of her by too furious driving for time and
again when Barnes would send her along, the bridge
would mig 20 slow down. This inslsicnce made H. J.
angry and al last he went on deck to demonstrate
See here me- said bluntly-for he was chief cngi-
ncr this prancing wahorsc Of yours make twenty
knots an hour, yet you hold me down TO twelve! no"
wha, ! want TO know Is ths-arc We trying 10 MAKE
New York, or we going to lollop along ana PICK
dai-cs,'
Captain Ramon MARITIME was not pleased he t"mod
his mustachc and frowncd "iou are substitute eng
nccr YES ne said dclicatcy; but am responsible TO
owner La Conception has never run so last since am
Captain. She is not used She will spill, open now You
sly,-,prng one leak. Run her at twelve knots please
aRrr is a crirncl" cxpostulatcd Barnes. Its like
hitching Dan Patch To- a truck Senior Captain, please
let me run her fast enough 10 sweat the bearings any
way! III promise not 20 start a single seam IN the old
The Coprain waved o.. Hdiloqucnt hand Say no
more. Twelve knots please you. When desire more
you won't have a chance, Mister" muttcred the
engineer as he went down 10 spend ms disgust on me
stnkcroom gang. "You strutling wdXcd mustachc II
y..1 itrl 1lrtn had
Still tuning, he went of to visit Grng taking meat
and drink with him. The tccgraphcr was Iolng on the
We're clear Of Los Roqucs Islands now, said Barncs
in reply 10 his partners eager question That SUIT
YOU, tell you George, II can't come any too soon to
suit me I've had about enough Of Ramon, and the
quicker he clears out the better j like H. -
Gring slapped his thigh. LOS Roqucs. chr That
do II Run along and open her up. It's the night
attack all right. Golyl wish could see 'hG SiGas'tS
tumbing into the boats. Remember when the Guam
went down? Water rising in the hold looks twice as
awful al night In an hour there ought to be something
doing.
LIE settled himself to wait through that hour at the
II cvnra,ion Of which he meant to walk out OF his
confncmcnt and stretch his legs. Keyed up to high
pitch, he cnyicd II. J. the privilege OF action
\ laundering foot crunched the coal.
Gring stirred. "IIcrcl What's up!
Barnes pumped down beside him, breathing heaVily.
"Somc internal queer business don't like It, George
Bilgc cocks don't open themselves.
SWhat's that said Grng sharply
4You heard Bilgc cocks don't open themselves.
They were tight when / tried them, and now there
foot of water in her
For moment Gring said nothing; then to the .cng
ncer's establishment ne began to chuckc. ITS all
right. H. J. Just happened little sooner than we
figured that all Oh this is rich IT. what the French
call a coHiydioHg That means something to make II
little more exciting. Come to think OF H. the oher way
WAS sort Of tame It's al right, II. j. You run away
and lie down like we framed It up. Don't let this worry
YOU"
But Barnes was worried. Accustomed TO ac'iiS
tInJI,, ,t the bcbcst Of the superior mind he yet
hcsated at this predicament. Doubtless George knew