The Washington times., 1913-08-03

| rigged to the donkey engine ant
started them sucking two blacl
streams out of the hold,
Two hour will tell us whether th'
enemys in force or nOt-maybe soon
err Paul sad as he left Emily to sc
about the ship with a lantern to dis.
cover II possible If the Daphne haj
sprung leak in her topside. When
M came to the forehatch his hopes
lifted at the thought that the sea
might have entered here through the
uncalked and untarpaulined covers. II
vas dreary tangle of hamper which
met his gaze In this part of the ves-
sci.
For an instant he was puzzled TO OBJ
serve thai everything he touched left
a black, oily smear. He crawled up
under the forccastle head and there
found what he considered an explana-
ton of the Daphne's survival Two
barrels of engine oil were lashed to
the heel of the bowsprit One OF these
had been sprung by the storm and was
still weeping its contents upon the deck.
II was this oil running out of the hawse
| pipes and the scuppers which had
calmed the bark's tempestuous way.
| This discovery relieved Paul's mind.
He had felt compelled to believe that
a. times during the storm either he or
| the vessel had been bewitched. In all
| his long experience he had never seen
a vessel make such good weather OF
| things as the Daphne. II he had been
in command with a full crew under
| him he would have poured out oil just
az accident had done It. Going aft he
passed to tell Emily about the oil and
to report everything apparently tight
| forward. e..
"A barrel Of oil didn't stand for more
than thirty hours steering. did it?" she
asked, with pride flashing from her
eyes.
In silence Paul went aft to complete
his examination of the ship. 1t felt
strange TO have a Champion. He found
the cabins practically free OF water.
Everything seemed tight. He stopped
for a second in the derelict's door,
''Por old fellow was out of his head"
he muttered. There came to him a pic
ture of the strangers departure. The
loss of this man with only flicker of
life and mind in him was but a small
thing compared with the destruction of
the four-master and all hands in the
fullness of strength. But the thought
OF the derelict moved Paul with a great
tenderness. This man had known his
father.
He believes 1 was the PRINCE he
unused. Well father. II there's any
way of knowing-and I'm sure there
must be-you know I've tried to play
the game Squarely."
An unsettling thought broke In upon
this. What had made him think that
the derelict was Driscoll. a quarter
master of the Yakutat He shut his
mind against what ne believed was a
vagary. There was no doubt that he
must have been out of his senses many
times during the storm.
Making his way through the lounge
to TIE poop, he paused to examine the
sextant 1t was undamaged. IL made |
him think of the chronOmeter. He hur;
ried below 10 the chart-room and |
wound II and then went forward.
Sffl
their two black streams. Emily stood !
beside them. oiline their bearings with (
the touch nf an engineer.
81 can't make out where this water !
is coming from. Either she's strained !
or it pounded in through the fore
hatch" he told her. Everything I
about deck seems all right. I've look T
ed oversize. too. Everything seems all
right there. Her, masts went clear OF @
her. How did you manage aTs1sg, 10 close
II don't know, Paul." she answered
frankly. She WINGED. 81 don't know /,
where | found the strength to do II.
The whole sea was coming in, it seem
1 have been thinking about the stran-
ger - Her eyes filled with tears.
"Could II be that II shut him out in
the night-in that -
NO. no. dear; put that thought away
from you forever. He was gone be-
yond human aid or recall before you
got below. / remember your going
away from the wheel to do something.
Y ou had hardly closed the lounge door
US not think of it
He was -" Emily interrupted.
Let us shut out every thought of
those two nights dear, as long as we
ran. Shut II out with the past. Soon
enough black nights like that VIII
come between us. Won't you try?"
AS Paul spoke he took one of her
do nd naftpn If There was
an appeal in his gaze-a fash OF the
Did pain which she had been praying
;he might never see in those gray eyes
again.
With a quick smile he turned away
md went forward. She watched him
until he disappeared through the door {
If the sailroom in the port side of the
Onward house.
In less than two hours there was a
sudden cessation of the black streams
rom below, and a weird moaning OF the
pumps where their plungers pounded
Paul: PAUL"
The gold woman sent this cry for
ward and as she did so she cut of the s
,team as she had seen Paul do. She I
hrilled at the sight of the engine stop
Jing at the touch of her small hand 2
She was laughing as he came TO the .
,ngine room and saw what she had I
lone.
THE pumps-there is no more water" '
jhe cried eagerly.
Give her another turn and let me I
lear" he said, and he went TO the I
Now the engine turned over at a twist ,
# her wrist.
"Avast!" cried Paul at the sound of
he dry plungers.
The engine stopped instantly at the :
word of command.
We're all right, Emily. That water
must have pounded through the fore
latch"
She met him with laugh Of sheer
oy which made her even, white teeth
,Ieam 1t was joy at the lifting of the
loud which had fallen upon both of
hem at the discovery that the Daphne |
night have sprung a leak IT was JOY.
90, that cnmprehended an ability to
10 things with her hands
Il think / should rather be engineer |
han mate. Paul. II Is a lot of fun
making this engine go and stop"
You will have an opportunity he
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