The daily sentinel., 1913-06-12


iii be seen from the
IA the stream and FIRE
- l. ship captains II was-
leCe Y,iih Mrs. Mangan always
there TO rut TIE good heart into every
: 80 Oh leg, mrs. arangap. and the
l.t sirl i.,r gay whea she married
ii-+a 4 noS'lg quiet man, Slangan.
y.t fcr the toigc year or so when
'.f ist = aiosil ,-d is the grand spree which
u 'i3rQrt Tor M ezra woel, or two. But
irs 4; fca, l:eyi2g son, Bat who grew up
~ g q daredevil shippers OF the West coast
,1lrifg3m Magellan 70 Bcrns Sea that didn't
u'l, " df Bet. 4 wild one hut groa t-heartcd
il,ifp riade qnd sTent half dozen fortunes In his
7 5fsIi came homo orc day with a beautiful
i n wife. not So very long before he was lost A
", M thiiiF bat lie snd he wes going to make
p "a iAft nlglt Gale or no gale lie woud--he'd
kAeits nioaFipgai And 50 he did; and took all hands
si limg : i} ltl ri
flt cft little baby girl, which old Mrs Mangan
tpA; of, for tho Chilean wife did live long
After Eat was LOST nsd ChiGuta grew up. and was
n iretty that the bogrders went daft about and
db4icd her. such Will Great of their
Ilul, who gave ard took, easily
Jack Gatey came to know her while she was stn
little bccaurc the house they lived In owned by
his father. .tt
1t vas when he came bac, from his first apprentice
cruise TINT the beauty of Chick Mangan burst him
like night shell the target range. A flame of
color ana warmth II was and not TO Jack alone. On
ille street hardly passed. and women, too but
tlgned to look again. 1t used to make Jack quiver
1ss to Sit rear her; and when she kissed him. that
trclnblcd even Mt the thought of It, and of her
Gccord-the two alone in her grnndmother's parlor
the day lie was to sail again-it like torch
his soul.
And straight from that to the China station he went
urd put In three years there regularly getting letters
from her scrnwly letters. for she could not spell
overwell. but more to make his heart jump in
dozen lines than in all the books Of poetry in the
ships library And he used to write her long let
tcrs. And n thing he saw in the East but
he would wonder what she would think or say of IT.
not thing he bought but he wondered would she
Ike 1t; aud for weeks before he got his discharge
he thought of little else but how would look and
net. Would she kiss him again? He all of n
tremblc coming up the street from the dock, and
rivng at the door Of the old boarding house, he
gasping like n who had Just n long
"She's upstairs somewhere" said Grannie Mangan
when she had done crying him. And he went
up to find her
He Imagined her knowing that his ship in
and waiting for him in the old parlor alone
and he did not knock. But she not alone
did not hear the door turn. 1t was steamer cap
tain with her Prady. who said to make out of
smuggng-silks, OPIUM Cinnamon, thing and
nnoher-many times what his captains pay amounted
to. Prady. sidewise to the doors, bending
her. And she let him take the kiss!
Jacks heart grpped small within him ard he
backed out and drew the door TO- but not without
being heard. Prady's challenging voice called out
"Whos thereT' and Jack having 1t in his mind to
beat up prady, reentered. But seeing he forgot
his resolution.
Jack! jack o Jackie but the man you've grown
TO be
"Yes, and the woman you've grown to be-"
She misunderstood. and gave him such smile
that, had 1t lasted, Jack could have held out;
but greeting his fairly, she could not fail to-
understand. Such bewilderment, such shame TO her
70 Jnckier
J 20 Jacket" he mimicked her, cruelty. "And so
you've struck your colors Chcl-my colors too? And
your letters, they nothing but to blind met How
long has It been going onT'
1t had all happened quickly. She ran for the
door as It closed behind him. 20 Jacket Jackie
But wasn't bad No, not bad, Jackie. Don't think
thnt!" But he already gone, running up the
street like afevered
whatever Prndy may have done before he did the
right thing now. Look here, Chick. see where
that lad didn't get things right what'l do? Say
1t; anything to make 1t right Anything. say-and
that means anyfhin0."
"Oh 90 away go away. Captain Prady," she
kobbed
That night for the first time in his life, Jack
Gateiy got drunk; and everybody knew 1t next day
Chick sent for Prndy and he went out to hnd jack
und. locating him. reported to Chick Go back there
ordered Chick. IN follow YOU"
Prady entered the drinking place and pleaded with
him as well as he could with many within hear
Ing But no use the lad just that age All
.he stories that he heard from fo'c'sle royers
we're sounding in and their one moral borne
put. Women, women. Huh
powerful Prady and willy as serpent, but
.hs boy could have batted toe to toe with the great
John L. himself and made him break ground that
hight Ho smothered Prady. hit him SO fast ana
pftcu that before the other well knew he was fighting
Ut all he a beaten From the corner JACK
1raeged him the room. hove him through the