The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-03-14

Ie67Ss5s, but was forced to lie down
(S@s again without delay. 1T
this is ship must have come aboard.
How did I do it? When? Where?"
"You came on with two men, or,
rather, between: two men, about $50
this morning They put you in here.
gave your ticket; to the purser and
went ashore The slim fellow was
crying. and one Of the deckhands had
to help him down the gangway."
THAT was Higgins, all right. Now.
doctor, granting just for the sake Of
argument that this Is ship and that
1 am Jefferson Locke, when il your
next stop?"
Zone week."
'What?" Kinks eyes opened wide
with horror: Il can't stay: here a
week"
You will haveto.''
"But I tell you can't-I inst can't
bought new car the other day, and
it's standing in front of the New York
theater. Yes. and have two rooms
and a bath at the hotel at SIS day."
The physician smiled heartlessly.
''You must have been drinking pretty
heavily, but I guess you will remem.
Der everything by and by"
IT. can't understand it," groaned the
bewildered invalid. What ship is
this-if it is really a ship?"
1.-The Santa Cruz. Belongs to the
Consolidated Fruit company. This is
one Of the bridal suits. 1t is 1870 p.
M, Nov. 81. We are bound for Colon.
Good night. That capsule will make
you Sleep.
When, the officer had gone Kirk turn
ed over and fell asleep. Morning
showed him the truth of the doctors
information. He awoke early, and, al
though his head still behaved queerly
and he had moments Of nausea, he
dressed himself and went on deck.
A limitless, oily sea stretched out
before his ,bewildered eyes. He touch
ed the rail with his hands to verify his
vision. He felt as if he were walking
in his sleep. He realized that great
fragment had suddenly dropped out Of
his life's pattern.
Although Anthony was youth Of
few responsibilities. he awoke sudden
~ to the fact that~there were q thou
sand things that needed doing, thou
sand people who needed to know his
whereabouts, thousand things that
were bound to 60 wrong. For in
stance, there was his brand new
French car, standing with motor blank
eted beside the Forty-fifth street curb.
What had happened to it and to the
urchin he had left in charge Of it? He
owed $1,000 on it's purchase, which he
had promised to pay yesterday. That
remittance from his father had come
just in the nick of time Suddenly he
recalled placing the check in his bill
case, and he searched himself diligent-
i ~. but found nothing. It was simply
imperative that he get some word
ashore.
!: He let his eyes rove over the ship in
desperation. Then happy thought
came to him.
''The wireless!" he said aloud. Bone
head! Why didn't you think of that
long agoT" A glance at the rigging
showed him that the Santa Cruz was
equipped with plant, and a moment
later he was hammering at the oper-
ator's door,
II want to send a message right
away" he cried -excitedly. But the
wireless" shook his head. with a
smile.
/ 'We're installing new system. The
old apparatus wasn't satisfactory, and
it's being changed throughout"
Then you-you can't send message
-possibly?' ..
Nothing doing until the next trip
Kirk strobe forward and stared dis
consolately down upon the freight deck
In vain endeavor to collect his
thoughts. He recalled the incidents
Of that wild. night and began to have
disquieting doubt. Did that chance
! meeting with the chap from St. Louis
have anything to do with his presence
here, or had he really decided in some
I foolish, drunken whim to take trip to
Central America? He recollected that
Jefferson Locke had not impressed
him very favorably at the start.
The sound of bugle. which Kirk
interpreted as an invitation to break
fast reminded him that he was fam
ished, and he lost no time in going be-
low. Upon his appearance the stew
ard made it plain to him in some
subtle manner that the occupant OF
suit A.. needed nothing beyond the
mere possession Of those magnificent
quarters to insure the most cOnsiderats
Treatment KIRK was placed at the