The evening world., 1914-05-12
S@ A Complete Novel Each Week in The Evening World SXx

"The Gertrude" I said. treadins
on his too. lie took the hint
angelically.
pa Gertrude, she IL coming first"
the Greek. Watching.
There IL native diver on da ger-
trudc. he owe mo thrco pound nine
teen shillin'. I hope he Ia not dead"
IA Malay7" 1 asked.
VA New Guinea-Mo. He 10 bad
man. dat Mo. Ito promise. no no
pay. go down TO da Jet. and look.
IL he In dead. 1 mako da owner pay
me-"
We tramped down together through
the burning sun TO tho wooden jetty.
The Gertrude came In first. and
George tho Greek was into dingey
and over her gunwale before she had
time TO drop anchor. In a minute
he rcappcared. with a face Of demon
lac fury: spat violently over tho
counter. cursed the ship and all In
her In ut least four different Ian
guages. and jumped into his boat
again.
Lost your money!" I asked. AZ
the dingey shot up TO the steps.
George tho Greek did not reply,
otherwise than by stating, In gross
and In detail. the things he would do
to tho owner Of the Gertrude should
fortune favor him with . chance. Tho
owner OF the Gertrude. mean time. .
fair. flushed. bloated man, who
seemed to have been drinking, and to
have arrived at the pathetic stage.
leaned over the counter and called
out to George to ''let tho poor Brighter
rest In is blooming grave. and don't
20 bringin' bad luck on yourself by
cursin' the dead"
HE got no gravel" shouted George.
with much bad language. (He seemed
to think It a very mean circumstance
that Mo should have no gravel He
lie dere at bottom Of da sea. like one
lobsta."
Don't you mako no mistake" re-
Joined the captain with drunken grav-
ity. Hes hero In tho cabin, wrapped
In his dress. az we took tho poor
blighter up. and he'll he buried
proper, Just rs he is. No one can say
l don't treat my divers decent, dead
or alive. Good Joe Gilbert: that's
what I'm known a.. and that's what
n ne
pocket and inverted Il on his nose.
waited until George had gone Off
cursing. and then got aboard tho lug.
ger. The captain. on hearing that
was collecting curios for tho Marquis
lot mo see all tho stun that Mo had
left behind. His sorcerer's bag. full
of the odds and ends We had already
seen. lay In a corner OF tho little fore.
castle. 1 scarcely expected to find
what I was looking for there, and
did not. After purchasing ono or two
bits OF carving at a price that put
the captain In . good temper. asked
him II that was all tho Papuan hat
had.
"All that l know Of" he said. "un
less It was the rubbish he used to put
round his neck before he'd get into
the diving dress"
My heart beat little faster
What was THAR" asked.
Couldn't tell you: some Of theiI
sorcerer's charms. Most like, a bon,
or q queer bit Of coral. His brother
would tie It on for him: most time,
he went down he'd have something
OF the sort. and he'd be praying 4
his devils before he started, to keel
away tho sharks. Seems 20 mo h,
, got the wrong sort Of prayer unde
. way; bis devils kept away tho shark
| all right. but they didn't take no car
, about divers paralysis. and that
wha: got Mo. Flo was dead Lor,
knows how long when We pulled hin
, up. and he must have lost his air. .
, he's all TANNED into tho helmet an,
, corselet. and We can't get It off,"
Thanks" l said, picking up m
purchases. TN 20 and take these 4
, tho Marquis"
0 found him waiting near tn
Greeks, looking at tho things dis
9 played In the window. Among Their
was q diving dress complete: a grea
= copper and gun-metal helmet joine
e to a wide breast plate or "corsslet (:
= leaden -soled boots: rubber-cloth bod,
did you see that dress'" I askel
. az We walked on. Mos inside Q
y one Just like It. jammsd In tight.
r didn't so him, but I have seen tina
sort Of thing before. The face Is a
nattened out against the glaAses G
1 tho helmet"-
Enough. enough" cried the Maj
ouis,
= 1T isn't enough" I said. i've &c
, TO explain. for a reason. Well. bein
like that, there's no getting them on
OF the dress without cutting them I
pieces. so It's tho custom OF the div
ing trade to bury them as they ar,