The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-29
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His blue eyes looked clearly into hers.
His body lowered again 10 It's command.
ing height as il had done when he was
about to finish the Pirate.
re stopped and spoke rapidly, sharply
in her ear. There was no pigeon chat.
ter. II was straight English.
But as the door OF the cabin opened
again and Boyd came out. the tall form
sank into itself. the knees began TO rock
the arms to weave and. staggering back
up the deck, he disappeared in the cabin.
Pauline stood stupeded. She had been
so startled by the sudden transformation
OF the man that she had hardly under
stood his striden. words.
Only one thing she could remember. He
had commanded her to go to bed and bar
her door. She obeyed that command.
She could not sleep at first. It seemed
that hours had passed when a sound out
side her door brought her to her feet in
alarm.
She moved to the door and softly
opened 1t. Across the threshold lay
Filspo, wide awake,
GO to bed, he said. Again she obeyed
and this time she ssa&
The next morning passed under a strain
Of tense excitement on the yacht. every.
thing seemed outwardly as usual. The
sNift had been restored to tt8 place astera.
The Pirate was intoxicated; the cock
sober. But there was the threat OF trouble
iu the air Pauline tslt---in the attitude Of
all the men, oven OF Owen and Hicks
The Pirate showed strange new tend
ency to make friends with Filipo.
"Can you steer cook" be asked after
the latter had announced oat dinner was
ready
Eyes" said Filipo,
"Au right, take the wheel and keep her
as she's going TIL we round that pain:
ahead there
Fipo took the Wheel and tAo others de-
scended to Gnd the cabin table set, Thsge
was prodigious amount IT tried steak
and boiled potatoes as the main ps-t Of
the meal. To their dismay they fond che
steak had been fried 70 death aud vas a5
tough as leather. a wall ~ sorrow arose
when the potatoes proved to be so hard
that Pauline doubted IL they had been
boiled more than three minutes.
The pirate" whose table manner
savored o. the forecastle, tried a biscuit
and found it as hard as stone and almost
as heavy, In his anger he hurled i; a. the
side Of the cabin and was Mortified u sos
x % through the boats side. He did DOT
know that the biscuit happened to strike
hole that had been temporarily stopped
up with putty and paint Ho burned
speechiess. TO the others and saw Hicks
hfl q biscuit on high about to dash it
onto the cabin floor
With instant presence Of mind he seized
the arm Of Hicks, and in a hoarse voice
shouted:
Don't do that you'll sink the ship.
Look what mine did"
They all gazed in amaz7mcat at the
ragged aperture in the side o. .:e cabin
through which the sparkling waters of the
Atlantic could be seen dancing fast. The
sailors surprise turned INDIGNATION.
He rose TO his tees, thu, S fist
against the carlines q G,a and
made a speech.
"Of all the crimes CtAs has been did to
the poor sailcr man G-is IS the worst. rye
sailed before the mast rear forty sears
and I've eatan some tsr-ft!@ grub. Tas
warst stuff on earth In :et - sailors, I've
seen pilot bread that Tau hal - waSoh os
it would walk off, salt horse ShAs msde
men turn on their officers and mutiny,
I've lived on chop sueyed rate "a 6aan1
hal, fried spder3 or the Pamras ans
swallowed iufusorlal earth With the Wor'
ton nigger5. I've put down seal biubbes
without kick and gnawed the tops off
my boots in the Arctic ice but dos Eos
my keelson if l ever hoistcd anything TO
like of this into my face. won't stand
it.. I mutjny."
Pauline qQelled the mutiny by pointing
ont that this was his own expedition, and
he couldn't very well mutiny against him
self His suggestion to murder the cook
was also voted down and Pauline agreed
to take charge Of the cooking Bead
and butter, canned boned chicken and
sliced peaches serva5 to appease their
hunger before returning to the deck. Then
in seDulchral toges they ordsr~d Flliro to
deacend and cat wha. AS as. cooked.
Events moved swiftly that afternoon.
Owen, peering in the galley portfolio be-
held the disguised cook remove his wig
to wash his face and recognized the curly
Light hat- OF Harry. About four o'clock
tbs launch tied up to the landing at the
small village of st. Andrew. There Owen
had opportunity 10 reveal lis discovery
Of EaTry'A presence to the oths. ~, con
sSTRtDrs. They were frightened at first
b3t soon agreed that It was q fine chance
to ge; rid OF both at tne same time.
The pirate ccnhdcd to them thai he had
brought a clock work bomb along and
had 1t in his bag. A few minutes discus
sion brought forth o simple p!aa,