The evening world., 1914-05-07
By Edgar franklin
Author Of "BOKN TO TKUUYLK," etc,

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Writ And moro than that, captain,
two Of EN- are like fresh putty from
head to foot they're that soft, ana
the big ons's only hard In spots-ths
way they train boxers and such. 4,
noticed that particular whom we were
tuokins EN- into their little beds last
night"
He glanced about wari,y and
dropped his voice.
80 what I was going to say, sir.
II you want to treat EN- TO some real.
genuine suffering. II this" the first
omcsr said hoarssiy. even put EN-
to work."
Capt. Velvet scratched his beard
and smiled slowly. IL
well. l dunno but you're right
Mr.. McWlrt." no said. And Their
again. l dunno as you're right. I
guess 1 was sorter seeing through n
glass darkly when was ashore. but
somehow out here ! feel better as-
Quainted with those three every min.
ute. and l don't believe they ever ].
did an honest hours work In thsle \
lives"
Well. that's the very idea, sisis
McWirt urged. And
And l don't believe ws could keen
ON at II without shooting 'sm-which
would take of the edge and spoii H."
capt. Velvet added moodily.
HIS hrst officer smiled broadly.
Il had 4 grandfather In the slave
trade. SIR" he said. He was q rreat
ono ..,, for r.. bringing home reilcs."
And the one rye cherished most.
sir. - bit Of whip they used 20
orive the niggers aboard with, It's
q delicate tool. captain. It's ravhide
AM, anu putt like q Quirt. something.
There's ten little tails on the end m
t-and grandfather told many \ tims
how one clip Of I'D lay Q man on~n
IKE knife" tho FIRST officer said
pleasantly: IT'S among my thInss
below, SIR"
And this time for q full mimi. On.
good captain tickled at his beard. Hs
stared toward the predatory band aud
hummed to himself. He cast an eve
aott and then along the deck. And
eventually he nodded to himsolf And
then smiled at Mr.. McWirt.
she needs painting" observed
capt Velvet. She needs II bad"
a number OF things happened In
the week that followed.
To Capt. Velvet dououesa tbsv
came merely ~ . sequence OF logical
events. For Robert Pollard and
Ryan. and the smaller rontleman
sometimes known a. the Snake. thew
wore the hasy mystery Of the mia
cnances through which one wanders
In the dsiirium Of typhoid.
Neprteved. they were summoned BY
A.
with Capt Velvet. They went silentIv
even happily. for they UNDERWOOD.
the captains blun had collapsed al
the last minute. All other blufYs Of
sinMeHy terrific nature would nsccs-
eerily collapse a. we'll. Scares the
captain would seek to give them
a.plenty; OF real danger there was
none At all. They had merely to loaf
"0o%' ne snip a. pleased them beat
SO they faced the captain insolsntIv
AND found their cheerful hypotheses
apparently oonfirIned. They learned
tnat they were to BE- set down roru-
larry ~ able ssamsp. and they
snsersd. They even dGned on fOr-
maiiy. although moro to avoid An.
oener tiresoms scsns than for any,
other reason
After that they learned that tA>v
we're assigned to painting duty ~.
ciusiveiy. and sneered further. TSep
Understood fully. about this time Aov
completely the captains bouo6o1eSa
pshoon had been punctursd. -
cered not oven starve them-h> =.
osrsd them fed. and fed we'll.
ana having been fed. they we "a
@eir way to the ounln ana . oon-
Portable nap when M. McWYrt sS~sS
them. Thoy pushed him asidN I'D
ne psrsassed. almost politely. ~
brute doubled his flst ana permHf1SI
u to whistle In Mr.. N0Wirt,0 or.
Mr.. Mcwirt stepped aside sna ~
united Somethine unfamiliar 60 W.
ue ABOUT his head. Thrice II WHio.
nickered around the oeiiin~ az ~
misty cabin: and then Mr.. NdWirt
to land. 'A' -
When the Spanish Brute had ou,s.
nnlshed bslowing. when no had d..
cuhed natiy to como back for moro 4.
az per Mr. Mcwirt's invitation, xNc1 r
uiscanaed tho notion Of . nap ana
permitted the first ofiicer 10 iesd ~
way to now region below. e
The queer thing shout the nsv -
zion was that. from Moor TO ceiiin1.
" heid hve. gallon cans OF paint, ready
MIXED and tidily labelled. Can't
NeiVet happened IN as they were D
complying with Mr.. Mcwirt's request
To remove coats and bare their vari-
ously qualified. but absolutely doomed.
arms.
Tho captain and his aid conferred
comfortably and decided on white FOR
me inside, but good slate gray for
the outside. as befitted war. The can
tain opined that Mike would like n
better that way. although they In
ferred that he had bought the paint
with trim yellow everywhere above
tho waterline In mind, as making for
a reader sale Of the craft,
When they wers quite through con-
ferring. Pollard and his colleague,
went 10 work. and Il was after that.
Tor several days. that the delirivm
erect was most marked.
Tho saloon. for example. had looked
small at first glance. Attacked with
paint-brush. II developed acres up
on acres OF woodwork that drank in
paint as sponge sucks water.
They laid II on thickly and care
!essly at first; and then. when Mr..
McWirt had pointed out their defects
with his rawhide instrument. they
at