The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-08

~ seemed part or tho routine
on the surging. wallowing
Glory b. Pollard. having re-
fused fatty to rise and confront an
other day, was drawn forth by the
eaalor with the ham hands and In
1ected willy-nilly into the day he
0corned.
RYAN and tho Snake, although they
eibbsred as they dressed. sought to
Gibber pleasantly at the seaman. and
all but tagged after him as no headed
Pollard toward breakfast.
Mornips. In fact. kept on dawnins
bright and clear. day after day. The
Interesting trio from New York OBJ
served It. In spite of biisters that rose
by the dozen and muscles that tried
60 climb through the skin.
Dragging dreadfully onward through
the wholly incredible nightmare. pass
ing from door to door OF the state
rooms. kneelins humbly to spread
snowy white along the edges Of de-
serted hunks. they noted nevertheless
that the saloon grew steadily warmer.
When, after a long. long time. un-
ending cans Of white had been spread
through the old place. when II giis-
tened with tho rays from the skylight
from ono end to the other. and they
had even painted the stairway with
tender care. they realized that shirts
were becoming a burden.
Yet, In q way. they were happy.
However stupidity. they understood
chat their work was done. They sat,
0meared. grinning daxedly at one
another, chattering emptily about
what they had survived and the years
Il would take to recover: and as they
chartered MIR. McWirt entered sud
denly and demanded to know why in
the wonderfully qualified Internal
regions they were not on deck and at
work. with two hours of daylight still
remaining.
So they went on deck. and the little
German sailor showed them how IL
turn white paint into gray; and MIR
Mcwirt, with the end OF his Quirt
pointed out that all habltable enclos-
ures. ashore or afioat, have outsides
even moro expansive than their cor
responding insides-that the Glory IL
possessed hardly square inch that
did not require decoration, and that
theirs would be the task.
Then he swished the uuirt n bit and
caused the funny little tails to crackls
and snap In funny little fashion M
had Just discovered: and they paint
ed through the two precious hours Of
daylight.
Gray paint engulfed the whole world
taking the place OF white. The trio
merely swan through IT. backs break
ing. bones splitting. sunburn smart
ing, on and on and ever on; and fo'
the most part they were strangely
uncommunicative. even to one an
other.
They listened much. however. The!
heard Capt. Velvet one day suggest
inR to Mr.. Mcwirt that they needed
change and diversion, and they liN
sned up like little tenement children
At their first sight OF the green coun
try-after which they discovered tina
the diversion consisted or benz
swung up IN cutting rope saddles an,
painting the funnel brilliant red
with two glnring white bands nea
the top. A.
They dabbed blindly at 1t for tn
batter part of one blistering day
while a red-hot wind swept the oceal
and uncounted millions OF not SOFT
coal particles worked buslly TO ge
into the tiny lung-spaces the choKln
black smoke had been unable TO pehe
trate,
And still-they lived
That, indeed, was tho curious GnI
Of n. Pollard felt 1t some time dur
. -tn~ the Hfth day. Every ache an
main OF which the human frame
capable had wandered through MN
nm and down him. and mostly on
OF him again by this time.
His manicured hands were nara a
leather now, and ingrained with lead
an eighth-inc beard altered MS cihs
ale proflle TO a degree, and his hea
had grown so weary of aching tina
n had given UP the effort to driv
him mad. And still, life survived
NOT only In himself, but in the other
The Snake was turning into
smaller, thinner. bewhiskered appar
tion Of his former self, burned rec
brown, ferret eyed, and cringing whe
Mcwirt approached. Ana the hruV
hi, fowls swathed In blue-black III
nIodded on grimly now. alive also, ar
certainly with many new muscle
bullying into sight.
The killing monotony was breaklr
somewhat, too. They sighted a
island, far away, and noted unfau
liar foliage on II before II ma
dropped over the edge OF the Sky b
hind them. -,
Men were rigging tackle over u
forward hatch, too. which suggest'
the nearness OF land and freedom
they watched the men with conslde
able interest as they worked. Th'
watched with even greater intere
when mighty case, alleged on u
stencil to contain granite mon
ment, disgorged rusty, breec'
loading cannon. Three more follow'
II, and after them came other cas-
from which gun-carriages were a
sembled.