The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

reporter iHseHsible. They bound,
blindfolded, and gagged him quickly,
Saunders" said Vroon, you tell
Corrigan that I've sailor for him to-
night, and that | want this sailor
booked for somewhere south OF the
equator. Tell him to say to the mas
ter that this fellow is ugly and dis
obedient. A tramp freighter, whose
captain Is bully. Do you under
stand mel" ..
Il get you. But there's no need to
go to Corrigan this trip. Bannock Is
in port and sails tonight for Norway.
That's far enough"
"Bannock? The very man. Wen,
Mr., Norton, reporter and amateur de-
tective, l guess we've got you fast
enough this time. You may or may
not come back alive. Go and bring
around a taxi some one you can
trust. I'll dope the reporter while
you're gone. .
Long hours afterward Norton
opened his aching eyes. He could
hardly move and his head buzzed
abominably. What had happened
What was the meaning of this slow
rise and fall Of his bed? Shang.
hailed.
Come out o. that now, We skulker!"
roared voice down the companion
way. w..
"Shanghaied," the reporter muir
INJURED. He sat up and ran through
his pockets. Not a sou-markee, not a
match even; and q second glance
told him that the clothes he wore
we're not his own. They've landed
me this time. Shanghaied! What
the devil am going to dor
3D. We hear me?" bawled the stri.
dent voice again.
| Norton looked about desperately
for some weapon Of defense. He saw
an engineers spanner on the floor
by the bunk across the way, and with
no small physical effort he succeeded
In obtaining it. He stood up, HIS
hand behind his back.
"All right, me buckle! I'll come
down an git ye."
A pair OF enormous boots began to
appear down the companionway, and
there gradually rose up from them a
man as wide as church door and
as deep as well.
Wait a moment" said Norton,
gripping the spanner. LET us have
q perfect understanding right or the
bat"
We're goin' t have It, matey.
Don't We worry none"
Norton raised the spanner and
dizzy as he was, faced this seafaring
Hercules courageously.
I've been shanghaied, and you
know it. Where are we boundr'
Copenhagen
We'll, for a month or more you'll
beat me up whenever the opportunity
offers. But / merely wish to warn
you that II you do you'll find heap
OF, trouble waiting for you the next
time you drop your mudhook In North
river.
as that SOL said the giant, eying
the spanner and the shaking hand
that held 1t aloft
1T Is. I'll take your orders and
do the best can, because you've got
the upper hand. But, God Is witness.
you'll pay for every needless blow
you strike. Now what do you want
me to dor
Lay down that spanner an come
on deck. Ill tell We what Z do.
was gon' t. whale tn daylights out. o.
lye; but ye're somethin' av q man.
Drop tn spanner first"
Norton hesitated. AS 1.-the as q
tiger the bulk Of a man sprang at
him and crushed him to the floor,
wfenching away the spanner. Then
the giant took Norton by the scrufY
Of his neck and banged him up the
steps to the deck.
II amt goin' T. hurt We. had t
show We that no spanner ever both
cred Mike Bannock Now, d ye
know what cooks galley is?''
Il do" said Norton. breathing
hard.
well, hike there an start in with
peelin' spuds, an don't waste 'em,
neither. That'll be all for tn pres.
end. We were due for wallopin',
but kinda like your spunk.,
So Jim stumbled down to the cooks
galley and grimly set TO work at the
potatoes. 1t might have been far
worse But here he was, likely to
be on high seas for months, and no
way OF notifying Jones what had hap
pened. The outlook was anything
but cheerful. But a vague hope
awoke in his heart III they were
still after him, might 1t not signify
that Florence lived.
Meantime Braine had not been idle.
According to vroon the girls mem
DRY was in bad shape: SO he had not
the least doubt of bringing her back
to New York without mishap. Once
he had her there, the game would
begin In earnest. He played his
cards exceedingly well. Steaming
up into the little fishing harbor with
"a handsome yacht In itself would al
lay any distrust. And he wore o
capital disguise, too. Everything