The evening world., 1914-04-01

gov discovered the captain and IA
renf Why should I not call the men
here and remind them Of all thatf''
II do not believe you will. They
know I was locked In the storeroom.
The door-the lock-
You do not know what you are
saying!"
But l had ansersd her. and shs
went on cruelty:
"Who are you. anyhowf You are
not . sailor. You came here and
were taken on because you told .
hard luck story. How DO We know
that you came from q hospital7 Men
Just out OF prison look as you did.
Do you know what We called you, the
first two days out7 We called you
Elsa's jail bird! And now. because
you have dominated the crew. We a:s
DO Mrs. turner and Miss ~
think that7"
They rect az I do. This is a picked
crew-men tho Turner line has en-.
ployed for years."
"You are very brave. Mrs. johns"
I said. III I were what you think I
am. would be dangerous enemy"
II am not afraid Of you"
thought fast. She was right. Il
had not occurred to me before, but II
swept over me overwhelmingly.
to do" said. II shall surrender
myself to the men at once" took
out my revolver and held II out to
her. This rope Is q dead line. The
crew know. and you will have no
trouble: but you must stand guard
hore until some one else II sent"
She took the revolver without .
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now turn Of events, ! went AFT. The
men were gathered there. and I sur
rendered myself. They listened in
silence while told them the situation.
Burns. who had been trying to sleep.
sat UP and stared at me tncredul-
ously.
TT will leave you pretty short.
handed. boys" finished. but you'd
better fasten me UP somewhere. But
! want to be sure, Of one thing hrvt;
whatever h.ppensiheeD the guard for
wed like to- talk It over. Leslie"
Burns said. after q word with the
went forward . few feet. taking
care to remain where they could see
me. and very soon they called me.
There had been . dispute, I believe.
Adams and McNamara stood OF from
but clearly differing from the deoision.
Charlie Jones. who. by reason OF long
service and sort Of pious control
he had In the forecaStle. was gen.
orally spokesman for the crew. took
q step or two toward me.
Wen not do It. boy" he said.
I'VE think We know . man when We
sec one. a. we'll a. having occasion
70 know that you're white al
through. . And we're not inclined to
set the talk OF women against what
we think best TO DO. 30 you stick to
your Job. and we're back Of you"
In spite of myself. I choked UP. I
tried to tell them what their loyalty
meant TO me;' but I could only hold
out my hand, and. one by one. they
came up and shook It solemnly.
I'VE think" Mcnamara said. when.
last Of all. he and -.cams came up,
that Il would =, best, lad. II we put
down in the iogbook all that has hap
pened last night and to-day. and this
Just now. too. It's fresh in our minds
now. and It will be something to
60 by"
So Burns and I got the losbook
from the captains cabin. The axe
was there. where We had placed 1t
earlier in the day. lying on the white
cover OF the bed. The room was I'M
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it-a collar on the stand. brushes put
down hastily. half smoked cigar
which had burned a long scar on the
wood before II had gone out. We
went out silently. Burns carrying the
book, locking the door behind W.
Mrs. Johns. pitting near the com
panionway with the revolver on her
knee. looked up and eyed me ooolly.
80 they would not do III"
II am sorry to disappoint you
they would not"
She held up my revolver to me and
smiled cynically.
Remember" she said, II only said
> you were pDribility."
Thank You'll shall remember"
BY unanimous consent the task OF
putting down what had happened
was given to me. ! have q copy OF
the log book before me now. the one
, that was used at the trial. The men
. read It through before they signed II
Aug. IL.
This morning. between ESQ and
/ 8 o'clock. three murders were
committed on the yacht Ella. At
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