The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-08

He stopped and spoke rapidly, sharply
In her ear. There was no pigeon ehat-
ter. Il was straight English.
But Is the door Of the cabin opened
again and Boyd came out. the tan 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 stupefied. She had been
70 startled by the sudden Transformation
Of the man that she had hardly under
stood his strddent 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 q sound out
side her door brought her to her feet In
alarm.
She moved to the door and softly
opened It. Across the threshold lay
Fifipo. Wide awake.
Go to bed" he said. Again she obeyed
and this time she slept
The NEXT morning passed under . strain
Of tense excitement on the yacht. Every.
thing seemed outwardly as usual. The
skin had been restored to its place astern.
The Pirate was intoxicated; the cook
sober But there was the threat Of trouble
In the air, Pauline felt-in the attitude OF
an the men, even Of Owen and Hicks.
The Pirate showed strange new tend
ency to make friends with Fflipo.
Can you steer, cook?' he asked aftee
tho latter had announced that dinner was
ready.
"Yes," said F1lipo.
IAN right, take the wheel and keep her
as she's going till We round that point
ahead there"
Filipo took the wheel and the others do
seconded to ind the cabin table set. There
vas . prodigious amount Of fried steak
and boiled potatoes ~ the madn part Of
the meal. To their dismay they found the
steak had been fried to death and was ~
tough - leather. A wall Of sorrow arose
when tho potatoes proved to be 50 hard
that Pauline doubted II they had been
boiled more than three minutes.
The ~Pirate,'' whose table manners
savored Of the forecastle. tried q biscuit
and found It as hard a. stone and almost
as heavy. In his anger he hurled it at the
side Of the cabin and was Mortified to SEQ
It 60 through the boats side. He did not
know that tho biscuit happened to strike
. hole that had been temporarily stopped
mp with putty and paint He turned
speechless to the others and saw Hicks
lift = biscuit ON high about to dash Il
onto the cabin noor.
With instant presence Of mind he seized
the arm of Hicks, and In . hoarse voice
shouted:
Don't do that, you'll sink the ship.
Look what mine did"
They all gazed in amazement ct the
In fhA do nj &1ao
through which the sparkling waters of the
Atlantic could be seen dancing past. The
sailors surprise turned to indignation.
He rose to his feet. thumped his list
against the carlines Of the cabin and
made q speech.
~Of ell the crimes that has been did to
the poor sailor man this Il the worst. rye
sailed before the mast near forty years
and rye eaten some terrible grub. The
worst stun on earth Is fed to sailors. rye
seen pilot bread that you had to watch or
it would walk on, salt horse that made
men turn on their officers and mutiny.
I've lived on chop sueyed rats in Shang.
had. fried spiders on the Pampas and
swallowed infusorial earth with the Wor-
tom niggers. I've put down seal blubber
without . kick and gnawed the tops on
my boots in the Arctic dee, but dod rot
my keelson II I ever hoisted anything the
like Of this into my face. won't stand
It. mut1ny."
Pauline quelled the mutiny by pointing
out 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. Bread