Evening star., 1915-03-07

His slight but usually alert and wiry frame appeared
to have shrunk He remained deaf to Perdot's s,lg-
gestion to the brandy and became curously inter-
ested in the red CLEAN of the lighthouse, which in
sight just before the bar was reached.
The Breton imagined that his employers bodily re-
had been unduly taxed, Catching the eye Of
the yachts skipper (whosc name, by the way
William Popple), he nodded toward the tiller pointed
straight ahead, and held up finger. "Wan mineet, he
said.
Captain Popple not to be outdone in linguistic
amenities. "Combrenes' he .grinned and took con-
troll
Peridot thrust his head into the hatch "Mam sele,"
he said. "These poor devils teeth chatterng with
the cold. Will you pass the cognac?'
Yvonne felt the urgency of the request Nearly
every wet to the skin, and the wind bit
keenly She abandoned her nurses work for the mo-
ment opened locker, and produced bottle of gen.
erous size.
"Here you are,' she said. "See that little is left
have given to the men, and hope my other in
valid will soon be able to take a small quantity"
THE fisherman removed plug which had replaced
the ordinary cork and handed the bottle to Cap
tain Popple. The brandy fine old liqueur, brown
and mellow, and smooth to the palate and Poppe took
draft worthy of Russian Grand Duke.
"Gosh!' he said passing the bottle to Ingersoll,
"thas the stuff! 1t the cookies of yer heart
Ingersol swallowed mouthful. 1t seemed to re-
store his wits. The eye or the lighthouse mad changed
from red to green. at is singular" he said show
quality of evil be associated with certain coors
Red danger and possible DEATH while green i'm
plies jealous love perilously akin to hate
He had not the least notion of the incongruity of
such remark just then. He might have been making
conversation for boarding school miss whom
Yvonne had brought on summer cruise.
The other man, puzzled, stared sody into the gath
ering gloom.
"When you're plashin' at dark night you
find them colored sectors mighty useful, Sir" all
he could find to say.
Ingersoll reused himself though from sleep, and
indeed he had been wholly unconscious of his surround
ings during the last few minutes. "Oh doubtless he
said apoogetically, IL thinking aloud, foolish
habit You telling about the owner of the
Stella. Carmac is the name, think? | knew Walter
H. Carmac many years ago. He very tall, but
slightly built Surely cannot change his physique
markedly in the course of, say twenty years.
"We as to that Sir, ony the other day was talkin'
of Mr. Car,nacs size to Mr. Raymond, the gentleman
with the broken tNr Carmacs secretary, he isl,
an he said the guvno used to be thin as lath once
P'raps it of laugh and grow fat. Very
pleasant gentleman, Mr. Carmac was; an his lady too
one of the best. Excuse me- Sir, but couldn't help
starin at your girl She's that like Mrs Carmac it's
surprising If anyone said they mother an daugh-
ter I'd agree at once-if didn't know different
There was pause. Peridot had ntrusted the sup
ply of brandy rollemache for further distribution.
He came aft now, careful plotting would soon be
needed
"Once we're inside Monsieur" he said, swell set the
at work by turns with the sweeps. That will
drive the chill away
Ingersoll explained the scheme to the skipper, who
gave it his hearty approval.
"Did the yacht belong to Mr. Carmac?' went on the
artist.
"Ycs Sir He bought her fortnight ago. She used
be Lord Avelng Black Chief; but Mr. Carnac didn't