The evening world., 1915-02-13

q little while ago, Robby." the SNAKE
went on. while his OPEN eye gieamed
hungrily down the LaviniA's deck.
1t was all done up In nswepApos.
with . big white napkin inAde. He
must have snatched II It the house
~ he came away. Hes got . frtsd
chicken there and not Of blscAts-
cold corn frittsrs. too. and . little
bottle of champagne. He's got whole
apple pie, and-I wonder who made
those pies7 They were great!
They"-
Jaw. shut upl" ohoksd the Spanish
II can't, Bini" James Evans said
piteously. "Ym-Eoing 70 ask hun"
He trailsd unhapptiy down the deck.
When he stood before Captain Velvet
no was the living embodiment OF
chastened humility.
Gap" be said In . thaeE vosce:
. ,,cosiS a,y yr1 '0.'' " couple OF o'''' o.
Captain Velvet looked It him WITH
out emotion Of any sort.
why, no. jimmy" he sasd 60
didiy, II couldn't. ! amt got any
mors'n I need myself"
well, any guy that'd turn down .
guy that was starvtnC'-ths snake
began. his eye Wild. cd.
Captain Velvet munched on
II guess IL. your own faas
Jimmy" he said: You boys AZ %
burned unreliable. ! had NO Aoa
whether you'd Is here when / 9ot
bsck or not. could rust a. well
. have brought you . snack. vol"
He tossed q bone to BustsSCe
splendid bone, with at least ten penny
weights Of meat clingtnS to IT.
The Snake raised his hands % M
high heavens, but his voice would no!
come. TAen. broken. he turned and
shufiied back to his friends.
In the keen. appetits-rousins AIR tns
Lavinia sailed on.
Indeed. having sailed on ana on tol
90 Ions. she was coming near 70 New
thick. and factories, and there VA
smoke In the late afternoon 81,
ahead. Spires came into s8ht-
blocks Of houses In the dietauoe-
islands and big buildings on the oshs'
Eide.
Capt Velvet. watching the shers
was hailed by an unpeintco mcto'
launch. which ploughed 10 their side
After q little bit II ssnt two mel
aboard and then ploughsd AZ.
Cops, maybef" the Spanish Brut
asked without interest.
"No-pilot to take W. pest Mei
Gate. I fancy" said H. Po''ard ns'
lessly.
He seemed to have guessed right
too, for one Of the strangers took IN
wheel. and the other. with Capt Vel
vet, busied himself with the sails
Their doings were Of no moment .
ali TO the stricken trio. altogethe
absorbed now with their own imme
; diate futures.
They were slated either TO remail
on the Lavinia or not In their pres
, ent attire they would appear slighti
out Of place In their usual heunts-
, for, however becoming the oostum
; of yacht sailor may % IN !tcsM,
was likely to start Q not II tnro
duced too suddenly TO the gtlds
dens Of criminality that knew MI
Pollard best.
More, on a capital Of forty osnti.
, gilded dens of any sort do not reec'
|. out the welcoming hand.
: Now nervously. now apotnetcSMy
8 they glanced at the shore-lin9 as NeN
d York drifted by-now seeking to fore
cast just what was coming. now try
I ing TO avoid forsoasting q All.
( That's the Brooklyn Bridge. am
1T" inquired Capt. Velvet from be
= hind. "All right. I'm getting o.
: here"
v And he was at their side and lcch
Ing them over pensively. while Biiste
r wagged his tail and shifted the shin
d grip.
d "i'm leaving now" ne stated. "Thei
fellers are going TO dock tho yacf
Y. for me over In Brooklyn. You'd bcl
ter get on her quick. because sol
her TO Bittington. and he's .endiu
bact. I'm going homo nov. ana VII
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