El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-23
THE SCARLET SCARF
Another brilliantly described Danng
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By o eDrnngN Sings FOmFm
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Continued from yesterday

I'VE can do some bluffing with that
machine gun" said Toland, pointing to
the weapon, mounted on its swiveled
tripod ina the bow--"and some real
damage if we have to, eh?"
There are five hundred cartridges
IN the belt Sayville replied. IF ]
had known what that scarf Of yours
was going to get us into, l should have
loaded an extra case aboard. Still, five
hundred can be mighty handy"
They had left Marvine about noon.
At one o'clock, their speedometer was
still pointing firmly to two hundred
miles an hour. 1t had not even trem-
bled toward lower figure at half
past one From then on, they did bet
yer, LOT sayviHe stopped climbing at
elght thousand feet and steadily coast
ed down to three thousand, adding a
Few miles an hour to their velocity.
Five minutes later, Toland. with the
glass sweeping the horizon ahead, an
nounced smoke against the sky to the
er angle.
1T is the sallie NJ. sure as you're
BORN Toland cried. Dirty yellow hull.
two masts and a red funnel Marvine
IS right; there is nothing else like her
afloat Gee, what tubi"
She was wallowing in the oily sea
under great, belching cloud Of thick
smoke. Her broad stern dragged a
turgid wake behind ner. and her blunt
nose heaved the water ahead in an
Oblique angle Of tumbling waves She
had no ,stem TO cut them clean. no
speed TO cleave them and toss them
lightly aside. ''She looks like a fat
washerwoman waddling up the street, ,
said Toland; and she did.
Twice Sayville circled over her. Won
dering how 70 stop her. They were so
low as almost to touch her topmast,
but not human figure appeared upon
her decks.
-Heyr' shouted Toland. shaking at
the hulk an angry fist in which he still
elutched his scarlet scort. Hey, Stop
! that ship"
They passed over her again and
swung about for still another circle
On the back track. they saw a man step
from the wheelhouse and stand by the
bridge-rail, eying them curiously as
they approached.
''Heyi" Toland shouted again. shak-
ing his scarlet scarf angrily. stop
that ship. Haul about and lay to,
there"
The result made them stare at each
other in amazement. The man on the
bridge shouted something to them.
waved his hand to acknowledge that
he understood and darted back into
the Vheelhouse.
put that blamed scarf away" or
ufAtu 0dNNAlAts Ou ItuleAlUtE ma I
il did to us once"
Obediently, Toland stuffed it into his
loose suit and rebuttoned the canvas
over it. By the time they had passed
the ship and circled around again, the
throbbing and clanking of her crazy
engines had stopped, and she was
helmed hard over swinging around
lazily with her own momentum.
We'll I'll be damned" Toland eX-
claimed. That's too easy to be true.
Look out for tricks"
In a few minutes more, the Ssllie NJ.
lay inert, heaving from side TO side
with the long smooth rollers, her stern
pointing to where her bow had been,
the man once more at the railing Of
the bridge, watching them. Sayville
unanswered into position. threw his
motor out OF gear and took the water
on an easy glide. He worked up to-
ward her and then opened the switch,
lying at a safe distance from the bulg
ing hull. but not too far for converse
tion.
Hello" he called for want of some
thing else to say. The man nodded
Hare you?" he said. You firm
Cartwright"
Instantly Sayville took the cue.
Yes" he said. 4 want Brandon"