Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-18
CHAPTER NNvIr-Continucd

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7 WAS staring straight into the black |
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'"u" move or even u''e'""'' ""'' ""8
best to be done, Vera stood between me ana !
the mob on the stairs
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eens., s,,nlfo,,t a., Lnc,,. mis- and thar only
force would one, nor aside / heard NcCauu
,,uttor an o,,b ,rd pod ro,r ont sn,,e
order nrnc,urcd Win prorauitv. vet did
Unt w' ,,t crroris We're Gc
inc r,aGo tn bl,r, o,,r r,,rc,t Rcforc a
MA S ''',,ov a,,,d ~ ,,,,, ot,bor ~ ms We we're
,"itbir thn srcIicr oC ,ho staternor and the
cirI had closed and locked tho door. l'ists
ua,,rdad go, ,,,. ,,,,,d d., i,,,roto,t rars and
| : La,.a - ,,,,,i,,,, ,tnrs to brirr inn
,ia,an,, ,,.i,I ,,.ti,t =, L,tt., tlair y.,, i'm
| ~. r,i,,d soa,,,,d 10 r,,,,rr to mo ,yith a
G, ,d 7 ,,ros,d ,bo ,,irI aside facing
the fraiI barricr crealing beneath the as
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~. ,'. ','', -, al i,,, ,,od tbcroyl
| - t. - ,.,,, Joad ,r ,.n, hroak in this
! doo."
| ,rboro ,ros eyorcc. thon n rnuttcr of
~, ,,,i,i ,troat othcrs sccrn-
| iryl,, ,,rgirq conprnp,isc Nv ears caught
hsg ] ulEa"E ,I ,borc sncthfnp about
| 'o ,d 81 na,ig,tor together with
| o,l,ba. s,,c,,os,io,, ,b,t nnrhaps the French
! r,a,, wight not yct no heyond sound of pistoI
! sbnt Tbatoycr tho argument the advo-
| - - 80, soo,,,cd In tho ma ioritv for
on, or ,be hubhub Mccain spoke loud
| enougb to he Mainly heard
There is no use Of your threats. Hollis"
| bo said RAINING ON the door. I'VE have
| ,,,oonoDg nc weII az you and YOU cannot
| Nght alone against the whole ships crew.
| rbo hest thing for YOU to do now is to
| lietan 10 reason"
! "Iybo, has become Of the French
| or,,isero"
| lie laughed and | could hear Liverpool
| ioIn i'm rather noisily
Five miles to leeward. and going strong.
| She'll be out of sight in two hours. There
| no hone for YOU there, my man"
"you showed forged papers,"
AVE, that was easy enough; you never
| sunnosed I was such fool as to overlook
that did you? We are from st. Johns to
Liverpool, with a miscellaneous cargo. The
| Frenchman hadn't been in port for two
weeks; all his news was wireless The
| fellow swallowed my yarn as though 1t
| uas sugar candy. And the best Of II Is,
| that is the only war vessel patrolllng these
waters; we have "a cnch"
Not without me-" [ answered calmly
| after n pause in which my NINA grlpped
| the situation.
THE telltale compass shows you are three
points off your course now. I'll tax WIN
| Won. McCann, but if / continue to navigate
ihis shin it wiz be at my own terms, and
you'll either give me what | ask or we u
| which course you choose; only there WIN
be some dead mutineers If ! unlock TINS
| door"
"What are YOUR terms?"
took time TO think determined to de-
| r,ord every concession ] dared ask, assured
|
wei" I said finally this coast to the
west of us is no joke al any season Of the
,ear and there are sea-currents along here
70 fool any seaman. You can take the
chances If YOU want to. but it is my belief
Won FOOLS will have this ship on the rocks
within twenty-four hours, If you trust IN
blind reckoning"
"Damn it," sung out Liverpool hoarsely,
"vve don't need no sermon on the dangers
or the deep. If we didn't need Yer, yer'd a
been a dead one long ago $40" the gam
| an tell us what yer want
| oI will" / snapped back 1.-THE freedom
NJ the shin for both myself and Miss Car
rirgton No interference. mind you, and
our pledge accepted that we Will not at
to,,,ot uI 40 Communicates with any other pris-
oners en- board. our meals are to be served
,riyatelv and the lady Is not TO be adj
grassod h., anv one Of YOU"
81, Covsd - exclaimed a muffled voice.
| g., '5o,,,t ,ya,t much Who are YOU, the
Car of Russla?"
st an, the rightful captain Of this ship
.',n,od stiflv "and the only man on
hoaTd Ia, canable Of navigating her. You can
oo"avt ~ terms or leave them and those
60 - On Mccain | am talking 10 you
80 that seq scum
"Au right: go ahead What else?'
80 AZ - -, rrotain his revolver for protec,
"'n ,to ia,, yo nv stateroom; Miss
t.oI, ota,, an ,s sIso IN retain her key. When
,, dosert shin which know you par