Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
CON TR ABB AND
A Romance of the North Atlantic
BY RANDALL PARRISH

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mo e,,,u r,a, ,rr - ,,,,t,rcl nm
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u Us not oven Yet clear IN my m'nu
now IN" remaining hours Of ihnl AFTERNOON
passed wild schemes flashed thr"uEh my
BRAIN only To iail or execution was
tightly trapped, and everything Whl'h o.
Curred led me To- tho same conclusion
tho quarrel in tho cabin the fastening vi
the bar across my door. had all been pr'ar-
ranged, 10 was part Of a previously thouEu'-
out plan. Mccain had never 'niende" XIV
ing me tho freedom ot the ship, even nh"er
parole. lie had apparently Yielded TO my
demand to induce me To make that last
observation, and figure out our position on
the chart
But as soon ms that had been done ! was
no longer Of any use ON board, and ne had
gladly accepted the first excuse offered 10
render me helpless There could I've Only one
reason for such action on his part-dcser-
ton Of the ship that sam" night " the
mutinrers were really. as pretended. intcnu-
ing TO land their boats i'm the harhor OF st
Johns they would require my services Tor
at least another day yet 30 one else on
board could place the vessel at the point
designated. Their actions, however, plainly
evidenced that | was no longer needed, ana
that their plans had been changed,
,,a,,,5 ,,. o,,., hold communication with
,,,., an NOT ortnrunnu. occasionally over
r,'or5 ,,,o,.o,,c,,ts ir the cabin but could
,,ar,.oi,, roc, through my door aud was
,,r,blo tn asrortoin who we're present
,,hiIo ,b, ro,y words DISTINGUISHED brought
mo no snorinr information. That some
,,,,,,..,,,,s,,, ~ s,cr,+ ir,pnrt,nrc was going
49,, o,,,rd s.,or,o1 moro thau nrohable The
sourd ~ f,,tet,rs ON tba upncr decl, over
M, Load ,,rovcd that an unusual number
20 ,,,, -. ,..,, husit,. orraped aft while
scver,I tir,ee caupbt tho ccho of orders
and tho rrnal,irr ~ hIorks convincing me
tbot tho small boat tackle was being over
hauled and tested | also became impressed
with the conviction that food supplies were
being conveyed from the la2arette to the
boats and slowed away
sumner v,s earvod carIv in the cabin.
but vas cvidcntIv moro of a lunch than n
,re,l M, ott.,,,,t boIro ,,,,de at fnrnnalitv
NI,,.arn I Ii,cr,,ool ond Mice Carrinpton
yora nj tho tabla togctber hut while |
couId difrarontiatn mai, voiccs conversation
vas carried an in surb low tones I could
maxi, nm. nr - Indeed I dn NOT tbinI,
ned spnlke at an aud the other two seemed
10 be discussing music IA though Interested
in no other topic. When they left the table
Vera went to the piano and played and
sang all the time White was eating. My
little peekhOe gave me n glimpse Of Nc
Cam, leaning against the mizaen mast, his
eyes upon her. No offer OF food was made
me, nor ala | see, or near BaScom II he
ate at all 1t must have been in his own
stateroom' FlnaIIy the music ceased Ine
two exchanging rev apparently frlendly
words before Ihe HirI eNvuSeu heISeIt ana
Ie'u'H'u W Hei Foo'"' ~ 7e''i''u 10 l''e
there was "Teau! d c"Tu'di u'IueIStahuIiit
pe'"eeh lheul' ana l CONFESS ''S tIous mt
49,, Mas ,t ,,i J..n 'r ,,,or,. o,i
N'y''un tnaI NllSS Nel" w. M'a '''gio'y "r.'.s ,,s
P'' "' NY omu 9uhs ~, .,u' e'S '"'l o
t m"o mU n,,,i,.i,s,,, ,TirIs
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ASSuIeu thdI lhe reno" was no longer
p''o" luuu'Eeu lrl l"St s'ahce tnIoush
'He I"unu port ne PuipIe ,""bht ou-
SGuIT" uppn 81" anu shS' "ut ,i 'nsit was no
NJ" W. -" Nv S,s" VI " oOu'S H.ol ~
80 Nr''' ',I I",''n 90 ~ 'ioi ~
,o ha,s rh, ~ po,i ,.i
d,,,i,, -, Lo ~ ,I,,sa,t ono e., ,iro,,,,.
nonriny o,,t tbrnugb the nnrnle b,go. ,I,a
shin rno,.ed rnaiestiroIIv throurb ,ho des,,-
Iata ,vaters So sIo,vI,, az to L1rely rctaiu
steerafa-yyav
ca, ".%n ,T W ,'.'',N .,,, oslli, ""poIeSS, my
n%."u % u'' I"p Hl"'v " ,Iea"iIlI. ,'oou '"u'
N"', ,""'u Wv, ""h' euo't Vi n''Ho was
P''7'p', lHe'e ""' no ne'hS ny "hI'h
'ou'u ,S'aPe iI"l' ul' S.ats'ooIn was
,%."o % . i'' VI u"P anu MoI'"m iiteuueu
7" ''"'" NO '"''' l" N'o"n' NlIlln an
nou' p''H'PH' Ger ,"''lI p'lore hluhlshI
.n"Ie ueN',a "pu'" u'.erl l!e SNIP ana lake
u ll'1 p"H,S, IS ,',o' i 'I,s tneS nope" 10 De
Sa'''E "H"oi' ol' ''o re"lounul'Llu coast
III 'ou,,,,S "l'll""l WITHOUT COMMUNICATION
WIN WIN '5' '''1",'on' '.e' B'e,s parry OF snip
WreCkeu Se"llel tne Ihulan Ihlet
Mou'u i,o,gl ne ne ,5e"lu ' VI asaIh AIteauS
wa P ~, 80 ,tS 80, ~ l'.i'IS as Ht'pleSS
Iainous nIap ms thouph fatho,ne horoath ,no
soa How deatbIv sim A. yyas on LIord
No sound Of footsteDs reached mo fro,, an,
decl, overhead no voice snoLo eve, en- s,r,,r,
orders: no movement Of anv kind aroea r'.