Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-16

i, CHAPTER XVI,
IN Ma Wanda

IN ne Hands OF the Crow.
The afternoon brought me increased
faith that the imprisonment Of Fergus
McCann had practically ended the re-
bellion Of the men forward. No doubt
..,a spirit Of mutiny still fingered, but
wl...out the leadership this had ceased
to be dangerous. Unbacked by the
New Yorker's display Of wealth, Liver
pool Red and Jim White were sudden
~ shorn Of power to control the crew.
Nor did anything occur during the
remainder Of the day to lead me to re-
wise this conclusion. The weather held
fair, and the men worked cheerfully.
Now that The liquor was out of them
they proved themselves q fairly eff
Client crew, obeying the orders Of the
mates smartly. Apparently the crisis
had been passed, and the only problem
remaining to confront us was that Of
navigation. With my mind at rest on
this point, I passed the hours Of the
afternoon largely In my own stateroom,
sleeping for an hour or more In prep
aration for the nights watch on deck,
and later carefully figuring out in de-
tail the exact course I should attempt
to follow during the period Of dark
ness.
Before the call to supper came, I
called on Bascom to explain to him the
situation, but found the man stupefled
by some drug, taken perhaps to allevi-
ate pain, and scarcely capable Of COM
pretending my meaning. Satisfied that
i could gain no assistance from him, I
left the man lying helplessly In his
bunk. and returned to the main cabin.
Vera did not appear until after Lea
y0rd and I were seated at table, yet
she had been on deck during the after
moon, and had much to say relative to
the beauty Of the ocean scene through
which we sailed.
It was pleasant hour We passed at
the table, Leayord relieving Olson, but
the girl and lingering in rather idle
conversation before we went on deck.
:; In spite Of the pleasant day, and that
the sun was still visible in the west
lern sky, the air on deck was chill, and
Il returned below for a heavier coat,
and also brought back with me a cloak
belonging to the late commander with
which to protect Miss Darlington. But
for faint trail Of smoke far to the
westward, barely visible as the sun
sanh below TIC ::::=:::: 70 evidence
was discernible Of any other vessel in
the wide circle. hailed the lookout
In the maintop, but the wisp Of smoke
was too for away for his eyes to deter
mine the course of the distant steamer,
although as he swept his glasses bit
farther northward, they became fixed
and motionless. As stared up at him,
his voice reported:
"Sail h0!"
where away1"
"About three points of the port bow,
,sir-a schooner's topsail."
every well, keep her In sight-a fish
ing vessel likely"
; Both watches were on deck, clus-
tered In q restless bunch before the
,forecastle. or overhanging the rail, EVIL
IDENTITY deeply interested in observing
our efforts to get all possible speed out
;of the Indian Chief. The fading light
gave me glimpse Of their faces, and
II noticed that both Liverpool and
White were circulating freely from
group to group. However, the men
responded readily enough to Olson's
orders, and sang cheerily as they tailed
onto the ropes, Liverpool himself lead
ing the way up the ratlines and out
upon tho mainyard as they sheeted
home.
The stars began to pop out in the
arch Of sky above, silvering the wa
tiers, and we could no longer perceive
what was taking place forward. The
night shades settled about us, and the
staunch Indian Chief drove her sharp
bows through the black waste of sea
In q race to cross the zone of danger
before the coming OF another duwn.
Apparently everything was in our IA
vor, and ! stood there, leaning against
the rail, chatting with Miss Vera, our
conversation drifting idly.
Il must have been after nine when
the airl left, complaining Of being
chilled even in the protection Of the
crest cloak. ! crossed the deck with
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