American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

to be dangerous. Unbacked by the
New Workers. display Of wealth, Liver
pool Red and Jim White were sudden
ly 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 c~heerfully.
Now that the liquor was out OF them
they proved themselves a fairly eff
cient 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, / 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 l should attempt
to follow during the period of dark
ness.
Before the call to supper came. |
called on Bascom to explain to him the
situation, but found the man stupehed
by some drug, taken perhaps to allevi-
ate pain, and scarcely capable Of COM
pretending my meaning. Satisfied that
l could gain no assistance from him, l
left the man lying helplessly in his
bunk, and returned to the main cabin.
Vera did not appear until after Lea
yord and l were seated at table, yet
she had been on deck during the after
noon, and had much to say relative to
the beauty of the ocean scene through
which we sailed.
1t was a pleasant hour we passed at
the table, Leayord relieving Olson, but
the girl and l 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
ern sky, the air OF deck was chill, and
l 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 a faint trail of smoke far to the
I westward, barely visible as the sun
. sank below the horizon, no evidence
was discernible Of any other vessel in
! the wide circle. / hailed the lookout
: in the maintOp, but the wisp Of smoke
y was too for away for his eyes to deter
mine the course of the distant steamer,
T although as he swept his glasses a bit
d farther northward, they became fixed
and motionless. AS l stared up at him,
, his voice reported:
sail no ~
"Where awayT'
: about three points off 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 a restless bunch before the
f~orecastle, or ~overhanging the rail, evi
IDENTIFY deeply interested In observing
= our efforts to get all possible speed out
= Of the Indian Chief. The fading Ugh
gave me a glimpse of their faces, anC
, l noticed that both Liverpool anC
White were circulating freely from
group to group. However, the mel
responded readily enough to Olson'i
, orders. and sang cheerily as they taileC
onto the ropes, Liverpool himself lead
= ing the way up the ratlines and on
upon the mainyard as they sheete'
home.
The stars began to pop out in tn
arch Of sky above, silvering the wa
= tiers, and we could no longer perceiv,
what was taking place forward. Tn
night shades settled about us, and tn
. staunch Indian Chief drove her sharl
- bows through the black waste of SCI
~ in a race to cross the zone Of DANCE
before the coming Of another dawr
Apparently everything was in our ia
vor, and l stood there, leaning agains
!, the rail, chatting with Miss Vera, GU
- conversation drifting idly.
II must have been after nine whe
70 the girl left, complaining of bein
~ chilled even in the protection Of tn
n great cloak. l crossed the deck wit
"A her to the head of the stairs, and on
40 hands clasped as we fingered there
moment. the dim light revealing he
face upllfted toward mine.
"You are not going below, then, Nj
Al. Hollis?" she questioned. surely a
goes well?"
$50 remarkably WELL" l admitted
:" "as to rather puzzle me. No. l sha
as remain on deck until morning; nc
ty that l really anticipate trouble, but tn
NJ entire responsibility rests with me-"
en- You do not feel that your officer
Pr are e%ficient2'
"Only within their limits of know
to- edge. 1 like the men, and trust then
but at that they are only promote
to- from before the mast in an emergenc,
Fir Neither possess any real knowledge ,
lei seamanship. You can go TO your bert
and go to sleep. Miss Vera, assure
Die that the ship will be in safe hands"
a CTO BE CONTINUEDD
lg-
.as Soldiers Fool Bootblacks.
lily Three invalid soldiers in whe.