Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
cu.pTrR xIy-(Continued)

TIE STOPPED. his eyes on his plate and
II none of the rest spoke. The same
Thought must have been In all Of our minds
but we felt that Olson had not nh'Shea
his tale. Tho silence caused him 10
glance up.
~rheres half dozen men forward ne
said slowly, "who would muraer tneI
rr,ndfa thers sir to get hold o all. that
ooin THE rest O. the crew are decent
enough fellows as sailormen go, but there
liouor aboard yet and all this ere war
talk has scared 'em against continuing 'he
voyage"
"McCann told them?"
"1,o told Cookie an Liverpool an they
circulated the news. IT'S said were chuch
IN with contraband. sir, an that If we're
took every man jack of us will be chueKed
into an English or French prison 49,
..you expect a mutlny, then, Mr.. OlsonE'
"I don't know whatll stop it, SIR he
,rswered solemnly. THE men went art
FER sorter take your measure. sir and near
what It was you proposed DONG Ihey
amt had no chance to git tergether an
talk since, but It's my notion theS re ripe
enough for the job,
I looked him squarely In the eyes
"And how about you, Mr. olson!
ME sir?" his lips grinned. IF hadn't
intended for to stay with yer, sir, l never
would a took the JOB -
reached out my hand, and our fingers
locked. o ,., r,,ou,
Good; with both my officers loyal, well
e,d , way out of this mess. The first thing
20 do will be to attend TO McCann. Have
YOU finished your meal?'
"Yes, sir"
"Then come with me into the captains
stateroom. until we see what we "a" M"
there useful"
Tha lady and BascOm remained seated
at the table but had finished their meal,
Neither made any motion 10 stop us, or at
tempted to speak, although | heard their
chairs pushed back before we left the
onhin when Dade and the boy began to
clean IN. We found the captains door un-
,ooked and the room in fairly good order.
II was sparsey furnished containing only
two chairs and a heavy desk, In addition to
the hunks. A bit of'rag CARPET covered most
Of the deck, and an ironbound sea chest
the key still in the lock, was slowed away
,n one corner Above the desk hung the
rhotograph of a pleasant-faced woman, and
Various nautical instruments were securely
str,nned along a shelf l disturbed things
a 9 little as possible, leaving any necessary
research into Captain Hadley's private ar
fairs to a later date, but sought win some
an.iety through a roll OF maps showed be-
s,nd the chest Olson holding lantern
aioft until finally brought forth an old
-, Of the North Atlantic. We bent over
this. outspread on the desk between us
and Olson's stubby forefnger traced the
prickings of two voyages around the ork'
news into the North Sea
IAN of ten years old said. but ac'
curate enough for our purpose. Now. II We
oan onIv fnd the rest of the route. Try
those charts again
He unearthed one at last, showing the
..rn,nation of the two voyages to have
heen Christiania, while the chant revealed
also although in somewhat less detail. the
German coast line. was far from satisfied
NTH this discovery. but nothing better
oou,d be hoped for. The total destruction
NJ the charthouse forward made this find Q
rodsend, indeed. and We were fortunate II
the fact that Captain Hadley preserved his
ola maps. Bidding Olson relieve the hrs
I olIiosr, I remained there aicr. Tor soms
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