Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-09
CHAPTER NX
A cI,mpse of IA woman's Heart

rr,rJE afternoon brought me increased
faith that the Imprisonment OF Fergus
,JoC'ann had virtually ended the repelllon
of the men forward. No DOUBT the spirit VI
nnutiny still fingered, but without ms ieau-
ershlp this had ceased TO be dangerous Ch.
backed by the New 1oIKtr utsp"s
weaIth. Liverpool Red and Jim White were
srddenIy shorn of power to control the crew
os ,ourea these two were not of the
L,nd IA Weld without struggle there
,rouId inevitably be an effort OF some sort
n,,da To discover McCanns exact "herv
ahouts and release him But thlS coulo
no easily guarded against Even III the
darkest night there was sinaii sns,'oe s,,n ~
ony member of the crew being aple 10 sup
ast olong the main deck unseen, ana TOOK
nracautiou to close. and lock securely 'he
univ passageway below which LED ior"aru.
what scheme the two rlheleauers 'hlsnl
evolve I felt we were now IN pos!tioh 70
effectively block, Tneir olliy po's, ,. shin
~ success. of obtaining control OF 'he snip
,a,, In the exercise of force. undouptediy
.ho.s we're men enough forward 10 over
'natr, ne Nv sheer force OF numbers, II they
hacan,a desperate enough 10 make 'he hV
tempt
ant no longer felt fear o. tnls not
opIv had the impression been ielt upon ''Ie
oniy toaa nau them that they had already lost
.. .ntrit of resistance. but there was no
ra1hering in groups forward, no Whispered
ennferences no indication or any kihd 10
iead me 20 suspect they were piali,ns M
ao,Ion White had gone below with ms
otoh while Liverpool was serving his
"atS'' a.. Wheel Not so much as a word
,s hae, exchanged between the two since
nho5 dismissed the crew. Probably their
ast,onings had been prompted merely py
ss,riosity. and not because or any purpose
already fixed In their minds'
Nor did anything occur during the re-
roainder of the day 10 lead mo 10 feVise
.,'a conclusion. The weather held fair,
s tn,s enc men worked cheerfully Now that
anu anu ,tnuor was out of them they proved
.he,rs .he selves a fairly efficient crew. ooeying
ths orders of the mates snartly' NO oc-
sasion arose for me TO interfere, ana even
Ieayord expressed approval eha suIp,,se,
r,ada a brief tour Of the decks, noting
-. tbings were shipshape and In order IN
,,, of the remnants of wreck forward, and
81 yisisted the engine room below. inter-
Jauipe Masters. and giving MIN personal
se,ructions relative to the duties OF the
coming night. All was qu'et III ms uepa'
mant and the stokers were attending 10
iheir me- work. Apparently the crisis had been
No ssed and the only problem remaining 10
sronfront us was that OF navigation, with
~, mind at rest on this point, / passed
ny .u.s hours of the afternoon largely In my
.,, sns stateroom, sleeping for an hour or
W. wv, In preparation for the nights watch
Wy" nv Soc. and later carefully figuring out
a.. on dstail the exact course should attempt
80 follow during the period of darkness
before the call TO supper came, called
pasoom to explain TO him the situation.
,,,,, found the man stupefied by some drug,
taken perhaps to alleviate PAIN and scarcely
canabis of comprehending my meaning.
Satisaad that I could gain no assistance
from him, left the man lying helplessy
nabin Vera did not appear until after
I'savord and were seated at table. yet
shs had been on deck during the afternoon
2 nd had much to say relative 10 the beauty
Of the ocean scene through which We called
II was : pleasant hsur We p.sssd. e Y
F<able. I.eeyo5d Ecll9x.sy oison eS - -
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