The evening herald., 1918-06-27

of accommodation How good they
were. We shall src
Leicester. who had taken the bridge
WAS square block Of q man who had
! grow gray In the cape service. he
had learned to hate the Great Lakes
freiEhter. Second only to McMastcrr
He watched her wallow through the
-pune and cursed the day he had
signed with McDermitt He compared
the long deck ahead 20 the back Of q
great sea snake with matches FOR
scales. and the derrick mast an an.
tcnna that lifted poised. ana swaycd
through the gloom Of north Attain
tie night
\ rocket climbed thc sky abcam
Ne answered Ia kind. after consulting
code book weighted with lead.
Somewhere ahead q splinter of light
swept across the clouds signals Co
another Tar aSteru lie had mo- code
for that nor could he guess its pur-
pose. he was running with shaded
pinnacle and no Light. save tho re-
Elected glow over the funnel. which
had been impossible To- cffice.
SiN bells struck. then seven from
the dcuhridEr forward Dawn pearl
Cd over the ,drboJrd rail revealing q
turbulent sea The wind out ot the
north ana west had yecrcd e point
curing the watch ,hcu held steady
Leicester searched the horizon but
hut found no smoke un sign cd the
ships Of the night lie called the
second mate to stand the balance uf
the watch then entered the wireless
room and scanned the records on IA,
table
The room. Tlnssed on three sides.
was like patch of England The
face Of the youth at the table. with
a cigarette pasted to his lower lir
might have been thar OF q London
ciubunn. save for a certain coarse
ness nG features that savur,d ut the
soil or OF the coast Two boxes 0f
geraniums frightened the OPERATOR s.
table Lithos ana half tones from the
Graphic were tackled about Leicester
laid down the last flimsy drew out
the stump of a pipe, and rammod a
charge Of tobacco home with his fore
finger He took the proffcrcd match
with q thanks. old man" The uper-
ator flushed then bent over In, table
ana adjusted a microphone.
ASK EN- injected the mate, "wots
IN news from Picardy or Flanders 49,
The operator nodded. opened the
key then closed IL softly. and wrote
down a score n numbers In n code
II was a long five minutes to Leicester
before he took off the receiver, turn
Ell, and said.
Il can't make IL all out. sir. The
air In fun OF stuff: but ! gather this:
cruiser OF the Fnden tyI has cut
through the BRUSH Gordon and IN
heading north from Heligoland. That's
from the Tiger. of Grlmsby. Curious
for her 10 give her position. Then
there's some code stuff | caught In
German. all jumbled with numbers
out of tune. There's n squadron of
destroyers coming up the coast jam
ming the air. They want to know II
we've seen anything. They've got the
idea that the cruiser came out after
us"
Leicester whlstled. then held out his
pipe as connoisseur might hold q
tear vase.
"Ionsdale." he said - wouldn't
open again II ! wu2 you. Keep that
hey closed till / see tn old man.
Thorn square heads are great on To-
eating stations, they got sclecturs, or
something"
l.onsdale nodded; remained rigid
until the mate closed the door, then
, the mask dropped from his face. The
made in England stamp gave place 10
the German trademark His hair
hristled, his ZIP thatch suffencd lie
reached out ana unhinged the side OF
the gcranium box, drawing from "a
shelf in the earth thin codo-book
guised IN the form of a Testament.
Beichmarbs were between its pages
HI price. lie found the place, row
Of words and parallel numbers lie
muttercd
Fin uud 2wysig Gin und dIysig
Na' dus .H, Eout Der pan2iE isl
uud
Nuon he was relieved the German
Trademarks had given place 20 the
British stamp, and q popular cigarette
was pasted to his lower lip. e De Plea,
duly
Heugulaul. 10 McNasters. was ana.
hcma Al the mention of bismarck
button. I" tumhlrd from his hunk
ciuthcd only in "a suit ~ striped pa,
iamas that wrapped his spare form
like sheet around q spar lie ranE
then finished dressing. after the cab,
inboy had brought IN bottle OF cog
mac that was never down on any
masters manifest
NcMastsrs SWUNG to the bridge
followed hy Leicester He swept th'
sea with his binoculars. lie curse,
the builders of the Anaconda for no
placing a higher coign % vantage On
the freightor than an aferbridge
WIN a deeper oath he laid the glas
down tu shout orders. through tn
phone, 10 the demibridge forward.
The new course brought the freight
er's nose fuli into mountainous sea
that had been tempered by Arcu
floss 10 the frost point She hut
trcssod one and snubhed the next
her bow dr her lee rail under. a
She rolled lnd lurchcd onward oy"
leaGue on league ~ hostile waters
VS. well IN the afternoon of the da
following he news of the cruiser