The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-12

i-'manifesto,' which had been forgotten
In all the turmoil, l could not escape
a certain thrill as / read the sigma
ture-for it was: Henry p. To-
bias, Jr."
That night we made Harbour island.
| and met that welcome that can only be
met at the lonely ends Of the earth.
The c~ommandant and the clergyman
took me under their wings on the spot,
and, though there was a good hotel.
| the commandant didn't consider 1t
good enough for me.
liked the attitude they took toward
my adventure. Their comments on
Henry r. Tobias, Jr." and the paper
I had with me, were specially enlight-
ening.
1.-THE black men themselves" they
both agreed. "are all right. except, Of
course, here and there. It's fellows
like this precious Tobias, real white
trash-the negroes name for them is
apt enough-that are the danger for
the friendship Of both races. And it's
| the vein of a sort of a literary ideal
ism In q fellow like Tobias that makes
him the more dangerous. He's not all
to the bad"
II couldn't help thinking that too"
I interrupted.
"Oh. no." they said, "but he's q bit
mad. too. That's his trouble. He's
got a personal. as we'll as an abstract.
grudge against the British govern
ment."
Treasure" I laughed.
"How did you known" they asked.
"Never mind; I somehow got the
idea"
"Take a word Of advice. Have q
few guns with you, for you're liable to
need them"
II agree" I remarked. "Tll take
the guns Ill right. but I'm afraid Til
need some more crew. I mean I'll
want an engineer. and another deck
hand"
And. just as I said this, there came
up some one post-haste from the vii
lage; some one, too. that wanted the
clergyman. as well as me, for my cap
tain was Ill, and at the point Of death.
"What on earth can be the troubled p
| said. but, the three Of us, including
the c0mmandant went.
We found the captain lying In his
berth, writhing with cramps.
what on earth have you been doing
with yourself, Cap" I asked.
II did nothing. sir, but eat my din.
ner, and drink that claret you were
kind enough to give me-"
1.-THE half-bottle of claret1"
Eyes. sir. the very same"
swell, there a nothing to hurt
you In that" i said. ibid you take 1t
half and half with water, as I told
your"
II did indeed. SIR"
Its very funny" l said. And then
as he began to writhe and ~stiffen, I
called out to Tom: "Get some rum,
Tom, and make 1t boiling hot, quick
quick! We must get him into a sweat"
Very soon we did. Then I said to
Tom:
what do you make out Of this smell
that's coming from him. Tom?"
kerosene, sar," said Tom.
II thought the very salne." l said.
Tom beckoned me to 60 with him to
the galley, and showed me several
quart bottles of water standing on a
shelf.
"Two of these were kerosene" he
said land I suppose Cap made a mis-
take: :" for one looked as clear as the
other.
Then l took one Of them back to the
captain.
"Was 1t a bottle like this you mixed
with the claret" I asked.
"Sure 1t was. SIR" he answered,
writhing hard with the cramps.
but mani" l said. Couldn't you
tell the difference between that and
water?"
II thought 1t tasted funny. boss. but
/ wasn't used to claret."
And then we had to laugh again, and
I thought old Tom would die.
"A nigger's stomach and his head
said the commandant, are about the
same. I really don't know which is
tha stronger"
The captain didn't die. though he
came pretty near to 1t. In fact. he
took SO long getting O. his feet. that
we couldn't wait for him !: SO we had
practically to look out for q new crew,
with the exception Of Tom, and Sailor.
The c0mmandant proved q good friend
to rs In this, choosing three somewhat
characterless men. with good "char-
acters."
As we said goOdby, with q spanking
southwest breeze blowing, l could see
that he was q little anxious about me
take are Of yourself" he said.
"for you must remember none Of US
can take al Of you. There's no set
Element where you're going-no tele-
graph or wireless; you could be muir
dered. and none Of US hear OF It for