Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

manifesto" which had been forgotten
in all the turmoil, / could not escape
certain thrill as read the sigma
ture-for it was: "Henry 2. 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 commandant and the clergyman
took me under their wings on the spot,
and, though there was good hotel,
| the commandant didn't consider it
| good enough for me.
liked the attitude they took toward
my adventure. Their comments on
Henry P. Tobias, Jr." and the paper
1 had with me, were specially enlight-
| ening.
"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 sort of a literary ideal
| ism in fellow like Tobias that makes
him the more dangerous. He's not all
to the bad"
81 couldn't help thinking that too,"
I interrupted.
ooh, no." they said, "but he's bit
mad, too. That's his trouble. He's
got personal, as we'll as an abstract.
grudge against the British govern
ment."
Treasurer" I laughed.
"How did you know" they asked.
"Never mind; somehow got the
idea"
Take word of advice. Have a
few guns with you for you're liable to
need them"
'T agree" I remarked. "I'll take
the guns all right, but I'm afraid I'll
need some more crew. / mean I'll
want an engineer, and another deck
hand.o
And, just as said this, there came
up some one post haste from the viii
n 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 trouble?"
/ said, but, the three of us, including
the commandment went.
We found the captain lying in his
berth, writing with cramps.
"What on earth have you been doing
, with yourself Cap?" / asked.
II did nothing, sir, but eat my din
ner. and drink that claret you were
kind enough to give me-"
'The half-bottle of claret"
Eyes. sir the very same"
"Well, there was nothing to hurt
you in that" / said did you take 1t
half and half with water, as / told
. your
II did indeed sir"
''It's very funny" I said. And then
as he began to writhe and stiffen,
called out to Tom: sect some rum
Tom, and make it boiling hot, quick
quick We must get him into sweat
Very soon we did Then / said tc
Tom:
. ]
. that's coming from him, Tom?"
Kerosene, sar,' said Tom.
II thought the very same" / said.
Tom beckoned me to go with him tc
the galley, and showed me severa
, quart bottles Of water standing on 6
shelf.
"Two of these were kerosene" he
| r a mi
take" for one looked as clear as the
other.
Then I took one of them back to the
captain.
"Was it bottle like this you mixed
with the claret?" / asked.
/ "Sure it was, sir" he answered
J writing hard with the cramps.
! "But mani" / said Couldn't 20,
tell the difference between that ant
i waterw
81 thought it tasted funny, boss, bu
! wasn't used to claret.''
\ And then we had to laugh again, AMI
j thought old Tom would die.
"a nigger's stomach and his head,
said the commandant, "are about tn,
same. really uoH Know WHICH II
the stronger"
The captain didn't die, though h
came pretty near to it. In fact HI
Y took SO long getting on his feet, tina
we couldn't wait for him; so we ha,
practically to look out for new crew
with the exception of Tom, and Sailor
The commandant proved good frien
:. to us in this, choosing three somewha
characterless men, with good "char
y acters."
AS we said goodby, with spanking
southwest breeze blowing could sc
to that he was a little anxious about me
"Take care of yourself" he sait
ny "for you must remember none of u
We can take care of you. There's no Sc
1t. Element where you're going-no telt
Or graph or wireless you could be mu