The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-02

THE RAYMl
manifesto" which had been forgotten
In all the turmoil, could not escape
certain thrill as I read the sigma
ture-for 1t was: "Llenry 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 commandant and the clergyman
took me under their wings on the spot,
and. though there was q good hotel.
the commandant didn't consider II
good enough for me.
liked the attitude they took toward
my adventure. Their comments on
Henry P. Tobias, Jr." and the paper
I had with me, were specially enlight-
enlng.
"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
trush-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 a fellow like Tobias that makes
him the more dangerous. He's not all
10 the bad"
Il couldn't help thinking that too"
interrupted.
"Oh, no." they said. "but he's a bit
mad, too. That's his trouble. He's
got a personal. as well as an abstract.
grudge against the British govern.
ment."
Treasurer laughed.
"How did you know" they asked.
"Never mind; / somehow got the
idea"
Take a word of advice. Have a
few guns with you, for you're liable to
need them"
II agree" I remarked. "Tll take
the guns all right. but I'm afraid I'll
need some more crew. l mean I'll
want an engineer, and another deck
hand"
And, just rs 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 III, and at the point Of death.
"What on earth can be the troublew
I said, but, the three Of US. including
the commandant went.
We found the captain lying In his
berth. writhlng with cramps.
What on earth have you been doing
with yourself. CapT' l 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 claretr'
Eyes, sir. the very same"
"Well, there was nothing to hurt
you In that" l said. did you take II
half and half with water. as l told
you1"
Il did indeed. SIR"
"It's very funny" said. And then
as he began to writhe and stifYen,
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 same" said.
Tom beckoned me to 60 with him to
the galley and showed me several
quart bottles Of water standing on u
shelf.
Two OF these were kerosene" he
said "and | suppose Cap made a mis-
take" for one looked as clear as the
other.
Then ! took one OF them back to the
captain.
"Was II a bottle like this you mixed
with the claret?" l asked.
"Sure 1t was, SIR" he answered,
writhlng hard with the cramps.
"But mani" l said. Couldn't you
tell the difference between that and
waterT
II thought 1t tasted funny, boss, but
! wasn't used to claret."
And then we had to laugh again. and
thought old Tom would die.
"A nigger's stomach and his head"
said the commandant are about the
same. I really don't kpow which is
the Stronger"
The captain didn't die. though he
came pretty near to It. Ia fact. he
took so long getting on his feet. that
We couldn't wait for him; so we had
practically to look out for new crew,
with the exception Of Tom. and Sailor.
The commandant proved good friend
to US In this, choosing three somewhat
characterless men, with good "char.
acters."
As We said goodby. with a spanking
southwest breeze blowing. l could see
that he was a little anxious about me.
"Take care Of yourself" he said.
"for you must remember none Of us
can take care Of you. There's no set.
tlement where you're going-no tele-
graph or wireless; you could be muir.
dered, and none OF US hear Of II for