Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-09
w est Wind Drift
BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEOv
ru,s STARTS THE STORY
Copyright. 1870. bv George Barr Mocutoheon

CAPTAIN Trigger commands the
stedr,er Dordime,. tohose disappear
scSr Ian port to tho United States ,oith
sSo passengers uus a mystery. After
* pssset bedces port, Algernon
ISo,,is Perctyai Is brought before
Canaan Trigger as q stoDdDdy. The
coptain questions htm as to hoo he
boarded the vessel and learns he
came aboard as a coal pdsser. He
aad epplains that robbers hdve taken
ali MS money. The captain also learns
sNat t,co deckhdnds haze leuped from
az ship and he suspects q plot to
,srsck the vessel. Percludl Is put to
ssork under guard. Nent morning the
tsr out Of order. Passengers are nerv-
o,,s ond some carry around thetr
ys,Vels for safety. While at toork Per-
sriraI Is recognised by Ruth Clinton
SSoytIu after q series Of explosions
occur, killing forty.str Of the creto
Grd passengers. The ship remains
odoat. Both tho oaptdtn ana Perotudl
H. a beautiful young Russian, Is very
synnk In her admiration of PeroivdL
rsst as the situation Is critical land
y,s;ohtcd, aud the Dordine grounds ~
n nGrroto channel bett1een tWo small
Ilands. There Is q c1fsts as the steer
ag. tbo shin threaten rtuttnu. Per-
c,sdi again proves himself the man for
he snlcr1ercy and Qnells the out
h.raL An eTplordtion party Is organ
i.sd but before Il Ieaves the ship Ruth
nm n,i,ton Games to Perciual aud insists
on dressing hts hands, stu sore from
the burns oJ we Cap,VS n,.t,, aud I,vIs ,,ia,,ts
!saase CO.. Sr md Sfripss on the island
srfors returning to the ship, tohere q
course Of action ts discussed dhd
aDrccd upon, ana ~ CONCLUSION ferct-
odl addressed the cre1o ana puSSeHgeFS
cs follotDS. "Thts IS no time 70 DC sen.
tImentdl Tt Is no time 20 Sit dpUh 1nd
oifv ourselves or each other. Goa
Eno,us | an just as sorry for ntyseU
as uou are for yohrse'Ues, out thdt
iSn,f oottg to get me dnyUhere. We've
NOT TO 10 1rk. That means uH OF as. it
means The toomen as toell as the men.
n means the Uonpen Uith soft, ,rhtte
hands and the men Dho never did
stroke of manual lobor IN their Nres,
;lst as much as it means the people
.obo haps neper done anything else
b,,t ,pork, Something Dtll be found
Soy sreru one of US to do, aud, ladies
nrd oentlenen, zoe 11tH hdve to do Vt
ssithSut Uhtn;n1"
n ypvr TT roNrISrEs
NNp ~
NCAPTA1N TRIGGER Is accountants
C,or the carse on board the ship.
..,,. 4, on,osoa % o,r oopfscat-
Naturais he 10 oppooe. W , y
Ing anything that has been entrusted 10
him for safe delivery. He takes a very
..n,,h,s attitude, however. He will cfIi.
se's'o'o A.. -, "A
cially protest against tne removal Oh
anything from the hold Of his vessel, but
81 o,il, M, en,nlov force TO resist us
u. W.. ~. - 60. f,oas,ufys
and all that sort or thinR. he under-
stands the situation perfectly,
Nov. here Is what we VIII nave 20
to we must select site LOT our Sdinp
OR town, you may well say-and we
must build upon IT without delay, Ihat
Is to be our hrst step. neta,is ad VII &c come ne
later. There are over SIX hundred or us
here We represent a falr-sized village
We have mechanics, carpenters, farmers
surveyors, masohs-and merchants 70
say nothing or COOKS, housekeepers ano
so on. The ship contains all sorts OF
tools 10 work with, canvas IGr temporaary
quarters beds ard bedding, cook,ng N :
that Robinson Crusoe didn't nave. anu
besides all that, we've got each other
We are not alone on desert lsland' w, we
are, my friends; as wei! OH as tne RI
srims who landed on Plymouth RocK,
ana we are pet5er r., on thdn the mafps
country that MES that nag up there.
centuries ago pold adVenturers SCI ouS
70 discover unknown lands. Ihey were
few IN number and poorly equippeh 'Su,
they yentured INTO the wildetness ,rs and
Slt vages tnat grew 70 De GIes ihe
we will never know, and they survived
:. Captain Trigger and tne others Sc Sc
lected me to make this ak to you be
cause | nave had some practicai eNpe,
renee In establishing and deTeiopng a
camp. such as we VIII nave 70 pulia, EN-
s.,.ot, a.. otners ;, WORK nara "ork. @ Oh CON
ssructiVe nature. 10 our only salVatlon'
Inless we occupy ourselves from one
GAYS end 70 another IN sooa' marc; non
est toll, we VIII al go nsq. Ihats i, tne
long ana tne snort OF II; II we SAT SUI
on 'nls poat Tor thlrty daVs; dolng noth-
ny, we lose our Minus. IneIe lsn q
man N thls CROWD I'm sure. VINO would
ao' WORK ms mead on 10 spare the won-
hovT OF haroshlp. but the great
eN nHrushlP YOU women c0ula possibly
@ snow woIid De idleness' There VIII be
NAM mank zoo tor ", my trienGs, we VIII
,n neve 70 work Tor nothing we VIII nave
% ~ help each other. There Is out one
G,asS ~ on thls Island at present, ana that
10 s,e working class. ,.,-
N, we've al got people at home waiting
Lno,,, S eihiS way Wtoto VIZ ~
M,Uws ns mat Lhe Doralne Is three weeks
Uveraue SroNS az No De Janelro. and that no
q, %Vtu mas peen had from her' The ocean
is ocihg searched. Our friends. our rel
auves So are doing everything In their
Sower 10 get trace OF this lost ship.
nS nSu may depend on that. In a little
VIII wimi1e-a Few weeks, at best--the ship
viii oe given up for lost We will be
Se.H osH'eu as aead, al OF US Thats
hu' h.u' cruei tninB TOT me 10 say, and
ase 70 say it-out we've Just got to
teanhe tse the position were in. It's best
uIat we should look at 1t from the worst
pssloie angle; | do not speak Jestingly
saen Taen i say that we may as we'll con-
am as full Of hope and confidence as
ANYBODY and l am an optimist If there