Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-28
West Wind Drift
By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHE0N
ruIs srARrs TRE sToRY
ces~zoA. 1880. sy. George soyr xecu.oa.or

wMb oound Vcm VcmS SVn s,ss AW'san sn rsn
POI. ,cds mystery 10 a
rusrlcd worid. After the vessel leaves
bort Al0ernor Aaon~ rsro'caL On
AmsrcarS A 4, ne cktsf sxoineer ne a
s,o,ysd,ooy. The cdptdtn gaesfions hin,
o. to hoto ne eocrded fhe. vesssl aud
Is twornss tw ~ r. ."crss ~ rst'srr % ,n
goo, gWs,sT statss, and eapfains that rob-
tsrs hove token on ~ money. The
captain o~o eo,"s s,,o.s ~" .wS oecn;
nc"s ns..oscfs a piof 70 ,creck enc vssssI
ppsrcivai p 70 put to Uork arder oudrd.
Nert mornsmo the tctreIoss operator
\ reports hfs frdnsmNter orf OF order.
4 Passengers ore nervous and useasp.
! some carr around their jeweh for
! sdfefy ard 6onker "str6ed his belt
10 its capacity toffh bank notts and
co,d.0
AVN HERE IT CONrINuEa
SHlLbAN iaa'es s''u Shiioan sentemen,
~ dazzling Brasilian ladies and pompous
pr. .yI,,an gentlemen. emur Arrentinians
.,'' ...n,.,. ...,,,.., ,,S-..'
4 loroiy Se.usns' iu'ous For'uRuese'
lofty English gentlemen and superciliour
English ladies, friendly and irreprsssibie
Am.ricans-aii Of them swinging their
sea legs win new round apandon--ciat'
tered solidly around the wind swept cir
o,,, New facea appeared In thu nroc...
oo" ..s,.
son' ne" vo'ee' "ere r"i'eo with IN
eray, new figures sprang into existence
with marvellous rapidity.
.. ..,,,.s D, y,.r,,,,o, a.. a.. .
see,heu e,"i '"". 'he popuia
tlon doubled ana tripied ana quadruplcd
with every throb Of the powerful engines
r,. ..,,, M, .,h,,,,,o. a, ,h. ,,..,,. 80.
the IT ' man who wa, trying @ s"f 50 hard i'te to
die and g. souldn'..-he !. saw him plunslns
tsrocio"siv giarine a. e"erv 't ono v''i,. ,.h,
rnoked WV WIN
A sn,aii eroup of America, ,,r.s,
son,e Young and pretty. others vo,,n.
and homoly. hut ali OF them sprishtiv
and and cl,ar.syed--nine Of them n fsc,nyy
psrciyai's Guardian perked his heoa 4,
their direction after thoy had nassea
and volunteered this BIT Of information .
"Hornswossied. then, sir,a was coms
ali the way down from Nev yoris nis
month. aeo. Promised double nav ana
plenty OF work in the American colony
SS,e 1sy ali I'm, ali r;rh, hs Ss ,Ssr aouD,s n
soi,e misunderma andin' AZ 10 what s,nri.
nav WAS 10 be 10 atari on WITH sinris
psy ps turned our 20 be- duss whe,nSs, oss,
suited the peopie that smniov.d .en,
seams they were nearly foo0 po,ie,
away from God and up neains, a. st
thev,re beatin' Il back home 10 yo,unt 40,
for service in France. heard ono of 'e,,
oy M shs could save more mo rnonsw w wor,sjn 10 I'm
for nothin' IN France than she co,,IS az ~
IN wear down hera a. Souhin no q
iWbatd YOU saw YOUR narne was yo,,n,
'feilsrT
"Percivalo
81 mean your last name"
COME ofii Nobody ever had n la.
mama iike that"
"You ousht to h.ar wba, INV ars
mama is--and NV middia one TOO Va,
aid a little while aro You'd nevsr see,
any one Of my size with bigger ant
my full name in. old man. vou,d under
stand why I began tdeyeionine thcm..
Tvs eo, ,ot ,,Sra 20 MI ,,o,, 90 n.
sec-twhen fira. heyan eo,nr ~ school .
"What h. your othcr nnmesq" ,nouirct
the sailor ci,riously.
"Aigernon Adonis." said Percival Q
tbInkIns ~ ths ~ns nron.r se 'bno a, nv or, rhs,
he aaid. '''''' '"'e '" '''' A"s'
"Your,ro dead rioht r, ,arss , han,
0, muscle TO protect a name like that"
msn R,pt IN o,
"why-why. auntie--I know him
TSers % was not anv @ s,,rnrss M % M IN hsr e vn,c r,o
but a trace OF awe as we'll.
found himself sasine strp,sSi p e ,nto n ~
syes ~ aSe .nsannr He ,,ns no ,,,..r -.
parted. her head was bent slightly for
y ana sef
an elderly indy ana q bespectneied U voan,
woman who carried an arnnloaa ~
steamer rugs e,ared not NJ hi,, n,,, n
the giri who had asiivsred this sta rtiin,
snnouncenent
1T, y mean !. an THAT e: I may be mis-
syertnq har avss uaws nr crtn,ao;
swept over her face ''
"ijndous,caI sSc,a,rnsa +h. s,der,,
lady with orent positivenass T,,rninC I,
inspect the object under discuss,on' an
sustained n sSncis that ca,,sad har :,
stlften and draw in her breath quickly.
" and sncnsra 1ing n,amnsr % To wen
farther ana iiftsd H,r 6,sron,,tahie u,hit
canvas hat ''1 N'''''N'"''0 ""'''
"Oh, goodness ~ exclai,ned tina vount
lady in a sort Of psnio' "Nro you.Nis
really YOU. Mr.. Perciyal?"
NJ. Psrciyai glanced inou,rinely n
'TSsts hi. nam. r,,s.n .a,d ,,o
vorth~ "Ans nS tha,.s hars ms mss a san ,hna. sna
reasons Why he's got TT them mt musenie,
but nv orders % are not "a aiiow anv an
to sneak 10 rim " "~" ""' 0'''
"Arc YOU eraav Ruth7. cried ths oias
uns auy sfnast; sa,S,G IT. IT, ths stowaway ever,
10 b,ow i'm *. @yV;; .,,'.; Aho ono "ho 'r'e'
n The vo,,ns ioSy rat,,rr~a p.,c,,,r,
smlieesathss d,mnsnt vncsrssin =,
fort N ha .,,ra h,t St,i; u uhSem o.,
murmnrsS .es.sth, Tu. BILL. ssm Ih. s s.tn,.
kst at the Hioeaar aran% ' h's"' ''io''
mean 70 .su arc ,, you @ syihs, RUM 10 yo'