The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-12

emmy 10 give you.
His face hardened But you come
through. an TIL see you git somethIn'
for the old woman. An yoreself. too.
What's more, you can stay aft an
wait on cabin. II they lay a finger on
you. TIL lay fist on them, an worse"
You amt kiddin' meT'
Il don't kid. my lad. don't waste
time that way"
Sandy stood up, his face lighting
He began to empty his pockets, laying
shells and shotgun cartridges upon
the table.
II couldn't begin TO git harf Of 'em,"
he said. '"The rests under the mat
tresses. They said they on'y needed
a few. thought you was both turned
dor I was scared nutty-"
Between the mattresses, as Lund
had guessed, they found the rest of
the shells, laid out In orderly rows
save where the lads scrambling I'm
gers had disturbed them. Lund
stripped Off a pillow-case and dumped
them In, together with those on the
table.
you can bunk here" ne told the
grateful Sandy. NOW III have q few
words with Deming, Beale and COM
pany. Want to come along, RaineyT'
Lund strobe down the corridor, bag
In one hand, his gun In the other.
Rainey threw open the door of the
hunters quarters and discovered them
like a lot of consplrators. Deming
was in his bunk; also another man.
whose ribs Lund had cracked when
he had kicked him along the deck out
of his way. The bruised faces Of the
rest showed their effects from the
fight. As Lund entered, covering them
with the gun, while he swung down
the heavy slip on the table with a clat-
ter, their looks changed from eager
expectation to CONSERVATION
Caught with the goods p said
Lund. 1.-TWO tries at mutiny In one
day, my lads. You want to git it into
your boneheads that I'm runnin' this
ship from now on. 1 can sail Ii with
out We and, by God, I'll set the bunch
of We ashore same's you fggered on
doin' with me IL you don't sit up an
take notice. The rifles an guns"-he
glanced at the orderly display of
weapons In racks on the wall-"are
too vallyble to chuck over, but here
go the shells, ev'ry last one Of them.
So that nips that little plan, Dem.
ing"
He turned back the slip to display
the contents.
"Open a port, Rainey. an heave the
lot out"
Rainey did so while the hunters
gazed on in silent chagrin.
There's one thing more" said
Lund, grinning at them. eff emmy of
you saw a man hurtin' a dog, you'd
probably fetch him a wallop. But you
don't think ennything of scarin' the
life out of a half-baked kid an mark
in up his hide like a patchwork quilt
Thet kids stayin' aft after this. One
of you monkey with him. an you'll do
jest what he's bin dom, wish you was
dead an overheard"
He turned on his heel and walked
to the door, Rainey following.
The girl kept below and seldom
came out of her cabin, Tamada serv.
ing her meals In there. Rainey could
see Lund's resentment growing at this
attitude that seemed to him norma,
enough, though 1t might present diff
Guilty later 10 persisted IN. But the
morning that they headed up through
| Sequam pass between the spouting
| reefs of Sequam and Amlia islands,
she came on deck and went forward
TO the bows, taking In deep breaths
of the bracing air and gazing north
to the free expanse of Boring strait.
Rainey left her alone, but Lund well
coined her as she came back aft.
"Glad TO see you on deck again
Miss Peggy" he said. You need sun
and air to git you in shape again"
''How far have we yet to go?" she
asked.
Almost a thousan' miles to the
strait proper" said Lund. 1.-THE Nome
Unalaska steamer lane lies to the
east. Runs close to the PribilOfS
three hundred miles north, with Hall
an st. Matthew three hundred
further Then comes ST. Lawrence
isle, plumb in the middle of the strait
with Siberia an Alaska closin' In"
He was keen TO hold her in CONVEX
sation, and she willing to listen, as
senting almost eagerly when he of
fered to point out their position OF
the chart, spread on the cabin table
Lund talked well, for all his limited
and at times luridly inclined vocabu
larry, whenever he talked of the sea
and of his own adventures, stating
them without brag, but bringing VI
striking pictures Of action, full o.
color and SAVIOR of life In the raw
From that time on Peggy Simms came
to the table and talked freely witt
Lund, more conservstively Wit
RaineY
The girl, Rainey decided, was hu
moring Lund. seeking to know how
with her feminine methods she nigh
control him, keep him within bounds
Her coldness. 1t seemed she had cas-
aside as an expedient that nigh
prove too provoking and worthless.
And RaineyAs valuation Of her re
sources increased. She was handling
her woman's weapons admirably, We
when he sometimes, at night, undo
the cabin lamp, saw the smolderint
light glowing In Lund's agate eyes h,