The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08

Lunu invariably waited for Rainey.
ramada kept the food hot for them. Of
To Rainey, Tamada seemed the Il
hardest worked man aboard ship. He "
had three mesSes to cook and ne was c
busy from morning until night, eftl- &
cient, tireless and eyen-tempered. The n
crew, though they acknowledged his c
skill, were Californians, either by !
birth or adoption, and the racial /
prejudice against the Japanese was t
apparent.
A week of good wind was followed
by dirty weather. The persistence
and increasing opposition of the stor'u
seemed to have corresponding effect
upon Captain Simms.
He grew daily more irritable ana
morose, even to his daughter. Only
the doctor appeared able to get along
with him on easy terms, and RalneS
noticed that, to Carlson, the skipper
seemed conciliatOry even to Difference
Peggy Simms watched her father
with worried eyes. 1.-The curious, tar
nished look of his tanned skin gre"
until the flesh seemed continually dry
and of an earthly color; his lips
peeled, and more than once he shook
as if with a chill.
On the eleventh day out, Ralney
went below in the middle of the after
noon for his seabOOts. In the main
cabin he found Simms seated in a
chair with his daughter leaning over
him, speaking to her in a harsh, COM
planning voice.
+ mo, you can't do thing for me-
he was saying. "It's this sclat'ca'
1 I've got to get Carlson"
As Rainey passed through to MS
own little stateroom neither Of them
" noticed him, but he saw that the cap
>. tain was shivering, his hands picking
almost convulsively at the tableclotn'
where's Carlson, curse him:
# Rajney heard through his cabin partl'
!. ton. "Tell him can't stand this any
longer. He's got to help me. Got to-
i. Got to-" -,
= As Rainey appeared, walkln:
~ heavily in his boots, the girl looked
IN Nd Her father was slumped in nj:
q chair, his face buried on his tNde'
Or arms, The girl glanced at him doubt
as fully, apparently uncertain whethe
40 TO 90 herself to find Carlson or sta
with her father.
70. "Anything l can do, Miss Simms
II. Your father seems quite ILL.,"
Dis The hesitation Of the girl even
,+s sneak to him was very plain I
! Rainey. Suddenly she threw up ne
he chin.
nix "Kindly find Doctor Carlson" ST
an ordered, rather than requested. las
,or him TO come as soon as he can. +
hin She turned uncertainty to her fathe
,,n "Can l help you to get him into II
I'd cabin? asked Rainey.
She thanked him with lips, not eye
ay. and he assisted her to shift the
gitI most helpless man into his room a
hunk, He was like stuffed sack
If tween them, save that his DO
ION. twitched While Rainey took most
int the weight, he marveled at I
nyh strength Of the slender girl and
an way in which she applied 1t. Sim
rim seemed to have tainted, to be on
verge Of Inconsistencies or even III
If ,collapse. Rainey felt his wrist
|oc,s the pulse was almost imperceptin ,,
th,s "rll get the doctor Immediately
buf- said. /
fu,, ",1ighty funny sort Of sciati(
the Rainey told himself as he hurried
A. Il ward He knew where Garrison v
hlow in the hunters cozy quarters play
Iiney poker. no,,
Toct. "The Shippers ILL.," said Rail-
cer. mo pulse. Almost unconscious
zion, Carlson raised his eyebrows.
s s .Didn't know you were a physics
..n he said "Just one of his spells.
. 10 finish this hand. Too good to
inev down. The skipper can walt'
tions once"
. ., The hunters grinned as Car
p took his time to draw his cards. II
% - his bets and eventually win the pc
, an three queens.
:, 49,. 49, 81 wonder what your real game
=, ,,,o n n.y. Rainey asked himself as he afe
T sot to watch the play. According tc
own announcement Garrison was
I'm liberately neglecting the father o.
m GIRL he was to marry and at the
m time sighting the captain to his
|. men. Carlson drew in his chlps
~ leisurely made a note OF the amo
NJ The captain did not make Ms
nearance for that day, the mex
\ the next. Carlson kept his own
M sci, and Peggy Simms spent mo
IN her time in the main cabin VIII
owes always rowing to her IA
C0 door Carlson was the apparent
IN troller Of the schooner Lund
. quick to sense this.
4 1--WE got to block that Car
IN game" he said to Rainey. "Ihe
4 \ nigper in the woodplle somewhe1
Won an me got to uncover him, 7
afore we reach Boring strait o
an nell finish this trip SQUAT
IN tho rocks of one Of the Four Mo-
NYM islands maxim faces at the gulls
\ 81 wish you cud git under tn
NM Of that Jap. No use tryin to
WW with the crew or the hunters. !
ap,in' both of us-leastwise the
ers are. The hands don't
They're Jest plain hash"
Lund spoke with an absolut
tempt Of the sailors that was