The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-04

an you car lay to that Not forget J
tin them that stands by me-"
Between Lund and Simms there ex-
Isted a sort of armed truce. No open
reference was made 10 the desertion
Of Lund on the foe But Rainey knew
that il ranked in Lund's mind. The
five, Peggy Simms, her father. Carl
sen, Lund and Rafney, ostensIbly
messed together, but Rainey's duties
generally kept him on deck until
Carlson had sufficiently completed his
own meal TO relieve him. BY that
time the girl and the captain had left
the table.
Lund invariably waited for Rainey.
Tamada kept the food hot for them
To Rainey, Tamada seemed the
hardest worked man aboard ship. He
had three meSSeS TO cook and he w3s
busy from morning until night, eff
Gent, tireless and even-tempered. The
crew, though they acknowledged his
skill. were CaIifcFnians, either by
birth or adoption, and the racial
prejudice against the Japanese waG
apparent.
A week of good wind was followed
by dirty weather. The persistence
and increasing opposition of the storm
seemed to have a corresponding effect
upon Captain Simms.
He grew daily more irritable and
morose, even to his daughter. Only
the doctor appeared able to get along
with him on easy terms, and Rainey
noticed that, to Garrison, the skipper
seemed conciliatory even to Difference.
Peggy Simms watched her father
with worried eyes. The curious. tar
nished look of his tanned skin grew
until the flesh seemed continually dry
and of an earthly color; his lips
| peeled, and more than once he shook
| as if with chill.
On the eleventh day out, Rainey
| went below in the middle of the after
/ noon for his seaboots. In the main
| cabin he fCund Simms seated in a
chair with his daughter leaning over
| him. speaking TO her in a harsh, com
! planning voice.
mo. you can't d. a thing for me,
he was saying. It's this sciatica
| I've gOJ 10 get CdFlS.'n.
AS Rainey passed through to hi:
own little stateroom neither Of then
noticed him, but he saw that the cap
tain was shivering, his hands pickins
almost convulsively at the tsblecloth
where's Carlson. curse him =
Rainey heard through his cabin parti
| ton. "TelI him can't stand this an!
longer. He's got to help me. Got to
Got to-"
As Rainey appeared, watkins
heavily in his boots. the girl looket
up. Her father was slumped in hi
chair, his face buried on his folde,
arms. The girl glanced at him doubt
fully, apparently uncertain whethe
to go herself to find Carlson or sta,
with her father.
Anything I can do, Miss Simms
Your father seems quite ill.,"
The hesitation of the girl even {
speak to him was very plain t
Rainey. Suddenly she threw up he
chin.
KINDLY find Doctor Carlson" sh
ordered, rather than requested. "As
hi-1 to come as soon as he can +
She turned uncertainty to her fathe
Can | help you 70 get him into tn
cabin?" asked I'ainey.
She thanked Linn with lips, not eye
and Re assisted her to shift the a
most helpless man into his room an
bunk. He was like a stuffed sack b'
tween them, save that his bod
twitched. While Rainey took most {
the weight. he marveled at III
strength # the slender girl and tn
way in which she applied it. Simm
] seemed 10 have tainted. TO be on III
verge OF unconscious, ess or even ute
collapse Rainey felt his wrist. an
the pulse was almost imperceptible
an get the doctor Immediately" /
,, said
mighty funny sort of sciatica
z.a:ney told himself as he hurried 70
: ward. He knew where Carlson wa
in The hunters coy quarters, playin
poker.
= The Shippers H. said Raine
i NO pulse. Almost unconscious"
I Carlson raised his eyebrows.
Didn't know you were physician
y he said. Just one of his spells. L
finish this hand. Too good to Ia
down. The skipper can wait. Il
once.
o The hunters grinned as Carlse
e took his time to draw his cards, mai
(. his bets and eventually win the pot {
three queens.
7 wonder what your real game is
Rainey asked himself as he affects