, 1923-07-25

blades all broken. The shaft was In
tact, and, Bleaching the Haliotis stern
on In that quiet lagoon. 1t would have
been possible to fit on the spare one
and take her off unmasted, as she was
under her W motive power.
He had a vague notion Of the struc
ture Of engines, and Yankee ingenuity
enough to have driven her, but the
fact of her anchor being down, as
before stated, and the fact that he
had already torn the tripes" out of
her, plundered the sail room and the
store room, removed brasswork that
would have taken weeks and weeks
to replace, and generally left her like
a scooped cheese, prevented any idea
Of salvage.
Taking the Haliotis into port he
would have to declare her like a box
Of cigars-a box of cigars belonging
to another man and half the cigars
gone.
Coming over the rail. Radcliffe saw
the new light In his eye and wondered
what 1t %portended.
1--WE been thinkin'," said Satan. TAX
Ing his stand by the mast stump, and
surveying the heap Of stuff collected
by the other, "I've been thinkin' it's
~tomfoolery to leave that engine"
Jude. brought up by the sound of
the dinghy coming alongside. appeared
at the saloon companionway. She
wore no hat.
Good Lord! !" said Radcliffe, aghast.
You don't mean to say-but It's i'm
possible. We haven't the means to
take it."
There's enough of the mast left to
rig a tackle to-" said Satan, land that
hatch leads right down to the engine
place. The heavy ittin's are easy
raised from the bed-plates, and they're
not too heavy to go in the dinghy.
We can tOw her with Toe c'lapsible."
But what can you do with the
thing?"
"Fit her to the Sarah, of course"
Here, In the lagoon?' asked the
Mortified Radcliffe.
"Well, | wouldn't mind f I had the
hands and the tools for the job" re-
piled Satan. Nav. It's beyont me.
I'll have to take her to a port to have
1t done-not Havana, neither: there's
too many eyes in Havana and people
that know my business. Vera Cruz is
the place. l know u Spanish yard
therell do the job"
The year after next put in Jude,
''supposing you do manage to get 1t
aboard ynn Ennv- urhaf tha dounnS
are, and you'll knock the inside Of
the Sarah to flinders. She won't be
the same boat with that old traction
injin in her-I wish we'd never struck
this cay!
She sat down on the combing Of the
skylight and folded her hands. Rat.
cliffe had eve seen her do hat be-
fore. He stood torn between two
things-the desire to please Satan
n the desire to please Jude. Pull.
ing on the side of Jude there was also
the sure foreknowledge of the heavy
work that would be required. That
did not Brighten him but II did seem
to him that they had done enough and
ought TO be satisfied. 1t was like bur
glars going for the kitchen boiler after
having removed the plate, furniture
and very bed-liDen Of a house.
All the same he could not but ad-
mire Satan. Time was pressing; II
was quite possible that a salvage boat
might poke her nose into the lagoon
at any moment. Satan knew his as
well as he. yet 1t did not move him.
ITS not n dago yard" said Satan.
evading the traction engine dig, "lt's
French, and I've been wanting an aux
Hilary for years. Pap was with me.
only he was awful slow over business,
and here's n for nix. I'm goin' down
to have a look at her"
He dived below.
Jude sat brooding.
Never mind" said Radcliffe. Its
not a big engine. and he and / will be
able TO do 1t with a tackle. I'm not
going TO let him put you to work
on IT,"
I'm not bothering about that" said
Jude fatefully. Its when it's fixed
up I'm thinking Of"
"Howf"
Hell make me drive the burned
thing"
mo. he won't"
whats to stop bimf'
"Oh. lots OF things-leave II to me-"
He was cut short by Satnn's voice
calling Inn to come below. Dowa
below he had to follow all sorts of
desirability Of the prize and the mirac-