, 1923-04-04
CHAPTER l-contInued.

ale wasn't any more use for a Bap-
it's minister when Pap had done
with him." said Jude. that's his
hooks-Pap's. There's dead loads
more in the spare bunk in there"
Radcliffe looked at the books. Old
Man Tyler's mentality interested him
almost as much as the history of the
TYLER family-"Ben Hur." Paine's
age of Reason" and Rights of Man,"
Brownies popular Mechanics" 1.-The
Mechanism Of the Watch" Martin
Chuzzlewit" and some moderns, In
Guiding an American edition of Jude
the Obscure"
Some of those came off a wreck he
had the pickin's Of" said Tyler, "a
thousand-tonner that went ashore off
Cat island"
'That was before Jude was born"
said Radcliffe.
Lord how do you know thatY"
said Jude.
Radcliffe laughed and pointed to the
book. Its the name on hat book"
said he. II didn't know: l just
guessed"
81 reckon you're right" said Tyler,
opening a locker and fetching out
cups and saucers and plates and
dumping them on the table. "Not
that 1t matters much where 1t come
from. but you've got eyes in your
head, that's sure. Say, you'll stay to
breakfast, now you're aboard?"
The boy in Radcliffe rose to this
little adventure, delightful after
weeks of routine and twenty years of
ordered life and high responsibility.
He had c~aravaned, yachted in a small
way, fancied hat he had at all events
touched the fringe of the Free Life
he had never been near 1t. These sea
gipsies in their grubby old boat were
It! A grim suspicion that these re-
mains OF the Tyler family sailed some
times pretty close to the law and that
their sea pickings were to put II
mildly various, did not detract In the
least from their charm. He guessed
instinctively they were not rogues of
a bad sort. The lantern-jawed Satan
had not the face of a saint. There
were Indications in II indeed of the
possibility of a devillsh temper no less
than a desperate daring. but not a
trace Of meanness. Jude was aston
ishinsly and patiently honest, while
old r1an Tyler, whose presence seemed
stl to linger on In this floating cara
van, had evident titles, Of n sort, to
respect.
The amount of food Satan and
Jude put away was n revelation TO
Radcliffe, and from start to finish of
the meal they never stopped talking.
one being silent. the other took up
Inc ball. They had cottoned to Rat
cllhe, evidently from the very first
moment. II was maybe his youth
ana the fact that all young people are
free Masons that did the business:
The humor of the gorgeous pajamas
may have helped. Anyhow. the fact
remained. He had secured something
'hat knowledge or position or fortune
could not have 5ought-the good will
una conversation OF this pair. the HIS
,ory OF the Tylers, and more thar Il
hlnt OF their life on these seas. They
had four thousand dollars In the bank
AT Havana left by Pap. not to be
.ouched unless the Sarah Tyler came
10 smash. They had no house rent
VI rates; no expenses but harbor
uues, food. oil and tobacco, and not
much expense for food-at least Just
at present.
tyler wlnked across the table at
jude and Jude grInned.
shut your head" said Jude. "and
don't be givin' shows away then
suddenly to Radcliffe, we've got n
cache"
Who's giving shows away nowY'
asked Tyler.
On he won't split" said Jude.
IT'S on h Island here said Tyler.
near a ton OF stun, canned. A brig
~ent ashore south OF Marigunna. We
picked up the crew and heard their
urn n got the location. Then n
"s irelghter came along and took the
men on us. The wreck was only a
INJURED n fifty miles from our po-
a"iun' and we reckoned the salvage
wouldn't he on the spot for n
'nlght or more and something was
II, :" US Tor savln' the crew; so we
ds ou' Tor the wreck. We had Our
work on her, and we took
,oush grub to last us two years an
'eeh boxes OF Havana cigars"
ANU ynu You cached the stun hereT'
ep, But we hadn't to make no
en-. mole. Pap had one here. It's
,navn the bushes-nnd he didn't
NIKE It, neither
49, all coral rock n foot undar the