The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15

their wny-and In the second the
hard work on the deck might I'M up
the long days and give him some
shadow OF happiness. lie would not
take TO the whisky bottle again al
once. That Wild. haifmad dream
was ended.
Ten days thereafter he was well
enough TO begin his first light tasks
aboard ship: and the captain signed
him up. This proceeding was not
without an element OF humor. the
southern gentleman signed the name
Pete Limejuicer' with n flourish.
The captain grinned widely. then as
signed him a shift on the paint de.
tail that Is always busy on ship.
board.
His wounds healed. his jaw and
bons OF his nose were sound again.
and now the blond hair had begun
TO lcngthen and mat about his lips
and jowls. Because II was gradual.
he did not NJ first realize the tire.
mendous. incredible change IN hts
appearance since the night Of the
wreck. In the first place health and
decent habits had almost eradicatcd
the revolving signs Of dissipation.
His eyes were clear. no longer blood
shot and thin. the flesh OF his face
was firm rather than swollen and
soft: he was deep. good brown in.
stead Of a pasty white. and the net.
work OF red lines at his cheek bones
was no longer manifest, His buriy
from had stripped down until he
weighed but 100 pounds. and now he
had started TO gain slowly IA his
muscles hardened 10 iron.
But these changes were all minor
ones compared TO the complete trans.
formation OF hts face. Bits surgical
work had been n huge success as FAR
as repairing his disfguratlon. but in
30 doing he had completely concealed
the mans Identity. lie was ms
changed as II he wore a mask.
Before he had had a rather full.
extremely youthful face. Now Il was
lean, tho cheek bones showed. the
chin was prominent. the eyes looked
larger. more luminous and clear. and
much more sober. New lines had
come in hts brow. his noAe was Ia.
regular. no longer finely chiscled:
hts mouth no longer looked small
and rather pursed but large and hi.
morous. He was no longer hand
some. not from any pronounced dis.
figurstion. but simply because OF the
new set OF his feathers. and perhaps
tho presence of a few teiltale scars.
His hair had only been fainiy
touched with gray before tho dis.
aster. tho last months Of distress and
dissipation had shot u full OF silver
Finally his voice was completely
changed In tone since the fracture OF
his Jaw: u vas still rich and full.
and the differences were such M
could not be narrated in words. yet
the ear could never recognize II ms
Peter Newhall's voice.
Before that long cruise was done.
he found a certain simple pleasure
In the sailors life. In holding his
place as man among men. The
hardest tasks on the boat did not mp.
pail him now. His hands were like
iron. his muscles untiring. He liked
the regular hours. the plain. abund.
ant food. the hours OF easy speech
with his shipmates on watch. He
did not. however. intend to follow
the seafarer's life. for the simple
reason that nc knew IL would sooner
or later carry him into danger. When
he returned 20 Alaska he would get
some kind OF an outdoor Job at one
OF the cannerIes where he would be
mostly out of touch with civilization
and the law.
The boat touched at Unalaska on
the return trip. but because the ends
OF the earth foregathercd here-bc
cause II was the meeting place for
the wayfarers that came and passed
thru this empty. far-off edge OF the
East--he wisely decided 20 stay on
board. But he would not continue on
down TO San Francisco. and thus into
the tolls of the law. The captain
had agreed to put him off at one OF
the native villages. farther down the
peninsula.
Continued In Our Next Iissue.D
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