New Britain herald., 1924-06-03

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 der on the interesting situation in which he found himself. 1 CHAPTER ". .--....- .-. Peter Disguised 1 Limejuice Pete. It did not sur l prise Peter Newhall that Bill should ] take him for an Engishman. He
 was pure Anglo-Saxon to. start with, 1 his features had suggested those of the better class of Britishers,. but mostly Bill got the idea from his southern accent-an accent with which the crew of the Dolly Bettis
 was entirely unfamiliar but which, be-
 cause it was nothing else they knew, ! became English by the process Of elimination.
 Only the crew of the Dolly Bettis
 the disaster of the reefs. In order
 that the whole world should be made
 to believe that Peter Newhall, alias
 Peter Neville, had gone down on the
 Jupiter he must tell his shipmates
 that he, Lime juice Pete, had been
 aboard and was a survivor of the
 auxiliary schooner that had sunk
 among the reefs, the ship that the un-
 fortunate Jupiter had gone forth 10
 Save. No one living. so far as he
 knew, could contradict his story.
 Thus the world would believe that
 every one aboard the Jupiter was
 lost. Peter Newhall of course among
 them. He resolved to get up as soon
 as possible. take his place in the crew
 Of the ship. and get what companion
 el, la l.,. -l...
 He would not pay for his passage; in
 the first place 1t might arouse suspi-
 cion of him--men of the class he was supposed 10 be do not pay for steam
 boat ticketes when they can work their way-and in the second, the hard work on the deck might fill up the long days and give him some shadow of happiness. He would not take to the whiskey bottle again at once. That wild, half-mad 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 I.imejuicer" with a flourish. The captain grinned widely, then as- signed him a shift on the paint detail that is always busy on shipboard.
 His wounds healed, his jaw and bone Of his nose were sound again, and now the blond hair had begun to lengthen and mat about his lips and iowls. Because if was gradual, he did not at first realize the tre- mendous, incredible change in his ap- pearance since the night of the wreck. In the first place health and decent habits had mostly cradicated tho re- yolting signs Of dissipation. His eyes were clear, no longer bloodshot and thin. the flesh Of his face was firm rather than swollen and soft: he was a deep, good brown instead of pasty white. and the network of red lines at his cheek bones Hns no longer manifest. But this was only the be- His burly form had strip. ped down until he weighed but one hundred and sixty pounds. and now he had started to gain slowly as his hardened 10 iron.
 lSut these changes were all minor ones compared to the complete trans. formation Of His face. Bill's surgical work had been a huge success as far as repairing his disfiguration, but In so doing he had completely con cealed the mans identity. He vas as changed as if he wore a mask, ss
 Before he had had a rather gull. extremely youthful face. Now it was lean, the cheek bones showed. tho chin was prominent, the eyes looked larger, more luminous and clear, and much more sober. New lines had come in his brow, his nose was irregular. no longer looked small md rather pursed but. large and hu- morous. He vas. no longer hand some. not from any pronounced dis hguration, but simply because Of the new set Of his features and, perhaps, Inc presence Of 3 few telltale scars His hair had only been fsintly touched with gray before the disaster. tho asst months Of distress and dissips- ion had shot it full Of silver. Final Y his voice vas completely changed n tone since the fracture Of his jaw. { was still rich and full, and the differences were such as could not be in words. vet the ear would ,evcr recognize it as Peter Nerhalls 'oice
 Before that long cruise pas .donc, ,e found a certain simple pleasure n the sailors life, in holding his ,lacn as man among men. The hardest tasks on the boat did not ap- ,all him nov. His hands were like ron, his muscles untiring. He liked hc regular hours. the plain, abund-
 mt food, the hours Of easy speech ,-ith his shipmates on watch. He lid not. however. intend to follow ths eafarer's life. for the simple reason hat he knew it would sooner or later arry him into danger. When he re- turned 10 Alaska he would get sonc anneries where hn would he mostly ut of touch with civilization and tho lw.
 The boat touched at Unalaska on he return trip. but because the ends f the earth foregathered here--be- ause it was the meeting place for he vayfarers that came and passed trough his empty, far-off edge or he East-he wisely decided to stay n board. But he would not con inue on down to San Francisco, and hus into the toAs Of the law. The aptain had agreed to put him of st ne Of the native villages, farther own the Peninsula.
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