The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-04

WAITED.
b dragged back because Jake &C.
cu,ed him. So Mary had been told
10 get Jake's views
"HerF' grinned Jake. 10 her aucs-
tion. NE want to see him swiug
No, In this world. girl! II he hadn't
stuck that knife into my giExaFu'
how would / ever have known that
you"
AIdsn Drake remained aloot Tor
hours while the ship sailed smooth
IL thru the glltiering waters OF inc
sunli. straits. Java doomed gray 70
,farboard; the sea was dotted now
D,,h craft OF all types. from gorge
gus steamers, and magnificent ers'r
tons IKE the oroHees, 10 little ma
tive produce boats. THIS was 'i'o
gateway 10 the East. Mary sat on
tho skyllght. working at her sheeP-
SKIN. swinging an impatient loot
T-ake had asked her TO stay there,
and she did: but Jake Stevens sun
had 10 remain down on the man
deck. belonging 10 neither ena o.
the ship. a nobody. She began 10
feel irritable. She felt that there
vas something tremendous hanging
,ver her head again: yet since
Drake had limited something 70 her
ths could not, without utterly ais.
believing him, feel that whatever u
was would harm her. The feeling
Of portent was nothing Ike that
other feeling OF pretending eyli
that had mado the Voyages thru tho
Indian ocean n horror.
As she sat there. humming niue
.natches OF "Maimuna' now ana
then. her thoughts ran away WIN
her. and she reviewed her expcri.
ences from tho moment she had ieiI
sorry for the stowaway hurled ih'o
tho dock. Tho warm red deepened
in her cheeks as she recalled those
evenings spent with Alden DRAKE
Things had gone far then. shs
bad called him Alden. He had
called her Mary. He had kissed
her. Anything might have happen,
ed AZ that time. But then no naa
40 utterly changed with command.
She had speedily become conyinced
tina. he was OF another world tnhh
hers. He was complete SAILOR
without doubt. Her father was NOT
and finer. She doubted very much
~ Jake stevens would ever rise TO
brakes level. even as q snip mas
ter. But one thing she was as sure
as she was that she breathed' AZ
don Drake might be the finer gen
tlsman. even the more finished sea-
man. but he could not thrill hei
heart as could the strong. rough
perhaps, hot blooded blond VIKING
NJ her day dreams. She buried her
face in the silky fleece and crooneo
TO II. ~.
Drake glanced at her often. nc
raw the glorious color light hei
face. He saw the deeps Of old
ocean glow in her blue eyes. Inc
gold of Java sunlight was in hei
hair. She had never seemed SC
fair. He smiled when sho buried
her face in the sheepskin. h'
walked a short course from the tar
rail to abreast of the miZzen rlg
ging, putting slowly, iuxuriously a
his blackened old briar pipe. lie
too. saw things in retrospect. On'
vivid picture that would not fad'
was tho picture of Mary and Stew
ems standing eide by side on I'M
island shore. looking him IN th'
face and asking no favors for JAKE
"And / have done nothing good
for all my good intent" Drake
unused. Nothing but uneasinesl
and trouble since I pulled off VIVA
seemed TO be a splendid coup. Al
7 have done is to use my moneJ
10 make men my playthings. j
stevens hates mcleod Lord! WHY
ahouIdn't he? At this moment, fo
all he knows, he's ruined man
And oil TO crafty my Internal van
ity. All his life he has FOLLOWED
the bltterest road there is. e
achieve command. And buy, hin
ont OF his first command, and
In spite Of his sclf.reproachfu
thoughts he had TO stop and smil'
softly at the Girl on the skylight
oouite obviously might have rob
he'd him OF his foreordained mat,
without giving him a thought. Lord
what a couple they'll make! An,
/ dared 10 think that ! was flt {,
father her young sea lionsr' II
smiled again. and the smile gre,
10 gentle laugh He had spokei
30 her regarding those evenings Il