The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28


The skipper went TO the foreastle
tor. shouting for the mate.
4 ~I-beg your -" stammercd
jD-ake. eyes streaming. Another
rGoxysm shook him spccchless. In
amc the mate. bubbIing over with
~ cnthusiasus OF a recent promo
1na
1 Mister Twining" growlcd the
hEpper savagsly, take this out and
IN Il ashore
'Gangway's In. STR" grinnsd Mis-
8,r Twining.
Then dump II over the side. Get
Z out o. the ship
4 Sheer humiliation forced Drake to
Issht. altho he could not see. could
rarcely hold up his head. which still
lshed. He cienehed his fists and
bought blindly
/ -Oh, you don't mean 20 throw him
sz;o the water7" cried Mary.
y They can't. The pair Of them
lantg' painted Drake; and Mister
Twining. fresh. strong. fun Of pep.
5:sund that he could not. alone.
l What call themselves men. nova
lays" growled Stevens. enigmatic-
Jay. and put his two powerful hands
. the task. a III Of sneezing over
ame Drake NJ that inopportune mo-
asn,: he was putty in truth then;
was rushed outside. his knees
ssre peeled cruelty on 'he coaming
( the door. they picked him up clear
4 the deck.
A We're a man short. sir men.
a1ned the mate as they swung him.
4 Wen get a maag' retorted Stew
ass "one. Two
1 Alden Drake beat his way half
ftsu.ned to the boat steps beside the
JACK gates.
In corner OF the docks he sneez-
II his head clear OF dust. and tried
r. plan his next move. He had got
board too easily that last time. II
4rasn't logical TO expect such sim
,c.iy. But he had paid well in
y end. SO well. that his fighting
pod was thoroIy heated now: he
8sould show that bIue-eyed girl that
p was man. and prove il upon the
teth Of Captain Stevens.
4 But first he had to stow himself
3ssay beyond fear OF discovery. And
p had little time. Once the tug
<7nzed alongside the tall clipper, he
ssaId almost surely have lost. And
esrs was a Erlevous amount Of &c
41sify about the Orontes. He watch.
II the mate come ashore.
III Looking for manF' Drake NUT
xzsd sarcastically. 81 don't look
sks man to Captain SteYensl And
had my masters ticket when he"
fs halted that train Of thought. II
d 70 nowhere. Hes rightg' he
tcded. - mans only the man he
not what he was. I'll ask him
vat I am; but I'll be no putty dude
men l ask him, by Caesar! And ]
ant 70 sec no pity in that girls big
pea when he answers me. either"
He shivered in his wet dungarees.
~ his eyes never left the glossy
aehor hung at the hswsepipe. al.
sdst In the water. That anchor
'suld not BE- taken aboard and stow
for sea until the ship won outside
1e river.
The whole picture suddenly be
Nne wildly clear Drake waited
a'il the mate had gone out Of sight;
asn ran as fast as he could go right
srhere the boatman sat.
Hey, mater he called gruffly.
1--WE me a shove over. will you?
been ashore for a last half pint
~ almost lost the ship"
Il WIZ you tn bloke the myte's
rfn a.lookin' for?" asked the boat
an Such escapades we're common.
was at the steps even as he put
x question.
He'll be glad TO see me, all right"
nned Drake. jumping into the
W Just let me yet hold Of the
WoDcs. matey. / don't want TO
eopped"
.Ise boatman winked knowingly
syen hoistcd Drake well Up into
tbboom rigging
good luck he uttered hoarsely.
Drake clambercd over the fore.
~ rail and disappeared from