Evening star., 1925-11-15
to Make $4,000.


Yes" said Cap'n Moat and the
| 1rst mate hurried away TO spread the
news. The next day. the cap'n took
personal interest in the loading.
leaving the ship only in obedience to
the necessities Of clearance and of
| new chief engineer. Soon, the lumber
| ing old Lady West, low with cargo.
put out to sea. bound for Shanghai,
| nor did Cap'n Moat glance back to-
| ward San Francisco as they travelled
slowly through the Golden Gate.
A : the wandering months progress
ed. the gossipy little group which
gathered forward when duties were
few took notice that the skipper spent
| less time than formerly in his cabin
preferring now to stay longer on the
| bridge. Noticed. too. that he had be-
| come more meticuious in his concern
over the welfare of the cumbersome
| freighter. more finicky about his
| crew: poking his head into the galley
| to suggest a change of fare at the
next port OF call. or rummaginx about
On quarters 10 see that all was well
with the living accommodations Of the
men who made up his little world Of
| the sea. What had been three great
dwindled to two. To Big Boy he
! seemed to give less attention tha II
| ever: he rarely spoke to the growing
beast: 1t was as though the animal
represented something he wanted To
| forset-like valuable piece of
jewelry which one cannot wear.
Not that Big Boy saw in ii anything
to interfere with his happiness. Cap'n
Moat had never done more than abide
III At. y. 4
| the fact that he countenanced him. the
affection of the giant ape was of the
giving type. not the receiving.
He was growing steadily. taking on
more and more the aspects of the
gorilla-aspects which belied The ma
ture which lay beneath. The bristles
of his forehead We're becoming more
pronounced. the hea viness of his
shoulders. the barrellike aspect OF
| his matted chest, the tremendous
muscular power Of his giant. hairy
| arms which. in their steady develop
ment seemed To sap their strength
from his undersized legs. which. by
comparison. became shorter and more
bowed with every month of his up
bringing. a year passed. and two fol-
| lowing that. Big Boy changed from
| A thing the size of an overgrown boy
| to Il Sha amblinS figure. which. when n Q
i'Se ~ StdiulIls posture. HedIiN dp-
| proximated that of Cap'n Moat In
| heiSht-and broader by a matter of
| several inches. Pig Boy had cha anged
| from hlldhood to adolescence. Soon
he would be on the way to maturity.
But his body was all that developed:
he was still the grinning, cooling.
easily amused beast that he had
always been. initiative, obedient to
| the slightest command.
| SO the years went by-Sha ng ha /
| and Singapore and Hongkong: Yoke
| hama and Sydney; Honolulu and Van
| couVer: and once Seattle but never
| San Francisco. Three wears four
| years. approaching five. and then, in
| Singapore. Cap'n Moat received a let.
| ter.
1t had followed him for more tha n
| six months. forwarded by the owners
| and IL bore a style of writing which
caused Cap'n Moat TO rub at his
stubby chin and pucker his lips i'm a
soundless whistle before he finally
| stuck A freckled finger under the fap
and. followed as always by the giant,
| sha m bling Big Boy, retired Ia the fast.
ness Of his cabin to read IT,
| Several times. during that perform
ance. he arose from the patent rocker
and punched at the electric switch
then stood regarding the inca ndesce mt
| dboNt. dS tnoupn uouDtinC It's DF1l'
| lance. Each time he muttered some
thing about the light. then each time
| he rubbed at his eyes before he went
| back TO his reading. Several lines
| fascinated him: he read and Ieread
| them:
| Il suppose il was sort of ma d.
| ness YOU being away 80 much and
| Mr.. Wilson being 80 much more en-
tertaining in his letters and every
/ IL ~ H. l.. H.
| and wouldn't take explanation
what else could I do? / married him
more for spite than for anything else.
| But that Is all over now. so we won I
discuss 1t. | haven't seen him for
more than a year. | might AZ well be
| frank: | couldn't live with him while
i still loved YOU. We just had 10
| break. OF course. all this may be all
| in vain now. but | should love to hea I
| from YOU.
| 'As ever.
"HARRIETT"
| "P. ST. met a friend OF yours the
other night and we had a long talk
about you-Mr. Ainsworth. He was
| telling me about deal he and YOU
! had for your ships mascot. and l
| think if YOU see me first, II YOU ever
| come back here and 1t is still alive
ca give YOU some pointers about get.
ting a lot more money for IL than
| the original price. Why didn't you
| ever mention this matter to me?
Things would have been so different" ."
| A F"rER that, Cap'n Moat rose and
stood for long time. tapping the
letter against the hack of freckled