The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-18

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on the last rllolyF Ana Atill the
ships gear gave forth 80 own tro'
mcndOus thunder.
what Il Is. AIR stevens Drake
called impU,lently
That's what I'm gnln' 20 seer
snapped Jake. iIo stalkcd towards
tho hen coop. scowllng blackly And
the poultry sqaawkcd and fought.
the feathers flew, and the men won.
dorcd
"some'at amt right aboard this
bloody ship" muttervd one
THE ship started one or her heavy
rolling spells aa Jake stevens reach
Cd the hen coop and knelt 20 peer In
side. Tho ehiekulN seemed 10 80
mad \ man on hia knees tumblcd
over and capsiEcd a bucket OF water
over hiA next neighbor. who cursed
him and beat him over the head with
his holystonc, The water stopped
nom Mr.. Adams bucket. and filled
his scabOois. lie cursed. too. And
at the moment whom Mr.. stevens
gRked out from tho hon coon a half
shredded rat as biz as tho ships cat,
which had Invaded the coop for egga
and met Waterloo Of beaka. a
smooth. shining. harmless looking
swell rolled up from nowhere and
topplcd over the topgallanJ rail- TO
atarboard
In second the maindcck was
flooded. and men. buckets. serubbsra
aud stones wrrc hurled pclimon
across TO port. all 70 crash together
In ono bruised. stranglcd heap as tho
ship rolled. Mr. stevens hung on 90
the bars OF tho coop 10 preserve his
footing. The sea lifted the coop. tho
lashings burst the mate rolled away
on the flood with the door % the
coop Ia his hands: and IN "a moment
the CLASSY Swella 20 lccwafd We're
dotted with highriding. sauuWklns
doomed fowls that rose and felt and
Tapped wings and CAPPED with open
beaks in a ncw-found liberty that
meant a wa,cry death
Dammit What did you do tina,
for. you clumsy fools' shouted Drake
at stevens Nothing in the world
could have more eouciscly expressed
thu strain under whhh even thr cap
tain lived Just then MARY started
IN alarm. staring upat brakes white
face He seemed 80 human. 80 pleas.
autly different TO her "A moment ago.
she had warmed 10 him; had nestled
Go hims had begun 20 expect that he
meant 10 thaw out OF his duty ice.
Now she shuddered again. aud Elanc.
ed swiftly az tho mate. fearful.
shiyery.
Jake stevens stood in tho swlshIug
water that rolled across his legs knee
deep IN the acuppsTa where he had
brought up lie stiIl held onto the
barred grating that had bccu the
hen coop door. The leather hinges
Tapped on the wood. wet and slip
perry. Jake's laes slowly turned pur.
pie. under his blond cprls his blue
eyes diminished In sizo until they ap.
peared like twin points OF IRE act
under fiat blond caves IN mask Of
FUR His teeth shons out ludlcroua-
", He seemed TO b. grinning up nj
Drake.
YOU taikin' 10 me-" be snarled,
'Because II you arr. captain or no
captain. I tell you to so plumb TO
heilr II you'd been lookin' after
your ship. instead o."
Go aheadg' anarled Stevens. II
let no man use ,hat tone to me. Clear
away. there
Leave that boat Come up hers.
Mr.. Stevens! Tha, is an ordsrf
There was that in brakes voice
now which penetrated even The shell
OF stevens fury. To diaobey meant
INSTRUMENTATION. The men knew bet.
ter than to carry on. Drake had seen
the film OF wind creeping over the
sky. which could not he seen during
those confused moments down In tho
flooded waist lie would not lose
precious time for few fowls.
Stevens mounted the poop ladder sul.
leniy. Mary stepped aside. and with
difficulty RETAINED from screaming.
She saw the two men face to face.
And never before had she SO clearly
seen them compared in all their
strength and weakness.
"I'Ia here. captain" announced
Stevens belliserently.
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