The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-24
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JAKE stevens. whose enmity he
,iucgrs because Of mutual love
'fot
Mary Manning. daughter OF the
owner who ~ PASSENGER ~
t'apo Town, stevens II suhetsgded
% cArtaln by Drake, whose law
asrs have seen Go the purchase or
Tho orontes during rs cruise, In
his new rolls ca master, Drake be-
tumes cold and dlgniflcd Ia the
presence OF Mary.
Stevens and irake constantly arc
~ swords' .Volats, stevens, now
chief mate, f,nGs time 10 follow his
He crashes Mary Co his breast
IN .hlind abandon-thsp suddcnly
releases her
Now co on WIN THE STORY
Il am sorry. Forgive me. Mary"
lie muttered. standing aside with
bowed head. 4 wanted your love.
4 hoped you could love me, | am
i man. with mans feelings, !
nave q right to tell my love to the
woman l love"
'if you como 20 mo after We set
ashore. I will give you my answer.
Jake. cannot tell sou now |
have never thought OF you In that
asas
eMcanm you WON'T Jake laugh
rd harshly
= II, doesn't mean that NJ ALL
fhe returned She was sincere in
that.
An right, But take this TO bed
with you; I'm a man. You cast
7ne adrift for that eoid.bloodod,
auty.proud money bag Drake. and
You'll see"
But she wanted 10 hear no more,
She fled below and left him 10 his
thoughts.
once Mary awakened and saw the
flash Of Java Head stIll IN the port.
'hoie glass. The next time she
opened her eyes the sun poured
thru tho skylishts and she nm on
deck in her wrapper TO find the
ship. sailing smoothly thru a gor-
Eeous golden sea. with Krakatoa IN
sight TO starboard.
By nightfall again the orontes
Dad edged into sunda Straits. but
the wind died utterly with the sun,
set Drake was anxiously pIottlns
tho currents and drift. Tho days
sailing had carried the ship over
towards the Sumatra side OF the
~traits. tho tide had set her in To-
wards SebssI Channel and the reefs
off Nerlaten island. Never steady,
1he ftful air only baff1ed tho skip.
par in his ealculations. He grew
nervous as the hours OF evening
passed with no breeze. There was
The shoreward drift always 10
watch. He remained on deck as
Jong as the calm lasted. And MARY
stayed UP there with him. To.
wards midnight came a little wind
aud there was promise or clear
breezy dawn 10 follow.
You'll 90 thru the scbesl Chan.
mel. won't you. Alden7' Mary asked
Eagerly.
~ AE ltAAA 4&Gl HtlbA+Ag AtAAi'
.gerous with such light air"
.Oh. father went thru a score OF
stimcsl Besides. IL saves such a
waste OF timer
Il shall stand back towards Grea,
Channel on the next tack. and pass
thru in daylight" ne said. and en-
ronraged her to asked no more.
!. Mary bit her fingernaiis until ID.
auicks hurt her
For two days more the ship drift
ed about the straits entrance. besct
by tides. baffIed by light airs that
always blew ahead. stalled com
.plstely by spells OF stark calm.
After almost so hours OF slecpless
watehfulness, Drake fell into Z
heavy sleep when the ship wa,
again becalmcd within few mile,
OF veriaten. The three mates wert
on deck. hopefully getting the shiI
ready for port. aitho that port wa.
still hundred miles away. An
otiser blazing day was dying. stew
ems marched the poop with swayins
Shoulders. brooding, seethIng. II,
mad scarcely spoken to Mary sine
his last outburst. She watched hin
siiriously. for he kept giancins to
yards the rock strewn Sebesi Chan
mel towards which the current wal
subtly setting. She wondered II he
100. were so impatient The shin
lay pointing at the northern end o
Verlaten. as perfectly reflected ir
the CLASSY sea as IL she ware act
ually set in a sheet of glass or I
plate OF steel Her yards wer,
Tquare. ready for bracing up eithel
way II breeze came. Far out e
The westward faint blue lin,
ssemed 10 creep over the water
cake saw IT, He was a perfec
californian. That breeze meant I
Tair wind at last. There would b.
" short board on the starboard tacl
10 reach into the great channel fair
way. then squared yards and
clear run thru. He raised hi
whistle to summon the hands Il
ihe braces.
" ~ 10iA JVb hiA WI iotffal
1ake?" suggested Mary eagerly
She gripped his arm in her excite
.ment. He smiled down at her ad
5niringly as she ratified on; III tina
breeze doesn't last it'll just meal
beat, beat. beat again You know
The ship was ovor 40 days wind
damned here once, when father wa
Al and the mate wouldn't take he
jhru the dangerous channel. III
'bet you are not that tlmid. I'll
save us miles and milesl And
she added with little droop o
her mouth, looking up straight. int,
his eyes, II am so anxious I,
seach Batavia, Jake"
:. Now Jake knew he should cal
the skipper But he did not. Ill
fell, as. many better man ha
fallen, as many. many better mel
viii tall, for woman'a Challenge
dad ne been master OF that shll
he knew he would take her thru,
she had bnon thru CabnaI ...as...