Arizona state miner., 1926-04-03

| COlHpleXlLy OF nef crew was apparent
l saw Portuguese, Films, Scandinavia
ans, French and English cheek by
Jowl with negroes, Moors Indians and
slant-eyed yellow men. But what i'm
pressed me the most was the absolute
silence which greeted us, silence all
the more impressive because the wind
carried to our ears the bedam OF
shouts, cheers, oathS and imprecations
with which the Walrus was receiving
Bones boat several hundred yards
| away.
Murray waved me to the ladder as
he set foot on the first cleat
up with you, Nephew Peter also.
The rest go to the Walrus."
Darby snatched at my hand as ]
rose.
"Whirra, whirra, but there's an ache
In my heart to be parted from We,
Master Bob" he cried "And If we
was to be pirates it do seem we might
be together on the same ship!"
he made to follow me, indeed, but
Silver pulled him back.
You stays WI us, Darby" growled
the one-legged man. BLAST We, lad,
you're our good luck. Flnt'll douse
the ship in rum after one look at We"
wen meet again, Darby" ] said.
"Never you fear"
He was still jabbering in mixture
of grief and Joy when l climbed over
the bulwark and dropped beside my
great-uncle into the midst of another
world.
Fore and aft from poop to fo'csle
stretched the wide deck from which
the lofty spars rose like forest giants
The massive bulwarks were shoulder
high, and inboard everything was
painted red exactly as in kings ship.
The hundreds OF men who had
watched us from the bulwarks had all
sifted forard. We stood in the midst
of an open space, with only three
others.
One of these three was very small
old man with wispy gray hair and
deeply brOnzed face, from which his
eyes peered intensely blue and child
ishly simple. He had gold rings in
his ears, and his dress was neat and
plain.
"My sarvice, captain" he greeted
Murray. "Ship's in order, hope. -
my eyes II we've had so much as a
- O. genuine wind since the -
hussy bore away from we off the
Hook"
The effect of the unspeakable bias
phemies which poured with mild in
tonation from his lips was ridiculous.
but nobody appeared to notice it. and
| learned afterward that his habit of
swearing by the anatomy of the
twelve apostles and various saints and
sacred figures was the Quaintest Of
several quaint characteristics of an
unusual personality.
1--WE won't complain about that.
Master Martini replied my great
uncle. II have brought back my grand
nephew to be the mainstay of nv old
age. Here he is-Master Ormerod.
Martin. All, and this is friend of
his and an old enemy of mine. Peter
Corlaer," as Peter rolled over the ton
Of the bulwarks. "He is more to no
reckoned with than you might sun-
pose, is Peter
Master Martin, Nephew Robert is
my mate, and as such, my right hand
and arm"
Martin stepped back, and the second
of the three men confronting us
touched his cap. This was q souaro
heavy-built fellow with dour CLINT
to his eye, who wore a decent hlua
cloth coat and small clothes.
"And here is Saunders. Master
Martins second" continued nv great.
uncle "a Scot like myself Nv
nephew should make fine Scotsman.
eh Saunders p
Hes a braw-lookin' laddie IN
seemin," Saunders agreed cautiously
"Your meaning is that we must
prove him?" responded MURRAY.
Quite true. We shall. Hola, Cou-
peau ~
And he ratified into a string of
French which / could not follow as the
third man met him with bow and a
scrape Of one foot. Coupeau was as
brutal in looks and manner as Black
Dog or Bill Bones, but without the
sinister implications of speech and ac-
tion that made me shudder whenever
the blind man Pew approached me or
spoke in my hearing. He had been
branded son the cheek, and an attempt
to oblite:ate the brand-Or perhaps
twas the -superimposed scar of
wound-had made that side of his face
a very nightmare His wrists and
forearms showed gouges that wound
upward like snakes and suggested
what other torments his gaudy cloth
ing concealed.
"Coupeau,' remarked my great
uncle, turning again to me, is our
gunner. / saved him from the French
galleys, and he is not without devo-
ton tinged by self-interest which is
to be preferred above all.
"And now we will go aft and pre-
pare to receive Captain Flint
Murray led us to door in the break |
OF the poop which was opened for us |
nv StaIUart hlaoE in rod livorv