Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03

/ Alt1Ck OE vertigo.
/ Wen bring line" said the man.
! as he ordered his boat turned about
/ and headed back for his own ship.
i hat does ii mean, Billy" de
( nanded the girl.
| I'm trying to grab some money"
! ne said YEARLY.
He's entitled TO salvage. you know.
4 he tows this thing to port, I just
! hluffed little"
! You mean were really going to
/ rescue this dear old ship" she cried
| her eyes widening
We're going to try"
She Rugged him in ecstasy.
TITS still an adventure! she cried
| oh, I'm glad. ! hated TO leave II
| out here in the ocean, just to die by
itself. Billy. you're simply wonder
| ful.'
He nodded mechanically and tried TO
smile at her. He felt very Ill.
! She ran over to the deckhouse and
seized the kitten. squeezing II joyfuily.
| Hurricane Billy" she told II, were
all going home-you and / and Billy
| Trask and the ship-everybody
| Aren't you glad?"
| The kitten cuffed the nose Of It's
! captor with a dirty little paw and
purred like q six-cylinder.
The business of getting the derelict
/ in tow took until nightfall. and Trask
was heartily glad when it was com
pleted His head panied him. his eyes
were blurred and his tongue felt as
dry as a cracker. When hawser had
been made fast forward he and the
| girl and a sleepy kitten were trans
! ferred to boat and rowed over To
| the waiting steamer.
| 1t was a dirty tramp. bound north
! from Buenos Aires with a mixed
| cargo. and headed in to Galveston for
/ n load of cotton. II was far different
| from the clean smartness of the Gulf
| Stream. yet it seemed luxurious by
| comparison to the hulk they left.
There was woman aboard--the
| captains wife. She surveyed Sidney
| without emotion or surprise, nodded
| Understandings and said:
IN fix you out with some clothes
| All of the proceeding. so completely
| commonplace was it. proved a blow to
the ideals of the girl. Nobody had
asked What ship is that" Nobody
| had put forth a question concerning
| the circumstances of the wreck, of
| whittier il had been bound, or the
probable fate of the crew that had
left it.
Trask sat heavily in a deck chair
/ and his head dropped forward into his
hands. It was the first time he had
yielded to the racking pain across his
| forehead and the dizziness that now
sssailed him almost continuously
Sidney's quick eye caught his collapse
She ran to him and threw an arm
around his shoulders.
Billy she cried anxiously.
Just a bit sick" he uttered thickly
She lifted his chin and looked into
his face. Then she turned and beck
oned peremptorily TO the captain of
the tramp.
Get him to bed at once. He's Ill.
I'll attend to him. Hurry
I'm all right" protested Trask
weakly. I'm not going to bed
Sidney ignored him.
You two men, she commanded.
motioning to a pair of deckhands who
stood gaping at the rescued ones.
Take him below-into the cabin.
Which stateroom. captain"
1.-The first officers" said the master
of the tramp. with a nod.
Gently. now" she ordered. as the
men grasped Trask by the arms and
assisted him to his feet.
TITS up to me now" she muttered
| to herself ct mustn't give I'M
Lying in q berth. Trask stared up
at the white ceiling of the stateroom
with eyes that did not seem to see
tbs HIfS were AAS OCAS
| tossing restlessly. AS the girls hands
haeuoised his forehead It was like lay
! ing them upon living Goals.
She vas issuing sharp, quick orders.
| with the captains wife and a clumsy
cabin boy running at her beck and
call. bringing her what she demanded.
waiting for her next command. Her
small figure dominated the cabin.
She had forgotten her clothes, even
more grotesque now than they had
been aboard the derelict.
Nothing concerned her save the
fever. stricken man in the mates state.
room. ,..
him. she ordered, reckoning to the
boy. IF he wakes, call me at once.
l am going to talk to the captain"
She made her way quickly to the
deck and asked to be directed to the
master. He was forward. talking to
his second officer when she found him.
Captain, when do we reach Calves
toni"
"It11 be about As hours. miss
She uttered an exclamation.
I'VE must get there sooner. He is
We're not doing more than half
speed, towing that thing behind"
: Cant your engineer do any bet
ter?" she demanded.
The captain shook his head and
grinned. He was not a stylishly
dressed captain: his costume scarcely
differentiated him from one of his fore
castle hands.
''If you were not towing that wreck
how soon would you get there?"
Something like "a hours"
"Then cut II adrift!'
The captain stared at her. grinned
again and shook his head slowly.
But you must she exclaimed.
This man may die. I've got to get
him ashore!
Sorry, miss But this is a salvage
Job, and it looks like a good one.
can't let go now. He'll probably come
through all right
She bit her lip and her hands clench.
ed tightly.
TT Is our ship, tell you! We have
a right to say what shall be done
with it."
mot after I take it in tow. miss.
That derelict goes to Galveston"
do you want to kill a man."
The captain shrugged his shoulders.
as though the question were futile
one.
"of course not" he answered. And
don't know that / am. I'm not to
be blamed If he dies. Likely enough
he'll pull through, anyway"
But you have no right not to give
him his chance" she stormed. II
demand that you cut that thing
adriftr'
Don't make a fuss. miss" he ad-
vised her. i've seen lots Of them
with fevers. and lots of them got over
it."
Twill you turn 1t loose?"
The captain merely shook his head
and turned to resume his conversation
with the second officer.