Evening star., 1927-08-29
CHAPTER Mi.
Tempest.

nance peered IN.
MAY I offer "a word of coincidence
The captain allowed me to eau. ne
said s,,avelv. This is "A most distress
ing situation for you. DahlgFen' I've
dome nv best to get the captain &c
look at the thing in fail way, toid
him I'd known you In fhiiadsiphis
and all that. I'm sure he'll fsiease
YOU before long. Is shefe anything
you'd like" s .;s
thoughts rushing to winston: VINO
stood without, promising Signals
What did it all mean? There was t.p
time to reason, for already as ne look,
"a ont he saw Winston move toward
the deck rail and give 1t few care
loss taps with the light cane I'D his
hand. III. ,.,,i,o
"HeIlo. Winston" he called. trying
n keen his voice from showing eager
mass "iust wanted TO say not TO
worry about me. for Straine mas JuS'
come in, says that he has been plead
lrp nv cause with the captain. Ihahhs
a the same :.
Winston advanced and peered in
the window. ,,..,. Toss -,
shout our girl. It's sure thins we
can't all marry her
.'Excuse me, sir" the captain
Guard interposed. Captains orders
that nobody speak to Mr.. Dahlgren'
I'm very sorry, sir. -.
But Mr.. Straine's in the room,
Winston's voice struck hlgh key.
land all we want to talk about Is our
getting married. you know; nothlns
of any Importance TO ANYBODY. Dul
he got no further. for the captain
came striding toward him' laying q
"Mr. Winston" he said sternly,
"much to my regret / am obliged to
place you under arrest.
THE hell you are"' Winston's race
famed up angrily, and then almost
instantaneously his rage was replaced
hv an inane smile. Say" he ex'
claimed, won't this make great front
mage stuff for little Harold Lloyd! On,
how: go to it; only let me cable Holly
wood and add another billion to my
next picturer' And grinning from ear
to ear he allowed himself to be leo
away.
The captain seems to be showing
q gIimmer of intelligence at last,
Straine remarked causticaliy. That
Young fool and his mother certainly
are a suspicious pair! What DO you
think about the situation? Who dld
away with the unfortunate woman:
He seated himself, lighting cigarette.
Chris dropped the mangied banana
neel into his waste basket. and, ac-
renting a cigarette from his compan-
ion. lighted it before he answered.
Cant say. I'm certainly in devil
of a fix, though"
"Oh. well, as soon az We get to land
and you can cable your paper you'h
be all right
But that won't find Lady de We're!
How far are you going. Straine? All
the way to San Francisco?" Chris
didn't know what prompted him to
ask the question or why he was re.
ceiving his open enemy in this way.
Here sat the man who had taken
Anne from him. and he. Chris. the
injured victim. was smoking his Gig
arettes! -.
II sailed with that expectation,
Straine replied, although / have
friends who have been urging me to
stop over on the 1sthmus. Felt rot
tenly i'll when l left New York and
rather left the matter open, waiting
10 see how I'd feel after a few days
rest. Are you going all the way
through"
Yes: that is, expected to. Maybe
I'll be set off as an undesirable pas
senger.'
Hardly that. I'm sure" straine
smiled. "IIl do everything in my
power to help you. Sorry things have
been a trifie difficult between US,
Dahlgren. / want you to feel that
I'm dealing fair with you. We both
love Miss Morris and are moving
heaven and earth to win her. It's
case Of the best man wins. isn't it?"
Game Of you to take it that way"
Chris was obliged to concede.
''Oh. admit / was sore enough
when you pulled that whopper about
being married to her." Straine shrug.
ged his shoulders good naturedly,
but no one believed you! I naturally
wanted to protect her from further
difficulty and felt that I could exert
more authority If she were my wife.
However, can afford to wait and let
matters take their course. Nobody
wants an unwilling bride. made a
mistake"
He arose as he concluded these con.
ciliatory remarks and shook Chris
hand.
See you later, Dahlgren, and send
the steward after me if ! can be of
service
Chris was thankful when the door
closed behind his rival, for the recent
developments concerning young Win
ston bad proved so startling that he
needed a clear head and undisturbed
leisure for unraveling their meaning.
All in a moment, with the entrance
Of the banana peel, young Winston
had changed from a suspicious char
f,fe 90 fHI %,<.t
only willing, but eager. to help him
out Of his difficulty.
Wait for signals by raps" the
code had read. How clever the man
had been to use that method!
He knew that I had gone to look
at the wireless and must be able TO
send messages. Let's see-was he in
the deckhouse when / told the cap.
tain had been in that service during
the war? He must have been, yet
I'm not sure" Chris racked his
brain. for events had followed so thick
and fast that 1t was difficult to remem.
Der their sequence.
Now. then" Chris began mental
conversation with himself, lets get
this thing straight. I caught Winston
getting out Of the lifeboat and found
his carrier pigeons hidden away. He
lied about that. saying he had a family
of cats with him. His mother coaxed
Anne to her room for the night. but
who dropped that decoy note. the
forgery. over her transom? Did Mrs.
Winston write 1t herself and toss il
out there onto the floor when Anne
wasn't looking? What object could
she and her son have had in coaxtng
Anne to venture into his room, espe-
cially when Winston wasn't in it him.
self"
Anne! Chris heart leaped at the
thought of her. She was in the next
cabin to him at this moment. shut in
1il,n cn1ft Cla flnn1IOhf that he