Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-02-28

as It part Of your contract to dine
with your employer
Unfortunately 1t is" Bettington re-
turned instantly.
There was silence until Mrs. Rad
way and Mary left. Bettington, who
had risen when the Indies did, dropped
in his chair again and stared at the
fnancier. He felt he had never de-
tested any living being so much. This
was the man who had married beauti-
full Evelyn Whiteburn and had made
her miserable. This was the man who
had promised her so much and had
done so little. He wondered what
violent passages there had been in
their lives. She had admitted that
there was a possibility of danger for
her when he was in this state; and it
was no new thing for him to be as he
was now.
He watched Railway rise, this time
not steadily, and go to his quarters.
Bettington made his way to the after
quarter deck.
1t was Clements who interrupted his
unhappy meditations. Clements pre-
scented an unusual appearance of
haste.
"Its Railway" he cried, you'd bet
ter come at once. don't know what's
the matter"
Railway was lying on the floor in
sensible.
mo wonder after what he's drunk
! this week." Clements said. "Abso-
lutely dead to the world" He watched
Bettington stoop down and carry
Railway to the bed. by lingo, but
you're strongl" he said.
II don't think this is drink alone"
Bettington said. II don't like it at
ALL"
Clements had no suspicion that Bet
tington was not a skilled physician.
1t CHANGED that Harrowgate, the cele-
brated painter, had just such seizure
as this in the studio he shared with
| Bettington in Rome. The doctor who
attended him put Harrowgate's feet
in hot mustard and water and applied
ice to his head. Clements saw Betting
ton loosen the senseless mans cloth
ing and then begin the treatment.
After a while Railway opened his
| eyes.
81 remember falling" he said pres
emily. II must have knocked my
self out. I'll be all right in the morn
ing" In a sense he dismissed them
peremptorily.
They heard him belt the door when
they we're outside it.
Clements" Bettington said with
conviction, you've helped him to kill
himself. That mans very ILL.,"
Nonsense" Clements said you're
a surgeon and this sort of thing isn't
your line at all. It's like asking
racehorse to pull huckster's van.
AS for my helping him to kill himself,
! that's absurd. What that man has
wanted he has taken. The whole
world knows that"
II suppose so," Bettington ad-
mitted. After all, neither he nor
steward had any control over Rad
ways appetites.
Il want you to meet the other men,"
| Clements said.
"Pve seen them already" Betting
| ton returned.
"You are to meet them on diff
ferent footing this time. They feel
you have no right to be supercilious.
There is only one boss among them,
and I'm he. They are to be in my
i stateroom within few minutes. For
your own good, advise you to seek
their goodwill"
Bettington looked at him squarely.
"If you think I'm going to make
bosom friend of men like Sam and
that hangdog Hammer, you are mis-
| taken. / did not elect to come on this
trip and shall behave as l choose.
/ signed on as ships surgeon. Very
| well, I'll play the part, but whenever
did you know of a ships surgeon max
ing a companion of deck hand"
They traversed the length of the
ship in silence. Bettington felt GER
tain that Clements was enraged at
what he supposed to be insubordina-
| ton.
81 will not have my plans imperiled,"
| Clements said, in the safety of his
stateroom. "You must be careful not
to risk any quarreling with them.
They are hot-headed and feel you are
reveling in luxury, while they work
hard"
"You are thinking Of Metzger?"
Particularly of him. He is jealous