The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1917, Page 4

__APETID AN AY... OF DM ie tion RI A cane ntohernncesatannnrentint ncn t MAOCOMAE etn ti a 2 es BISMARCK DAILY. ‘FRIBUNE A i That defect Daniels is trying to rem-| pee-eeeeerereee: edy. Some may have misgivings be-| cause the work on our big ba’ ‘esnips. 66 ‘ oot battle cruisers and susmarines is not) i being rushed But these can wait : A Romance of the North Atlantic by RANDALL PARRISH The pressing need is to fight submar- ines. In this neither battleships nor Author of “My Lady of the North,” submarines are of any use. aid of the Forest,” ete. and the ocean} Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, D., as Second Class Matter. VERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY FRIDAY, SEPT. 7,-1917. BLUEBIRD OFFERS At Th | To-night f | om _ Bismarck Theatre’ ae To-night Pally, by carrier, rer month.. ly, by muail, per year...... . . by mail in North Dakota, three m CYL epee erent eae (Copyright A.C. McClurg & Co., Daily, by mail outside of North othe Conquer the U-boat | one year ... j a : . | } Daily, by -mail outside problem, is, simple. Of course, by tial as & | } Dakota, “three months | chance, the German high seas ficet SYNOPSIS. °Yoii rave, dear girl!” | 6 : weekly. by mail, per_year ha Q Sinead ling CHAPTER 1.—Kobert Hollis, one} «on don't, not now!” she pl ded, . h, @. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY may come out, but the combined Eng-| time sea captain, who tells the story.| grawing back. “What" e pleade 8 ROWNIE VERNON & FRANKLIN FARNUM Goetial Foreign Representative | jich and French fleets can more than! js a guest on Gerald Carrington’s | ODS BACK. shall we do? @Ew YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO,| Gs aes ieee eit 5 ssmeralda. It is supposed to "What.do you know?” I asked. “Tell M uette Bidg.; BOSTON, & Winter/ take care of this, and somewhere in i cht, Esmeral t i: fn hea me as quick as you can.” j . ETROIT, Kreage Bldg.; MINNE- fi endid A ica ea rs ty and Hollis is sur- | a *3 ReoLis, 810 Lumber’ Exchange | the Paes ea \n Jrised on discovering a woman, who| “They are lowering the boats, He IN: fe EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS j high ; nae = a ayer eviently wishes to remain unknown, }-will be back for me in @ minute.” i ‘ec 3 ‘e E : 9 i The Associated Press is exclusively} So the answer Is des royers and” xboard. “Yes, I know; but they mean to . 9 ' entitled to the use for republication of | more, until we have a fleet second to CHAPTER T—Hollis, the next! open the séa-cocks first?” | rl n in ome a e r | ‘ ES Se ———- wit e woman. down this way.” i . ‘ z G a the local news published herein. , “HAPTER Ul—-Carri fis} 2°" y. “ i : local news Piication of apectal| What's become of the okd fashioned guests of the coming. war, «ud that| | “Whoever is givens that job would’ A Delightful Dramatization of the Story by H. O. Davis dispatches herein are also reserved. — ye is engincering a copper pot jUse the mainhatch,‘or the ladder to the = ulation him in $1 wheat? | CHAPTER IV—The yacht is sunk | engine room. ¥ou do not know if all MONDAY “Maria Rosia” ‘ Geraldine Farrar } a collision and Holiis saves Mc-| the frew-are on deck?” | nn, inflionaire, and one of the par-| “The mah White yelled down the lad-| ee ie!” cqraprsn v_——onis and atecann 27 fo Someinde, wtiom he cated Tons. HM TUESDAY (Spe ial Release) Mothers ofFrance Sarah Bernhardt : | ————— ys, that he can| rescue Vera and leave the ship in 4! ;now'a man by that name?” | 5 S 2 = Z P CHAPTER VI—Hollis and Vera te! “AY® ed Rappello, the head fire-| = ra vdeo |eome friendly, though he is unaware | M24 e could keep the machinery go- | —_—————— of her identity. ing. “Now one thing more—where have : CHAPTER VII—McCann refuses to| they Confined Leayord and Olson?” —_| tending from jamb to Janib, aid TY oven noted the absence of the wooden | RAIN MARKET: submit to Hollis’ authority, and the haven't dared ask,” she admitted. | !eart bounded madly.” This was the ba:5 which had confined the prisoners, po eeAN : r It's a | “A pig for every family | | | r | farmer who said there was money for H | j . Mr. WEATHER REPORT. at noon Sept for 24 hours { Temperature Temperature at noon . over to his government over 30 per a : : r enforces it. lef die not aS : ave | Place! I had found it already, and the ear vse feent of his war profits. | AP'TER VIII—The castaways are| the SEGA eel eee ee men T came to release were impris- i Se Aer epcag hich No. 3 a eae QS, Precipitation ae aaa a ae ae at paoreae ithe Indian <hlef, find some way'ta discover this for my- one exactly as I pad been, 1 tapped throw the Nght forward. Before he, No. 3 Mixed corn 3 nl! Highest wind velocity Got ae PS ee ee eee ere Todt self.” 5 : | gently on the Dane. s ‘ could move a limb, I had stepped forth, Corn other grades @21B3 —— [bishop of Kentucy said in New York | CHAPTER IX The Indian Chief,“ «you have no hint ?*<> ‘Who.is it?” Low as the whlaper i045 the radiunce,.the muzzle of my re, No. 2 W. Mont ........ 68% @ 622% Bee vy fair tor| the other day, worse than drink, but has. Ne only: seen Sree aes | “Only that the boy Moon eared’ Ws I felt convinced the speaker MUSt: \oiver Held within three inches of his, Standard. white oats 7%@ 56% 10 NOE ay ene change | it is also harder to prohibit. and is almost a eile meets the own,|f00d forward from the table while I) be Leayord. + eyei. : Cats arrive fs @ESM% i ‘ tat Sanerstute an | ——— ler, who tells him the vessel has a/Wus at the piano.” ~ Hollis, Stand by now; are you ““Don't drop your hands, Dugan,” 1, Coe Ne ed 57 @ BTM % Lowest. | The exemption of the husbands 01 cargo of ammunition, consigned to the| “Forward? on deck?” alone? ‘ sald sternly. “Not an inch, you brute! x0" 4 white oats “33 @ET% Temperatures | Delaware society women vecause the! German government \ “No; down the passage amidship.” 1\. “Yes;: Olson and Masters are to Here, Leayord, take the lantern from Pajjey 1, ....... 106 @123 Paes Jee, are Ainnccustonied: 0. works | CU ALTER X-Mas. consents to) _ “Goon; fist is wisou-sunnosed, and | ether in the bosun’s quarters. - kim, Move quietly, all of. you. Now| Chaice barley . 123 @128\ | Williston : aa ee en take charge of ship and continue voy- jt gives us g far better opportunity to} “Masters! when did they lock him json, if there is a sheet in there, or Rye ...... L 18d @186 | Grand: Forks | will be approv ed by the I. W. W. jage. Vera recognizes an old friend in peach the men thin if they were being | UP?” 4 1 Rye arrive~. I Pierre .. SER - | Role tl Beste pom ner oa the Indian yold in the forecastle, ‘They are in the| _ “AbAut an hour ago; he made quite @ ‘Blax ...2 @32 St Paul . | At least the wanderings of the ~Peo- CIIAPTER XI-—Some discatisfacticn Petty. officers’ quarters, no;doubt. Now, ! fight of it—that’s how I knew what Flax arrive @321 Winnipeg | ple’s Council” have served to demon- aoa: tie crew ugickly develops, and listen, dear, McCunn Sngy. come for! Was gothg on, sir. Can you get me , Old’ Sept} oats . Helena |strate that about the surest way to Hollis selects his officers i you at any fioment, ‘You must go back | out?” \ 1 “New Sept: oats ch eae ss | start a war in the United States today; CHAPTER XI—McCann wants to to your stateroom, So that hewill not; “Aye! Ml rip this bar off in a jiffy. Olg Pec, oats”. : Salah age lis io talk peace. [return to New York, and ries to cor-, suspects Leave thé rest to me, but de~) Have you alight in there?” ; ‘| pucutH Ny ge Ban Francisco | sas | rupt the crew. : lay him in every way possible.” “Black ag the inside of a whale’s Oats oft itrack 5 = ORRIS W. ROBERT ls | CHAPTER SUT Hollis, Auda ale “Am I to go with him?” ; belly, sir.” é Oats aftive . Meteorogolist. | WITH THE EDITOKS jello to confine MeCann tO 8) #Only as a last regprt: If Tecan re-' I got a purchase with my fron lever, ‘Rye on ‘track and 185% | ea EY || 3(22 | —— a eee “CHAPTER XIV—vVera and Hollis lease Leayord and Qlson.in time to act and put my full strength to it. The Larley on track 105 | @130 t Hang sorrow; care'll kill a cate DEMAGOGY IN THE SENATE. | agree that for Bascom’s sake the ship| Well back the game. “his probably | bar was of. oak, but the jambs-scft Flax on track and arrive 324 fonson. \ (Chicago Tribune). | must be taken to its destination. H | depends on how long you can keep Mc- | pine, and. the nails drew out, creaking . 324 = ae | 4 prosperous nation is a strong na-} lis learns that Vera is Gerald Carring-| Cain on board.’ “3 | Slightly, but making no nolse to create STILL AMERICAN. tion, and only a strong nation can; ton’s daughter “He must not suspect your escape”, Any alarm. ‘Tt was so intensely dark I ” Thinking of the German disloyal-| ists in Milwaukee, and of the peculiar gyrations of Senator LaFollette, many ‘Americans have wondered with ach-| ing hearts whether the state, which | gave to the union armies the Iron} Brigade of civil war days, had sud-| denly become a province of Kaiser Wilhelm. | And then, just pat at hand, came an) incident which showed that Wiscon-| sin was still American through and through. | “Louie” Lochner of the precious} “People’s Council of America for De-| and Peace,” which should) “Kaiserist Coun-! mocracy really be called the cil for the Spread of Pro-German|who have been drafted for duty in| CHAPTER XX-McCann succeeds in Peace Propaganda,” came to Hudson, | Wis. to arrange for a meeting of hi outfit, after Governor Burnquist bar-j red it from Minnesota. The gover-} nor of Wisconsin had said the Loch-| brigade could meet in his state,| It is easy, therefore, for the bunk Wii OUtn a , fitting the nailé back into the:old holés, | jt in a nutshell: I was locked in my |'¢3 5 Sameera eed dy eee eeoee disloyal atteranees were) 2ztists to proceed to the conclusion | | OHAPTER X&IF Vers acknowl] drove them in tightly with. the fron! stateroom “the same as you. It was| Were ghosts‘raised from the grave to MAY LOSE CKEDITS “* | ee rs a : that crushing taxation for the stay-at- edges her love for Hollis. McCann.| vera nad used to pry them free. hatnt blan” 1 | made. But the Hudson people placed a} very effective veto on Governor Phil-; lip’s action. All they did was to run| fight effectively. Poverty is weak and | insecure. A poverty stricken nation, | harassed by crushel taxes, can never! accomplish very much in either peace ; or war. The primary condition of na-! tional strength is material welfare in the broadest sense. i There is so much current buncombe and loose thinking that it is neces- sary to repeat these trui The bunk artists are winning converts be- eause they are dealing in a line that is a cleverly designed appeal to patri- otic feeling. They are selling us a gold brick, but they insist it is a patri- otic duty to buy their wares with our eyes shut...., 0 + The most popular buncombe in the United States nate just now begins, with a peroration about the boys in the trenches, our sons and brothers | France. Now, we cannot say too) is much about the heroism and self-sac Ti-| nich passes on its way. Hollis is re- fice of these soldiers of ours. know they will endure great hard-| ships; we know that many will give| their lives for their country. | homes is the logical and necessary counterpart of hardships in the field.) Since we cannot fight they would have us acquire merit by wearing hair | prisoner. CHAPTER XV—The crew, realizing! danger of capture by allied warships, ' evince disinclination to continue the voyage. CHAPTER XVI—Leaders of the crew disarm Hollis.and make him a CHAPTER XVII—In a fight with] the mutineers Hollis is badly hurt. On recovering consciousness he real- | izes that he must submit, though, be-} ing the only navigator ca board, he is in position to make terms with Mc- Cann. He is madg a prisoner. CHAPTER XVIlI—Vera pretends to agree to McCann's plans, to Hollis’ wonder. CHAPTER XIX—dHollis escapes from confinement and reaches the deck to; find the Indian Chief has been stopped | by a French warship. deceiving commander of warship; 1 captured. ; ! CHAPTER XXI—Vera and _ Hollis reach understanding by which they will outwit McCann. Hollis, “Liverpool Red” and the lead- ers of the mutinw have a conference CHAPTER XXII—Hollis realizes) that McCann and his followers are preparing to abandon the ship. “No; I'll attend to that.” I caught her in my arms, and kissed her, feel- ing her arms twine about my neck. “You must go now, dear, You trust me?” “With all my heart.” She crossed .swiftly to her state- room, stepped‘ within, and partially ‘ closed the door, yet, 1 felt, stood there, watching my every movement, There was no longer hesitancy on my part; our lives hung on the next few min- utes, and I had already determined what I must do, and how}: Action, the chance to fight, inspired: me; I was no longer a caged rat, but agman able to cope with these villains -fa¢e to face. The first thing to be doné/qwas to clear the cabin, so that anyone entering it ! would have no suspicion aroused. Time, time in which to work, was my one great need, and this could only be h:id while McCann believed me still to be! : I caught up. the; think less than fifty miles, but there's his breath, but the shock had robbed a helpless prisoner. could not even perceive the outlines of the man’s figure, yet felt aware that ‘ Leayord~ fronted me in the open door. He found “my, hand somehow, and | gripped it, “+ “Sa. “I'm sure glad to m ou, captain,” ‘he exclaimed heartily, “and.get out 0” that hole, What's the word, sir?” i “Release the others, and get Besy; minutes are worth hours now. McCama_ and his gang are deserting ship; they have the boats provisioned, and along- side already; that is why the guards | have been withdrawn.” Fe “They were going to leave us aboard locked in?” ‘ § | “Aye, and sith .the, sea-cocks open; ; dead men tell no tales.” He whistled, his fist smiting ‘tae | wood of the door. “The dirty hound! And where are we, sir?” “Off the Newfounciand coast; they wooden bar from where it Jay on the/ nearly a hundred miles of blue water deck, closed my staterooni door anud,' to the west of us. Here’s the way of |;saw a more amazed look in a: mar’s| #- Dade was unconscious. but not dead. | Miss Carrington who gave us our chance. She became-friendly with Mc- Lonly needed to touch his flesh to as-| Cann, and agreed to go with him. She sure me of this fact, yet the fellow | was left free on board, and managed | to release me while the crew were all ey Qs CATTLE MARKETS | CHICAGO. HOGS+ Receipts 7,000; strong;.tiulk $16.90@ 18.05; li $16.45@18,20; mixed $16 3 heavy, $16.35@ i mative beef stee ern steers $6.50@13.25; stockers and feeders $6.00@9.25; cows and heifers, $4.65@12. 83; calves, $11.75@16.00. <4, r ET) | SHEEP 8,900; strong; “Don't Drop Your. Hands, Dugan”. 1; lambg, $11.25@ Said. Sternly. adh: ST. PAUL. anythidg you’ can make a cord out of, | HOGS—Receipts, 1,600; 10c toc hae bring it, to me—yes, take the lantern lower: range, $16.10@17.50; bik, a minute. Good ! that will answer; now | $16 90@17.00. m, | lads, make it strong, a sailor's knot a CATTLE—Receipts, 2,500: killers 1 Dugan \sputtered and swore under] slow and weak; steers, $5.00@13.00; cows and heifers, $6.00@9.50; calves, $5.50014.25; stockers and feeders, 00@9.00. ed him of all power of resistance. I never i —— : es. He stared at us as though we cunt, him. Reports {rom mobilization camps‘tt- ‘Anyone below beside Rapello?” 1) gicate that local board are letting Men asked, gripping, his shoulder so as to a ‘ ‘ "+ go forward without sending the neces- make him look at me. “Answer noW | sary papers, in charge of one of their or Fl take means to make you. number;; Provost Marshal General ? hirts. | ss a i Lochner and his associates out of| * aE we cannot do our part in sack-| 5 = N \\ lon deck. ‘The steward was left on “No.” CrowdéF ‘today advises the adjutant . town. Then they served notice on the} cloth and ashes. If we attempt to doj CHAPTER XXIV. watch in the cabin, and she had to hit] “No, what, you fool! You are speak- general!’ This practice, he states, ervice | = | him with this iron.” ing to the captain of this ship.” createsconfusion, and makes it diff- governor that they did not want the crowd back. No kaiserism about that. Just plain, simon-pure, _all-wool-and-a-yard-wide loyalty to Uncle Sam and the great, cause of democracy for which he is| fighting. | We have a pretty shrewd suspicion that after a bit the move-on sign will/ be given to all the rag-tag and bob-tail} who seek to spill stuff that grates on| loyal American ears. Senate debates indicate a profit is/ never without honor in its own coun-/ Tracy give its profits,” is another fav-) speaker. so it will be the greatest di: | we could do the men who are fighting | for us. Only a vigorous, prosperous nation can maintain an effective fight-| ing force. Without strong support! from home, both moral and material, | the army is doomed to terrible re-| verses; but even if the men come back | crowned with victory, only to find! their families submerged in poverty,| it would be a cruel reward and one they would promptly resent. Yet the bunk artists—LaFollette and the rest—ignore all this. They! talk glibly of conscripting the wealth} that is “coined out of our blood.”! “Democracy offers its life; let plutoc- The Hand of Fate. ‘ It seemed an age I stood there, bend- | Ing to the narrow crack, hearing noj |\ furth@®-sound, and unable to guess | what had occurred in the semidarkness | of the apparently deserted cabin. I could distinguish no movement, not} |: even the sound of breathing. Then a/ soft whisper spoke almost in my ear, causing me to start back as though} stabbed by a gun, “Robert!” There was agony In the utterance, sufficient to disguise the low voice, yet I could not doubt the identity of the; m| “She did! ; Cann to come down for her. | lay him all she can. Is this the door?” | Lord, Td never have | thought it of that slip of a thing! | What's become o* the girl?” “She’s in her room, waiting for Mc She'll de- “Aye, aye, sir; and give me the iron.” » He was not a minute at the job, and {t required scarcely longer to acquaint | the other two Yeleased men with a | knowledge of the situation. Olson Picked up the bar of wood for a - | Weapon, asking simply: “Vat we do now, captain? Iss it to fight?” a “Hush!” whispered Masters, “there's “No, sir.” 5 “That's better; you were the two last men left aboat take it; it was your job to open the sea-cocks?” = . "He nodded sullenly,.as I dug the re tY of Su h ommyssion. volver deep into his clieek. ‘i | “You dirty murderer! where did you BRIN ING HOME FATHER leave McCann? Twist his neck, Lea- yord, until he finds his tongue.” st “On deck,” he sputtered,-“close by. «pringing Home Father,” the Blue- the . companion;_ he—he . was going pird ammounced for display at the Te down to the cabin after the girl. Tony marck theatre today deals facetiously was the only one left in the engine with two political subjects constantly room, and I was sent along to.gee that agitated—prohibition and woman’s he left the cocks open.” . + suffrage. These issues, however, are “The boats were all over the sige used simply as a means to an end, for , then?” t the comedy drama is intended solely cult, if'not impossible, to credit the local board for a portion of its quota. So fa¥#as can be learned, no local board f(North Dakota has been guil- A orite line. “Yes; I am here; what has ha! someone coming up the ladder.” { 5 ry a try. These phrase mongers do not stop) pened?” L of We crept back into the bosum’s state- “Yes, sir.” beta fe as amusement with no purpose to es = \to consider that every man who earns} 4 * room and waited breathlessly. There “How many of them?*, DANIELS’ DESTROYER PROGRAM]. dollar is coining money out of our, Ol. don't ask that. T hardly know was scarcely room for the four of us, “Four.” ~ Within a few days Secretary of the Navy Daniels will start a campaign to| have congress appropriate $350,000. | 600 as a minimum to rush the build- ing of a large destroyer fleet. It is to be hoped congress. which so quick- | ly saw the utility and urgency for al great airplane program, will be equal- ly prompt in this. The destroyer has lived up to its name. It has most effectively fought the U-boats. Swift, seaworthy, arm- ed heavily enough to combat any sub- marine, it has terrorized the kaiser’s U-boat captains. As we get further into this war, the need for will increase. Transports will cross the waters lad- en with our troops, food, ammunition, artillery, oil and everything a big army needs. It will be necessary to keep the sup- ply steady and constant. The ships will have to run the gauntlet of Ger- man submarines. Here the destroy. ers come in. They are the best type of war vessels for convoy purposes They car circle a throw a huge smoke screen to con- ceal the convoyed ships and can over. take and ram any submarine on the surface. Their guns “get” the subs, and this is not swivelchair opinion, but demonstrated fact. The American destroyers co-operat- ing with the British and French have done splendid work. English admir- ality officers frankly praise them. Their only regret is America has not) destroyers transport, more of this splendid type of vessel.' the bunk artists. <li blood. The farmer who sells his wheat! to the government is doing so just as} much as the manufacturer who sells| war munitions. The man who sells} machinery to the farmer is a party! to this so-called bloodcoinage. It is an endless circle. But if there is any} money anywhere that is outside this | circle, it cannot claim exemption, be-| pened? you must speak quickly. cause there is not a single dollar in! the United States that is not secured by the efficiency of our fighting force. The Tribune holds no brief for wealth. The Tribune does not desire to keep inviolate the war profits of; the munition makers or to proteet the} profiteers in their’ profiteering. No| one can deny that certain large cor-| porations are making enormous prof-| its which are largety: deprived from) war orders. These profits constitute} a special problem. But that problem; does not justify the wild schemes of| the bunk artists. { s. Their plan for the conscription of) wealth will doubtless hit these profi but at the same time it wil hit | country at large. The cure is worse| than the disease. It is worse because the proposed ‘taxation would impose} heavy burdens on innumerable con-| cerns throughout the country—bur-} dens that would be greater in propor-| tion than those imposed on the large) corporations. | We believe the dangers of crushing | taxation should be seriously consid-| ered. We believe the LaFollette- Johnson program would cause great internal distress, with the consequent | weakening of our fighting morale and| our national integrity The senate bill has+already been boosted very close to the limit of safety; if it is! boosted beyond that limit we shall} have lost the first battle and possibly the decisive one. ~ We cannot -afford to be misled. by | other way. Aenea ae myself. It was all impulse, despera-} tion. Listen; they are going to desert the ship within an hour. McCanh told) me. I—I let him believe I would go! with him to save my own life. I—I, didn't know what to do, All that was left me was to pray and watch.” “Yes, dear heart—but what hap- They MN left the cabin, and went on dack.” “Yes; to provision the beats; they are lowering the two forward ones now. I was told to get my own things ready.” | “No guard was left here below?” “Only Dade; they knew you could not possibly get out, and they had no fear of me because I was so fright ened.” “And what became of Dade?” She caught her breath, the answer &@ sob almost inaudible. “I struck him; dear, there was no Maybe I killed him, but— but I never meant to do that. I used the only weapon I had—an iron leg from my washstand.” “Don’t worry; it was either his life, or ours. There is no one else; then below?” “Not—not now.” e bo “Is there any way of loosening this bar? I cannot even determine how it is fastened ; there were no cleats.” T-could see her outline as she stood there, feeling with her hands; then realized thet a length of iron was in- serted between the wooden bar and the jamb of the door; there was a crunch- ing sound, not loud enough to be alarm- ing, and the bar fell, but was caught beforeit struck the deck. Instantly I wae inne cabin, and had grasped her ands Stilt ‘Clinging to ‘the leg of the washstand. “1 its , been bound ard gagged, but Lcould not | glad to escape from the light of the Dade Was Unconscious but Net Dead. neither stirred, nor groaned,’ as 1 hastily dragged his body into the near est open doorway. He should. have waste the moments for that job, and satisfied myself with closing and lock- ing the door. Then, for an instant, ) stud, panting for breath, uncertain as to my next move, tuking hasty. survey. Only some miracle, or the consolida: tion of their interest temporarily oo what was being done forward, had saved us from discovery. Ye I.could not remain there, almost in plain view. Where should I turn first? Bascom would be of no value, even if I re leased him; my only hope of assistance lay in the two seamen. Gripping the | iron bar, the revolver snugly stowed away in my pocket, I crept down the black passageway leading forward, cabin. McCann believed his prisoners were secure; that it was quite safe to leave them unwatched for the short perfod before deserting the ship. The! very fact that the inefficient Dade hadtbeen left alone in the cabin to watch over Miss Vera, and myself, was_evidence and the door caught, and would not wholly close. A dim light reflected along the walls of the passage, making me aware that the fellow who was slowly climbing the fron ladder from below, had a lantern with him. Lea- yord retained the iron leg, and I drew my gun, holding it tight gripped in one hand. The man’s head and shovlders emerged through the round opening, and the dim light enabled me to recog- nize Tom Dugan. He paused on the edge, looking down. “all quiet enough up here,” he called. “You better draw the ‘fires, Tony.” “No use o’ that,” answered a sullen voice from a distance. “The water will fix ‘em in half an hour; there’s two cocks open. iii 3:20’ on deck; that crooked millionaire don’t git no chance ter drown me.” Dugan laughed. . “Always a thinkin’ how to git out of a scrape safe. Yer got yer price, didn’t yer?” “Enough ter make me want ter live long ‘neugh ter spend it, anyhow. Are you comin’ down this way agin, Du- in?” my way up; the boss doesn’f want any mistake made. There’s nuthin’ left ter do aboard this hooker; she's tick- eted for Davy Jones.” _He stared below a minute, as thouzh to make sure of what Tony was doing down:in:the engine rcom; then, appar- ‘ently satisfied, swung to firm footin: that he needed every seamam to carry out the work on deck. The measure of his confidence, his conceity was: What gave us this opportunity to act. ay hand, fumbling set ste. Jocky tered a bar, a stout wooden” ex: light aft. The radius was small, and his glance must have revealed nothing stiange, for the fellow whistled as he advanced. nh Fen He was almost at the stateroom door ‘Qebind which we were hiding before he “No; Til-have a look at the cabin on! on the deck of the passage, flashing his | “Where were they?” He set his teeth, but:the pressure of Leayord’s fingers compelled ‘an answer. “Three o’ ’em had got away, lyin’ maybe a hundred yards, out, and the fourth was still at the ladder, waitin’ fer us to come over the side.” “This last one was McCann’s boat? Who were in it?” “I didn’t look over ter see, sir.” same. The men were all picked for jf the boats. Give me the names.” “Well, thar wus Liverpool, White, Dubois, Tony an’ myself, the nigger, Watson, an’—let’s see—Joe.Sachs.” “Seven—with McCann.and the girl— |gr nine; not overloaded surely, and quite: a picked company, worthy their chief. The other, boats held more?” iL “About twelve men each, sir.” | ae Leayord’s eyes met mine in silent un-! Serve as propaganda. . Franklyn Far- enough. 2um and “Brownie” Vernon will lead a clever company of players through five acts of spirited entertainment, the eearatey nee chiefly directed to the unfolding of an engaging love sg | with the desived hanppedisammatibe, “Bringing Home.Father” is another derstanding. He was seaman to instantly grasp the purpose of this unequal division—the. lighter boat would be the better sailor, the easier operated in a heavy sea. “Which boat was it you fellows chose?” he asked. iy proof set forth Blue “The port-quarter boat.” Shakespeare was veh The : rus “I thought so. What'll we do with’ the Thing.” Selected first for ‘its en- Dugan, sir?” | tettaining value, Bluebird tas entra: “Throw him into the bosun’s bunk,! ei the various roles (o players best and ther nail up the door. We'll give suited to interpret them, and the ‘re- him a dose of his own medicine: Move sult is*sure to give complet ti lively ; there's anothér job waiting us| tion to the most éXacting « on deck.” Sie = ~~ (To be continued.) ‘Tribune want ada bring resolts