Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 9

THE OWL’S HOUSE A Thrilling Adventure Story By Crosbie Garstin Copyright. 1924, by (Continued from Yesterday's Slm:.) The west was barred with a vellow Atrip—sunset. Presently it would be night, and under cover of night Fate was waiting for him crouched like a footpad e . He did not sce the vessel's ap- proach till she was upon him. She must have been in sight for some time, but he had heen keeping his eves ahead and did not look round he hailed was right on him, coming up Ortho was so sur- jumped out of his up in the stern at her foolishly. Was it a mirage? Had he gone light- headed already? He heard the creak of her vards and blocks as she yaw- ed to starboard, the hiss of her cut- water shearing into a sea, and then uttural voice shouting uninelligi- She was real enough and she vas yawing him up! A flood of joy went through him: he was Eoing to live after all! Not for noth- ing had he kept the Gamecock run- ning. She was on top of him. The short Lowsprit and gilded beak stab- bed past; then came shouts. the roar of sundered water, a rope hurtling out of reach ump and over went the Gamecock, run down. Ortho grip- ped the gunnel. vaulted onto the boat side as it rolled ur The vessel lowing deep in a trough at the time. He caught the foremast chains with both hands and hung trailing up to the knees in bub- bling brine. Something bumped his knee. It was Anson; his leer seemed more pronounced than ever: then he went out of sight. Men in the chan- E sped Ortho's wrists and hoist- He lay where they ranting and chivering. from his clothes to he nearly clothes. He stood sheets, poggling prised threw him water dribbling the deck Aft on the poop a couple of men. officers evidently, were staring at the Gamecock drifti tern, bottom up They did not consider her worth the troutle of going after. A 0 gave Ortho a kick with his bare foot, hand- ed him a bowl of hot gruel and a crust of bread. Ortho gulped these and then drazged himself to his feet leaned against the mainjeers and took stock of his surrounding It was quite a small v in a bastard fashion he seen before, square on the main mast, exaggerated lugs on the fore and mizzen. She had low sharp entry but was built up aft with quarter- deck and voor; she was armed like a frigate and swarming with men, Ortho could not think where she housed them all—and such men, brown. vellow, white and black, with and thout beards. me wore pointed red caps. some wisps of dirty linen wound about their scalps, and athers were bare-headed and shorn to the skin but for a lock of oily hair. They wore loose garments of many eolors, choco] . saffron, salmon and blue, but the majority were of a soil- ed white. They drew these close about their lean bodies and squatted. bare toes protruding, under the break of the qu in the lee of scuttle butt; out of the w tion to him ssel. rigged had never hey paid no atten- whatever, but chatted srat and laughed. their teeth : wlite in their dark faces, world like a tribe of squat- aboons. One of them produced @ crude two-stringed guitar and sang a melancholy dirge to the accom- paniment of creaking blocks and his- sing bow-wa The sunset was but a chink of 1low light between leaden cloud 1 leaden sea. There was a flash away in the dusk to port followed by the slam of a gun A gi 1itic old man came to the quarte eck rail and bellowed across the decks. Ortho thought he looked like the pictures of biblical patriarchs Sais of Oriental Rugs At Reduced Prices Rugs that are among the fin- est products of the Orient. In- cluad are beautiful Persian and Caucasian weaves. soft and silky in texture and unlimited .(I}r}):;r ;’imgB’clou- 821.00 NESHAN G. 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They seemed to be.making some sort of praver to- ward the cast. The old man's decla- mation finished, off in a lgng-drawn wail; he returned whence he had come, and the anes sat up again. The guitar plaver picked up his instru- ment and sang on. A boy. twirling a flaming piece of tow, ran up the ladders and lit the | of ccurce: to be sold 4 two poop lanterns. Away to port other points of light twinkled, appearing and disappearing. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D descended a few feet and found him- self standing on the cargo, bales of mixed merchandise, apparently. In the darkness around him he could hear voices conversing, calling out. The negro dropped after him, and he saw that the hold was full of people— Europeans from what he could see— lying on top of the cargo. They shouted to him, but he was too dazed to answer. His guide propelled him toward the after bulkhead and sud- denly tripped him. He fell on hls back on a bale and lay stiil while the negro shackled his feet together, picked up the lantern and vas gone. “Englishman?” said a voice beside him “Aye. “Where did you drop from?" “Picked up—I was blown off-shore." “Alone?" “Yes, all but my mate, dead. What craft is this?” “The Ghezala, xebec of Sallee.” “Where are we bound tor?” Sallee, on the coasts of Barbary, slave among the heathen infidels. Where did you think you was bound for? Kortunate Isles with rings on your hngers to and he's The negro who had given him the | gplice a golden queen—eh?” broth touched him on the shoulder. signed to him to follow and led the way below. It was dark on the main deck—all the light there was came from a single lantern swinging from & beam—but Ortho could see that it Was also packed with men. They lay on mats beside the hatch coaming: between the lashed carriage-gun everywhere; it was difficult to wa without treading on them. Some of them appeared to be wounded. 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Now and again one would xhout across to a friend and a short conversation would ensue, but most of the time they kept silent, as though steeped in melancholy. The majority sounded like foreigners. Ortho sat up, tried to stretch his legs and found they were shackled to 4 chain running fore and aft over the cargo. WHEKE THE VOGUE OF THE MOMENT I8 FIRST REVEALED. COATS That Make YO'I). Welcome Winter OFT, supple fabrics, light and warm, are trimmed with rich furs that harmon- ize with the delightful shades for Fall and Winter. Prices begin at $59.75 ~sHoP erfectly k content 1316 G Street City Club Building His lefthand “Woke up, have you? d'you fancy it?* Ortho grunted. “Oh, well, mayn’t be so bad. You'm a likely lad; you'll fetech a good price, mayhap, and get a good mas- ter. 'Tain’t the strong mule catches the whip; 'tis the old uns—y'under- stan’? 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