Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 11

THE GIRL IN THE SECOND CABIN BY E. J. (Copyright, 1926, by SYNOPSIS. gpenm- Trumbull, in ord gl in” the Adirondicks in- ealth rip. hires his old dave chum a male nurse, 10 both, ‘and_thus fulfili the orders of Trumbull's father's physcian ask starts aboard the Guif Stream I wheel chair, afd no sooner is pushed on ecler_than he bebolds a girl_at —the “‘goddess ] cabin, concealing his identity bounds a: A Double Rescue. HE man in uniform was young and boyish, but his eves were blazing with enthusiasm. “Maybe you don't know it.” he said, “but you've secn something in the line of seamanship vou're never li to see again, ev if you sail for the rest of you The old man pulled off was half helpless with Now he's got a sea anchor, & rest of it is easy. When this thing blows itself out there won't he any- | thing to it.” “But the ted Sidney he men on that ship pulled men on that ship?” per- | | | have gone it didn’t much for ther through the way vere, b look particular When you get into a me: ike this you need all the engine power you've got. “It looked bad when we were drift- ing down on that old bark. It was touch and go whether we'd be able to miss i You saw the old man shoot a line, and perhaps you thought we were trying to save the fellows aboard of her. Not on your life! We were trying to save ourselves, Of course, they didn't know that. But the old man did.” The young officer pansed to wipe the perspiration from hi “It was a sort of 50-50 by he explained. “We'd neve able to get her for a se there hadn’t been somebody aboard to handle a line. The fact th~t there was somebody on her made it worth the chance. We'd have tried to edg out of the track sooner if it had been for that. But the old man figured close. He took a chance, but he fig. ured that he was giving his passen- gers the hest of it in the long run. Ordinarily he'll go as far as anybody in trying to help a shipwrecked crew, but his passengers always come first. ““As soon as he saw there was some- body aboard that bark he decided to make use of them if he could. And he knew might well they’d be willing to help. The old man always carries a surf-gun aboard, it's one of his per- sonal hobbies. He's a good shot with it, too. If the newspapers get hold of this, they'll make him famous. So far as I know, this is the only time in history that a disabled ship picked up a wreck and used it for a sea an- chor. I guess that's going some!” Sidney, murmured her admiration. She did not understand the seaman- ship of it, but she knew that Capt. Blodgett had done something extraor- “And after the storm s over?” she asked. “‘Oh, we'll cut it loose -then. We'll have her ‘folks off by that ‘time. They're at it now, in fact.” The officer made his way forward again, and Sidney and Trask followed , eager to see what the astute and le master of *the Guif Stream was doing for the human occu- pants of his sea anchor. They found that still another line had been sent into the face of the gale and that it had gone true, as all the others. Blodgett had aimed the gun himsel. His own ship was safe; 8o long as the hawsers held he,was will- ing to turn a hand to the rescue of the helpless creatures on the hulk that lay to windward, A struggling crew on the forward deck dragged out a breeches buoy and mounted it on the slender ling. It seemed small and puny in the f: of the gale, yet Capt. Blodgett clearly had faith in it. With a pull that came from somewhere out in the mist the buoy disappeared over the bow. Minutes elapsed before the passen. gers on the Gulf Stream saw it again, for a fresh cloud of rain descended, blotting out every glimpse of the dere. lict. It was close aboard, rising out of the crest of a sea, when they sight- ed it. An instant later the buoy came in over the rail and was seized by a knot of deckhands who awaited it. Two men were lifted out. One of them was able to walk, but the. other was a limp figure. He was carried into the cabin, followed by his fellow voyager. .The buoy went out into the storm again, Three trips it made, and three times it came back to the Gult Stream freighted with miserable and exhaust- ed creatures. The captain of the dere. Jict climbed out heavily upon the deck, last of all the survivors, saluted me. chanically and collapsed loosely as he did so, “British bark,” said the young offi- cer, as Trask sought him out in the cabin. “The first blow took the sticks out of her. But they're not in bad shape. It isn't cold, and they've only been in the rigging about six hours. Lucky guys, I call them.” He went off, whistling, balancing himself skillfully on the plunging plat- form underneath his feet Trask and the girl looked at each other. Her eyes were shining with ex- citement. “I think I'm beginning to love Capt. Blodgett!” she exclalmed. “He's won. derful? Trask nodded “Doing two things at onc on. “Saving us and then sa’ And none of us re it was all ove thing mor Suddenl: sical look “Work the ‘lady in the first cabin,” he said. “A shipwrecked | s as good as a war hero, any 1 ving them, 1ly understood unti Can vou fmagin - magnificent than that rask-smiled, and a whim- ou for that, Billy, frowned S “I'm sure she ha v fine id “I wasn't c ing her ideal,” said Trask. “Only there’s such a thing as being smothered in sympathy. | Sidney bit her lip and looked away. Then. as the ship lurched upward | violently, Trask was flung backward into an . eml that well-nigh | crushed his rib: He managed to squirm of it as he regained his | feet and turned to confront Keeler: | “Mr, Trask” | lello, Keeler. You almost broke me in two, confound you! Where have you been” “Looking for you, sir!’ There were anxious furrows in the face of the Tennessee Tornado, but they slowly smoothed out into a look of intense relief and satisfaction as he beheld his charge intact, 3 a terrible night and morn said Keeler, reproachfully. “You might have known that I was all right.” “How was I to know, sir, with all your crazy goings on? 1 couldn't find | you anywhere.” “You didn’t try this cabin?” *Well, no, sir.” You 'see— Keeler ventured a glance at Sidney Sands, who had not_yet-observed him. nd the | © | what he aid, Mr. Tra RATIL 6. Howard Watt.) “I was a little bit embarrassed about coming down here, Mr. g “But Miss Sands ha grudge in the Keeler. Have you, she turned as he call and smiled with delight wh the late Capt. Ferriss. Keeler's dropped and his eyes saddened stared from one to the othe had come to the point of sheticall I'm Iy happy to see E she cxclaimed, ex tending a s all hand It's a great comfort to know that you don’t hav to get off at Key West.” “Why, thank you Keeler awkwardly The de miss,” said onair devilment of had fallen from ke s deferential again, ob. nging g for me, Keeler?” Anybedy inquired T Just th sir—last 1 was standin, i at the door, won. dering what had become of ‘'you. She came by with Miss Kent, and she stopped long enc well chained to ) “Did Miss Kent say an “Nothing, sir; she just 1 Keeler tried to imitate the look ¢ stiffed her. laughter in her hief. Japt. night Blodgett send his X'c} , sir, T th You saw The patient of the wheel chair nod ded | There's a man.” muttered Keeler, hing his great arms wid though trying to expand himself the bulk of the Gulf Stream'’s master. “A champion, Mr. Trask! A one punch man, sir! I'm no sailor, sir, but I know a champion when I see him, no matter what his game is God bless him, I s Yesterday, if it had come to the point, 1'd have rocked the fat block off of him, Mr. But now, sir—well, now, I'd be afraid even to shadow box with him. Oh, he’s a man, sir! He can rivelweight to all of them!" Keeler was working himself rapidly into an ecstasy of adoration, He had discovered a new her nd I indorse ev: word you say,” ared Sidney, warmly. The Tennessee Tornado suddenly re- membered himself. He managed as much of a blush as his natural pallor weuld permit. “I was forgetting you, mi: he said. “I hadn’t meant to be quite so outspoken.” “But 1 like you better as your real she assured him he meant to be kind, but the words were like a spear thrust into Keeler's heart. He gulped, suddenly lost con- trol of his legs and, as the ship tipped, sat heavily into a convenient chair. shoulder, “I think it was tremendously nice of you to play ‘Capt. Ferriss. I just adore adventures. It wasn’s a bit worse than a fairy tale, and I de- voured fairy tales when I was little. I think youre a lot better, just as yourself—but ‘Capt. Ferriss’ was nice, too.” - . He managed to look up at her grate- ully. “I'm sure I meant no harm, miss,” he mumbled. ertainly not! I know you didn You just wanted to encourage a fool- ish whim of mine. Thank you—very, very mucl Keeler's eyes expressed incredulity, but he managed a clumsy acknowledg- ment. “You think we’ll last out the storm, sir?” he asked, looking at Trask. “They say it's certain now.” “When it's over I'll get you back into your chair as quick as I can,” declared Keeler, with a resolute shake of his head. “Oh, no, you'll not, my son. No more chair for mine. Capt. Blodgett can’t put me off now until we get to the end of the line, and I think he'll be too busy for a while to put me in irons.” # ut when you go back to your cabin, sir- “Not goingy’ Keeler was shocked. Sidney’s eyes expressed surprise. “No, Keeler,” added Trask. “I'm not going back. I camped out last night, and I guess I can manage for the rest of the voyage. I'm through with the highbrows in the first cabin. Down here is the life! It isn’t that their brows are not so high here. Take ‘em right through, I think they're a bit higher. But they don't keep elevating their domes in front of you, as if the main thing was to show how high they are.” The Tennessee Tornado achieved one of his most disconsolate sighs. “What'll T ever say to Dr. Van Norden?” he asked, hopelessly. The gale blew furiously until mid- afternoon, but the Gulf Stream rode th comparative ease at her sea an- chor. Capt. Blodgett never left the bridge until there was a perceptible lessening in the force of the hurri- cane, There were scores of passen- gers impatient to congratulate him on his achievement, but he ignored them He was not seeking encomfums; his ship came first. It was Sidney who first reported to Trask that the storm was apparently | blowing itself out. “ather’s barometers are climbing again,” she announced importantl: a sign of good weather. B going up tremendously fas too. I'm almost afraid our adventu is over. “I'm satisfled,” said Trask. He was bruised and sore from the morning’s work as a waiter, Toward sundown the wind ceased with abruptness, the gray clouds be gan to scatter and uncover patches of blue sky, and the cry disappeared from the great Gulf waves that still rolled in from the northeast. It was a change of weather as sudden as that which had greeted the passengers when they fi looked out upon the white fury of early morning. Off to windward lay the heavily roll ing derelict, her stumps sticking out of her, sinister reminders of the power that had transformed her almost flash from a living thing into a d hulk, More than 200 yards of h: separated her from the made a virtue of ne. 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