Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1927, Page 36

¥, 36 7 — THE GIRL IN THE SECOND CABIN BY E. J. (Copyright. 1926, by G. Howard Watt.) BYNOPSIS. Spencer Trumbull. in order to be near his girl in the Adifondacks instead of tak. ing a health trip, hires his old college and ‘war-days chum, Billy Trask, to make the Sea trp n his place and’ promises him 81000, and expenses if he takes hix place unaer the eye and care of Keeler. a male Furse. who is a stranger to hoth. and thus olAN the orders of Trumbull's Tathers hyeician. Trask starts aboard the Gulf tream in a wheel chair, and no sooner 1 pushed on deck by Keeler than he be: holds a girl at the rail—the “goddess. he dubs her. She is Miss Kent, a soc girl with a mania for nursing. ‘who tak at once to the interested invalid, despite | her dragon of an aunt, Mise Grimm. Mean- while, Keeler makes' himself a hero to Sidney Sands, & girl in the second cabin, concealing his identity. ~Trask breaks bounds and meets Sidney, daughter of an absent-minded professor, ‘'who has missed the boat. leaving her to continue his scien- tific observations of the weather. His achievement leads o an exposing 0f Trask Which Keeler makes worse by stating 1o the captain that the invalid is really a mental cace. The captain threaiens to put ihem off When the vessel reaches Key West Trask determines to defeat the captain's pur Dose and stay aboard. in which Miss Sands aids him. In a spirit of adventure they £0 ouj to a derelict on & breeches-buoy and are stranded there. (Continued from Yesterda: A Star.) Latitude and Longitude. FTER a while Trask also slept, although he had meant to| watch the night through. A Dblazing morning sun, shooting its rays directly into his eyes, awakened him. He started up suddenly, half-rousing the girl “Run away, mother,” she sai sleepily. I don't have to get up yet. Then some recollection called. her| foto broad wakefulness, and she sat up, blinking at the sea. “I forgot,” she said, laughing. thought 1 was home, that 1 w. little girl again and mother was try- ing to send me to school Kiss me good morning, Billy—that is, if you don't mind.’ He didn't. The kitten, which sat on the edge of the deckhouse, wash- ing its face, paused to look at them. Trask jumped to the deck and lifted the girl down. She inspected her cos- tume with a wry face. Trask’s own fit was not much better, for the cap- tain of the bark, while no taller than he, was of infinitely greater girth. “We're scarecrows,” said Sidney. 1 1 look anything like you I'm a spectacle. You positively must find me something better than this, Billy. “We'll make a search after breal fast,” he declared. “Breakfast! Do we get any?” “There must be plenty of stuff it it's all not water-soaked. “y The galley was a wreck, but Trask had no mind to revisit the little kit- chen that connected with the cabin, for he knew it was still awash with sea water. They found a can of cof- fee that was still dry and some crackers in a tightly sealed tin. Sidney took possession of the galley and sent him for firewood. He knocked the chicken-coop to pieces and found that the wood was fairly well dried out and would probably burn. After patient effort, they got e fire started. “Water!” she exclaimed. do you keep it?” Trask had a bad moment. He knew that water was generally Kept in casks on the deck, and he wondered if it was possible that any of the ves- sel’s supply had survived the hurri- cane. He did not mention his fears to Sidney as he picked up an empty pail and went out of the galley house. ‘The splintered remains of what had evidently been a huge cask did not give him encouragement. He soon came to a second cask that had not been torn from its lashings, but groaned to find it empty. Finally he came upon another that proved to be nearly full. He tasted its contents and found the water sweet. “That trouble’s ove! he muttered, @as he filled the pail. ‘While Sidney was setting the pot to boll, he went out on the deck again and made a careful inspection of the horizon on all sides. The sea was quite smooth, the sky cloudless. Al- ready the sun was getting hot. There was not a ship in sight. A better t of vantage was offered by the p of the deckhouse, but from there he had no more luc He looked up at the mizzen mast, ‘which -was intact as far as the truck, and then at the shrouds that ascended 4t. An instant later he was climbing. "This journey carried him to a point thirty-odd feet above the deck and widened his horizon measurably; but although he spent several minutes in & careful survey, he had no glimpse of anything save a level and glisten- “Where sea. A voice from below called him, and he looked down to see Sidney beckon- ing In peremptory fashion. She seemed to be stamping her foot. He descended and found her regarding him with severity. “Who told you to climb up there? she demanded. “It's dangerous. I don’t want you to do it.” “Dangerous! Why, it's nothing to what you got me into last night.” “Perhaps not,” she admitted. “But ~—oh, don't you see, it's different now, Billy! I didn't own you then.” “But you really did, you know.” “Tru Billy? And how much fur- ther back L ““Oh, as far back as when I first saw you_dancin Now 1 know you're a fraud " she 0§ 3 % 8. €.6.9.2.0.0.9.2.0.0.8.0.0.2.0.2.9.¢0.8.2.0.08.0.08.8.82¢402 | ot | RATIL | exclaimed, catching him by the arm. “Come to breakfast.” He found more than crackers and coffee; there was bacon sizzling in a frying pan. She pointed proudly to this addition to their stores, which she discovered after a further search of the galley. They breakfasted on the deck You may as well s yi coffee,” she told him, ‘‘bec long life ahead of us. he assured her. “Some “It's grea more, please. The kitten joined them and was promptly supplied with some bits of the bacon. It ate ravenously. “Were you looking for a ship, up there on that mast?”’ she asked. He nodded. “What's the matter with our own?" she asked. “I think it's perfectly ndid.” 'We can't stay aboard of it for- even at that. And it won't sail bled a cracker, *'I suppose we will be leaving it at the first chance. But I'll be a little bit sorry. It's treating us rather well, I think. We have plenty to eat and drink—and—and a kitten.” 5 He reached for the animal and picked it up, holding it aloft for in- ction. Let's name it ‘Aunt Mehetabel," " he suggested. She snatched the furry from him in indignation. “We will do nothing I've already named it Bill: creature of the sort! ‘Hurricane Sounds like the Tennessee Tor- nado,” he commented, laughing. “Has it a pugilistic disposition?" She ignored him and poured her- self another cup of coffee. A forenoon of exploration aboard the derelict did not reveal much that they had not discovered the night be- fore. It was too wet to go below with comfort. Trask had been hoping to discover a boat, although in what direction he would have navigated it he had not the least idea. The binnacle compass was smashed and he could find no other aboard. But the boats had been swept away, with the exception of one that was so hopelessly stove in that it was good only for kindling wood. He had never seen the girl so happy. She appeared delighted with every thing save her costume. At times she was in a bantering mood, teasing him about the goddess of the first cabin. She played a great deal with the kitten, which had completely re- covered its spirits and now followed her about the deck. She scarcely ever joined in watching the sea for ships, not seeming to care whether they were discovered or not. It was past midday when she aroused him from an abstracted study of the horizon and shouted gleetully into his ea ‘Bottles! ““What about bottles?"” 've found heaps of them. And corks, too. We're going to send mes- sages!’ “Who to?” “Why, 'to_anybody—everybody! To ourselves. Oh. I could shake you for standing there laughing 'Show me your bottles,” he sald. She directed him back to the galley and proudly displayed an assortment of bottles, of all shapes and sizes. “I'm afrald the cook was a person of bad habits,” she remarked as he set her down. “But his bottles are very useful now. Billy, you run down into the cabin and see if you can find some paper and pencils. We'll begin right away.” He obeyed her and returned pres- ently with the necessary articles. Sid- ney sprawled face down on the deck and immediately began the composi- tion of a message. She fillled half a sheet of paper, rolled it up, slipped it Into a bottle and pounded the cork into place. in and ested S > TRIPLE PATENT SUCTION SATISFACTION His pi ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED the 1 102 #1522 #2022 %102 op Natural Looking Plates Our Specialty each MAIDS IN ATTEND- ANCE CE NEXT ENTRAN ATTENDANTS I The enti ad_floor DR. Ext 6 P. ame DR. Eddie edge of the game and i past 20 years— The You have read much’ historian. Begin With the First Chapter—Tomorrow Night X R e ‘Y AM RESPONSIBLE” When In need of dentistry, which Is so necessary to health, ance and ‘wellieing, #ou shonld soloct s eatiss ot & 0 and reliability. g DR.Fnélelenfi.mmmlumvukm is ultimate and perman ent satisfaction of consistent ith the real ly high-cl service, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GOOD. HONEST DENTISTRY 1s Our Record ESS 1S ONE 'ECIAL ATTENTION TO N| racting t Office The Biography of Base Ball Written by —from his wonderful fund of intimate knowl- Begins—Exclusively Here—in Tomorrow—Monday—Jan. 3d never anything quite so interesting—and so imper- sonal as the 21 articles comprising this series. a Biography of Base Ball—not an autobiography of Eddie Collins. He deals with history—throwing light on many mysteries—making plain many mooted ques- tions—with a star of the first magnitude as the THE SUNDAY “That's a message addressed to you,” she announced. He reached for the bottle. “Indeed, no!" she exclaimed, jump- ing up and tossing the bottle into the . “It has to go through the mail But I may never get it.” Well, know most of what's in " she said, with a blush. “I told it to you last night.” She was writing again and presently dispatched another missive into the ocean. “That was to Capt. Blodgett, tell- ing him where we are’ she an- nounced. “Well, where are we? “Right here, of course. vhere is this ship?" looked back and laughe have to write him another she said, seizing a fresh sheet paper. ‘“What {s our latitude longitude, Billy?"” “I haven't the fa'ntest notion.” But we must have latitude and longitude,” she insisted. *“The worst of it is, I always get them mixed. Does latitude run crosswise, or up and of and 1 think.” , we'll have to guess at it, 1 I'm going to put in enough, expect. anyhow. “There—'Latitude 256 east'—that's enough latitude. ‘Longitude 10 west.’ And I'll add ‘Gulf of Mexico,” so they'll know where it is.” £ I might suggest, latitude is al- ways north or south, as I remember observed Trask with great gravity. T don't think there is so much ude.” “I'll change it in the next bottle,” she said, flinging her third message to the waves. He had a struggle to keep from laughing. She appeared to be quite serious, but plainly enthusiastic. Now for Keeler,” she sald, begin- Ing another letter. “I'm telling hi we are engaged. He'll want to know. The Keeler letter followed its pred- ecessors overboard. Then came a se- rles of missives for Aunt Mehetabel, Miss Kent and the youth who won the potato race in the second cabin. “And I'm sending one to the fwo old ladles in father’s stateroom,” marked Sidney, as she wrote. asking them to please keep the charts up and all the instruments going. Poor dears! I'm afrald they won know how, but father will be dread- fully disappointed if they don't get something down.” Atter that she wrote several “To Whom It May Concern.” in which the position of the derelict bark was stated with_distinct variations. “You see,” she explained, “if we're not actually at any of those places just now, we're likely to arrive at one be- fore we get through drifting, so if they Immediate Clearance Sale of “Trade-in” Pianos known office inter- in the tient. are owest e Work, Per Tooth, $5, 86 and $7. GUARANTEED, TERMS OF PAYMENT MAY BE 407—7th St. N. W.—407 ARRANGED TO KAY'S JEWELRY STO) CONSTANT READINESS FOR "4 of twe entire bulls YOUR ATTI NG PEA ERVOUS PEOPLE ® Other Work Is Being Done . to 1 P. M. Sunda; FREIOT an DEESS Phone Main 19 : *************************************I Collins ts leading lights of the Star of Base Ball history—but It's B e STAR, WASHINGTON, look in every place they're almost cer- tain to find us.” “It's a great idea, I'm sure.” One by one the bottles followed each | other into the sea. When Trask went to the rail he could see a small fleet of | them, drifting at a little distance from the vessel, their necks sticking out of the water like 80 many periscopes. “These submarine post cards of | yours,” he remarked, as he returned |to her, “all seem to be sticking to- gether pretty well.” “Thy scatter about,” she assured |him. “I expect some of them will turn up in China.” “By way of the canal, possibly.” She nodded and went on writing, | chuckling occasionally over her work. “There! That's the last,” she an-| nounced. “No more botties, unless you can find me some. Hasn't it been a lot of fun?” He agreed that it had. “And useful, too,” she said with a serfous face, watching her bottles with solicitous eyes. Presently Trask went down into the cabin, in search of tobacco. When he returned he was carrying one of the ship’s charts, which he spread upon the deck. For several minutes he puzzled over it, calculating something on the margin and making frequent measurements with the aid of a pen- cil. Then he called her. “Sidney, what do you suppose our latitude “and longitude really are? I've got a chart here and I think T ican tell pretty close. Make another guess.” She thought for a moment, kling her forehead. “Well, just as a rough guess,” she announced, “I'll say we were some- where around 24 or 25 north latitude, and Between 85 and 90 longitude, west from Greenwich.” Trask jumped to his feet and stared at her. “You—yor he smiled at him mockingly. You _consclenceless little rogue!” he cried. “You knew better all the wrin- ) time. 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