The evening world. Newspaper, October 4, 1915, Page 15

© St it of a Were relt e Brookiy: evy Yer By MORGAN ROBERTSON j ee ele bbetebbebibtetbes el BBB SIIB od et Me te Renee & ai PROLOGUE, WO youne men met in front of ot offs of ae , - 7 “ eo age oe h wee . epperentiy of wood f hb had ‘ voor of th i bed what &@ Geled « . eye showing jut & Hille too much While above the o oye white minsied below the ine The former is os om though reeirained | ter of ' porion, wih Very Little seif-con aifterss t od may lead one “ he providency, nother ¢ Aud o # euch owe Pietined —«@ wimilar | Givermenee of polh, of pan and pleasure, of p ment end reward, we Gus gtory concerned The (wo boys were schoulmates and friends, with never a qu they had known each other; they had graduated tometior trom pon t neither had been valed be —— ht the bis 6 torian, «They later had ough ‘Sule D ation given by thy mall fing } district for an ap- sorry, but if you've been fighting| . the . « , end When you know it w wrong, why “PAntment to the Naval Academy bat fg An gf bd Won Out over all, but eo chee “Gt! served you right fomether that the Congressman bad joint, hin nome, hie lips and his eyes, the this Unjust speech mig flecreed another tea ie ur They had taken it, and ain ee he oe eee “had waited for ti er that hid yet, though the best the winner; hence the dally visite Wo cna ley whould tell you th ser a pms Seas eo 00% wis called and which b the stops, met the smaller commg erht you would down with an opened jetter, and Oe " m™. vo ot it, Jack aid the smaller iw 1 win, ternate y joyously, “Here | "OP course, you're the al i © He handed the letter to J wait was declined, eo! What'e the us was the aomo- qwhat sulky response. “I've lost, sure All i've got to do is to for- » read it to you,” sald erly “I want you to fee! wlad about it same as I would wed first, Listen: 1 Denman “Dear Sir—1 aim glad you that you have su 4 the second examination for ‘an appointment to the Naval ‘Academy, Winning by three points 4n history over the other con- testant, Mr, John Forsythe, who, “eof course, is the alternate In case wPyou do not pass the entrance ex- @mination at Annapolis ‘He ready at any time for In- jons from the Secretary of avy to report at Annapolis. “Bincerely What do I care for that?" sald “Worsythe, “I suppose I've got a let- ter in there, too. Lot's see.” While Denman waited, Forsythe entered the post bre) and soon emerged, reading a letter. mani thing,” he sald, “I falled by three points in my special study. How is tt, Bill?" he demanded flerce ly, as his disappointment grew upon him, “I've beaten not only you, but the whole class from the primary Up, in history, ancient, modem and | cal, un now. There's something crooked bere.” His voice sank to a utter. Microoked, Jack! What are you talking about?” repiled Denman hotly; 1 don't know, Bill, Never it’ you're ‘patna Come on, oiney walked side by side in the frection of thelr homes—near to- her and on the outskirts of the {fown—-each busy with his thoughts. Denman, though proud and joyous yer the prize he had won, was yo flurt by the speech and manner 0 raythe, and hurt still further ais e ening cloud on his face as they walked on, ; i o's thoughts were best In ged suddeniy turning toward rting out: aman and purtigers's something @rooked in this, I can beat you in history any day in the week, lod a ‘and old Bland are close friends. ap on turned white as he an- ae our Bio” slo would. woniternate, too! ell, you're a cur, Bill Denman, ony ic iy il ‘ona block bounded Cape et report ei Fou ea nb ae | Qenman’s eyes, and prompt! te 4 . one foun hort fight, of May, tench vant courageously, and With much flatic skill as schoolboys ac- 4 h was oqual te the othor i put one possessed abo fae sen longer reach shan the other, am sided the battle AC ane with, NOSO hiveding and MAM josing, went down at last, Pet could not arise, nor even see the fecessity of rising. But soon his bralr cleared, and he ftaogeere ay mia aes his head throbbing vicio 4 ts 4d clothing smeared with bloo face a home, to ave botween puffed eyelids the ct figure of Forsythe swaggering ound a distant corner, He stinched the blood with his hand- Kerchief, but as there was not a brook, Witch, or a puddle in the nelghbor- b H home as he ‘our opinion, re yack For. the kind of the anger in tly shed his d, he could only go ¥ rwran, trusting that he would meet po = ome, eg edt he ttered, “For the Licked!" he mit mit t time In my life, too! ag wentieman and mothor | a Ba What the father and tiveior ss pay, or what they did han no part a this story; but wha ther pers + aibig may have a place and value, ani <ej) be given here, This person was ethe onty’ one he met before reaching ome-—-a very small person, about oteirtecn years old, with bla gray eyes and long dark FInRLS bt ran “ a street to look a 4 wAcTpaS te tile Donman!" she crted, shocked’ and anxious. V as happened to you?) Run ove “No, jorrie,” he answe ve been licked, I at d_ pains had @ @ tally, it, oo But don't you know it's wrong to At Ba anewored. Denman, try: \ yng we gel more blood from hin face \ "re the ca. already saturated handker- es. \ te child planted herself directly “But we all do wrong—some- BODE ge wut 1 wouldn't swered, firm in he called me a kitten t ain, But | another fight.” *« pink away, et And you are don't Ko! know that Oh, Billie, I'm sort Ww got licked, t hi Who licked ever mind, F new: a. A] He walked on, but the child headed him and faced him. in the gray eyes. “And you're gol abe exclaimed again. koing?" “L don't ho answered. Whenever Il am sent for, If I don't you again, goodby, Fiorrie girl,” He stooped to kiss ened up, remembe of his fac “But I will see yi clared. “I will, I your house. And, scolded you, really He smiled ruefu that, Florrie i'm only when Billie,” she answer , Florrie,” he aid weartly, “| try to explain ne and perhaps I w Billie!" whe to?” you'll come bac and you'll soon know who he * “a cat, you'll feel like fighting, mind” n- fF powition ‘ ovduy, and f didn't whe I'm going away n't came fl do, there'll be cried to I may stay, or I n't know away, @ 4 you ys I'm sorry you ho did it? T hate ou, Billie?” He'll tent the rrie. There were t nk away, Billie! “When are you her, but straight- ring the condition ou again.” ashe de- will, I'll come to Billie—-I'm sorry 1 Tas Hy. ever mind you always scolded me, used to it. n you did wrong, red gravely, “and somehow I feel that this time you have not done wrong. But I won't scold the next time you really do wrong, I promise.” “Oh, yes, you will, little girl, the privilege and p x,’ He patted her on on, leaving her star tearful. bor; he had mended She was the child of an I's rerogative of your the head and went ing, open-eyed and 1 her dolls, soothed her griefs and protected her since in- fancy, but she was only as a small sister to him, While waiting for orders napolis he saw her many t did not change to h however; she had le: his assailant, and pressed hatred for her sympathy for figurements left h the border betwe womanhood, to An- imes, but she him, She changed, arned the name of through her ex- him, and through Billie as the dis- ca, she passed childhood and When orders came he stopped at her home, kissed went to Annapolis, her goodby and leaving her sad- eyed and with quivering lips. And he did not come back. CHAPTER I. Ne and lates! going dest. S but thirty-six knots’ speed, was the largest, fastest t thing tn sea- royers, and though the specifications called for she had made thirty-eight on her trial trip, and later, und. by her engineers, ler careful nursing she had increased this to forty knots an hour—five knots faster than any craft afloat—and, with a clean bottom, th depended upon at needed, Bhe derived water-tube boilers, sure of three hundred steam to five turb! ing three screws, turbine on the cen is epeed could be any time it was this speed from six feeding at a pres- pounds live ine engines work- one high-pressure tre shaft and four low-pressure on the wing shafts, Be- sides these she possessed two “astern” turbines and two cruising turbines— 6 shaft with oil fuel, there board except for K, and could ca) all four on the win She made steam being no coal on heating and cookin @ hundred and thirty tons of it, which gave her a cruising radius of about two thousand mile tanks’ fille ; also, with “peace , sue Cowd steam three thousand miles without replenishing, whe was in a hurry, she would exhaust her oll in two aay “This would carry hor across the At- lantic at thirteen knots’ spec: |, but it using all turbin When in a hurry she was a spec- tacle to remember. Bullt on conyen- tional lines, she showed at a milo'y distances nothing but a high bow and four short funnela over a mighty bow wave that hid the dark-hued hull, and tal cloud astern half a mile before the could catch and re She carried fou torpedo tubes and y twelve-pounder rapid fire guni rest of her long, da black, horizon. of smoke that stretched wind end it, ir twent: a batter she carried two large searchitghts and a wireless equipment of seventy miles reach, the aerials of which stretched from the truck of her short signal mast to a short po le at the taffratt Packed with machinery, sho was a ‘mot box," even when at reat, and when {n action a v Bhe had hygienic ‘oritable bake oven, space “SS RY jorcrceey The Day of Rest xe. By Maurice Ketton | | gai wis 6 a i > 4S \e*% f T bo THAT AGAIN | ay 2 — a Se For HEAVENS SAKE | WHAT ) ARE Nou DOING | OF REST VA Goann REST JONN 1AM PERFECTLY WILLING To VAM FIXING THE FLAT SOME BabY HAS 7 DO IT TEND B Your bream amin, rueed ye siamped with amped print of refinement pably out ef place are pee in & round ral rion paler & stronger A man pal dou A hole, a man trioute ef @ 4 of rage or Moon the wind ehifted and the fog 4 to seaward, but etill beld tte vable wall between them and Then they turned on both win w buoys ahead, seurchlights, and starboard and p nking boasted « little | o channela for ye hd Te know them ast know the what ul pilot-house A man ha door in great exeitemer An officer aboard,” “LT wae down looking for grub, an u he whispered saw him. Take calmly feave that black buoy te # Then ho stepped out on deck CHAPTER Il. KAMEN, officers an well as 1 to “wated men, tom S and wateh,” of four hours alternate duty and sloep, 5 ia usually waken at elght beta, A tl even when sure of an all night's midnight ateop. It was long after KNITTING when Denman bad gone to sleep fe {DON'T WANT the pantry floor nd the tt He setting under Wa: at are ane hay but when eight bella came around again, he sat up, confused, not consctous that he had been called realizing that tha boat decks for about a dozen men, and this Bumber could handle but she carried berths and accommoda- tions for sixty. Her crew was not on board, how- ever. Newly scraped and painted ta the dry dock, she | ud been hauled out, stored, and fueled by a navy yard gang, and now lay at the dock, ready for sea—ready for her draft of men in the morning, and with no ene on board for the night but the executive officer, who, with something on his mind, had elected to remain, while the captain and other commis- sioned officers went ashore for the night. four years at the Naval Academy, @ two years’ sea cruise and a year of actual service had made many changes in Denman. He was now twenty-five, an ensign, but, becaus Of his position as executive, bearing the complimentary title of lieutenant, He was a little taller and much straighter and squarer of shoulder than when he had gone to the acat- emy. He had grown a trim mus. tache, and the sun and winds of many seas had tanned his face to the color of his eyes, which were of a clear brown, and only in repose did they now show the old-time prepon- derance of white beneath the brown, In action these eyes looked out through two slits formed by nearly parallel eyelids, and with the tightly closed lips and high arching eye- brows—sure sign of the bighest and best form of physical and moral courage-—they gave his face a sort of “take care” look, which most mea heeded, Some women would have thought bim handsome, some would not; it all depended upon the impression they made on him, and the consequent louk in his eyes, At Annapolis he had done well; he was the most popular man of his class, had won honors from his studies and fist fights from his fel- lows, while at sea he had shown @ reckless disregard for his life, in such matters as bursting flues, men over- board and other casualties of soa- faring, that brought him many type- written letters from Washington, a few numbers of advancement and the respect and admiration of all that knew or heard of him. His courage, like Mrs. morals, Was above suspli there was was firm! Caesar's jon, Yet ne man in the world who convinced that Lieut. Denman had a yellow atreak tn him, and that man was Denman himself, He had never been home since his departure for Annapolis, He had promised a small girl that if he came Hack thore would be another fight, in which, as he mentally vowed, he would redeem himself, In this he had been sincere, but as tie montie at the academy went on, with the un- settled fight still in the future, his keen resentment died away, leaving in its place a sense of humillution and chagrin, He still meant to go back, however, and would have done so when vac tion came; but a classmate invited him to his home, and there he went, glad of the reprieve from an embar- rassing, and, as {t seemed to him now, an undignified conflict with a elvilian, Hut the surrender brought its sting, and his self respect lessened. At the next vacation he surrendered again, and the sting began eating into his soul. He thought of the overdue redemption he had promised himself at all times: and upon all occasions, but oftenest Just before roing to sleep, when, imental picture of Jack w below Fors;*he, swaggering around the cor- ner, while he lay conquered and help- less on the ground, Would accompany him through his dreams, and be with him when he wakened in the morning, It became an obsession, and very soon the sudden thought of his com- ing fight with Forsythe brought the uplift of the heart and the slight choking sensation that betokened nothing but fear, He would not admit it at first, but finally was compelled to. Honest with himself as he was with others, he finally yielded in the mental struggle and accepted the dictum of his mind. He was afraid to fight Jack For- fink on the floor, went to sleep on CHAPTER Il. E slept soundly, and as he slept the wind blew up from the east, driving the Mosquitoes to cover and bringing with it a damp, impenetrable fog that sank down over the navy yard and hid sentry from sentry, compelling them to count their steps as they paced. but dimly was at sea, and that he was ¢ bie in not being on deck. ‘The crew had come, no doubt, and he had oversiept, He Hid not imme- diately realize that 1t was still dark, and that if the crew bad come the steward would have found him, He dressed hurriedly to aa ae vot on deck, spying a Meein wean brown mounung the steps ahead of bim, and looked Cover Aatern was a fog bank and ahead the Open wea, toward which the boat was charging at full speed, As ho one a man came aft and faced him. 7 inan expected that he would ttep aside While he passed, but he did got; ine biocked his way. ay ju an officer of this boat, the man respectfully, machinists were there in the party? Pour claimed the ratin T understand, You can fire up cory, “ander the vol of the in ten minutes, can't you? Goods Nivy Department. My name is Jen- Come on, Wait, though.” Jenking, with his grip of steel, wos equal to the task of tearing a sirip from his brown prison jacket, and with this he securely gagged the poor sentry, Another strip from another jacket bound his hands behind hin foun. How! enkins had noticed And still another secured him to a [Pe oC enent, and immediately mooring cleat, face upward. TbI8 [Cun upon him, bearing him against done, they silently filed aboard and fh nearest ventilator and pinioning 1 ‘d with twelve others I ea- Biss ig the prison to-night and took charge of this boat for wae We did not know you were on board. Denman started back and felt for his pocket pistol, but it was in his aythe, With no reference to or regard They were gcattered through the ee eee nt truly thoy Msarme to his ade. 14 ine giant pee ia weeneine 48 an officer and ® yard, at various important points, aw |, when they mustered together, sternly, ‘Ari ere any others on . wi ‘The was no one on board, and the v ” mt urself?” But now, it seemed, all this was to ONC St the Kangway of each ship at There ; oll tucl, Poard pealdes ye * answered the docks, others at corners and en- trances to the different walks that traversed the green lawn, and oth under the walls of the huge naval prison, One of these, whose walk extend- ed from corner to corner, heard something, and paused often to lis- ten intently, his eyes peering around into the fox. But the sound was not repeated while he listened—only as his footfall» sounded soggily on the damp path were they punctuated by this still, small sound that he could not localize or remember, If asked, he might have likened it to the rusting of paper, or the sound of @ cat's claws dixging Into a carpet. But at last it ceased, and he went back and forth many times without hearing it; then, when about halfway frum corner to corner, a heavy body came down from above, lunding on leave him. A month before he had thought strongly of his child friend Florrie, and, with nothing to do one afternoon, he had written her a letter jolly, rollicking letter, filled with masculine colloqulalisms and friendly endearments, such as he had bestowed upon her at homo; and it was the dig. nity of hor reply—received that day— with the contents of the letter, which was the “something on his mind” that kept him aboard, His cheeks burned as he realized that she was now about twenty years old, a young lady, and that his letter to her had been sadly conceived and much out of place. But the news in the letter, which began with “Dear Bir’ and ended with “Sincerely yours,” affected him most. It read: I presume that you know that your enemy, Jack Forsythe, took his disappointment so keenly that he never amounted to much at enlisted in the navy. This re- \oooked from bis hand and big Neves you, as father tells me, incre clutched his throat from the necessity of thrashing ‘ He struggled and endeavored to call out, But the grip on his throat was too strong, and finally he quiet ed, bis last fucker of consciousness cogniaing other dropping bodies and the muttered and whispered words of men. So much for this sentry. “LT know the way,” whispered the garroter, and a few gathered around him, “We'll make @ bee ling for the dovk and ayold ‘em, Then, if we can't find @ boat, we'll swim for It. It's the only way.” “Right, him—as you declared you would, Officers and enlisted men cannot fight, he said, as the officer has the advantage, and can always order the man to jail, IT thank you very much for remembering me after all these years—in fact, T shall never forget your kindness. Hia cheeks and ears had burned all day, and when his fellow officers had gone, and he was alone, he re- read tho letter. “Sarcasm and contempt every line,” ha muttered, between “Bho ox- whispered another; "fall in pected metho whole town expected there behind Jenkine--all of you,” ss re came HaGk v3 pee tha an The whispered word was passed low. Wel his eyelids became rigid- 4 fe the dark ly parallel—"IM) do it. When 1 find Pong and in alngle fe the brown bodies, each marked on knee and elbow with a white number, fol- jowed the leader, Jenkins He led them across the green, around corners where sentries were not, and down to the dock where lay the destroyer, Here was @ sentry, pacing up and down; but so still was thelr approach that he did not sen them unl they were right upon him, “Who goes"——- he started, but tho challenge was caught in his throat. He, too, was choked until consciousness almost left him; then the stricture was rejaxed while they questioned him, “Got & boat around here?” hissed Jenkinag io his ear, “Whisper—don't him, [ll get shore ve for both of us, take him home, and square ac- counts,” This resolution did him good; the heat left his cheek, and the sudden Jump of the heart did not come with the occasional thought of the task. Gradually the project took form; he would learn what ship Forsythe was in, get transferred to her, and when in’ port arrange the shore leave. He could not fight him in the navy, but as man to man, In civillan's clothing in the town park, he would fight him and thrash him before the populace. Tt was late when he had finished the planning. He lighted a last cigar, ard sauntered around the deck until the cigar waa consumed, Then he went to his room and turned tn, thinking of the caustle words of Miss Florrie, forgiving her the while, and wondering how she looked—grown up. They were pleasant thoughts to go " gasped the sentry, unable to peak louder than he dared. “How many men are aboard the de- stroyer?” was asked, “None now, Crew joins tn the morning.” to sleep on, but sleep did not come, “Nobody on board, you say? Lie It was an intensely hot, mugey night, quiet, If you raise a row [ll drop and the mosquitoes were thick. He you overboard. Come here, you fel- ted another room, then another, and jows,” at last, driven out of the ward room by tho pests, he took refuge in the steward’s pantry, and, spreading his ‘They closed about him, thirteen in all, and listened to his project. He wen @ pilot of the bay, How many machinists reported plenty Soon the fires were lighted, and the Indicator began to as the boilers made steam, They did not walt for full ern, Jenkins bh. spread out a chart in the pilot house, and vhen the engines could tura over he gave the word. Lines were ening group surrounded him. taken in except a spring to back “Whe for you to decide, alr. on; then this was cast off, and the you will renounce your official post. long, slim hull moved almost silently tion, we will put you on parole; if from: the dock. you will not, you will be confined be~ Jenkins steered by the light of a match held over the compass until there was steam enough to turn tho dynamos, then the electrics were turned on fn the go house, engine room and side-light boxes—by which time the dock was out of sight in the fog, and they dared speak in articulate words. Their languase wag profane but joyous, and thelr congratulations hearty and sincere, A table knife is an innocent and innocuous weapon, but two table knives are not, for one can be used inst the other #o skilfully as to form a fairly good hack saw, with which prison bara may be sawed, The sawing of steel bars was the sound that the sentry bad heard mingling with hin footfalls, Not that I know of,’ 4 Denman, with forced calmness. "The crew had not joined when I went to ale: What do you Intend to do with me He had seen man after man ap- proach from forward, and now @ Mat All we want is our Iib- erty, ow do you intend to get it? Kvery warship in the world will chase this boat.” ‘There is not a that can ca “Dut that is beside the point, Will you go on parole, alr, or in trons? “How many are there in this party?” “Thirteen—all told; and that, too, ts dealde the point. Answer quickly, sir. Tam needed at the wheel.” T accept your offer,” said Denman, “becaiine I want fresh alr, and noth- ing will be gained in honor and In- tegrity in my resisting you. How- ‘ I whall not assist you In any way, this craft, Jenkins, at the wheel, called to the v" The ott waren to destruc. crowd, "Take the wheel, one of you, hut {4 enough, air" answered he ordered, “I've just rounded th® Jenkiny, u give your word of orner, Keep her sou'east, half south honor, do you, asan American naval for a mile, I'll be here, then. I want onicer, not to interfere with the work- to rig the log over the stern ing of this boat or the movement. of ‘Tho man answered, and Jenkins de- her crew until after we have left parted with the boat's loe. her Down in the engine and boiler rooms were the four machinist ors, they would be c steamers—and under their efforts the engines turned faster, while a grow- ing bow wave spread from each site of the aharp stem. ‘The fox Wax still thick, so thick that the fan-shaped beams from the de lights could not pierce It as fur the bow, and the forward funnet was barely visiblo—a magnified black “I give you my word," sold the young officer, not without some mi Kivings, “You seem to be in com- mand, What shail f call you?" “Herbert Jenkins, seaman gunner. “Captain Jenkins,” growled a man, anti others repeated tt. “Captain Jenkins, responded Den- greet you cordially, My nam iam Denman, ensign in the 1 States Navy, and formally ex- flcer of thi A xclumnation tum) suppressed ¢ Jenkins among them © sroup; @ man stepped fo poniks Kuiriat . ward, peered closely into Denman's face, and stepped back. “None o' that, Forsythe,” said Jen- king sternly, “We're all to treat Mr, Denman with respect. Now, you fe twenty knots already. hen he dered the lead hove, each side, and quietly took the wheel, changing the course again to east, quarter north, 7 vs, step forwar and = introduce and ordering a man aloft to keep a ! ! u lookout in the thinner fog for ants Zourselves. I know only a few of you ahead, Jenkt t to < In a few mir the man reported Rape want to the wheal, picked up the buoys played upon by the a fixed white light four points off Keurchlights, and sent theman to Jon the starboard bow, and a little later the others, a one after another faced & fixed white and red flash light (Wo Penman and gave his name, points off the port bow “Guess you know me, Mr. Denman." “Good,” grunted Jenkins, “1 know said Forsythe, the first to respond. just where Iam, Come down from — “| know you, Forsythe,” answered aloft,” he called, “and watch out for Denman, hot and ashamed; for at the buoys. I'm going out the South and sight and sound of him the old heart Hypocrite Channels,” {ump und throat ache had returned, Then a dull boom rang out from He fought it down, however, and stern, followed by another and an- Hstened to the names as the men oth nd Jenkina laughed gavo them: Willlam Hawkes, sea- ‘They've found that sentry,” he man; Geerge Davis, seaman; John said, “and have telephoned Fort In- Kelly, gunner’s mate; fhe Sword of the Emper PAYSON TERHUNE It iow decks until we are ready to leave flat | Themes Milne ont freee *. the \° om nee Ceaer at down below were te foal merhinowls Kus, Gemgeoe, hing ond Dwyer iniman poutelly bowed Me ee. Government & ve Hut a the end com we wil a t without frietton " © alone of the mastertal Joukine they made embarrassed re view all but F silent, Vor » You're # irelea sharps, arwa't a he asked. ‘io down ty the apparel see if you can pick Up any mite. The whole coas 00n one ‘® full of tall,” he ‘Casey's at the recetver, P- made out only a few hi ‘Brooklyn,’ and one words c Yall! ‘pirates,’ ‘Pansacota, phrasing ‘Send in puredt “The open sea for sald Jenkins grimly, “until we think out pian. Send one of thove sogers to t! wheel” A one who, so far, had done nv ‘k—relleved him, and he mustered his men, all but ¢ in the engine room, to @ counct! amidships, Tirietiy he stated the situation, am hinted at by Denman and verified by the wirelens messages. Every nation In the world would send ite cruisers after them, and no civilized country would receive them. There wae but one thing to do under the elrewm: con—make for the wild conat of Africa, destroy the boat and land, each man to work out his future as he could. After a little parley they assanted. tailing no thoneht of fuel or food, and trusting to Jenkina’s power to navi+ wate. Then, tt being broad daylight, they raided the boat's atoren for cloth- ine, and discarded thelr prison suite of brown for the blue of the navy— Jenkins, the logical commander, don. ning the uniform of the captain, as large a man ae himeelt, Next they chose thelr bunks in the forecastle, and, as they left it for the deck, Jenkins nicked up a brieht ob fect from the floor and absently put it in his trousers pocket, CHAPTER IV. HE boat was now chargin¢ due east at full speed, out into the broad Atlantic, the full light of the spread over the sea @ specks ond trails of smoke asters showed themselves; but whether or not they were pursuing craft that Had crept close in the darkness while they were making steam could not be de- termined, for they soon sank beneath the horizon. Assured of immediate safety, Jen- king now atationed bis crew. Forsythe was & seaman; he and Hawkes, Davia, and Kelly, the gunner’s mate, would comprise the deck force. Riley, Samp- son, King and Dwyer, all machinists, would attend to the engine and boil- Casey and M in, the two wireless operators, would attend to thelr department, while Daniels Billings, the cook and steward, cook and serve the meals. ‘There would be no officers, Jenkins declared. All were to stand and work faithfully and amical the common good; and all di were to be referred to bim. To tui agreed, for, though many there were of higher com| ive rat in the navy, Jenkins a strong a dead personality and # heat But Jenkins had his Hanasiong 2? came out during the confab, could not navigate; he had been an expert pilot of Boston Bay before joining the navy, but in the open eea he was as helpless as any. “However,” he said, in exten: “we only need to sail about sow to reach the African coast, and when we hit it we'll know it,” 8o the course Was changed, and soon they oat down to thelr breakfast; such & meal as they bad not tasted tn ~ward-room “grub,” every moui Denman was invited, and, as be was a prisoner on parole, was not dignified to accept, though he no part in the hilarious conversat But neither did Forsythe, Denman went to his room, locked up his private papers and surrendered his revolver to Jenkins, who declii it; he then put it with bis papers returned to the deck, seating himself in a deck chair on the quarter, The watch below had gone down, and those on deck, under Jenkins, who stood no watch, busied themselves tn the necessary cleaning up of and stowing below of the fende: boat had worn at the doc! Forsythe had gone below, and Den- man Was somewhat glad in his heart to be free of him until he had settled his mind in regard to his attitude toward him, Manifestly he, @ prisoner on parole, could not seek a confiict with him. On the contrary, should Forsythe seek it, by word or deed, he could not meet him without breaking his parole, which would bring him close confine- Then, too, that prospective fight and vindication before Miss Florrie and his townsmen seemed of very small {mportance compared with the exigency at hand-—the stealing by Jail breakers of the navy's best de: stroyer and one of tts office: His duty was to ctroumvent those fellows, and return the boat to the Government. To accomplish this he must be tactful and diplomatic, de. ferring action until the time shoul come when he could safely ask to be released from parole, ‘Thus tranquillzed, he lit a clgarand looked around the horizon, A speck to the north caught his eye, and as he watched, it became a then a tangible eilhoustts—a ship, though of what country he cauld not determine,