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LOUIS V;( :
Author of the "Pillar oTC" V rtfilL.
"The Wings of the Mofn- . jJtS
ing" and "The Captain of the "cL
V Kansas.
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r "Copyright, by toward J tioae
Copyright, 1909 by Edward J
CHAPTER II. -
IREIN THE ANDROMEDA BEOINS
VOYAOB.
iIIE second oflleer of the An
dromeda was pacing the
bridge with the slow alertness
of responsibility. He WijgflJ
from port to sturboard. glance
lard and aft. peer at the
Lent of the starlit sea, stroll buc
to ort and again scan ship and
bof&on. Sometimes be halted lu front
of Bin binnacle laniD to uiuke ci.Wli
tb:Q the man at the wheel was kPe
in J the course, south 10 west, set by
Cujftnin Coke shortly before midnight.
h9 ears listened uiecbunicully to the
study pulse heat of the propeller, but
bill mind dwelt on something fur re
mlled from bis duties, though, to be
buB every poet wuo ever serinnieu
fojj- lines of verse
aim reason In comparing women ntftb
stjfs and ships and the sea.
H Philip Hozler was uo poet he
wR a sailor, and sailors ure notorlous
lyfLusceptlble 10 the charms of the
Rtner sex. But the only woman be
loff'd was bis mother; the only brldo
bigjeould look for during many a year
w
a mermaid, though these sfiltes
o
the deep waters seem to be',e-
ntlng undlHcorered haunts since
liners ceuxed to woo the wind. For
that If perforce be was heart
ole, there wus no Just cause
lment why be should not
retty girl when ho saw oue,
Wrnl
eedlngly pretty girl hud b
l'a i bTf I
I
i wllb her company during
ntgiute of the previous day,
. . .. . ... I
e was superintending tue sate u is-
ill of the last uiitcb or cotlonfTiia aHfS-tr nVa.irx.sKJr.e.r
- - - - ;
y. accouipunteu Dy a aocit 'iti'W'rSl.orrt' nrr,,w -r,..
rytng a learner portuiauieuu,Tw""
him from the quay.
Is Captain Coke on boardTVAMAJ
, f(
fNo. madam,'
ith one hand.
I am Mr. Verity's niece, and I wish
send this parcel to Montevideo.
y I put It in
line place where
will be safe? You
Mr. Hozier, I
ppose?" said Iris,
zing with frank
mown eyes Into
frank blue
es. "Well. I will
fast pop the bug
to Captaiu Coke's
nileroon and
i ve this note with
I have explain-
everything ful
I wrote a line
case be might
absent."
All of which was
strictly accurate
at It served Its
"I AM MR. VERITY'S
NIKCB."
rpose admirably,
ougb the wild purpose, It Is regretta-
e to state, was the misleading and
ter bamboozling of 'Philip Hozier.
Iss Iris Yorke knew quite well that
iptnln Coke was then closeted with
avid Verity iu Exchange buildings.
le knew because sbe. bad watched
in puss through the big swing doors
ber uncle's office. She also knew,
vlng made It ber business to flud
it that In fifteen minutes or less the
ew would muster lu the o'c'sle for
lelr midday meal. Not bnvlnQnf fl
woril of IIokIit's frA mifMh tn Tha
ntlemen of vnrl.ma mitlnniiHtl.m nt
iff
lie bottom of the bold, she wondered a Rruffuess thut was intenueu ouiy w
by he was blushing. Covtr ul8 owa aiuaaeuient. but Iris.
Wbeu Hozier was free to jikA'''ATI0""8!"6!! t u.d
'cond lime at the cross rail Art t?M1''l'MJ'tlle1lK IMWICT"-.
anlshed. He was annoyed. Evidently
tie aid not wish to eucouuter auy
iore of the ship's otlicers that, mom-
ig.
Tbe batches were on and ev
rytblng !
imit
mt orderly before Coke's siU
limbed the gangway. Hozier
ler repTiWf
til. i. in. tjn.
epTiflW
he young lady's visit, aud t
ilia obviously surprised. As
r.r.T.r,--
himself up the steep ladd
ildr
.urrlcane deck ibe younger
ml
u a:irkk
Im condemning some oue
ubdojiisA -
ner1
reatb as "a leery old beggn
The
ihrase was hardly applicable
Io Iris,
tut Coke came out of his cabin with
n opeu letter in bis band aud bade a
teward stow tbe portmanteau lu some
tber more hallowed aud less lucou
eulent place.
And there the Incident ended. The
ndrotnedu hauled dowu tbe
er for ber long run of over i.
o Montevideo, and Hozier bad roil
Ine work In plenty to occupy bis mind
urlng tbe Unit twenty-four hours at
a without perplexing It wttb, memo-
lea ot a pretty face, boon after Holy-
bead was passed. It Is true, a sailor
reported to tbe second officer that be
bad seen a ghost between decks lu the
region ot tbe lazarette. It was then
near midnight, a quiet bour on board
shift and Upzier told the man shurp'
to' "Eo "to" Tils "bunlt ana euaeavor io
L.rt..L.iivii nff .the effects of tfee bud beer
oiVQWfciaJQV.ettu io ql
Now. on- this second night of me
vovaue. wtoile the ship was plodding
steadily southward with tbnt tifteen.
ltW'inalUi'UlfMie JieBt 'ni,1J
.on, after (tnybrenk. J'liinp rcuieui I
ftiut when she paid former visits to
the Andromeda fate bud decreed that
, i. i i.u uiri'iiM' nitf time on no-
when be beard Hint this churuifiiff giTr
knew his name, and It seemed to toim
for an instant that sbe was Jooklng
Into bis very soul, analyzing Mm.
searching for some sign that tie was
not as others, which meant that there
were some whom she bad bitter cause
contrive to lake on bis own suouiacrs
Its mission in Montevideo. TbeQ on
returning to Liverpool he would have
an excuse for calling on her. He did
not know her name yet. - Tosslbly
I'aptnln Colto would mention that In-
tamo fit iiwo ftuofat
jis law ru
It was strange that be should
'thinking of Iris, fur stranger
,.n..lr,iPHq l.nt his thouirhts were
.but his thoughts
7nliriritrrt.,a't.n trritni,t,inTtJt
T nr. taJ rl,c.rl,r,iu.mnJrfiivftbl.lfT"lhe olcljeis.of M reefer
aTto the X.lo' VeCTp.
posed -to keep a sharp lookout aheud.
I posed "to keep a
Tin' tin. .ntitnln rt lit not ninnoiiollze the
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...n tn. lo rpt,.lwJi to the
farm air onf mun wuo states mai nar
ghost outsld
"1 s'pose sB.
It? That's where she walks."
"She!"
"That's bis yarn-a female ghost a
black un, black clo'es anyhow. I'll
take tbe forenoon watch, an' you
might overhaul the ship
for,stow-
awaysjKiejLii'
llflfl: Atliatick
KM A dlslvlf IrVJi'
. "Yes, II
how
YorUl', lurking ny white and mluera
.blc wjien the batch of the lazaretto
'W erourMHl rouuur Me runnel .or
Qt itt'JUa. hhd tienrtfe
were stiVped t their tarpaulins anil
ined the only available Biding places
were tbe shaft tuuuel, tbe bolds aud
the lazurette, a small space between
decks, situated, directly above tbe pro
peller, where u reserve supply of pro
visions ts generally carried.
But the door of tbe "lazarette was
locked and the key missing. There
was nothing for It but to force tbe
lock.
it was dark In there, and Hozier
was undeniably startled by the spec-
a i- - . ..il... n . 1 i,. .
mi-it ui u miiiu uuure. w unucu 111 a
. . . a .... " 2.
"isow. oui you come: oe crieu. w
rlth
" 10 BUntr wual Bue usiuerwi
Imnertlueuce ou tbe part of a second
otlicer.
I nm Miss Yorke," she said, coming
forwm J In!., (he ball 1111111 Ut I
be low-
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t fMireirf0.ilqWr iU!WBWQ
kf my
i I'
ti
psseyw'e 11 aii"istauMvvWiP'
tie cap-
WAlelileaalt)ikfiMioHw
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r i
wkvrteftoMr'
c pa-
'4tl4iriwraiiitUozer
felt
'Wrl1n) wMf
was i
d la-
'mnAml Iris
was
She
TB!lWlJosi
Mi
ssrd
to ber
balr. ',-'"'
."Of course 1 did not know to whom
I was speaking." be managed to say,
for be now recognized tbe "ghost" and
wus more surprised tban be bad ever
been In his life liefore.
hit liinattiu-less," said Iris frigid
-XUiff I
u tern
"1 will go to hi in. Please don t come
wltb me. 1 trlinl to tell you that 1
would unlock the door, but you refused
to listen. Will you let me pasr
'tie obeyed In silence.
Iris hurried to the deck. Tbe right
seemed to dnzzle her, sud ber stepe
were so uncertain that Hosier sprang
forward and caught tier arm.
"Won't you sit down a luoineut. Miss
Yorke';" be tuld. "It ou seurvbed tbe
i nJiepe 1 1 wifS
(e (liiiiillli
uu tue linage, oura rm
iTiii.sliJw you couw uoi um c
iretle." .
as driven out twice at nigm Dy
ts." she gasped.
iimir he whispered. "Kut u
s your own fault. Wljy did you do
At anv rate, wait bere a few mlu-
utes before you meet the captaiu."
"I am not afraid of meeting him.
Why should I be? He knows nie."
m-&t -ftfti.V tnilUJflttnris uuiui,
-ale ro wafeDu4sieajoo say the
Wrong aujx f iTr"; A T I
Jug rentr tptyorry aupm. jeio
arKrom eem;Uwj-. py? ul
you-aWfie--rtesiicry taxlhe J
day." ' .
The girl had been ill. racked In body
and dlntrau:ht In mind, but she sum
moned a half laugh at hla words.
'You are Rfill saying the wrong
thing. Mr. Hozier," she murmured.
"The Andromeda will not put tot
Queenstown. From this bour 1 become
a passenger, not a stowaway. My un-
lvkus uavthfl(TkAnAre. Thank
T'.
" " w -wm
buve quite recoverea. " Aaptaln,
i ou the bridge, you saidj If )
irntatn.
Coke is ou the bridge, you said I W)t
mwf way. Tljls ship. is no stranger
statements by tripping rapidly for
ward. The mere sight of ber created
boundless t excitement ainon sucb
excitement ainoiut sucb
r vvben-she reavixed the bridge, where
chart housi
of the pallor and woebegone semblance
that had demoralized Hozier. ,
could not have been more stupefied
had he seen the ghost reported over
night "They told me 1 should tlnd you
here, captain." said she. ' "1 must apol
ogize for thrusting my company on
tou.'for a long voyage, but circum-
YfccltttMIItJm3tfof
the ship and startled anew byuls tx-
uresslotrof blauk incredulity, the glib
How of words couued so often during
the steadfast but dreadful houut susnt
In the luzarette failed lior..JMQl'J
You Uuow me" she faltered. "1 am
teel'WfiiLnlWraQcite
ouldtiifUjvid TWinteJwLI1111 Ja'iln9 rf'erJ
tba7TO?rA ma dW&my't&m&m
ders had not nun tea a iraction oi ineir
tbanm tvtt Aiaiiunt-Jt he-Jin niLDf
iMN wlslK-3UUPibel01 Jug
a hostile reception ue coilld UUl Uae hot)!
succeeded more completely, though, to
ho iiiut tin mennt notnins or ine eoru
tnli.; bJ; L Tiural kul lutrfcbtos bs
the aT)PamCOTT)r'tnaavisow(u1iiSilov lliViouj sji rofu
JJIM Bihexpectedqresired to
od.
.
"TOO KNOW ME," BHK FALTERED.
1U18 VOIIKB."
fear welling up In ber breast bwause
of tbe grim anger tbat seemed to blaze
at ber from every Hue of Coke s brick
red coiui
L .. ST- -t t
dtt. kA (id
Saw H W . i,
wimm aril m
WW I iseoffla,
"I AM
SWaWftHtiakq&ol innv? nn flnd aales Stable
that sounded so plausible in ber .
pour
i 7. ... . . ,, ,
I tlotlB tnnt sounueu SO uinusiuia in uer
wy mis tr rew ovneiwiirtwinj
treat, she blundered unhappily on to
the very topic that she bad resolved to
keep secret
u2WWSMJS&aK
ervouH iiiuiiiimiiuu mill leui iiciuui
to ber voice, "you uuve met me oiten
enough. ' You saw me on Suuday at
my uncle's house."
"Did 1?" said Coke, speaking at. last
but really as much at a loss for some
thing to. say as the girl bexaelf. He
thing to .say as the girl bejseir. ue
had recognized jiinQtnibfn
be would recognize the moon It the
luminary tell fron
as little comprehen!
Its falling.
Of course sbe took tbe question as a
forerunner of blank denial. This was
not to be borne. She Bred Into a di
rect attack.
"If yoxf nittpory Is hazy rnreernlng
theeAiiJJfMiAifH4dJi) It may
be helpful If I recall The conversation
between my uncle aud you In the sum-
face.
. - T - r
te, coinlug uearer and loTTrtng
"Wot
ed Coke,
her straight In the eyes.
"I heard every word of that Interest
ing talk," sbe continued valiantly. "I
know what you arranged to do, so I
have promised to marry Mr. Bulmer
when tbe Andromeda comes tack!"
A light broke ou Coke'a Intelligence
that. Irradiated uia. omialneut eyes.
relaxed info a cunning
grin.
"Oh. Is that Jtr he said. "Artful
old dog. Verity! "But why In why
didn't 'e tell me you. was comin'
aboard this trip? We 'avent't the right
fixln's for a lady, so yon must put up
tvlth the best we can do. for you. Miss
Yorke. Steady, now. - Yon ain't a-goln'
to faint are you? HI! Below there!"
he yelled. "Tumble up. some of you!"
Hozier was the first to gain . the
bridge. He bad followed the progress
of events with sufficient accuracy to
realize that Miss Iris Yorke bad met
with a distinct rebuff by .the skipper,
and. Judging from bis own experience
of her physical weakness when she
emerged Into daylight, he was not sur
prised to hear that she had fainted.
F.re. take 'old." gurgled uoke, wno
had nearly swallowed the clgnr In his
surprise at Iris' unforeseen collapse.
"This kind of rhing is more In jour
Hue than mine, young feller. Just lay
'er out In the saloon au' ax Watts to
eln. His uilssfis goes orf regular
Ik. . I . . . I
tmmm M. . .
' L'lJ'P tOK lue
girl Into his arms.
Jlttff
y her safely, down tue steep
rstnn-wTiy ue wu
he wus compelled to place
bs left shoulder and
round the waist with
his left arm. Some loosened strands
of ber hair touched bis face. Ue
could feel the laboring of her breast
coum itti uie
ber heart, and be
wmt nru
rotb with that un-
xiniu-n nniD or woman wuo uaa unveu
tilJlQuJQjIo girl to such straits tbat
she was reuify to "dare the discomforts
and deprivations of a voyage as a
stowaway rather than be persecuted
Iris was laid on a couch In the mess
room, and the steward summoned Mr.
Watts. The chief otlicer came, look
lug sheepish." It was manifestly a
great relief when he foinid thut the
"ghost" was uucousctous. .' -
"plK that's nothing!" be cried In re-
wc-luroi'liM10Das- io- rne ireuuiieui
Wt rtiU.foj- Auclk, emergencies.
PTlnJ-'lrfl4Wdf) la4Ap like that
w'eu they're worried, fust you takes
orf their glove.
uls, then you
undoes their sttTJ
J'H HIT III
tjTS opeu their
tjff 1 tOf"!!18-
rrubsneir miirs-w tuio;
feet,
an' o dabs cold wiUer ou their fore-
Ik. . A A
er
their noses In bejween whiles f
it. usueaueusj.
er
Ihlttroublesonie If Ihewrun to size, but
can show you a.-Utiu tilik for .flint.
Dim Willi 11 1 J Knife
Watts was elbowed aside so uncere-
nomousiv run in is tenner cave wuy
nn.ler lifted lahiVbtiiul cimUs . and
blouse. Juiai to chafe her wldr-."'""Ti"v.'
hair from Jierdump ToreheudT Tho
at that, 1 s'pose now you think"
I VI ' think ulie will wont flume .fresh
sum i niij.
His words were quiet, but be flash
ed a warning glance at the other man
.. . ; . . w .. . w
aimcoa msms renrea, piuije
rcVIitfuildoi lis btS
rlscVfe toSfti- PhItFi
111!! UL'I' Willi u Ui-ftiee
oil il I that was
Jj-emarkable m oi
T heard Ills voice.
hud enjoyed so
e nMturt.ls
T Jr X J
r-AJuarJbeJirotf!UPd, f '
iBSudfJji nr vifitroo
' "Well, I couldn't doTinythiug else.''
"I suppose you don't realize what It
means to a woman to feel tbat sbe has
been out of ber senses under such con
ditions?" "No, but in your case It only meant
that you sighed deeply a few times
an
and. trii!(ina lite my fingers when I
-an'ir inr ivhv did vou want to
. nmii,fi
and turng hlld re8trained those wan-
derlng treMe8 wlt uln bound9. She held.
. hnlrntn between her lins. and a wo-
coituim
jmmSSMWhsam cTagffiTuooXi a-wij Followed
slveoess.
'-M'WUWl'i111 SSE
ttouKh oi bu aw Llvecaool." .
AoflOilMicy
Mnnd Coke ou the brldue.
wants a
cabin
to change ber
clothes, llQtf0
to cba
ber
Ine. Tbat bag you
saw"
"Pretty foxy,
wasn't It?" broke
In Coke, with a
glee that was pux
fair eeems to have
puuea," agTPKr
Thlllp. "But as I
was saying, she
asked for the use
of a cabin, so 1
told the steward
to give ber mlue
until we put Into
Queenstown.".
"PRETTT FOST,
wasn't it r
11' I
W 4 f. M J I
Coke. wb bad lighted another black
and stumpy ci&ar removed it in order
to spea wl 1 due emphasis. . ,
'Tut tot n -U" be said.
"But surety you will not take this
young Indy to the river FlateP cried
the astonished stVond otlicer.
"Sbe knew wtbere she was bound
w'en she kem aboard tbe Andromeda."
said tbe skipper, frowning now like a
man who argues with himself. "There's
her portmauter to prove It. with a
label, an' all lu ber own 'and wrltln.
It's some game played on me- by 'er
an 'er nncle. 'Any'ow; the fust time
sbe sees land again It'll be the lovely
'arbor of Peruarabuco, an that's
straight 'Ere she Is an 'ere she'll
stop, an' the best thing you can do Is
spread the notion among the crew that
she's runnln' away to avoid marryln'
a rann she doesn't like. That sounds
reasonable, an' It 'appens to be true.
Verity an' me talked It over last Sun
day p. ra,"
"To avoid marriage!"' repeated
Hozier.
"Yes. that's It." snld Coke. "But look
ere. mu boy. this ,al sails under my
flag. I'm wot d'ye call It' In loco
motive pnrentllms. or something! of tbe
sort, while she's on tbe ship's books
You keep your mouth shut an' wink
the other eye an' leave It to me to
give you the cbanst of your life. Eh,
wot?" -
Philip Hozier did not strive to ex
tract the precise meaning of tbe skip
per's ' words. The process would have
been dUHcult siuce Coke himself could
not have supplied auy reasonable anal
ysis. Somehow, to tbe commander's
thinking, the presence of the girl seem
ed to muke easier tbe casting away
of tbe ship. Exactly bow or what
bearing ber strangely begun voyage
might have on' subsequent events be
was not yet In a position to say.
"Queenstown!" be chuckled. "Not
this Journey not If my name's Jimmle
Coke, the unin 'oo is etupnln' on all
that is left of 'Is 'ard earned savin's.
No, sir; I've got me orders, an' I've got
me letter, an' the pore old Andromeda
gets ripped' to pieces In tbe Recife
or I'll know the reason wby. Wot a
card to play at the Inqulryl Owner's
niece on board bound to South Aoier-
4ca for tbe good of 'er health. 'Uo
even 'oard of a man sendlo' 'is pretty
niece on a ship 'e. meant to throw
away? It's providential, that's wot
It Is. reel providential! I do believe
ola Verity 'ad 8 'apd In ft." ;
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