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Tor Infanta and Children,
The Kind You Have
ROBERT u
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CHAPTER I.
Wave-Tossed and Castaway.
HK beginning wns nt Capo
Town, when Hlnko nnd
Winthropo boarded the
steamer ns fellow pnsBengers with
Lady Hayrosc nnd her party.
This wns a week nfter Winthropo
had arrived on the trnrap steamer
from India, nnd her ladyship had ex
plained to Miss Leslie that It was
fts well for her, not to ho too hasty In
ncceptlng his attentions. To be sure,
he wns nn Englishman, his dress nnd
manners wore Irrcpronchable, and he
wns In the prlmo of ripened youth.
Yet Lady Huyrosc was too conscien
tious a chnperon to bo fully satisfied
with her countryman's bare nssertlon
that he was engaged on n diplomatic
mission requiring rctlcenco regarding
his Idontlty. She did not see why this
should prevent him from confiding
In her.
Notwithstanding this, Winthropo
enmo aboard ship virtually as n mem
ber of her ladyship's party. Ho wns
so quick, so thoughtful of her comfort,
nnd paid so much more attention to
her than to Miss Leslie, that her lady
ship had decided to tolerate him, even
before Blako became a factor in the
situation.
From the moment ho crossed the
gangway tho American engineer en
tered upon n dally routine of drinking
nnd gambling, varied only by attempts
to strike up nn off-hand acquaintance
with Mies Leslie. This wns Win
thropo's opportunity, and his clover
frustration of what Lady Hayrose
termed "that low bounder's Impu
dence" sorved to Install him in the
good graces of her ladyship as weir as
in the favor of tho Amerlcnn heiress.
Such, at least, was what Winthropo
Intimated to tho persistant engineer
with a superciliousness of tone nnd
manner that would have stung even a
Uritlsh lackey to resentment. To
I31ako It wns supremely galling. He
could not rejoin In kind, and tho
slightest attempt nt physical retort
would have meant Irons nnd confine
ment. It wns a Ilrlti3h ship. Hehlnd
Winthropo wns Lady Hayrose; behind
her ladyship, ns n matter of course,
was all the despotic authority of tho
cnptaln. In tho circumstances, It was
not surprising thnt tho American
drank heavier nfter each successive
goading.
Meantime tho ship, having touched
at Port Natal, steamed on up tho
east coast, Into the Mozambique chan
nel. On tho dny of tho cyclone, Wake
had withdrawn Into his stateroom with
n number of bottles, nnd throughout
that fearful afternoon was blissfully
unconscious of tho danger. Even
when the steamer went on tho reef,
ho was only partially roused by the
shock.
Ho took a long pull from a quart
flask of whisky, placed the flask with
great care In his hip pocket, and
lurched out through tho open door
way. There ho reeled headlong ngainst
tho mate, who had rushed below with
threo of the crow to bring up Miss
Leslie. Tho mate cursed him vir
ulently, nnd In tho snmo breath or
dered two of the men to fetch him up
on deck.
Tho sea wns breaking over tho
Fteamer In torrents; but between
waves filako wns dragged across to
tho side nnd Hung over into tho bot
tom of tho one remaining boat. Ho
served as a cushion to break the fall
of Miss Lcsllo, who was tossed In
nfter him. At tho snmo time, Win
thropo, frantic with fear, scrambled
Into tho bows nnd cut loose. Ono of
the sailors leaped, but fell short and
went down within arm's length of
Miss Leslie.
Sho and Winthropo saw the steam
er slip from tho reef nnd sink bnck
Into deep water, carrying down in tho
vortox tho mate and tho few remain
ing sailors. After that all was chaos
to them. They were driven ushoro bo
fore tho terrific gusts of tho cyclone,
blinded by tho stinging spoondrlft to
nil else but the hell of breakers nnd
cornl reefs In whoso midst they swirled
so dizzily. And through It nil Hlnko
lay huddled on tho bottom bonrds
gurgling blithely of spicy zephyrs nnd
swaying hammocks.
There enmo tho seemingly flnnl mo
mont when tho boat went spinning
Etern over prow.
Half-sobered, Hlako opened his eyes
nnd stared solemnly nbout him. Ho
wns given littlo time to take his bear
ings. A smother of broken surf camo
seething up from ono of tho great
breakers, to roll him over and scrape
him a littlo farther up tho muddy
shoro. Thero tho flood deposited him
for a moment, until It could gather
forco to sweep bnck nnd drag him
down ngntn toward tho roaring sea
thnt had cast him up.
Hlako objected not to tho danger
of being drowned, but to Interference
with his repose. He had reached the
obstinnto stage. Ho grunted n protont.
Again tho flood scothod up tho shore,
nnd rolled him nwny from tho dnnger.
This was too much! He sot his Jaw,
Sleeping the Sleep of tho
turned over, nnd staggered to his
feet. Instnntly one of tho terrific
wlnd-blnstB struck his broad back and
sent him spinning for yards. Ho
brought up In a shallow pool, bcsldo a
hummock.
Under tho leo of tho knoll lay Win
thropo and Miss Leslie. Though con
scious, both wcro 'draggled nnd bruised
nnd benten to exhaustion. They were
together becnuso they had como
nshoro together. When tho boat cap
sized, Miss Lcsllo had been flung
ngnlnst tho Englishman, nnd they had
held fast to each other with tho des
porato clutch of drowning persons.
Neither of them ever recalled how
they gained tho shelter of tho hum
mock. Blake, sitting waist-deep In tho
pool, blinked nt them benignly with
his palo blue eyes, and produced tho
quart flask, still a third full of whUky.
"I shay, fren's," ho observed, "ha'
ono on me. Won' cos' you shent
notta re' shent!"
"You fuddled lout!" shouted Win
thropo. "Come out of that pool."
"Wassamn'cr pool? Pool's nllrl'!"
Tho Englishman squinted through
tho driving scud at tho Intoxicated
man with an nnxlous frown. In all
probability ho felt no commiseration
for tho American; but it was no light
matter to bo Hung up barehanded on
tho most unhenlthful nnd savago
stretch of tho Mozambique coast, and
Hlako might bo nblo to help them out
of their predicament. To leave him
In tho pool was therefore not to bo
thought of. So soon ns he had drained
his bottle, ho would Ho down, nnd
thnt would bo tho end of him. As any
attempt to move him forcibly wns out
of the question, tho situation demanded
that Winthropo Justify his Intimations
of diplomatic training. After consid
ering tho problem for several minutes,
ho met It In a way thnt proved ho was
nt least not lacking In shrewdness and
tact.
"See here, HInke," ho called, in an
other lull between tho shrieking gusts,
"the lady is fatigued. You're too much
of a gentleman to ask her to come
over there."
It required soma moments for this
to penetrnto Hlako's fuddled brnln.
After a futile attempt to gain his foet,
ho crawled out of tho pool pn nil fours,
nnd, with tears in his eyes, pressed his
flask upon Miss Leslie. Sho shrank
nway from him, shuddorlng, and drew
herself up in a huddlo of flnccld limbs
nnd limp garments, Winthropo, how
ever, not only accepted tho flask, but
como near to draining It.
Hlako squinted nt tho diminished
contents, hesitated, and cast a glance
of maudlin gnllantry at Miss Lcsllo.
Sho lay colled, closer than boforo, In
a draggled heap. Her posture sug
gested sleep. Hlako stared at her, tho
flask extended wavorlngly boforo him.
Then he brought It to his Hps, nnd
drained out tho Inst drop.
"Tlmo turn In," ho mumbled, nnd
sprawled full length In the brackish
ooze. Immediately ho fell Into a
drunken stupor.
Winthropo, Invigorated by tho liquor,
rose to his knees, and peered nround
It wns Impossible, to faco tho scud and
spoondrlft from tho furious sea; but
to leewnrd ho caught a glimpse of a
marsh flooded with salt water, its
Just and the Drunkard.
reedy vegetation beaten flat by the
storm. He himself was beaten down
by a terrific gust. Panting nnd
trembling, ho waited for tho wind to
lull, In hope that he might obtain n
clearer view of his surroundlngSj Be
fore he- ngnin dared rlso to his feet,
darkness swept down with tropical'
buddonness and blurred out everything;.
Tho effect of tho whisky soon
passed, nnd Winthropo huddled be
tween his companions, drenched and
exhnustcd. Though ho could hear Miss
Leslie moaning, ho was too miscrnblo
himself to inquire whether ho could do
anything for her.
Presently ho became awaro that tho
wind was falling. Tho center of tho
cyclone had passed before tho ship
struck, and they were now In tho out
ermost circle of the vast whirlwind.
With tho consciousness of this change
for tho better, Wlnthropo's fear-racked
nerves relaxed and ho fell Into a
heavy sleep.
CHAPTER II.
Worse Than Wilderness.
WAIL from Miss Leslie
roused tho Englishman out
of a dream In which ho hnd
been swimming for life across a sen
of boiling oil. Ho sat up and gazed
nbout him, half-dazed. Tho cyclono
hnd been followed by a dead calm, and
tho sun, nlrendy well above the hori
zon, was blnzlng upon them over tho
glassy surfaces of tho dying swells
"with fierce heat.
Winthropo felt nbout for his hat. It
hnd been blown off when, at tho stri
king of tho steamer, ho had rushed
up on deck. As ho remembered, he
straightened, and looked nt his com
panions, Hlako lay snoring whero
ho hnd first outstretched himself,
sleeping tho sleep of tho just and of
tho drunkard. Tho girl, howover, was
already awake. Sho sut with her
hnnds clasped In her lap, whllo tho
tears rolled slowly down her cheeks.
"My ah dear Miss Genevieve,
whnt Is tho matter?" exclaimed Win
thropo. M
"Matter? Do you ask, when wo nro
hero on this wretched coast, and may
not get away for weeks? Oh, 1 did so
count on the London season tills year!
Lady Hayroso promised that I should
bo nmong thoso presented."
"Well, I ah fnncy, Lady Hayroso
will do no moro presenting unless it
may bo to tho heavenly choir, you
know."
"Why, whnt do you mean, Mr.
Winthropo? You told mo thnt sho and
tho mnlds had been put In the largest
boat"
"My dear Miss Genevieve, you must
remember thnt I nm a diplomat. It
wns all quite sulllclently harrowing, I
assuro you. They wore, Indeed, put
Into tho largest boat Heastly mud
dle! Whllo they waited for tho mato
to fetch you, tho boat was crushed
alongside, nnd nil in It drowned."
"Drowned! drowned! Oh, dear
Lady Hayroso I And eho'd traveled so
much oh, oh, It Is horrible! Why
did sho persuade mo to visit tho Capo?
It was only to bo with her And then
IPStlllllll
for us to start off for India, when w
might have sailed Btrnlght to England I
Oh, it Is horrible! horrible! And ny
mnld, and nil It cannot bo possible!"
"Pray, do not exclto yourself, my
dear Miss Genevieve. Their troubles
nro nil over. Er Gnwd has taken
them to Him, you know,"
"Hut tho pity of It! To bo drowned
so far from home!"
"Ah, If that's all you'ro worrying
about! I must say I'd Hko to know
how wo'Il get n snnck for breakfast.
I'm hungry ns a or groom."
"Entlng! How can you think of
eating, Mr. Winthropo nnd all tho
others drowned? This sun Is becom
ing dreadfully hot. It Is unbonrablo!
Can you not put up some kind of nn
awning?"
"Woll, now, I must say, I was never
much of n hand at such things, nnd
really I can't Imagine whnt ono could
rig up. Thero might hnvo been a bit
of snll In the bont. but ono can't sco
n Blgn of It. I fancy It was smashed."
Miss Lcsllo ventured a glanco nt
Hlnko. Though still lying ns ho had
sprawled In his drunkenness, there wns
n comforting suggestion of power In
his broad shoulders nnd squnro Jaw.
"Is he still In thut condition?"
"Must have slept It off by this time,
and thoro's no moro In tho llnsk," an
swered Winthropo. Reaching over
with his foot, ho pushed against
Hlnke's bnck.
"Huh! All right," grunted tho
sleeper, nnd snt up, nB hnd Winthropo,
half dazed. Then ho stnrcd nround
him, and roso to Ills feet. "Woll, what
in hell! Say, this is damn cheerful!"
"I fnncy wo arc In a nnsty fix. Hut
I say, my man, thero Is a woman pres
ent, nnd your language, you know "
Hlnko turned nnd flxed tho English
man with a cold stare.
"Look here, you bloomln' Hid," ho
snld, "there's Just ono thing you'ro
going to understand, right hero nnd
now. I'm not your mnn, qnd wo'ro not
going to hnvo nny of that kind of blat
ter. Any fool can seo wo'ro In ' a
tight hole, and we're like to keep com
pany for a while probably long ns wo
last."
"Whnt ah may I ask, do you mean
by that?" . . i
Blake laughed, harshly, and... pointed
from tho reef-strewn sea to the vast
stretches qf desolato marsh. Far In
land, across miles of brackish lagoons
and reedy mud-flats, could bo seen
groups of scrubby,. half-leafless trees;
ten or twelve miles to tho soutliwnrd
a rocky headland Jutted out Into tho
wntcr; otherwlso trero was nothing In
sight but sea nnd nwnmp. If it could
not properly bo termed a son-view, it
wns nt least a very wet landscape.
"Fine prospect" remarked Hlako,
dryly. "We'll bo In luck if tho fever
don't get the last of us lnsldo a
month; and as fcr you two, you'd havo
ns much show of iastlng a month ns
a toad with a rattlesnake, If It wasn't
for Tom Blak( Hint's my nnme Tom
Hlnkc and ns long ns this shindy
la3ts, you'ro welcomo to cnll mo Tom
or Hlnko, whichever suits. Hut un-
dorstand, we're not going to hnvo
nny more of your bloody, bloomln'
English condescension. Aboard ship
you had the drop on me, nnd could
pllo on deg till tho cows enmo home.
Hero I'm Hlnko nnd you'ro Win
thropo." "Believe mo, Mr. HInke, I qulto ap
preclato the ah situation. And now,
I fnncy thnt, instead of wasting
time"
"It's nbout tlmo you Introduced mo
to tho lndy," Interrupted Blnko, and
ho stared at them half defiantly, yet
with a twinkle in his eyes.
Miss Leslie flushed. Winthropo
swore softly, nnd bit his Hp. Abonrd
ship, backed by Lady Hayroso and tho
captain, ho had goaded thq American
nt plcasuro. Now, however, tho sit
uation wns reversed, noth title and
nuthorlty hnd been swept awny by
tho storm, nnd ho wns left to shift for
himsolf against tho mnn who hnd
every reason to hato him for his over
bearing Insolence. Worso still, both
ho nnd Miss Lesllo wero now depen
dent upon tho Amerlcnn, In nil prob
ability for life itsolf. It was a bitter
pill and hard to swallow.
Blako was not slow to observe tho
Englishman's hesitancy. Ho grinned.
"Every dog has his dny, nnd I guess
this is mine," ho said. "Tnko your
time, If It comes hard. I can Imaglno
It's a pretty stiff doso for your ludshlp.
But why in why In frozen hades an
Amerlcnn lady should object to an In
troduction to a countryman wIio'b go
ing to do his level best to savo her
pretty little self from tho hyonns
well, it beats mo."
Winthropo flushed redder than tho
girl. -
"Miss Leslie, Mr. Blakq," ho mur
mured, hoping to put un end to tho
sltuntlon.
But yet Blako persisted. Ho bowed,
oponly exultant.
"You see, miss," ho snld, "I know tho
correct thing quite as milch iib your
swells. 1 know nil along you wero
Jenny Leslie. I ran a survey for your
dear papa when ho was mnnlpiilntlng
tho Q. T. railroad, and ho did mo out
of my pay."
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