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SiSr Wx "" ' SbZj Nf' DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD !? w i I -uu3jM A Man By o THE GIRL. SYNOPSIS.-Lotterlng on the San Kranclaco water front, John Ttal noy, newspaper reporter, Is accost cl by a Rlnnt blind man, who askH Ralney to lend him aboard the -icallnt itchooner Karluk Tho blind nmti telU Italney ho lu un old ship inato of Captain Slmnis. In the cabin they find Captain Slmma and a man named Carlson. Simms rec ognizes thi blind man, calling him Jim mu. Lund accuses Simms of abandoning him, blind, on an lco tloe, and donounccu him. Slmmi denies tile charge, but Lund ru Cusuh to bn pacified. Ho doclares his Intention of accompanying the ICarluk on Its expedition north, whore It Is i;olng In quest of a Bold Held wlileh Lund has dlscovcrcU Peggy. Simms' daughter, Is aboard, and defends her fathor. t; y CHAPTER I Continued, Lv-i-i afood frozen, like n pointer on weiri, nil Ills faculties milted In at tention townrd tho girl. The doctor croed and spoke to her In a low voice. Lund spoke, nnd his voice was sud denly mild. "I didn't know there wns n lndy present, miss," he said. "Yore father's right. Vou let us nettle this. We'll come to nn agreement." But, for nil his swift change to placability, there was n sinister under tone to his voice that the girl seemed to recognize. Sho hesitated until her father led her back Into tho cabin. "You two'll sit down?" said the doc tor, speaking aloud for the llrst time, tils voice amiable, cnrcl'ully neutral. "And we'JJ hava n drop of something. Jtfr. LuniV, I can understand your at titude. You've suffered a great deal. Hut you have misunderstood Captain Simms. I have Heard about this from him, before. He lias no deslro to client you. Ho Is rejoiced to see you nllvc, though nllllctcd. Ho la still Honest JMuuns, Mr. Lund. , "I haven't your mime, sir," he went h pleasantly, to' Italney. "Tho cn'p- tain said you were u newspaper wan,?" "John llalney, of the Times. I knew iolhlng of this before I came nboant." "And' you will understand, of course, what Mr. Lund overlooked (hi '.his natural ngltntlon, that this Is not ia stofy for your paper. We should have a licet trailing us. We must issk your confidence, Mr. nnncy." The?e was a strong porsonallty In -tlio doctor, llalney realized. Ho did mot like the man from first nppcnr an ccs. Ho was too aloof, too sardonic In his attitudes. Hut his manner was friotirily enough, his volco compelling in Its suggestion that ltnlney was a man to be trusted, Captatu Simms en mo back Into the cabin, closing the door of his daughter's room. "Wo are going to lmvo n little drink together," said the doctor. "1 have Rome Scotch lu my cabin.. If you'll oxcust me for a moment? Captain, will you got some glasses, and a ehiilr for Mr. Lund?" Th'3 doctor came back with n bottlo of Bpotch whisky ntid n siphon. The captain liml set out glasses and a ttchcr of plain water from a rnclc "I Imagine you'll bo the only puc "who'll tnko seltzer, 'Mr. llalney," said tho doctor pleasantly, passing tho hot tie. ''Captain Simms, I know, uses plalti water. T suppose Mr. Lund does the finiiio. And I prefer a still drink," Italney took n long pull nt his gln-f. The cnbln was hot, and he was thirsty. The seltzer tasted a little tint or the whisky was of nn unusual brand, hu fancied, And then inertia suddenly seized him. He lost tho use of his limbs, of his tongue, when he tried to roll out. He saw tho doctor's sardonic feyes watching him us ho strovo to hake off n lethargy that swiftly merged Into dizziness. Dimly lu hoard the scrape of the mptuln'x elutlr being pushed back. iKroiu fur off he heard Lund's big voice booming, "Here, what's this?" ;nud the doctor's cutting In, low ami eager; then he collapsed, his bead fnlllng forward on his outbtretcheJ ring, If CHAPTER II. f A Divided Company. Ht wttB not the flrHt time that Italney had been nn u ship, a Milling hlp, nnd nt son. Lucking experience tu nctunl navigation, he was a pretty Imndy sallormuu for an amateur. So, us lie ounie o(ut of the grip of 'tho drug that had been given lilm, nlowljy with n brainpan that seemed 'overstuffed with cotton nnd which throbbed with n dull persistent ache with u thront that Bectned to be coated with 'ashes, strangely contracted a iinuscnted stomach eyes that saw things through a huze limbs that -ached as If hrulsod-the sounds that brat their way through tils sluggish consclousnesH were familiar enough to place him almost Instantly, ""Ah "ho ly there In n narrow bunk, watching the play nf light that enmo 'through n porthole boyoml his line of vlfon, listening to tho low boom of waves followed by tho swash along ftlde that told him tho Knrluk was lurking heavy hciia. a hIow rago mas tered him. centered against the doc. To His J. ALLEN DUNN COPYRIGHT BOBDS MERRILL. CO. tor with tin; sardonic smile and Cap tain Simms, who italney felt sure had tacitly approved of the doctor's no tions. He remembered Lund's exclamation of, "Here, what's this?" the question of u blind man who could not grusp what was happening and acquitted him. They hail deliberately kidnaped him, slinnghuled him, because they did not chouse to trust him, because they thought ho might print the story of the Island treasure beach In his paper, or babhlo of it and sturt a rush to the now Mirlko of which ho had seen proof In the gold dust streaming from the poke. What wore they going to do with ldm? lie mistrusted tho doctor. Tho man had drugged him. He wus a man wnoso profession, whore the mind was warped, belittled life. Captain Simms had been charged with leaving a blind mnn on a broken Hoc. Lund was the type whose passions left hlrn ruthless. The crew' they would be bound by shares In the enterprise, a rough lot, dnrlng much nnd caring little for any thing beyond their own narrow hori zons. The girl wus the only redeem ing feature of the situation. He wondered whether anyone had seen him go nboard the Karluk with Lund anyone who would remember It and mention the circumstance when he was found to be missing. That might take n dny or two. At tho of fice they would wonder why he dldn t sllow up to cover his detail, becuuso he had been steady In his work. But they would not suspect foul play at first. He had no Immediate family. And nil this time the Knrluk would be thrashing north, well out to sea. Italney would be a front-page won der for a day, then,drop to paragraphs for n dny or so more, nnd that would be Hh; end of It. lint they had made him comfortable. He wus not In a smelly forecastle, but In n bunk In a cabin that must open off tho mnln room of tho schooner. Why hud they treated him with such consideration? Ho dozed off, for nil his wretchedness, exhausted by his effort f to untangle tho snurl. When .lio nyroke again his mouth was glued together with thirst. Ills bend ached Intolerably. Each hair seemed sot In n nerve center of pain. But he was better. Ho sat up In his bunk, fully clothed as he had como aboard, the door of his cabin opened and the doctor ap peared, nodded coolly as ho saw 'Italney moving, disappeared for nn In staut, and brought In n draft of some sort In n long glass. "Take this," said Carlson. "Pull you together. Then we'll get some food Into you." Tho cnlm lnsolonco of tho doctor's maimer, Ignoring . nil that had hap pened, seemed to send nil tho blood In Italney's body fuming to his brnln. He took tho glass and hurled Us content's at Carlson's face. The doctor dodged, and tho stuff splashed ngtilnst the cabin wall, only a few drops reaching Carlsen's coat. "Don't Ijq a d d fool," he fcalrt to llalney, his volco Irritatlngly even. "Aro you afraid It's drugged? I would Whon He Woke Afjaln His Mouth Was Glued Together With Thlrt. not bo so clumsy. I could have given you n hypodermic while you slept, enough to keep you unconscious for ns many hours us I choic or for ever. "I'll mix you another doseone more take It or1 leave It. Tnko It, and you'll poon feel yourself again after Tamada has fed-you. Then we'll fhrofih out the situation. Leave It, and I wash my hands of you. You can go for'ard anil bunk with tho men ami do tho ilrly work," Taluey felt that he had made u fool BLIhF1iB1JIv7777 n Mate of himself, and he took tho second draft, which nlmost Instantly relieved him, cleansing his mouth nnd throat and, as his headache died down, clear ing his brnln. "Why did you drug me?" he de manded. "Pretty high-handed. I can mnke you pay for this." "Yes7 How? When? We're well off Cnpo Mendocino, bending nor'woht or thereabouts. Nothing between us and Unalnskn but fog nnd deep water. Before we get back you'll see the pay ment In a different light, We're not pirates. This was pluln business: A million or more in sight. J "Lund nearly spilled things (as It was, raving the way he did. It?s a wonder some one didn't overlicnrhlni with scn.se enough to tumble. "lint we didn't take nny risks nftcr his blowing off. IIo might have done it ashore before you brought lilm aboard. I don't think so. But he might. And so might you, Inter." "I'd have given you my word." "And meant to keep it. But you'd have been nn uncertain factor, n wenk link. You knew too much. Suppose the Karluk fought up to Kotzebuo ba. nnd found a dozen power-vessels hang- log about, waiting for us to lend them to tho beach? And we'd have worried nil the way up, with you loose. "I don't suppose your salary Is much over thirty n week, Is it? Now, then, here you nro In for a touch of real ad venture, better .than gleaning dock gossip, to a red-blooded man. If we win nnd you saw the gold you win. We expect to give you a share. More than you'd earn in ten years, likely, more than you'd be apt to Save In a lifetime. We kidnaped you fo your own good. You're a prisoner do luxe, with the run of tho ship." "I can work my passage," said Italney. IIo didn't trust the doctor, though he thought he'd play fair about thcjjold. But It was funny, his as suming control. "Ah I" The doctor appeared to dis miss tho subject with some relief. "Well," he went on, "arc you open to reason and food? I'm sorry about your friends and folks ashore, but you're not tho first prodigal who has como back with the fatted calf in stead of hungry for It" "That part of It Is all right," said Italney. Thcro was no help 'for the situation, save to mnke the most ot It and tho best. "But I'd like to ask you 'a question." "do nhend. Huvo n cigarette?" Italney would rather have taken It from anyone else, but the- whiff of burning tobacco, as Carlson lit up, gave him nn Irreslstlblo craving for a smoke. Besides, It wouldn't do for tho doctor to know ho mistrusted him. If ho was to bo n part of the ship's life, thcro was small sense In ncting pettishly, IIo took the cigarette, ac cepted the light, and Inhaled grate fully. "What's the question?" asked Carl sen. "You weren't on tho" last trip. You weren't In on the original deal. But I find you doing nil the talking, making mo offers. You drugged me on your pwn impulse. Where's the skipper? How does he stand "in this matter?" "You'ro asking a good deal for an outsider, It seoins to me, llalney. I camo to you partly as your doqtor. But I speak for the captain and the crow. Don't worry about that." ,f "And Lund?" llalney had gathered that the doctor resented Lund. Cnrlsen's eyes narrowed. "Lund will be taken care of," -he said, and, Tor the life of lilm, llalney coitld not Judge the statement for threat or friendly promise. "As for my status, I expect to be Captain Simms' son-ln-lnw as soon as the trip Is over." "All right," said ltulncy. Carlson's announcement surprised lilm. Some how ho could not plnco the girl as tho doctor's fiancee. Ho rose nndkbsthed face nnd hands. Carlson left tho cabin. Tho main room was empty when Italney en tered, but thcro wns n plnco set ut tho table. The mnln cnbln was well appoint?'! In hardwood, with rod cushions on tho transoms find a creeping plant or so hnnglng hero and there. A canary chirped up and broke Into rolling song. It was all homy, Innocuous. Yet bo had been drugged at tho same tublo not so long before. And now be wna pledged n share of ungatherod gold. It was a far cry back to his desk in tho Times office. A Japanese entered, sturdy, of white-clad figure, deft, polite, Incuri ous. Ho had brought In some hnm nnd eggs, strong coffee, sliced canned poaches, bread nnd butter. Ho served ns Italney ato heartily, feeling his old self coming back with the food, especially with tho coffee, "Thanks, Tamada," ho said ns he pushed aside his plato at last. "Everything nrrlght, sir?" purred tho Japnnose. Italney nodded. Tho "sir" was re assuring. Ho was uceopted as t some body nboard tho Karluk. Tamada cleared awuy swiftly, nnd Italney felt for Ids own cigarettes, borne ono wns. pV"t " ...-.," " iiiu iuuiii and lie fancied by Its volume It was Lund. It wns n divided nhlp's company, after all. For bo knew that LunO, handicapped with his blindness, would live perpetually suspicious of Simms. And the doctor wns against Lund. Italney's own position was n paradov. He started for the coinpanlonwny, nnd a slight sound made him turn, tu face the girl. Sho looked nt him cas ually as Italney, to his nnnoyunce, flushed. "Good afternoon," snld llalney. "Are you going on deck?" It wns not r clever opening, but she seemed to rob lilm of wit, to an extent. He had yet to know how she stood concerning his presence aboard. Did she countojanco the forcible kid naping of him us u possible tattler? Or? "My father tells me you have de cided to go with us," she said, pleas antly enough, but none too cordially, Italney thought. l "You hnvo not been well. I hope you nre better. Have you oaten?" Italney began to think that s?he was Ignorant of the facts. And ho made up hLs mind to Ignore them. "Thank you, I hac," he said. "1 was going to look up Mr. Lund." Tho sentence qovcred n sudden change of mirid. He rio longer want ed to go on deck-with the girl. Tbev were notto bo Intimates. ' She was "Good Afternoon' sajd Ralney. You Going on Deck?" "Ara to marry Cnrlsen. He was an out sldoi'. Carlson had told him that. So she seemed to regard him, lmperson ully, without Interest. It piqued htm. "Mr. Lund Is In the first, mnte's cabin," snld the girl, Indicating a door. "Mr. Bcrgstrom, who was mate, died nt sea last voyage. Doctor Carlsen nets as navigator with my father, but he hns another room." She passed lilm nnd went on defk. Cnrlsen wns acting first mate as well ns surgeon. That meant he had sen mnnshlp. Also that they had taken In no replacements, no other men to, swell tho little corporation of fortune hunters who knew the secret, or a part of It. It wus unusual, but Italney shrugged his shoulders nnd rapped on tho door of the pnbln. It took loud knocking to waken Lund. At Inst he roared a "Come In." Ilntney found him seated , on the edge of his bunk, dressed In his under clothes, his glasses In place. Italney wondered whether he slept In them. Lund's uncanny Intuition seemed to rend the thoughts. He tapped the lenses. "Hate to take them off," he snld. "Light hurts my eyes, though the op tic nerve Is dead. Seems to strike through. How're ye mnkln out?" "You know they drugged me." Ralney ended his recital of the Inter view he had had with the doctor. "Knockout drops? I guessed It. That doctor's slick. Well, you've not much fault to find, have ye? Cnrlsen talked sense. Here you nro on the road to a fortune. I'll seo yore share's a fair one. There's plenty. It ain't a bad billet you've fallen Into, my Ind. But I'll look out for ye. And I'll need ye." Ho lowered his voice mysteriously. "Yo're n writer. Mister Bnlnoy. You've got brains. You can see whlcn way n thing's heading. You've heard enough. I'm blind. I've bin done dirt once nboard the Knrluk, and I don't aim to standjfor It ng'ln. "I ain't got eyes. Yon hnvo. Us em for both of us. I ain't asklug y to tnko sides, exnctly. But 1'vo got cause for boln' suspicious. I don't call the skipper 'Honest' Simms no more. And I ain't stuck on that doctor. He's too bossy. He's got the skipper un der his thumb. And there's some thin' funny about the skipper. He uln't the sniiie man. Mebbo It's hla conscience. But that doctor'a runnlrt lilm." "He's going to marry tho captaln'a daughter," said Italney. "Slinius' dnughter? Curlsen coin' to marry hor? Umpl That muy ac count for the milk In the coconut-" nis fuco became crafty, und lu reached out for Italney's knee, found It ns readily as If he had sight, and tapped It for emphasis, "Simms li Crlen dog. Tho doc'a got lomethin' on him, mark mc.' (TO BE CONTINUED.) THAT SIMLL BOY Just a Word or Two Said Hero in His Defense. Pennsylvania Educator Issues Warning to Mothers of Danger of Errors In Training Methods. Sbmo Interesting facts con'ccrnlns proper treatment of children were Drought out In nn address ut the Moth ers' club recently by J. George Becht (list deputy stnte superintendent ol public instruction, tho Philadelphia Itecord state. In n talk on "Youth Its Characteristics and Training," he Jcfonded the "small boy," who, Ik vild, was blamed for much of whicl) lu was not guilty. Children betweer the uge of Iho mid sevon nnd twelv mil fourteen especially, ns n rule, he said, were going 'through n process ol levelopment which wns abnormal unci n which th mind did-not keep apace with the bodj. This lack of co-ordina-:lon In tho child's system resulted til awkwardness, forgotfuluoss, etc. iiid ns u result, b'oys- uapeiinlly ;oing through tho "nvkmrd ngo," erc not treated with too much con sideration, The speaker criticized tho mother who nre nlwuys nagging their boys ind charging them with indolence, for jotfulnoss, etc., whon in reality the voungstors should be kindly trented and ghon sympathy. He said s uothcr, through lack of knowledge ,vus often cruel to children, while she 'elt,that she wns over Indulgent. In his connection he specially referred tc Iho blame given boys because thpi forget to come In In time, or some Jther such trllle. 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