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of the 'midship hnwc tho last tuglit l'
i .n wv mnilo LiMTpuol, Anl ulion i
t r nshoro an' paid off, 1 caught tho
t rst liiato ill an alloy in sailor tinui.
1 hoy eartod what was left of him to
sjiitnl. Ho "as never the same man
cam. A broken wreck, madam! Ilitt
fi days was over, and he was shipped to
mig Harlior. ' ' '
Captain Hooker detected a shudder on
Mrs. ChlTonl's part.
"And proud of it, murium!" ho thun
dered. "Proud of it! "
"Hut what is the joke, Captain Dock
er' " Patty asked.
"It ain't a joke. It's facts. I first
opened my eyes in this world in tho
f, Y's'Ie of tho . Krmyntnulc, eighteen
i rs ago. That's how old 1 am eight -i
ii years. And 1 fought my way up.
Mien 1 was one year old, I was bosun,
itoforo 1 was two, I was second mate,
in the time I was throe, I was mate, an'
n proper bucko at that "
Ho broke off abruptly. His seaman's
i vo, mechanically roving the sea-rim, had
lighted upon something.
"Sail ho!" he cried. "Where's that
lookout? Two points on the weather
bow, there! T'll attend to his ease.
Flat Nose, you! Take tho glasses up to
the cross-trees and seo what vou can
make of it."
VI r
A KTK18 dinner, the same day, tho sur
" ivors of tho ilinpalia wero not per
mitted to come on dock. They remained
m tho cabin through long, stilling hours,
while they listened to boats coming along
side, to strange voices on deck, and to
the aried noises that carried the tale of
i nrgo being broken out and hoisted over
ride. The opium was being transshipped.
Willie, who had boon released from his
paint-scrubbing and sent below, reported
no less than four small schooners and
sloops which ho had seen bearing down
in tho Susan Drew.
o meal was ervod that evening, and
the prisonois panted anri went hungry
m tho narrow cabin. Hy eleven o'clock
the transfer of tho opium was completed,
Mid they could hear Captain Docker roar
ing out his oidois as ho put sail on his
wsm 1. Then ho came .below, poured him
vlf half a tumbler of Scotch, and drank
if neat.
"It's all right now," ho said. "You
. :i ii go mi dock if you want. Tho cook
is making coffee, and the cabin boy will
-ot a cold snack of canned goods."
"Whore are you tnkiugOim to now!"
Mrs. Clifford demanded.
Captain Docker divided a pondering
gaze, between her and tho bottle of
Scotch; then, silently repeated his half
tumbler dose. Never was his voice moro
like a coffee-grimier:
"I don't know, madam. I'm runiiin'
westward across the Pacific, and I'll
drop you somewhere. Vou seo, there's
too many of you to swear to any secret.
You've got to slay with me, till all tho
Mpium is distributed and safe. I'm not
stuck on vour company. I run to blonds,
:is I told' you before. Hut it's business.
That cargo's got to bo made safe. Now,
if you was a blond "
He ceased speaking and stared at Mrs.
Clifford steadily and long, to that lady's
great discomfiture. His expression was
trance-like, and he seemed dreaming far
dreams. A curious light began to glow
in his eyes; while a grin, unthinkably
significant to thorn, curled across his
mouth. Still in his seeming trance, ho
reached forth his dirty hand and in
playful fashion touched her on the shoul
der. "I got you," he said. "Tag!
You 're it. ' '
Ho returned to himself with startling
suddenness, and recoiled from her.
"Why, damn it all! You ain't a
blond, Are you?" A step brought him
to a chair, "into which he sank, burying
his face in his hands and moaning: "Oh
dear, oh dear ! ' '
"Faugh!" Mrs. Clifford enunciated in
disgust, not unmixed with trepidation.
"Tho bruto is drunk," Temple Harri
son explained to Patty.
VIII.
T THE days thnt followed, while tho
Hasan Vrtw ran before the Northeast
Trades, Captnin Decker's wavs .1 d ii"'
"nd. II is bauds and nails u.rc grinu-l
with tar and paint, ground tn by his
inveterate pull and haul on shoot and
halyard. He dowmred prunes m the
siuno magnificent manner, interrupted
conversations, bullied Flat-Nose, rope's
ended ilbo, and drunk his half turn
biers of Scotch. With each drink, the
vastuoss anri voluniinousness of Ins husk
iness increased. His trance like ga?os
at Mrs. (litl'ord continued. His protota
lions of dislike for brunettes did not
diminish. And often he would bury lus
face in his hands and moan: "Oh dear,
oh dear! "
Worst of all was his poisooution of
Mrs. Clifford. Ho seemed drawn to her
continually, and continually ho recoiled
from her. Patty was tearfully appro
hensive. Temple Harrison consoled her.
And Sodley Hrown grow more than mild
ly jealous. They wore in Is' North and
HiG West, and Captain Decker was
talking of lunning them to tho south and
west and lauding them at some outlying
trading station of Now Hritain or New
Ireland, when occurred a strange and
incomprehensible happening that gao
them all pause for thought.
It was at dinner. Tho conversation
had been upon occult matters, and n gen
eral disbelief had been expressed con
cerning such phenomena as telepathy and
clairvoyance.
"Tho content of consciousness is ex
perience," Temple Harrison was saying.
"There is no discussion about tho exis
tence of the subconscious mind. Hut it
has never been demonstrated that the
subconscious mind has known anything
outside experience outside the content
of consciousness, I moan, which is expo
rience. Therefore, it is impossible "
He ceased, for he had lost the at ton
tion of his listeners. Captnin Decker
had begun to eat prunes, and they wore
watching him with tho olri, never-failing
fnseinnt ion. Ho had received an iinusii
ally large serving, and was hernicalh
emptying tho saucer. His cheeks bulged
more anri more with the pouched pits,
while his jaws chewed, and the spoon
moved back and forth. Also, ho was
thinking; and, further, ho desired to
speak. His eyes were rolling, and Ins
ears seemed trying to wiggle, so strong
was his dosiitf. At hist ciiinu the sn
promo moment, lie bowed his head owr
the saucer and spat out a mighty uiuutli
fill of pruno-pits, then gin tori sa agon
al Temple Harrison.
' ' Tnlky-talky, talk talk ! - t hat all
you know about it," woio the skipper's
opening words. "You don't know. Hut
I do know. I can ilcliwr the goods. I
know things outside my expei icin-e
things I don't know; bill I know 'cm."
"A miracle is no miracle at second
hand," Temple Harrison letoitcl pat
rouizingly, ' ' Tho drunkard 's snakes un
real only to tho drunkard. Il' know
they are not snakes. The dreamer's
dream is real to the dreamer, while he
dreams. ' '
"Talky-talky, tnlky-talky! Too much
talky along you." Captnin Decker went
on explosively. "I know real things that
1 don't know, 1 tell you."
"An instance, please," said Seriloy
Hrown.
"All right. Tho skipper turned his
eyes on Mrs. Gilford. "Madam, 1 know
tilings about you that 1 have no right to
know that I don 't know. Hut 1 know
'em. Do you dast me to tell 'em?"
Mrs. Gifforri's head was poised very
haughtily, as she replied: "I am very
suro you know nothing about me that I
am ashamed to have tolri."
"Very well, mariam." Captain Deck
or's gaze humeri upon her until it
seemed he must be looking right through
her. "ruder your left shoulder-blade,
midway between it and the hip, is a
mole ha ! ' '
His exclamation was of triumph,
caused by Patty's instant cry of alarm,
ami by the tell-tale blood mounting in
Mrs. Gilford's cheeks.
"Now, that mole's outside my experi
once," he continued. "I never saw it.
1 leave it to you. Yet, 1 know it."
"Nevertheless, the existence of the
mole is not proved," Sodley Hrown ob
served drily.
"Murium, have you that mole?" the
skiper rienianded.
Mrs. Gifforri disdained reply.
" Yerv well. then. T'll tell you some
moro Yon have a com on the inside of
fmomdarvVatm.
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