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a port, I guess; but that's as you
make It. Come on."
I was given a drink over Frisco
Frank's bar, and after a few sharp
words between Frank and Edwards,
my chest was returned to me. Then,
In separate rigs, we rode up to the
wharf and boarded the schooner,
shiny with fresh paint and varnish,
but on dose Inspection showing un
mistakable signs of age and decay.
CI 113 had been a yacht; but her long
overhang, sharp lines, lofty spars
and Hush deck were the only yacht
llke characteristics left her. Her orig
inal cabins, dining rooms and state
rooms below had given way to cargo
space, and all skylights and compan
ions hod been eliminated or turned
Into hatches all but two of the lat
ter. A companion Just abaft the wind
lass led to a triangular forecastle in
tho bows containing bunks for live
and a stove for cooking, and another,
Just forward of tho wheel, led to an
equally diminutive cabin that was
nothing but a hall space at the foot of
tho stairs with a room each side
ono for the skipper, the other for the
mate. There was also a feature In
this craft that 1 had never seen in
any other. She was piped for gas
lighting; each room in the cabin, the
forecastle, binnacle, and even fixed
side and mast-head lamps contained
a wire enclosed burner, fed by a tank
of compressed gas under the cabin
floor.
"It seemed to work all right," ex
plained Edwards when I had com
mented on the Innovation, "so I left It
rather than spend lifty dollars for an
outfit of lamps and oil. And then,
there are IMntsch gas buoys every
where. We can always recharge the
tank."
This, and his refusal of an advance,
were not the only evidences of Ed
ward's shortage of funds. The dinner
ho sat me down to was boiled rice and
weak tea the same as he fed to his
five Coolies forward and when he
took me ashore In the nfu-ruoon to act
my part as sailing master in getting
out ship's papers, he would "clear"
at tho Custom House only for the run
to Yokohama, and Insure at Lloyds
only for the one month which I as
sured him was ample time. Hut, with
tho egotism of an uneducated man
and the pertinacity of a managing
owner, he Insisted that the monthly
clause In the policy be changed to read
for an even thirty days; so, as It was
now the fifteenth of November, the in
surance on the schooner was made out
to expire on the fifteenth of December
at noon. With tho schooner's rotten
condition in mind I thought at tho
time that lie also ought to Insure our
lives, but did not say so; he might
have repeated his paraphrase: "Any
ship In n port."
I did not see the Chinese partner,
nor did I see any more of Edwards
until, having put In a dreary after
noon in familiarizing myself with the
weakest spots In the hull, canvas and
gear, and In getting acquainted with
the live Coolies ono of whom was
cook ho came nboard promptly at
five and gave mo the promised bracer,
which I sadly needed.
At supper, which we ate on a small
folding tablo in tho hall space between
our rooms, and which Included, with
tho rice and tea, trepans; or dried fish,
a huge, emaciated, half-starved cat
bounded down tho stairs and Into my
berth whore, like all cats In strange
places, it voiced Its distress In loud
yowls. Pattering footsteps on deck
Indicated that it had escaped a real
danger: for nothing is better In a Clii
neso stew than cat.
"Drive that bruto ashore," he said,
angrily.
"Sanctuary," I answered, calmly.
I '11 feed it first."
"You '11 do nothing of the kind. 1
want no cats on board. They "re bad
luck."
"I 'vo always found them good luck.
.Continued from Page 6 )
Strange cats come to me, and I al
ways treat them well."
I picked up my half eaten supper
and turned to my door.
"Do you want your berth here,"
asked Edwards, rising to his feet.
"Yes," l answered, facing him with
the plate in my hand.
"Then you do as I say. Drive that
beast ashore or go yourself."
"Are you ready," 1 asked, "to hand
over a month's pay?"
"What? for half a day's work?"
"I 'in on the articles as Sailing Mas
ter. You 'vo got the papers, but you Ml
have to produce them on demand.
Ask the Consul, Mr. Edwards."
"Captain Edwards," he spluttered.
"Mister Edwards," I replied, empha
sizing the prefix. "I 'in Captain here.
You're managing owner, and until
you pay me off, either now or at Yoko
hama, your rights stop where mine
begin. I 'm going to feed that poor
cat."
Ho stared blankly at me, and I en
tered my room with tho food. A few
soft words and gentle strokes quieted
the frightened animal, and it greedily
devoured my supper. Then It purred
so gratefully that I had no heart nor
mind to drive It ashore; so, leaving it
stretched out In my berth for a sleep,
I went out. Uut Edwards had sought
the deck, and, as I could tell by the
heavy thump of his feet, he was work
ing off his rago by pacing to and fro.
Having conquered him I felt no anger
myself, and going up, asked him when
we would sail.
"We tow down the first thing in the
morning," ho answered, much more
civilly than I expected; and for a mo
ment I regretted crowding so hard a
man who had befriended me.
"I 'm telling you that," he added,
slowly, as though restraining his tem
per, "because you have a right to
know. Hut as you claim other rights
that I 'm not sure of, I fall back upon
lights of my own that I am sure of.
Don't speak to mo except about work
while you are In this packet. I want
none o' your conversation."
"Very well, Mr. Edwards," I an
swered, tartly, again emphasizing the
prefix. "Uut I expect the same con
sideration from you."
'"PHEX, as darkness was closing
1 down, I went forward, lighted tho
port, or off shore, side light, as a
warning to passing craft, Inspected
tho mooring lines, set the night
watch, and came aft in a mood to
fight Edwards; but he had gone down
to his berth.
I offer no excuse for my attitude to
ward hlni only an explanation. AH
men, especially thoso that drink, are
medically insane at times, yet never,
perhaps, legally so. Though my ner
vousness nnd headache were gone, I
was in the Illogical, stubborn and
short-sighted condition of mind that
lasts a man long after ho has stopped
drinking. Edwards, as my owner nnd
employer, was entitled to his own
way in regard to the cat. Hut he had
outraged my one moral command
ment, and with this in mind I smoked
myself into a sullen determination to
meet him not only half way in his con
versational inhibition, but to do my
work beyond his criticism while with
him, to care for the poor cat, to thrash
him again at Yokohama, and to com
plain of tho quality of tho food. But,
on going down to turn in for tho night
I lost my moral right to tho latter, for
at sight of his bottle of rum in a
swinging tray above the table, I reck
lessly helped myself, not caring
whether or not he heard me from his
room. Then, lighting the gas in my
own small closet of a room, I entered
up tho episode of the cat and the quar
rel In the brand now log book, petted
the wakened animal to sleep, turned
out the gas, and went to sleep myself.
In the morning I left the cat In the
dosed room, until, after a silent
breakfast with Edwards, I ostenta
tiously fed it; then, after the tug had
taken us dear of the dock, I released
it for a run on deck, at the samo time
warning tho Coolie crew that If they
harmed It trouble would come to
them. I warned them collectively,
because Chinamen, like babies, all
looked alike to me, and I never could
remember their names five minutes.
I said nothing to Edwards, however,
nor he to me. lie had heard the warn
ing and possibly was Impressed.
I had a full navigating outfit
charts, books, sextant and chronom
eter nnd when clear of the Islands
I took a departure and the voyage be
gan, Edwards taking my courses and
directions, and standing one watcli
while 1 and the cat stood the other.
Hut the cat remained my watchmate
only for a time. For when It had
smeiled at and become acquainted
with every part and person of the old
craft it manifested the feline disposi
tion to do nothing that it did not
want to do, and, not caring to waste
sleep and dignity In chasing it to Its
watch below, I often left It on deck.
Yet no harm came to Tom; he grew
fat and sleek and handsome under the
Influence of tho fresh trade wind air
and the diet of rice and fish, which I
could hardly eat.
However, I needed no such sedative.
The bottle of rum still remained in
the swinging tra and, resentful at
tho quality of food Edwards was serv
ing, I never scrupled to take a drink
every time I went down to turn in;
and even though I noticed that the
liquor a particularly vile grade of
lire water always remained at
about the same level in tho bottle, I
merely concluded that Edwards, In
spite of his preachments, was also
drinking it, and occasionally replen
ishing it. I might have found a dif
ferent meaning to it had I not been
thrown off my guard by Edward's
scrupulous civility, his occasional pet
ting of tho cat, and his stern orders to
the crew, in my hearing, to let tho
animal alone.
A ND so, having for the first time In
my life free access to liquor un
rebuked by Edwards, whom 1 assumed
was drinking his share I gradually
Increased my sleeping draught until it
was twice tho size of an ordinary
drink, though I was religiously care
ful not to touch the stuff as an "eye
opener" on turning out for my watch
on deck. Thus, It merely gave mo
sound sleep, producing no other effects
upon me than a continuance of the il
logical mind state I have spoken of.
Hut the time came about half way
across when the trades gave way to
calms, head winds, snow squalls and
gales of wind that racked and ripped
our old gear and canvas I suffered
so from worry and fatigue that I took
a drink whenever I was near enough
to the bottle. Still it did not affect
my efficiency when on deck; I navi
gated, kept the log, oversaw the crew
in patching and repairing, but would
go soundly asleep the minute after
stretching out often while auto
matically stroking the cat.
Hut Tom, with the Ingratitude of
cats, deserted me soon, and I often
saw him asleep in Edwards's berth,
which possibly was softer than mine.
As long as he was being kindly treated
it did not matter, and, indeed, I now
had serious troubles; I dropped my
sextant, smashing the horizon glass,
and unablo to take sights of the sun,
was compelled to rely upon dead reck
oning alone. This Involved my being
on deck a great deal In my watch be
low, keeping track of the course,
speed and drift of the old craft, for
plotting down on the chart. Edwards,
too, had trouble on his mind, and,
while he did not confide In me, It was
plain that he was worrying about Ills
expiring Insurance: the month was
nearly gone.
However, a fair wind came at last,
and before It we scudded due west,
while It rose to a gale that demanded
the shortening of sail, and then to n
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