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By GEORGE BARR MctitJTCHEON
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THIS BTAHTg TUB STORY
i(fll lYitwer. command th
.amr Doralns, waose dWopnearanoe
:.mv bound from a Bouth American
.thllt
Mt to
the Unttt A Btattt ioith ISO
t,iannri, tea a mystery to a
,?.',.f?f ZirA. (r lAtfMDlt leaves
tort Algtrnon Adonit Perclval, an
imtriean. U broupht before Captain
Triton iu the chief engineer at a
iiowowoj. The captatn auettiont Mm
'Au kui h Boarded the.vettel and
it informed thai he came atoanl at a
Jnat tatter. anlf to nlurn to tht
I' . tlnUta SfOlf. iw caelum mat roo
' itrt on n wonv. TAe"
nutiiln alto learnt fAuf two deck'
hdndi have itapta jrom tne id and
At tupec a plot to toreefc tA vttteU
ptrcivat it put to work under putird,
fttxt mornlnp the uHrelott optrator
h
vxf mornwp fA toirtlott optrator
reports Als tranrmltter out of order.
I'asttngrrt are nervout and uneatu.
Ftmt carry around their fetoelt for
to ! capacity with bank nottt and
k gelt." I
? AND HERB IT CONTINUES
' pHILEAN ladleaandChlleangentlemen,
i, v iMiHng Brazilian ladles and pompous
Briilllftti gentlemen, smug Argentinians,
IH lordly Cattlllans, garrulous Portuguese.
L-Enjrllsh Indies, friendly and Irrepressible
American all of them swinging their
sea legs with new found abandon clat
tered mildly around the wind swept clr-
' cult. New faces appeared in the proces
rion, new voices wero raised with en
cm, new figures sprang Into existence
; with marvolous rapidity.
It leemtd to Perclvnl that the popula
Hon doubled and tripled and nundrupled
iwlth every throb of the powerful engines,
'lie saw his "buntile" of the nfght before
the man who was trying no hard to
die and couldn't ho saw him plunging
' einnff with the throng, pale but valiant,
ferociously glaring at every ono who
smoked.
A small group of American nurses.
some young and pretty, others young
and homely, but all of them sprightly
and clear-eyed nlno of them. In fact
tramped by In "columns of three."
Ferclval's guardian perked his head In
their amotion aner tney nncl passed,
. and volunteered this bit of Information:
"Hornswoggled, them girls was. Come
ell the way down from New Yorlt ni
months ago. Promised double pay and
. plenty of work In the American colony.
Kora as crab, all of 'em. Thev rot dnubla
pay, nil right, all right, but there was
some mlsunderetandln' as to what slnglo
. pay was to be to ntnrt off with. Slnglo
pay turned out to be just whatover
suited the people that employed 'em,
stein's they wero nearly 7000 miles
wnv from Ood and un nsralnit It. no
' they're beatln' It back home to volunteer
I jnr Mrvtrn In Vrnnr. T 1iirri nnt nf 'ii
say she could save more money workln'
for nolhln' In France than eho could earn
In a year down here at double pay.
kWnat'd you say your name wan, younr
fftlltrr
I "Pcrclval."
i "I mean your last name."
J "That's It."
j "Come ofll Nobody ever had a last
name like that"
"You ought to hear what my flrst
-tome Is and my middle one, too. You
iall a llttlo while ago you'd never pfien
ny one of my size with bigger nnd
harder muscles. Well, It you knew what
'mv full name Is. old man. vou'd under
stand why I began 'developing thorn
rve not a ioi more, too, mat you can't
I, Mr when I drat beenn irolnc to school."
f "What Is your other names?" inquired
me sanor curiously.
"Algernon Adonis," said Perclval
The sailor was silent for n moment,
thinking of the proper thing to nay. Then
he said: "
"Tour'ro dead right It takes a heap
of muscle to protect a name like that."
Three women stopped In front of tho
two mm. I'ercivai Kept nis eyes lowered,
"Why why, auntie I know him,"
fell from tho llns of one of the trio.
There was not only surprlso In her voice
but a trace ot nwe nit well.
The swabber looked up quickly. He
found himself gating straight into tha
eyes or tho speaker. Her lips were
parted, her head was bent slightly for-
vard, her eye expressed utter incredu
lity ana bewilderment. Her companions,
an eiatny may ana a bespectacled youna
womnn who carried an armload of
wamcr rugs, stared not nt him but tit
me gin who had delivered this ntartllnf;
announcement
"I mean I that Is. I may be mis
taksn," stammered tho latter, suddenly
rming ner eyes, a wavo or crimson
swept over her faco.
"Undoubtedly," exclaimed the elderly
Hdy with great posltlveness. Turning to
Intpect the object under discussion, sho
uiiBinoa a snocK tnat causea ner to
uirren and draw In her breath quickly.
. Ptrelval wan omlllnir In a most friend
!y and encouraging manner. Ho went
rarttier and lifted Ills disreputable whlto
canvas hat
"Oh, goodness I" exclaimed the young
iwr m a sort or panic. "Are you is it
really you, Mr. Perolval7"
Mr. Perclval glanced Inquiringly at
Ms cunrd.
"That's his name, miss," snld that
worthy. "And that's one of tho threa
reasons why he's got them muscular
arms you're looking at Horry, though,
Jut my orders arc not to allow nny one
tospsak to him"
"Aro you craty. rtuth?" cried the older
Hay aghast. "IVo the stowaway every
one Is talking about The one who tried
to blow un th hln."
The young lady returned Percival's
awe ratner a aimdent uncertain er
tort, to be sura, but ntlll a nmllis and
eurmured something about night before
t at the Aloazar Grand.
'What ore you saying, rtuth 7 Do you
vn iu say you mot wis man at mo ai
ouar Qrandf"
'"YeS. Aunt .Tlllln" !ll,l h nh,.r
Jrlnkllng her prclty forehead In per
'ly. "Ho he danced with me."
.. " you danced with hlm7" gasped
we horrllled Aunt Julia.
. TJon't you remember? Phil Morton in
troduced him to us. I I can't believe
a'r eyes.
"I can't believe mine," snapped tho
Jfore In my life. The Idea I Phil Morton
naving a friend like you. You are mls-
i.V1, And PP'o tiro staring at us."
. Just the wme," cald her niece, stub
bornly, "i dw dance with him. and,
Sitl?.morft. I danced moro than onco
Kh htm. Didn't I, Mr. Perolvnl?"
! Perclval, still beaming, again
ou ni Xno sailor appeaungiy,
' ..J.Y01? wn teU " I" me' said tho latter,
furtively glancing to the right ond left
oerore making the concession,
iiopklng straight Into the sailor's eyes,
, "fjlvat said:
"Yes, Miss Clinton. I had four dances
.VLyu and s, lemon squash."
i- wait a, moment. Aunt Julia," pro
(SMled the younsr ladv. holdlnar back.
would you mind telling me, Mr. Perci
vai, hpW you happen to be hero and In
Jhls plight? You didn't mention sailing
nwe Doralne."
..Mr. Perclval, to tho sailor: "Neither
"4 you, Miss Clinton. You certainly aro
.m,2rft '"Prised than I am."
."hy are you on board oa a otow
fy? Phil Morton told roe you belong
n old Baltimore family ond had all
Rinas of that is, you wero quite well
Mr. Perclval. to tho sallort "Please
flont blush, Mlsa Clinton I'm not the
i't bit sensitive. Money lsn!t even"
"Ung. I seem to be able to get along
without It. Later on, I hope to have the
' pS?wrtV.nlty to explain lust why "
''..rjhfcfn do," Interrupted tho Bailor.
Jre comes tho captain."
.,uaptaln Trigger hove In sight around
Chi.?Inw ot tne dck building with
--.. Minmnr ura ana tno secona orei-
mi!. $?P't no'" what to make of you,"
.'IfAM'M Clinton, sorely puttied. Her
?.i T"1" clutohlng her arm. "You
inm,a "? awfully jolly the other night
EtT0"0 Ju,t ,ooI t you now."
rtf,1; moved away, followed by the be
JMle4 young woman and tho steamer
iih' tTful despite the sudden yank
S"n. which her aunt set her in motion.
fiii i iv.1 "uinaged to keep an eye on her
Wft It during the day or at nlghtr'
'Some time during the night,
E'vn or half past, I should say,"
"Vtrv r1l
quirled!na hr "K09' rrolval?" he In-
tn"& c,Unton lw done me the honor
u.i rnJm',,' meeting me night before
MeSeit t,nA,ca,ar artuidi " M"
Hporiord Is not so generous."
..... i' ..lam -ttP'in Trigger re-
xtin. xouw".1 "PO't t onoe to
Jit Ir' llt WU ,ve Xu ' Public
lob, as you ca It" a twinkle came
ll?,?'.-'8 ey" Ht doesn't like the hat
m.UbooWri,"r th6 8h,rt Nor
'Thank you, slr.'
And, by the way, Perclval, a soon
as you hre si ahtlv rfnrhl.h,1 T want
I2i l?. foil through the second cabin
And, If possible, Identify the two stew
ards who- came to No. 22. Let me see,
sir.
"Very well.
An hour later he reported to Captain
Trigger. "I have seen all of the stew
ards, sir, according to Mr. Cod go, and I
do not recognise any of them as the men
who came to No. 22. I had a fairly good
view of thorn, too, from beneath tho
lower berth. They spoke In a language
I did not understand"
"Do you understand German?"
"No, sir. I know It when I hear It,
however. They were not speaking Ger
man. I may have beon wrong, but I
came to the conclusion that they were
transferring some ono to No. 22. They
brought In two suitcases and left them
when they went out I "
Captain Trigger brought his clenched
fist down on the table with a resounding,
emphatlo bang.
"Now we have It I That Chicago do
tcotlve Is right, by gad I"
He turned to the small group of offi
cers clustered behind him. Fresh alarm,
real consternation, hod leaped Into the
eyes of every man of them.
'Then then, that means our search
Isn't over?" cried Mr. Mott starting up.
"It ' does 1 Every Inch of this ship,
everje-damned Inch of It. from stem to
stern. Overlook nothing, Mr. Mott. Don't
delay a second."
Perclval was alone with tho agltatod
captain on Instant later. Trigger's eyes
wero r.ither wild and bloodshot. The
younger man's faco blanched. He knew
now that the danger was real. Ho wait
ed for the captain to speak.
"I'eMlval, the two men you saw In 23
were not stewards. They wero the men
who Jumped overboard. You tell mo
they left two bags there when they went
out of the room. Well, they were not
there this morning when the regular
steward went Into the room. They nave
disappeared. Uut tha contents of those
bags are still somewhere on board this
ShlD. And If their urn not found In time.
by gad, sir, we will All bo In kingdom
come before we know It"
The Rombs Let Go
TUB flrst explosion occurred at eleven
minutes paat 6. The chart house and
part of the bridge were blown to pieces.
Three dull, splintering crashes ensued In
rapid succession, proving beyond ques
tion that tho bombs were set to exolodo
automatically at a given time. Ono of
them wrecked the engine room ; another
blew a great hole in the stern of the
ship, above the water line ; the third de
stroyed the wireless house and carried
away a portion of tho deck with It
Thero were eight In all of these dev
ilish machines In the heart of the Dor
nine. Homo tlmo prior to the ilrnt ex
plosion tho feverish searchers had un
covered four of them, cunningly planted
In the most vital pnrts of the ship. Two
wero taken from the lower hold, ono at
each end of the vessel, and two moro
were found close to tho carefully pro
tected section of the veesel In which a
rather Insignificant but deadly shipment
of high explosives was stored.
Tho discovery of the four bombs and
their Immodlate consignment to the sea
saved the ship from being blown to bits.
With another hour to spare. It Is moro
than probable the remaining four would
have been found, notwithstanding tho
amazing oloverness with which uey
were hidden, so thorough and bo dogged
was the search.
Confusion, terror, stupefaction, and
finally panic, followed the successive
blasts. The decks were strewn with
people prostrated by the violent upheav
als, and many thero were who never
Sot up again. Stunned, dazed, bewll
ered, those who were able to do so
scrambled to their feet only to be hurled
down again and again. Shrtoks, groans,
prayers and curses titled the brief,
ghostly silences between the muffled do
tonatlons. The great vessel surged and
rolled and plunged llko a tortured ani
mal. The splintering of wood, the rending
of plates, the shattering of glass, and
abovo all tbls horrid turmoil the mighty
ronrlng and hissing of steam 1 And the
wild, gurgling cries of the frantlo un
fortunates who had leaped Into the sea.
Out of the chaos with Incredible swift
ness came tho paralysis of despair, and
out of that slowly but surely groped the
never falling courage of the men who
go down to the sea In ships. Hoarse
commands lifted above the groans and
prayers, and strong but shaken figures
sprang with mechanical precision to the
posts allotted them. Lifeboat after
lifeboat went down Into a sea that
glistened with the slanting rays of an
untroubled sun, low-lying at the end
of tho day.
Plro broke out In several places.
Down Into the bowels of the ship
plunged the resolute heroes who re
mained behind, the chosen complement
reserved for just such an emergency
by the fsrseelng master.
Above the hissing of steam and tho
first feeble cracklings of flame roso the
stentorian voice, of the captain from
his post at the baso of the demolished
bridge- . MA, ,.., ,
"tf-nrni. men i jnami r iiui. i . ,n
aro dylns- mon below 1 Stand
for mem;
till rtl
Ca
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ncd
turned the corner. Then he
Stand by I Fight
He was bloody and almost unrecog
nizable as he stood there clutching a
stanchion for support His legs were
rigid, his body swayed, but his spirit
was as stanch as the star that had
guldod him for fifty yearn through the
tracklesd waste.
And while theso doughty, desperate
spirits fought the fire and smdke with
every means at tholr command, down
In the suffocating depths of the ship,
braving not only the peril visible and
at hand but tho prospect of annihila
tion In the event that a bolated bomb
projected Its hideous force Into the nest
of high explosives, while theso men
fought, the smiling placid sea was alive
with small whlto craft that bobbed in
the gleaming sunlight, lifeboats crowded
to the gunwales with shuddering, bleak
eyed mn, women and children waiting
to pick up those who stayed behind,
and who Inevitably would be driven
overboard by tho resistless, conquering
flames. . . , M ,, . .
Cruising aoout ni a naie uuuuici
from the menacing hull, theso boats
managed to rescue a few of the beings
who had leaped overboard In the flrst
mad panlo of fear, but many there wcjo
who went down never to be seen again.
No boat was without Its wounded and
Its dead; no boat was without t
stricken, anxlnus-eyed survivors who
watched and prayed for the salvation of
loved ones left bohlnd. With straining
eyes they searched the surface of the
sea, peered at tho oocupants cf near
and distant boats, stared at the scurry
ing figures on tho decks of the smoking
steamer, hoping, always hoping, and
always sobbing out tha endless prayer.
At last, as the sun sank below the
blue-black horizon, exhausted, red-eyod,
gasping men struggled up from the
drenched, smothering Interior of the
ohlp, and hurled themselves, not Into the
sen, but prono upon the decks! They
had conquered I The scattered, vagrant
fires, attacked In their infancy, while
still In the creeping ago, hnd been sub
dued. Darkness fell. A chill night air stole
out of the east, stealthily trailing tho
sun. Will o' tho wisp lights bespecked
the sea, surrounding the black hulk that
lay motionless In the center of the circle.
Lanterns In a score or more of small
boats bobbed fitfully In the gentle swell.
Presently lights appeared on board the
Doralne, one here, one there, then others
In twos and threes, some of thsm sta
tionary, others moving slowly from place
to place. The lifeboats crept closer,
still closer. Then, out from the silent
hulk, came the voice of man. It was
tho voice of the first officer, hoarse and
unrecognizable, but sharp with author
ity, Other voices repeated tho com
mands from varloua parts of the sblp
commands to the encircling will o' the
wisps.
(CONTINUED TOMOimOW)
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