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By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Copyright, I9t0, by Cleorge Ilarr McCutcheon
THIS RTAIITS Till', HTORV
.Captain Trigger commandi the
steamer Doiatnc, whose disappear'
ante while bound fiom n South Ameri
can port to the Vnited Htates with 7A0
passengers was n mystery. After the
i'csel teavs port, ilgrrnon Adonis
Peraval is brtmoM before. Capfrilii
THgger as a stouaway The captain
..Itirjfloii him as to hou he boaideit
"fe vessel and learns he eame aboard
eis a roal passer He irrtnl fo return
to the United Statis, and explains that
robbers have taken nil his montu
The rapfaln alio leanxs that tro deck
hands hate leoped from the ship and
he suspects a plot to xcreek the vessel
Perclval In put to work under guard
AVxf mornlnj; the wireless operator
reports his transmitter out of order.
Passengers are -tei roils and some
tarry around their jewcla for safety
W'hlln at work l'ci-dval is recognized
In Ruth Clinton She met him at a
dance. Shortly after he Is recognised
a series of explosions occur, killing
forty-six of the crew and passengers.
The ship remains afloat, however.
JJoth the captain and I'valwerr
among the injuria" Ruth Clinton
itressrs t'ercw al's voutiilrd nnruls
Three days pass, and not a sail has
been sighted 'the ship weathers one
cf the tivrifc storms of the sovthtrn
Atlantic, but springs a teak it me
Oboskv, a beautiful young Russian is
veiy frank in her arlmlrallcn of Per
rival She inquired ahmt h's wounded
hands and whether Miss Clinton still
dremrd them "Once a day," ho re
jil.cd. "She's even tifucl-lr than "
ir; Madame Obosky. ics becj .1
ah? believes ue are going to rffr
everj one of us ft takes pluck to keep
going when '-cu've not that sort of
thing to i,-. doesn't it"
AS!) lli:ili: IT CONTIN"l'KS
HEIl gesture took In tho dozen or more
.,. ivllhln rnnire of her vlHlon. "It
diould tako no morn piucK x ' e ii "
n-nmnn irolti than a man, my friend ,
woman going urnn a ' ' ?
Tou do not call ourwlf pluckj. 00 you.
I do not call m self plucky. On tne con
trnry. I call myself a cowarii.
afraid to stav In my stateroom I like
to be out In the optn like zlfl One hai
to bo very, very bi.m Mr Perch all. to
lie In one's bed all alone and think tint
death Is waiting. Just outside the thin
little wnlN Mini Clinton it. sp'endld, but
cho 1 not pluck She Is a 1 am:
afraid of the darkness afraid to be
alone, afraid to bo where sho cannot
If now nnd seo all sat Is happening. She
Vfin iv woman's courage Just as I havo It
ft vmi nleasn It It. me cournge that 1
.r,rf o much on tho courago of
others. You think I am nravc. 1
bravo becauso I am with trained, em
eu nt men Hut If the captain were to 1
come to me now, as I ptand here, and
nay zat the hhlp Is to sink In ten m'n
utes and that we all must go down with
her, would I faco It bratly? N'o ' I
would throw myself down on the floor
and scream and pray and tiar my hair
"Why? Because tho men had given up.
I am kept up by the courago of others
That Is tho courage of woman Sho m-st
bo supported In her piln, In her xuffer
lng. In her courage "
"Well. If you put It that y. there
re very 'w mn who would t4ke such
an announcement from thu c.ipuln
OAlmly "
"Perhaps not. m friend Uut If thero
were room for but fov. in the boats, who
would stay behind and go down with the
ship? Nine out of eery ten of tile
men Why Not because they are all
courageous, I grant ou, hut because of
tho horrible conceit that makes them our
masters Prldo and conceit constitute
what stands for courage In most mtn
Tho wild animal has no conceit, ho h.i?
no pride Does the male lion rush out
o bo shot In Pino of his mate? He do
r.ot Ho sneaks off in the high reeds and
leaves her to take cam of herself 1 ho
captain of this steamer In so full of prldi
r.it he will stay on It till It gois under
the wave, It 1m not courage. Mr. Por
ch all It is his pride In the power zat
Ait Uod has giv.i to his sex. Ihtse
men here you, my friend face the
danger now so unillnch ng for why Hi"
ausc for ages and nges you have he
'.levo in and depend upon the man besl le
ou, the mm around ou at is the
diffirence between man and woman.
Woman believes In and depends on man
She has no faith In her own sex So.
ou see. my friend, when I say I am
brave and you siy Miss Clinton 's
plucky, It is all bee us -e hae men
about us who are hi proud and con
ceited lit thev will die bifure they wi'l
admit that they are not as helpless and
as weik as we are in times like zls.
"You may be rleht." ho mused, struck
by her argument "It'H usually pride
that makes a man stand up and tight
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"You will admit then thi.t I under- 1
fund the wonderful mule .mlmai which j
i-tTUts on two legB and rules ,U1 the othur I
otilmnln of thi. world nh' It is the uiuy
animal In tho whole h g world rat th.it
Is completely satisfied with Itf-ilf So
iow. Mr Perchail. ou hao the secret
of tho so called courage of the maio of
our Bpccles ' ...
"I hope all women haven t gone Into
the subject so deeply," he said, with a
rueful smile "You mako rather binall
potatoes of us "
"Ah do w sav that she cried, "for,
alas. I nm denied potatoes "
"Well, then." he stld. laughing, "If
Ul women understood us as well ns you
do, we wouldn't rule the world very
much longer They'd yank us off the
pedestal and reille us fnreu rn.ore "
"But ou do net underst md women,
my friend lld we not tiring you Into
the world' An iuu not our sens an I
therefore begoitni to be klnga'' Wo may
despise our husbands, wo muj lo.ithi our
brothers and our fathers, wo wumm, but
our Bont, are the g ds we worship Mv
dear Mr. Perch .ill, women will go on
liilnir ruled to the tnd of t'me unless
'hev cease
populating tho world with
(Kins
'The mother or tne man ip. me nuin-
1 .r. nil- ..M...-
and jet the
kings of cm -
plest suriioci or ino son
proudest Tlie motheis o
nororo of nreslilenis- at. tney iriinn oi
them iia kings, emptrors, presidents "
No They think of them as sons That
Ss why man Is suprune That Is why
he rules To be sure, we women uro not
always disposed to huve our husbands
nile ; wo ceu go so far as to say they
ure not fit to rule, but alas' the u.tn
we are p-rmttted to know the best of all
are always the. sons of some ono tlje.,
and so tnere you naieint- ue cmun
Sons ' Rons Sons Sons ui 1 reate new
sons sons without enu, amen uou
blei our sons '"
"And I say God bbss our mothers'
"In that one llttlo sen'ence, Mr Per
ilTal, sjKike from the heart, jou haiu
reveal the secret history of the world
Tou have account for everything
'Tou are a million yam old, Madame
Obosky," he said, looking Into her deep,
unfathomable eyes
She smiled "So? And which of my
ivms. Mr Perclvall, do you think I loie
'he most? Cain or Abel"'
"It would take a woman to answer
'hat quentlon There h on- thing cer
tain, howeier You loved both of than
more than you loved Adam "
"True Hut I followed Adam out of
he Oarden of Kdim and I havo never
left his he' Is from rat day to this What
more could any mim ask""
On the second morning after tho
ntorm, the lookout fixed his str lining
t-yes on a far-distant shadowy lire that
'ial not been a purt of tht boundless
horizon tho day Lefore Dawn was
breaking night was lifting her sheet
from the new born day He waited He
. ould not lie sure Mtnutt that wtmed
Ike hours passed Then suddenly hid
bourse shout rose out of the sllenoe .
"Iind ho '"
Down Into tho heart of the ship I
boomed the cry. taken from tho look-1
out's llpo by one after another of the
vreary men below The sweating, ex
hausted tollers who manned the pumps
paueed for a momtnt, then fell to work j
again revltallrtd Out from the cabins,
n from iivprv nook anil corner t.f flin
ship seramblid the esclted horde, fully
dressed, thtli fates tuiggurd with doubt,
their tyes aglow with Joy Land ! In
every round little window gleamed a
fane for a moment only along the port
Id. Nothing but the name, cndl ss
oeean on the port side of tho ship.
"Water I Sick and wounded drew Uiem-
relvpn up to tlio portholes nnd peered
out from their cello for tho first tlmo.
"Whero? Where? Where?" ran the
wild, cngcr cry of the scurrying throng,
nnd tliero linn disappointment bitter
disappointment In their voleos. They nnd
hen tricked There was no land in
sight ' The glasses o' the ship's officers,
clustered fr forwnrd, ero directed to.
narrt itimi point off the Htarboanl bow,
hut If there wan land over there It wnn
not visible to the naked eye A Junior
eiiKlncer saluted Captain TrlBKcr and
left the Kroup.
"Tliero Id land aheada lonK way
oir," ii announced as he passed througn
the throng In the saloon deck.
'U nho tho clamor of tpictlonn
shouted from all sides as tho crazed peo
plo Hocked behind tho messentter of
hope, rose tho 0lC0 of Morris Slilno.
"Lund ahoy! Ahoyyoy-yoy I' nc
lld nfr nnd over apaln. his chin
ralied like that of a doff baying nt the
moon .
Utery peroon on deck was cither
earning a lifebelt or was already ett
ensed In on", Orlm orders of tho nlRbt
Just past Here and thero were to be
scpn men who clutched tltthtly the
handles of suitcases nnd kit bnics hvl
dtntly they wero expecting to stop
Ps
nshoro nt once In any caac, they bo
loiuteil to the class of pooplo who never
fall to crowd their way down tho gang
P'nnk ahead of ovrry one else. Tho
fashlonnbjo ocean liner? alwaye have
pilto a. number of these on board, In
arlably In tho first cnbln,
IVrcUnl ranged tho decks In quest of
Ituth Clinton Sho was well at on the
boat d'ek. where tho rail was not so
-owded as It was forward Her arm
vas Hbout the drooping, pathetic figure '
of her aunt They were staring Intently ,
out over tne water tne gins ngure
erect, vibrant allvo with the spirit of
outh, htr companion's sagging under
lif doubt and skepticism of age. He
hesitated a moment before nccostlng
them Nlrklritlck, the Jew, was excited-
iy rct.illlnt,- news to them Ho wnt bo
far as to declare that ho could boo land
qult( clearly and so could they If they
0J1, ,ook nctl. wllcr ,10 WIU1
polntlnu. He claimed to have been one
or tno very iirst men on uonru 10 scj
tho land.
Ruth was hntless Her braided brown
hair had been colled so hastll, so
thougthlessly that Htray strands fell
loooo about her neck nnd rars to be
b'own ravlv bv the bree7" across her J
chek Her blouie was open at the neck,
her blue sorgo Jacket tlar d In the wind
Kverv vcatlv'i of the warm, soft color
had left her lice. She was death' pale
with (motion '
Perchal was suddenly conscious of1
u mist bedlmmlng his eyes.
heicrai people were groupci near 1
them at the rail, listening
to iMCKieSUCIS. 1
The stowawnv Joined thorn
,s f senr-
Ing his presence. Huth turned suddenly
nnd Raw him
"Oh !" she cried, tremulously. "Havo
h.iie you seen It. Mr Perchnl?"
"No" he replied. "It won't be visible
for n.11 hour or so longer It'H off there
all right, though Tho lookout, Captain
Trigg r and scleral others got a glimpse
of It before the sun began to pull the
mist up to obscure It for 11 llttlo whlb.
That's mist oer there" he went on,
turning to Nlrklestkk "You couldn't 1.00
tho Andes mountains If they wrn where
that atrip o land In hidden It wont
bo long, Mln Clinton, before wo nil utfi
eee It."
"How far nway In It?" sho naked,
controlling her voice with nn effort "Do
they know? Can they estimate""
"I'll t 11 ou what let'u do," ho 'aid
abrupt!. ' L't's go up on tho sun deck.
I'lo got Mr fir.iy's glasses Wo can hcj
up there. Let me assist iou. Mrs
Spofford The sun deck Is pretty badly
smashed up and lltter'd with all sorti
of wreckage, but we can manage It all
rleht "
Mrs Spofi'ord looked at him Intently
for a mom. nt
"I romenibir you now," she said "Are
you sure are ou positive there U land
ovr there? '
"I have Captain Trigger's word for
it"
"And mine too," added Mr. N'icklo
ith k "You ma rest assured, Mrs Spof
ford, that wo will nil bo on diy land
before, in.inj hours."
Perctval leaned close to tho tpe.ik.r
and said In 11 ory low but emphatic
tone-
"You don't know a thing about It, so
keep your mruth rhut If jou'ro
a man, ou won't go on raising false
hopes In the breasts of these women "
Nli kkstlck's J.iw fell He whispered.
"You don't ineun t say thero Is n
chnnco we won't be able to "
H'lt I'erclv.il hnd turned awny with
the two women Mrs Spofford took his
arm. linnlng he;vlly against him Ilor
llgure hid strnlghten-d. howeier Ho
had ghon her tho nettled coufldem.!'.
They made thf Ir way up the steps li ail
ing to tho topmost deck others had al
ready preceded them A dozen m-in and
women were looking out over the sen.
through their binoculars They recog
nlred handover, Madnmo CarenhAmorl
(clutching her Jewel case), Joseppl, K tts
! nd onor two more. Olga Obosky wo.
well forward, "eated on the rdire of 11
paitiauy wrecked sk light nnd ventila
tor Her thrio dancing girls were w 1th j
her closely grouped
Tetchnl purposely remained near the
steps. He kn'.-w full well that the ship's'
hours were numbered. It was only a I
question of time when who would
founder In tho lee of one of the big.
Ulnpbn tlinv ll.lritlnrl nlrttj.i Innillu nn.l
...-.. . ..v .,uuui.i .wrn bi'f, C.irl UIIU
waited for the lifting of the veil 'Hie
wind was soft but strong up thero at the
top of the vessel He took hope In the
fnct that It was blowing toward the
shores of that unseen land, and that
slowly but surely tho Doralno was drlft
'ng thither
Suddenly, ns If a. curtain wero being',
raised a far-off line nnpeared on tho
surfnr of the waters. Higher rose the1
curtain, und like miglc the lino doel-!
fipid ir to an Irregular ridge the ends
if which s.uik In 1 n the horizon fur to,
too rU'ht nn.l 1 ft
lr iol r..r tii . plrli hind tm hi;
-i" Ho hhot a nwift glar.co at her face
t was turn-d uwii' She was stnrlng at
the mvstl. ptnoninui that was blng un-
vHe.l off the-e in the rim of tho world
I Her es were bright her lips were
1 pancu 111 tne ecstasy of hope, revived,
sue was preatntng deeply. The pulse In
'iiv ,n I'l I-MLIIIIIK OoejIlV. IIIO pUISC in1
1 her smooth whi'o neck w-is heating rnp-1
1 rllv rhvthinloallv He could see It He
laid )ih b.iii.Ingeil hand firmly upon hop.i
and pressed It tiehth to his arm Shi
lid not look mound Her verv thought 1
w-s cerler-il upon the unfolding vision
"There are treep " tne murmured en-I
thralled "Trees nnd hills I See, Auntie
but oh how far awav they are"' I
l"or mini minutes they stood theisl
tt'lr fount utw 1 lr r rr TVi r.m nv ll i.i
rKmo tlio clamor of voires-! outs ? !
, rhers lauchter Sho loolte.l A '
nt tho clumsy oblect that Imprisoned
her hand, then swiftly up Into his tyen.
.1 w;irmiiiiii uprrnn over ner face.
"I t coultln'' help It " he muttered.
"P- It bviktd sodielpless"
"It Isn't half an helpless ns yours. Mr
Perclv.il," rho said, nnd smiled She
waited a moment beforo withdrawing
her hand ' Mnv I have tho glassve,
pleaso' ITnd ou forgotten them?"
' Completelv " he replied
Later, while Mrs Spofford wan poor-1
ing through the glasses, fho drew him
as'de j
"Tell me ntiout tho v ater In the hold" i
she f.rild In n lew tone "Is It serious'"'
He looked (rrnve "Very If vou will ,
tni.e a peep over tho side or the ship,
vtiu'll seo how low down she In In the
wnter"
"Mv aunt doesn't know the ship Is
leaking." she went en hurriedly. "T
want to keep. It from her 119 Isng an
possible" He nodded his head.
"Mr Mott fleure we'll stnv nflnnt for
tnri or twtlvn hours mavho longer I
will seo to It that you and Mrs Spofford
get Into one of tho boats In rase we
well Just In caw, vou know We will be
elven ample warning Miss Clinton.
Things don't look as hopeless ns thev
lid Inst night " He pointed toward the
land "It looks like hesven, doesn't It?"
Her face clouded "But only a very
few of us may " she stopped, shud
dering. "You poor little girl1" ho cried broken
lv Ho stenrtled hlmaelf nnd went on1
'It lyoiildn't surprlre me In the Unst If
1 every bleasexl one of us (rot safely
1 nhoro"
1 "You do not hetiovn that, Mr Perclval.
I I can tell by the look In vour nv t
want you to promise me ono thin If wu
have to tnke to the boats, von uiii xnm. 1
with us "
1 (CONTINUED TOMOIIROW)
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