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West Wind Drift
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By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Copyright, Hit, by Oterg Sen- UcOuteheeit
THIS STARTS MB STOAT
Captain Trigger commands the
tteamtr Deraine, whett disappear disappear
ettee teMIe bound from a Beuth Amer
ican pert te the United Btatetwith
110 pattengert tea a my tt try. After
the vessel Uavet pert, Algernon
Adenis Pereival t brought before
Captain Trigger ae a ttewaway. The
eeptain Question him at te hew he
learded the vtssel and learnt he
came aboard a a coal patter. He
wants te return te the United Btates,
tt'l explaint that rebben have taken
alt hit money. ' captain alto learn
that tme deekhandt have leaped from
the ship end he tuspeete a plot te
week the vessel Ptrdval is put te
work under' guard, Next morning the
wireless optrater repertt hi trantmit
ter out of order. Passengers are nerv'
out and some carry around their
itwels for tafety, While at work Per
elvai U recegnUed by Ruth OUnten.
Bhertlv after he is reoegnUtdattriet
of etplotient occur, killing ferty-fUe
et the crew and pattenaert. The thip
remains afloat. Beth the captain and
rercival were among the injured.
Ruth Clinten dresses Pereival'
wounded hands. The ship weather; one
of the tirrlfle ttermt of the teuthern
Atlantic, but tpringt a leak. Mme.
Obesky, a beautiful young Russian, is
very frank in her admiration of Per.
rival. Jul t as the situation is tritteel
land U ttghttd, and the Deraine
Wreundt in a tarreu channel between
Hetmail islands. There toeffWiy
the steerage passengers in their ex
Moment te leave the ship threaten
muHny. rerciial again proves htm
stl the man for the emergency and
quells the outbreak,
AND nHBE rr cektijiITEs
ii i t.t, rlrht captain. X give In. Per.
Av., veu aM right I suppose It
would be butchery."
There were a, few In the crowd who
understood English. These edged for--...,
.airerly. hopefully. They called
-i nroUitatlens against the "laugh
ter."
Tell them you have reconsidered.
Jfr. Ptrdval," said the captain. "They
ere te remain en beard,"
Excited shout went up from the few
who understood, and then the word went
among the ethers that they were te Te
spared. There were cries of relief, Jey,
gratitude, and net a few foil upon thelr
knees!
Perclval steed forth once mere. al
ienee fell upon the throng.
'The captain has put In a plea for
you, and I have decided te grant It
Teu may remain en beard. New. listen
te me! Ne ene Is te leave this ship until
tomorrow morning. We are safe here.
We are stuck fast en the bottom, and
nothing can happen te us at present
Tomorrow we will eee what Is beet te
b done. Every man and woman here Is
te return te the task he was given by
Mr. Mett at the beginning of our
troubles. We've get te eat, and sleep,
tnd Walt a minute 1 Well, all right
beat It, If you feel that way about
It-
He steed watching them as they ex
citedly withdrew toward the bow of the
h!p, breaking up Inte chattering groups,
all of them talking at once.
Captain Trigger laid his hand en the
young man's dheulder.
"If It had net been for you, Perclval,
this deck would new be red with bleed
' and some of us would be dead. Teu
" nei a very ticklish situation. I take
iff my hat te you, and I say, with a
full heart, that I shall never again doubt
li'teur ability te handle men. Ne one but
In American could have tricked that
mob as you did, my lad.l'
Bem various points of vantage the
foregoing scene had been witnessed by
uneasy, alarmed persons from the upper
eablns. Overwhelmed and dismayed by
the rush of the yelling mob, the elect
had fled for tafety, urged by a. greater
fear than any that had Kene before
the fear of rioting men.
A few of them, mere darlnc and in
quisitive than the rest, had ventured
recklessly Inte the xone of danger.
Among them were Iluth Clinten and
Madame Olga Obesky, who, disregard
ing the command of Mr. Mett, were the
eniy women te venture beyond the pro
tecting comer of the deck building.
They steed side by side, braclnar them
selves against the downward slope of
me aecK. tiaicway forward were Trig
ger and the armed gunners, and beyond
them the dense. Irresolute mass of hu
manity. Perclval, In rounding the cor
ner te go te the assistance of Captain
Trigger, observed with dismay the ex ex
peied position In which the two women
had placed themselves. He paused te
cry out te them ahwply:
-.vnai are you doing nere7 (Jet back
te the ether side. Can't you see there
is likely te be ehoetlngT Don't stand
there like a couple of Idiots I You're
right In line If that gang begins te Are."
"Ha In tA&rlnnr nff hla lismln Ait ' nTA
Jluth, as Perclval hurried en.
Madame Obesky wa silent, her gaie
JUed Intently en the brisk, aggressive
Jhrure of the man who had called them
ldletfl. She understood every word he
Uttered te th Pertll-iiAmj 17i va
glletened with pride when he stepped
'Yrward te taekle the mob single-handed,
m us ne went en with astonishing
speech she actually breke Inte a. soft
giggle. Her companion looked at her
re amazement
'Why de you laugh?" she demanded
fetly. "These dreadful creatures may
'ear him te pieces. He Is unarmed and
defenseless, They could eweep him "
Yeu would laugh also If you under under
eo011' 'Interrupted Olga, her eyes dano dane
n,fv ..Ph! whlt a grand what de you
CIIll It7 nlllff? Whtl a m.i.nlflA.n, 1.1
Is doing I It Is beautiful. See they
wnuper among themselves they have
pick down completely. Walt I I will
them " yU What h haVa 'aii t0
never 1rfLmiu1 nnv tvifin MMilit k
AO fearUM- T.nM u aa- .u.i
they 35,0r ar ocere" et them and
"Pooh I tin ,.i .,.... u. ...!.
I "tend Un and flcht them If thv i-ii.Vi.rt
i" hlra? Net he I He would turn and
I run as fast an ha mhih ti t nn tnnt
I my dear. He Is a very intelllrent man.
l!Ji.',T0U,d. rw " they make a single
move tewnril h m '
"I thlhV hl. I- . .,
f i.. .V11" " r"ier b peer nine
ewCtus.8 h.lm of cowardice, Madame
Obesky, In vlew of what he "
;.lav? 1 oceused him of cowerdloer
Ym, "H? ,0 knew what you call It
.''jy he would run If they "
Tt i.,,Mtllat .W0I1 net be cowardice.
tnen sense. He Is ee verv euro of him.
?h, i u,net cournge. It Is cenfldence.
feel tl? . 8trencth. He would be a
han,t., i .z" ' """"" et mem empty
: Mavh. 'iihey wre te charge upon him.
ion .WThtn you hRV knewnhlm si
IdDgT an I httv -,vis ...in --ii. &.. t
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ienSJ"V ?"'-. P?!va as long, If net
"Vn . ""?". "ave
Jelneii .I,- ti . Knew n,m nt " re.
I Please MnfSvlnn brusquely, "ne still,
them nL,W f'.?P.r h" he Is saying te
her arm riS8S " ,l UnA Ia,(, h,r h ""
you t i' J Ferelve me. if I was rude te
fi?u: -1 a.m se ery much elder ihu r
niSx.sK.s?.ra-W'v.s":r
nw iite uvtterf
Sbpsky 'i'runljr"8l' ? 4 Madame
aSTS.' nrl-f.,,AwArP-t least twice
.Ana i fcm twenty-slx."
re Xeralm?" .Pftn'en. "Se They
m "! n.t ready te ke baev n th
KslstlSV,j,ltt, th8 Amer lean rlrlT
Shet rJhl hZ$. .?. " "Why
everr ' " w ,n8 "riger Is
Ws her7 i -a Vir" Fet-. mm. eaten
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tehment "nut surely ytra heard him
tell im te go back te the ether side. Teu
heard him call us Idiots, Miss Clinten r
And nuth Clinten suffered herself te
be hurried Incontinently around the cor
ner of the deck building.
"Once, In Moscow, I saw irraria
duke confront mob of students who
had gathered In the street near W
house. They were armed and they had
come te destroy this man himself. There
were hundreds of them. He walked
straight toward them, his head ereet, hU
shoulders squared, and when they stop step
ped, he spoke te them as If they were
legv. When he had finished he turned
his back upon them and walked away.
They might have filled him with bullets
but they did net lire a shot. At the
corner he enured bis carriage and die
appeared. And then what did he deT He
fainted, that grand duke, he did. Fainted
like a stupid, silly young glrL
"But while he was standing before sat
that mob of terrorists lie was the
strongest man In Russia. Nevertheless,
m alrald of them. Teu hare, there
iSr8' JJ? curious spectacle te perceive.
Miss Clinten, of one man being afraid
of hundreds, and of hundreds of men at
the same time being afraid of one. Man,
he U a Queer'anlmel7ehT"
It was net long before the doubts and
rears of all en beard the Deraine gave
JSJIi t0-.a ", unnatural state of
exhilaration. It represented joy with
out happiness, reUef without security,
exultatfen without conviction for, after
all, there still remained unanswered the
ft-v.10??! thttJ,?b,Kd eytr eenatlen of
hthr,11J .uWll"8Jth'r wera lntnK the
hymns of thanksgiving In the saloon that
URht, and listening w the fervent pray pray
e5BJ.wh.ye. the' ,e. drank and were
.ra.0JIY,...t?Alrlleu"htJ wre nt of the
day but of the morrow. What of the
morrow? in the eyes of every one who
laughed and sang dwelt the unchanging
snaaew of anxiety; en every face was
viuiiuim an expression mat spoke mere
p alnly than words the deubte and mis
Klvinn that constituted the background
of their Jubilation. They had escaped
i5?.elJblitW0.uld thy ever escape the
lanur M&rt linn In mrtmnrw. tr. tt..l maw.-
plalntji Ud prayers, directed them te a
land from which the hand of man would
ever rescue them? Were they isolated
"'? jn ui uniraversea southern seas.
caet upon an Island unknown te the
er.tne werid7 Or were they. en the
Other hand. Within rjh nt hlimin turan.
clen by which the world might be made
tuunrawa witn weir piightr
Uppermost In every mind was the lcJe-
e.i.m rocetteouon, newever, tnat for day
they had ranged the sea without sight
ing a single eraft They were far from
H"LV:avS!sdl IanA ""y wre out of the
worth-whlle world. Hepe rested solely
... uiwiumijr uj uie niue ana ter-
eStS hid from VlW flu hnitaM mnA
wharves of a desolate little sea-town set
fipi.i K. n? rir-reaching peepla of the
lirltlsh Isles.
The story of Perclval'e achievement
S5i n.uL.lenF ,n elnf th rounds. It
went through the customary process of
elaboration. Dy the time It reached his
eare-rtnreugh "e Instrumentality of
Mr. oterris Hhlne, the motion-picture
K.''i ?aa wumed sufficient
magnitude te draw from that enterpris
ing gentleman a bona fide offer of quite
a large sum for the film rights in case
7u XSSX wem1 .re te re-enact
the thrllllna' mnm In--. mm T-. .
Sir. Bhlne. having recovered his astute
ness and his courage simultaneously,
was already working at the preliminary
details of the most "stupendous" picture
ever conceived by man. HI deepest la
ment new was that he had neglected te
bring a geed camera mun down from
irew Yerk, se that en the day of the
the people
and drown-
he did net
tllA fmlllil Ii wan
uvuie- ie get a seat in one or the life
boats) and the wounded scattered ever
the decks, the fire, the devastation, the
departure and return of the beats, the
storm, and all that followed. Including
himself In certain judiciously preserved
scenes, and the whole production could
have been mode at practically no cost
at all. There never had been such un
opportunity, -complained Mr. -Shine the
moment he felt absolutely certain that
the opportunity was a thing of the cast.
:'re wonder he get eway with lOatd
eir. inaever te a group of rejuvenated
satellites. "He Is hand In gleve with
them, that fellow Is. I weudln't trust
him. around the corner. Why It's per.
fectly plain te anybody with a grain of
Intelligence that he's the leader of that
gang of anarchists. All he had te de
.was te Bpeak te them In their own
language, mind you and back they
slunk te their quarters. They obeyed
him because he Is their ohesen leader.
and that's all there la te this what
say, Flttar
Mr. Fttts, who was net a satellite but
ft, very Irritating Christian gentleman,
cleared his threat and seld:
"I didn't speak, Mr. l,andever. I al
ways make a noise like that when I
yawn. It's an awfully middle-class habit
I've gotten Inte. Still, don't you think
ene obtains a little mere shall we say
enjoyment a llltla- mero enjoyment
out of a yawn If he let go and puts
his whole soul into It? Of course. It Isn't
really necessary te utter the 'hl-he-
huml' aulte ee veclfemuelv an I ilntn
faet. It might even be better te emit It
altogether If possible when some ene
else Is speaking. There ere, I grant you,
ether ways of expressing one'e com
plete mastery of the art of yawning.
Bueh as a prolonged but audible sigh,
or a sort of muffled howl, or even a ser
ies of blissful little shrieks peculiar te
the feminine of the species any one of
these, I admit. Is a trifle mere elegant
and up-te-date, but they all lack the
splendid resonance you might even say
grandiloquence of the old-fashioned "ht-he-hum
I1 te-which I am addicted. New,
If you will consider " '
''Great Scott 1" exclaimed the hanber.
"Who wants te knew anything about I
yawr.r?" I
Mr. Pitt! looked nurt. "I am Mm 1
My mistake. I thought you were trying
te change the subject when you Inter
rupted my yawn."
rTIt fellow's a dam' feel." said the
Banker, as Fltts strolled off te join an
other group.
"Tr one of these cigars, Mr. Land,
ever, "said Mr. Nlckle.itlck persuasively.
"Of course, they're nothing like the Ulnd
you smoke, but "
"Is mine out? Se It Is. Ne, thank
you. I'll take a match, however, If you
have one about you."
Four boxea were hastily thrust upon
the great financier.
"Haf you noticed hew peer the
matches are lately. Mr, Landever?" com
plained Mr. Sleck.
"As for this vagabond being superin
tendent of a mining concession up m
Belivia." continued Iandever, absent
mindedly sticking Mr. Nlcklestick's pre
cious box of matches Inte his own
pocket, "that's all peppy-cock. He's an
out-and-out adventurer. Yeu can't feel
me. I've handled tee many men In my
time. I slsed him up right from the
Mart. Dut the devil of It Is lie's get
all the offleern en this beat hypnetised.
And most of the women, tee I made It
a point te speak te Mrs. Hporrerd and
MX vMr WU COtrAEHY
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her niece about him this morning and
the peer girl lias been making quite a
feel of herself ever him, you may have
observed. Mrs. Spofford owns quite a
bleak of stock In our Institution, se I
considered It my duty te put a flea In
her ear. If yeu-see what I mean."
"Certainly, certainly," said Mr. Nlclcle
Btick. "She should have been grateful," said
Mr. Bleck.
Mr. handover frowned. "I'm going te
apeak te her again en seen as she has
regained her strength and composure.
Nerves all shot te pieces, you under
stand. Kverythtng distorted r ehet
te pieces, as I say,
"I dare say I slieuld have mere sense
than te er ahem 1 two or three days'
rest, that's what she needs, peer thing."
"Absolutely," said Mr. Nlcklestlck.
"Yeu can't tell a woman anything
when she's upset," said Mr, Bleck, feel
ingly. "Miss Clinten Is a very charming
young iaay," saia ir. iMiciciestieK, giv
ing rui
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should hate te see her lese her head
ils mustache a slight twist
ever a. fellow like him."
"She Is a splendid girl," aald Land Land
ever warmly, "One of the eldest fam
ilies In New Yerk. She deserves noth neth
Inr but the best"
'That's right, that's right- assented
Mr. Nlcklestlck. "I don't knew when
I've met a mere charming young lady,
Mr. Landever,"
"I didn't knew you had met her," ob
served the banker coldly.
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Nlcklestlek
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