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West Wind Drift
tfy GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
CepvrteM, ltlO, by Oeoret Bare IScCutchten
THIH 8TAIITK T1IK hTOUV
Captain Trigger commands the
ewe uM'e bound from n Hauth Amir-
(ran perr e umiea aimes fetti
y 7iff peitcnpcra was a mystery. After
it tht vessel leaves pert, Algernon
a AJnnla Perclval la broueht before
Captain Trigger as a stdwaway. The
i. captain questions him as te hew he
' bearded the viseel anil teams he
' camt aboard as a coat passer. lie
W tants te return te tne umtea mates,
f) awl explains that robbers have taken
til. Ill J TIIITH-il. .'. 1V IWMIO
Jnaf I ice deckhands have leaped from
tht ship and he suspects a plot te
irreck the vessel. 1'trclval is put te
uerk nm?er guard. Next morning the
vlrtltts opirAler reports hi$ transmit-
H Kr VCI " ""toil M m- .V . 1- ..I 'I ,.L. V-
( OHO UIIII eu'iiw Vl IW1.1 imvii
leicrU or safety. White at work Par
iiifli is recoenlaed bl Huth Clinten.
f Shortly after he Is recegnltid a series
!i e MPfo'ew occur, fcflllnfl ferty-ilx
1 . . .. .. A tfj.lt. I, f . f M f...ti
i r.rrluel were among the injured.
f Ruth Olliifen dresses Pereival's
t wounded hands. The ship weathers one
V, of the ttrrifle storms of the southern
ii Atlantic, but tprings a leak. Itme.
fl Obesky, a beautiful young llusslan, is
I eni frank in her admiration of Per-
h land i sighted, and the Deralne
0 creunds in a narrow channel between
Vitwe small islands. There is a crisis as
VI the steerage passengers in their ex
Si dtenient te leave the ship threaten
V .-.,11.,., Vrrrtt.nl analn oreves him-
$itlf the man for the emergency and
euciis inn tewww
AND HKTIK IT CONTINOK8
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UnLT the next morning, rerclvaJ
turned out long befere there were
Vwy oeunds from the nallcy or dtnlng dtnlng dtnlng
froem. The sun tuu? net yet cleared the
fireeteps te the east: the decks of the
Jberalne were still wet with dew. A few
a'ler were abroad ; a dull-eyed Junier
fefflcer moodily plclted his way through
debris en the forward dcclc Birds
were ringing and chattering in tne trees
li'that lined the shore ; down at the
IFjwatcr's edge, like eentlnels en duty, with
I j'vt e always upon the strange, glgan-
'tle Intruder, strutted a number or siate-
jly, brlght-plumaged birds of the flamln flamln
i(je arlety (doubtless they were fla fla
'inlnrees) : the blue surface of the basin
f Vas aprlnltled with the myriad wnue.
jgleimlng backa of winged flshermen,
Ulvlng, flapp'ng, swirling; en high, far
J&bove the hills, seared two or thrce huge
VblriJs with wings euiapreaa nna rigiu.
y XilO OlJWJf IVMIGU VII k.W lV. k .
tuii flxed his gaze upon the crest of the
'nvercd hill, apparently the tallest of
the half dozen or se that were visible
from his poe'tlon.
5 With powerful glasses he studied the
weeded slope. This hill was probably
twelve or fourteen hundred feet high.
I-Jlle thought of It as a hill, for he had
llred long In the heart of the towering
IrAsdes. Behind him lay the belt of
.Voedland that separated the basin from
Mhe open sea, a scant league away. The
l;eltft through the h'll lay almost dlrect-
lily ahead. Its walls apparently were
I perpendicular; a hundred feet or less
lrem the pinnacle, the opening spread
lout consmeraeiy indicating lanasuaes at
leme remote period, the natural slouch sleuch
I'.tes off of earth and stone In the forma
tien of this narrow, unnatural passage
ithreuEh the very center of the Uttle
taeunta'n. Fer at least a thousand feet.
I lewever, the sides of the passage rose as
' ttralght as a wall. That the mountain
'iwjs of solid rock could net be doubted
' liter a single Rlance at thone sturdy.
. imfllnfhtnir wnlln. Vilnrlf nnrt nhftpr.
j "'e, what de you make of It?" ln
jOUIred a elce at his elbow, lie turned
,'te find Mr. Mett stand'ng beslde him.
"narthqunke," he replied. "Thousands
it years age, of course. Split the Island
.tmnlfAlv In twn
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.i bounds nlauslble. musefl the nrst
'eftlctr. "But If that U the case, hew
I'ide you account for the shallowness of
the water In the passage and out here
la the baeln? An earthquake violent
neugh te split that litll would make n
I '.crack In the earth a thousand fathoms
'fltep."
"I have an Idea that If we took sound
..urs In this basin we'd find a election
"twenty or thlrlv font wldn In th renter
Ijef It where we couldn't touch bottom.
'Tht same would be true of the passage
lf w plumbed the middle. When we
..earns through It the ehlp scraped bet-
I'lem time and again. As a matter of
Ijflct the way I figure it out she was
I (Imply bumelnr eealnat the uener edarei
if a crevloe that readies down Qed
Lknewa hew far. We took no soundings,
I Wn will remember, until we swung out
.late this peel I'll bet my head that
.that cut through the hill yonder Is a
ratle deep, earthquake fissure seldom
(CO deeper than that. I've heard. Ren.
I erally they are mere surface cracks, n
Hundred feet deep at the outside. Hut
this one My Ged. It kIvch me the
creeps, that crack In the earth does."
X'mph!" said Mr. Mett, his elbows
9 the rail beside the young man, his
thin In h's hands. He was looking down
M the water. "Cnntaln Trltrirer la ulan-
Jilng te send a. couple of beats outside
te turvey the coast. I dare say he'll
le asking you te go out In ene of them.
You're a civil engineer and se he
feels"
"Excuse me, Mr. Mett, but what's the
ne of Bending beats out te explore
the coast befere we find out hew big
the 'aland la?"
w,nat the beiu.6? Why. hew are
: te nna out hew big the Island 1b un
lets we make the clreult of It7 And
new in thunder are we te find out that
there isn't a village or some sort of
Jfdlng port-en It What are you point
"K up there for?" '
.J P"?11'8 ,flnK" was leveled at the
meuntaii ,,B,f f tha blsectea
"9- .;.. Cm. .. .. ... ... ..
1... - , ' l nl"' wr- met well, un-
ii?flWtre ,n a Earned sight bigger Is-
tint ti,M1 l ,,hlnk w are. we can see
K n end of It te the ether from
ciimn w "" niu. it isn't much of a
7'. A few hunkles with axes te cut
S,yi through the underbrush, and we
-bn n...i ."wu , 4v nuurii. 4 ve
Men figur'ng it out. That's why I get
ugni. The bennlhln h no- n .i m
'S8 aref 0ft"" V.? !?.. h.ve ft
i',V,!r ln.e.8ht of It. I suppose It's be-
!ndlubber
i.i." . an Old sea. deer anil nni n
MHl 1
'hThe. rrniilf r. t.i. ..
fnrm.tl . "'" """VPlTBllOn WBS
aenilo"-et a Prtyef explorers te
' hore Z, ,,ul"?,n' . .Tny wre sent
Xed li1" hreakfaat, well armed,
na th V.. """'. ""iryey'nif instrument!.
prcrvaw.;,7nwe"",Jf '"'" en beard.
w miila Y.w. 1 w"""1""'". -iiiu party
themem VLef ft d0"n me' "" of
il'". irem the min rnm ...Itl. .in
t the nii,rDl "" 00.n. ns 8n Itanied
r.Wclwl and inl.i i '" "' "ought out
Ms.haHn J'm i'n,,.lstel upon rbandaglng
Wultnet ,ate'aH.that tantU
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iJbr.iiilSVrt' ..
nave Tthm ihC.0Uf h.0(S; "l tany he would
will011!8"1 of lt ln Bed t'"1'."
In time l.ca,"J Ll? decn't th'nk of It
Sr 5!:.ou "Bht suggest It te him,
of bruihwoed with your hands unpro
tected," she declared, obstinately shak
ng her head In response te his objec
tions. "Don't be foellBh. Mr Perclval.
It went take nie flve minutes te wrap
them up. Hit down I Inslat. Yeu are still
one ei my patlenU. ICeld out your
IlllllU i
"They are ever no much belter," he
iJivini-iru, out ne eueyea ner.
"Of ceuiiw they arc." nhe nereed. In
a tnatter-ef.fnet tone "Yeu did net give
me a rnancs msi nignt te tell you hew
iplMnlId ou were In tackling that crasy
rnnii. I vltncspfd It all, you knew. Ma Ma
ilanie Obepky and I."
Thrn. veu didn't beat It when I told
von te. eh?"
"Certainly net What are you gelnir
in no aueut it?
"What can I de7 I can only nav thin
I'm glad Captain Trigger's opinion of me
in hnsiHl en mv ability te rmunn with mi
Ignorant mob and net en my power te
Intimidate a ceuple of very Intelligent
vuiiK women.
"I wouldn't hnvn mlnf1 It fnr worlde.'
she said coolly. She looked up Inte his
eyen, a slight frewn puckering her brew.
"De you knew, Madame Obesky had the
Impertlnence tn say that you would
have turned tall and fled If tliose peeple
had shown fight."
He grinned. "Shc'rf nn amaxlnir nersen.
Isn't she? Wonderful faculty for slxlng
hip most et us up."
"Yen would have run?"
"Like a rabbit," he answered, una
uasnea. "Thafs a llttle tee tight 1
think. Miss Clinten. Would you mind
enscning it up a bit?"
"Oh. I'm serrv. Is that better? New
the ether one. Dlease."
"Vce. I'm an awful coward," ?ie nala,
:tiier a long "iience.
. Mho looked up quickly. Something ln
hln eyca brought n faint flush te her
cnecK. j.er a second or two. she met his
Knze steadily and then hsr eyes fell,
but net befere he had caught the shy,
wemlcrlnir expression that suddenly
filled thorn. Hn experienced an almost
Jincontrellnblo desire te lay his clumsy
imiiu uiMjn tne son, rmoetn Drewn .nair.
Through his mind flaahed a queer rush
ui cninpnnsen. jii recalled tne ilarK,
knowing eyes of the Russian dancer.
mysterious and seductlve man-readln?
eyeH irem wnicn netning was concealed
una contrasted tnem wim the clear,
honest, blue-gray orbs that still could
fall In sweet confusion His heart bfgan
te pound furiously, he felt 6. queer tight,
enlng of the threat He nas nfrald te
truirt his voice. Hew whlte and soft and
gentle were her hands and hew beau
tiful they were.
Suddenly she stroked the bandaged
hand as nn amiable manicurist might
have done and arose.
"There!" she Bald, composedly. Her
cheek was cool nnd unflushcd, her eye-i
serene nnd smiling. "New you may go,
Mr. Perclval Geed luck! Bring back
geed news te us. I dreamed Inst night
that we were marooned, that we would
have te stay here forever."
"All of uar he asked, a trllle thickly.
"Certainly" Bhe replied, after tlu
moment required for comprehension Her
ryey wero suddenly cold nnd uncompro
mising. "If I never come back," he began,
somewhat dashed. "I'd like you te ro re ro
membT nlwnvs, Mss Clinten, that I
oil, that I am the most grateful deg
nllve. You've been corking."
"But It Isn't rcsflble you won't coma
back," she cried, and he was happy te
se a flicker of alarm ln her eyes. "What
what could happen te you? It Isn't "
"Oh, all sorts of things." he broke In
much In the same spirit ns that which
dominates the boy who wishes he could
die In order te punish his parents for
correcting him.
"Aw are you really In earnest?"
"Would cu care very much?"
She hesitated. "Haven't I wished you
geed luck, Mr. Ferclval?"
"Would you mind answering my ques
tion?" "Of ceurse I should care very mdch
Indeed," ehe replied calmly. "I am bum
that everybody would be terribly grieved
If anything were te happen te you out
mere. ,
wen rroedpy. wins Clinten. I guess
nicy re WHiung ler me
"Qoed-by. Oh, hew I wish I were In
your place ! Just te put my feet en the
blcfscd, green earth once mera. Cond-
ny Ana and ceed luck, iiirnln"
"If you will take a pair of glasses and
watch the top of that hill thcre la u
bare knob up there, you sets you will
knew long befere we come back whether
thM Ifieiid Is Inhabited or net. I am
taking n American flag with me. If we
'in ne: fM (inetiur nag nentlng any-"Hf-re
en this island. I intend te nlant
the Stars and Stripes en that hill just
ler mat!
She walked a few btcps nt his side,
their bodies nsiunt against the slepe of
the deck.
"And If you de net mice the flag, we
shall knew nt ence that that thore are
ether peeple here?" she said, her velca
eager with suppressed excltcment. "It
will mean that ships " Her voice
i&neu ner.
"It will mean home some day," he
reiurneu soiemniy.
The ene remaining portslde beat was
lowered a few minutes later and te thu
nccimpunimeni or cneers from th
throng that lined the rails, the men
pulled awny, heading for a tiny cove In
the far side of the baela The shore at
that point was sloping and practically
clear of undergrowth.
It was while Perclval was waiting te
fake his place In the beat that OIgs,
Obesky hurried up te him.
"I have brought my luclc piece for
you." she said, nnd revealed In her open
pnlm a small geld coin, worn smooth
with age and handling. "Carry lt, my
friend. Nothing will happen te you whlla
It Is In your possession. It was given me
by the son of n grand duke. It was his
lucky piece It brought me luck, for he
was Killed zat very same day, and se I
was wived from him. Keep it In your
pocket till you come wifely back- and
then then you shall return It te me,
because I would net be without my luck,
no." She ellnned her hand deep Inte his
trousers pocket.
"There Is no hole. That Is geed. I
have placed lt there. It Is afe, Au
re veir I Yeu will have geed luck, my
friend."
Withdrawing her warm hnnd from his
pocket she turned and walked Bwiftly
away.
The throng en beard the Deralne
watched the party land; hats and hand hand
k'rchlefe were waved as the adven
turers turned for a last leek behind, be
fore they disappeared Inte the 'erest.
Hours passed long Interminable
heurn for these who were net engaged
In the active preparations for the land
ing of people and stores. Captain Trig
ger waa making ready te transfer the
paesengera from th" Bhlp at the earliest
possible moment He was far from cer
tain that the Deralne would maintain
Its mthr precarious balance en the
rocks. With safety net much mere than
a stone's threw away, he was determined
te take no furth-r risk.
At last a shout went up from some
one en the forecastle deck. It was taken
up by eager voices. Out upon the bald
crest of the mountain straggled the first
of the explorers te reach the goal. They
were plainly visible. One after another
the rest of the party apreared. The
illusion was startling. It was aa If they
had actually .emerged from the tree
tops. With straining eyes the observers
below watehed the group of figures out
lined ngainst the sky. They spoke In
nubdued tones. Aa time wnt en nnd the
flag waa net unfurled, they took hope;
eyes brightened, the hushed tones in
creased te a cheer'ul, exelted clatter,
th tenseness that had held them rigid
for se long gave way before the grow
ing conviction that another flag already
fluttered somewhere beyond the screen
ing hills.
And then, when hope was highest, the
Stars and Htrlp-s went up I
Captain Trigger assembled the ship's
company en the forward deck later In
the day. Th landing party returned
nbeut 3 o'clock, Acting en advance In
structions, they made their report In
private te the captain, denylnr all In
formation te the clamorous passengers.
A brief conference of officers, te which a
number of men from the first cabin were
Invited, was held Immediately after
Perclval'a return. A course of action
waa discussed and agrred upon, and
then all en beard were summoned te the
open deck te hear the remllt of the ex
pedition. (CONTINUED MONDATV
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