and could be picked up by the freighter in her course. She was a little dingy boat with such small accommodation that I can not imagine where the majority of her p

way of a crusher for Miss Higglesby-Browne and her fellow-passengers was a cool little white gown, which would shine at least by contrast with Miss Browne's severely utilitarian costume. White is becoming to my hair, which narrow-minded persons term red, but which has been known to cause the more discri

half a dozen men were already at the table. I slid unobtrusively into the one vacant place, fortunately remote

Browne in icy tones,

nly the most blurred impression of my fellow-voyagers. I remembered them merely as a composite of khaki and cork helmets and

d devoted myself to my soup. The majority of my companions di

od sailor you seem to b

and from the loose collar of his silk shirt his throat rose like a column. His skin was a beautiful clear pink and white just tinged with tan-like a meringue that has been in the oven for two minutes exactly. He had a straight, chiseled profile and his hair was thick and chestnut a

that Aunt Jane would go adventuring at her time of life? I thought nob

ance on their own, you know," returned Apollo, with the

y turned t

ould see her behave on the mere suspicion of a mouse! What w

revolvers and things-shooting-irons, as you call them in America. Mr. Shaw-sitting opposite Miss Browne, you know-is rather running things, so if you feel nervous you should talk to him. Was with the South Polar Expedition and all that-knows no e

xperienced Mr. Shaw. I saw a strong-featured, weather-beaten profile, the face of a man somewhere in his thirties, and looking, fro

in its projected villainies, whatever they might be, was this rugged-looking Mr. Sha

counsel with Mr. Shaw about cannibals, I tried

ma? I fancy the old to

all it-met a couple of 'em at the hotel. Beastly little narrow streets and hou

d severely, "that yo

d, recovering himself gallantly. "One of those

e interposition of the gentleman opposite, whose small

e proposition or two up my sleeve. Backed by some of the biggest capital in the U.S.A.-in fact, there's a bunch of fellers up there in God's country that's pretty sore on old H.H. for passin' things up this way. Kep' the wires hummin' for two-three days, till they seen I wasn't to be switched, and then the Old Man himself-no use mentionin' names, but I guess you

," remarked Miss Browne weightily from the far end of the table. "It is to be wished that other members of our party, though tenderly

ad throughout the table. Three or four rough-looking men, of whom one, a certain Captain Magnus, belonged to our party and the rest to the ship, continued vigorously to hack their way thro

nately laid low by the pangs of mal de me

bbs's passion for classical allusion, I decided to translate it bona dea, and consider the family complimented. A

onstant to duty and Aunt Jane, and immured myself in her stateroom, where I passed an enlivening evening listening to her moans. She showed a faint returning spark of life when

ms in which an unknown gentleman obligingly broke his neck ri