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"Ask .Sergeant Dunham. sir, if you
wish to know that. All the garrison is
on board rhe Scud."
"Rut in running ir, Bob, which of
the channels do you think the best?
the one went last, or—or—or—ay. or
the other?"
"I can't says sir: I know nothing of
either."
"Yotc didn't go to sleep. fellow, at
the wheel. did you?"
"Nat at the •wheel sir. but down in
the forr-peak in my berth. Kau -donee
sent .is !below. soldiers and 511, with
the CNCePtion ;.f the :and we
keee.see more the .. that: .f s-
had never ?'sen over er This to has al
wacc tee. i:; . ia_ :,ening
on': .. r1. t c ..r - .onl,l
tel' n bili the ..,
er bet•
ti,•: r-'.:, .,, , ...osis .
ti
tir,t:
lern..r.:r.a.i
these things as 'well as the salt -water
people."
"D•—me, brother Dunham, if I
think even Faith can get along on
this lake..much as they say it can de
with mountains. \\'ell, ilii• .lad, yon
understand the azimuth. and measur-
ing distances, and how to box the
,vent ass,,.
'As for the first, sir, 1 can't say I
do. The distances we all iknolr, a; we
measure them .front point to point;
and as for ;boxing the compass. I will
turn my back to no admiral in his
Majesty', fleet. N."tlte, nothe and by
east. nothe. nothe-east, nothe-east and
nothe, no;hc - east: nothe-east and
by.bra-t, cast ','the -east, east and by
vf. ait. that will do. Vol"!
<:. 1 aee vers plainly.
.t a t ay again, and
,, ;t "t 111 stand
e eve -to 1 -e e
of it r ohicit a e . LI it .,'. ernc,l by
{e ii.` ion "ice:
gt:.'t :r,.,dc n, ,-
..•.I.'tom.
and as ..it' witid ..r`.t' light -
a •a;.. s:. i ;:r ;td .., i., ,t1 nigh%
t.
I ii,.. tlied' '.seri i1.:., immediate ebb tat'-
of :he navigation. he made a bed t .
dGes. ., c.: itis•
5:: ..rest. ! .heir .cit tl,ina es rib:-
ern,:
','C11 ,... .e., .ti.. tato., tet-. .s...e to
do tiling ast:lot . slant
stn ,CC1 of .?itis
..•� _,,. .. t.rt . thee v ..
Faye. :.t:. . l's . , ; rraocold ` t tics
gr et,st :he... .. for it -5,.:7.,1
eal.: - ,rscct:.. c
..St,.. tia ef '1-..
rr•,. _. . ,....i•1- .ct-
1 3;:.c•
_rket'.'
,. . n.<E .. etale ...re .nt-
:r ereteiet .. know -
it. easitioii 'rota ,
. '.1 e . .'tet straneir e.
to find thisalt tri'
ei ..-. listame. . titanic
It :r e t t
r;..- .ac are ef Pathfind-
er's
ath ., .er' .. ,..d-,
.\'tli thrr. yeet may yet 'earn
tante 1 _ alae tionin he • na
man at the item; i <am hard'.: titian
thin :.. a_ ignorant as :7e pretend.
'H::ni!— this horns like another
eireurnetance. Fir that natter. the
ease is wetting. to ,be sr full of cirl.tm-
starces that one hardly knows how to
foot up the evidence. Ilut we will
ocn see how much the cad knows,"
Cap and the Sergeant now retarn-
ed to their station near The helot. and
the former renewed his inquiries.
'"Do yon happen to know what may
be the latitude and longitude of this
said island, my lad?" he asked.
"The what, sir?"
"iWhy, the latitude or longitude—
one or both; inn not 'particular which,
as 1 merely inquire in order to see
how they 'bring op young men on this
bit of •fresh water."
wI'm not particular about either
myself, sir, and so T do not happen to
know what you mean."
"Not what I mean! You know 'what
latitude is?"
"Not I, •sir!" returned the ntan, hes-
itating. "Though I believe it is
French .for the mapper lakes."
1'l he—e—e-Jwl" whistled •Caep,
drawing out his breath like the brok-
en stop of an organ; (latitude, French
for upper lakes! ,H,ark'e, young man,
do you know what lon:.gitude .means?"
"I believe •1 do, sir; that is, five ;feet
six, the regulation height [for soldiers
in the king's service"
'There's the longitude found out
for you. Sergeant, in the rattling of a
brace bilook! Yon have some notion
abootnt a degree and •minutes and sec-
gnds, I hope?"
"Yes, sir; degree means my 'betters;
and minutee and seconds are for the
short and long lag -lines. We all know
,;ccs., and .0\ ti' ,.t lost in
t'1, sone! --be..., a soldier. Cap cm -
tented to ,calk ..te deck; he was ane
:t 1t
iron 'rami- St't •ati:tI' at
l
fiance. and . at ane< that nicht chid
a.< ..lose his eyes.
It wes broad lay:tett when Sere -
'it
U•`' .'"n a •5.'k0. ate f t 'e exclam-
ation ur; r that escaped lthn, a,
':e rose e to ids feet and began to look
about him. was stronger than it was
itt ,,''at ttt, i."i:' . -lifer to
'`e heard He found the weather en-
tirely c'nana•d. the •riew ere:adnded by
r+rir
mist abet limited the visible
'runt: . eircle ef ah nt a utile in
diem, ter, the lake raking and ,n ver-
t i ',v t t .,ata, and the SCwi 1vin.•to
',reef le ave ani„n with ids brother-
,, t 'lion into the secrets of all
site, t steblen change..
Ac:etrdine to the ,.;:nom Mast-
er C. tare ,tlnrl had died away to a
eeir1 eboitt nlidnitht. ar just es to
thinking. heating -to ;to wood,
fie.
r .:ends ale' --ad 'were aee,ntiing tet
,..\; tine A.M. it began to blow
u:b: ;h.r nor la t. , ct nr an:ell 41 .
zic
driz. anti ire su.tahoff to the north -
nerd and ss -hoard, knowing that tire'.
r last e -f New fork lay in the opposite
direction. At half -past one he stowed
'Co :lying•iih, reefed the mainsail, and
tc'e-.k tete bonnet off the jib. At two
he was compelled to get a second
recti aft; and by hall -past two he had
pat a 'balance -reef in the sail, and
ws lying -to.
"I
Tan't say :nut the boat ;behaves
well. Sergeant,” the old sailor added,
"but it 'blows forty-two ,pounders. .I
had no idea there were any such cur-
rents of air up here on this ibit- of
fresh water, though I care not the
knotting of a yarn dor it, as your lake
has now somewhat of a natural look:
and if this d—d water had a savour Of
salt about it, one might the comfort-
able."
"Haw long have you been heading
in this direction, brother ICap?" in-
quirecl the prudent soldier; "and at
what Tate may we Ibe going through
the Tater?"
"Why, two or three hours, maybe*,
and she went like a horse for the first
pair of them. Oh, we've a fine offing
now! for, to own the truth, little re-
lishing the neigh'b'ourhood Of then
said islands, although they are to
windward, I took the helm myself,
and run her off free for some league
or two. I\\re are ,well to leeward of
theist, I'll engage—I say to leeward;
for though one might wish to be well
1 •
to windward c f one island, tor even
half a dozen, when it cornea to thous-
and, the !better way is to give it up at
once. and to slide down 'under their
lee as ifast as possible. No, no; there
they are, up - -yonder in the dingle;
and there they may stay. for anything
Charles Cap cares."
"As the ]forth shore lies only some
five or six leagues from us, brother,
r'
acee ate
�•t��u����?eget, 4s`'C��'
Ietaa
This is the Plec!'ge 'Flag which cont-
mtntities throughout Canada are fly-
ing during the 'Victory Loan 10811
campaign. It contains a Union jack
in the corner with a royal blue Torch
centring awhite field. It has a red
border. In each municipality, this flag
awaits another Pennant called the
Honour _ Pennant which will he
flown under the Pledge Flag when a
•connnntoit+y reaches its full objective
of Victory Bond sales.
and I know there is a large Ibav in
that quarter, aright it mot be well to
consult lacune ,of the crew concerning
our position, if, indeed, we do 1101 call
up 'Jasper Eau -douse, and tell hint to
carry His back to Oswego? For it -is
quite impossible we should ever reach
the station with this wind directly in
our teeth."
•"There are several serious profess-
ional reasons, Sergeant, against all
your :propositions. Lt the first place.
an admission of ignorance on the part
of a commander would destroy die-
cipline. No matter, `brother: I under-
stand your shake of the bead, but
nothing capsizes discipline so- much
as to confess inorance. I once knew
n master of tt vessel Who w•ynt a week
on a wrong coarse rather than allow
he lead made a mistake: and it was
s tr ri•:.t 1 bow snitch he rose in the
ol,ini,171,: of his ;te tpk, jus• ",iccausr
they temid• hot ;nnlerstand hint."
that may be done on salt water.
brother t .-Hitt it wildhardly do on
sire -a. Rather than wreck nay com-
mand on the Canada shore I chill •fee'
it a duty to take Jasper out of arrest."
"And stake a haven in Fronte,tac.
No. Sergeant; tate Scud ia in :rood
stands. and will now learn something
or aeamanship. We have a fine offing,
and no one but a madman e,ttld
think of going upon a roast in it gale
like this. a ,hail ware evcryaatch.
and then we shall be sale against all
dangers but those oaf the drift, which.
itt a light low craft like this. without
top -hamper will he next to nothing.
Leave it all to me, Sergeant, and I
pledge ve,u the character of Charles
Cap that 'all will go well."
Sergeant Dunham was fain to yield.
He had ,rent confidence in his con-
nection's professional skill, and hoped
that he nonld take such care of the
cutter as •would amply justify his op-
inion of hint. On the other hand, as
distrust, like rare, grows by what it
feeds on, he entertained so much ap-
prehension of treachery. that he was•
quite trilling any ons' +hut Jasper
<h.,ttld just then have the control of
the fate of the -whole party. 'Fruth.
moreover, compels its to admit an-
other motive. The particular duty on
which he was now sent of right
should have ,been confided •to a aaut-
nn coed officer: and 'Major Duncan
hail excited a good deal of discontent
among the subalterns ,of the garrison,
by having confided it to oate of the
Sergeant's humble station. Tv return
without 'having even reached the
point of destination, therefore, the lat-
ter felt would be a failure 'front ,which
he was not likely noon to reco'crer, and
the; measure would at otace ]be the
means of placing a superior in his
shoes
CHAPTER XVI •
As the day advanced, Portion of the
instates of the vessel which had the
liberty of doing so appeared on deck.
As yet the sea was not very high,
from which it was inferred -that the
ratter was still ander the lee of the
islands: but it was apparent to all tvho
understood the lake that they were
ahem ; • txlsrienee one of the heavy
alt 1 11.11 gales of that regic,11. Land
'was not: tort '.i -i Le: and ,:iiia lc tt .
to all view on vast laidie, of .5:.trr
e s•atlleneity of mystery. The -•a e;'
or. as !::Amon terra thiol, the 'n'av-
, o. re short and citrlingbre alai
oi necessity sooner than tot ,.,•tat.
seas of the octant while the e:solei..
1f, •nsttad of :presenting that le i
tiful Inci-shish rivals the deep ;int
of the southern skylooked green and
angry, tlto:t h wanting in the lustre
that is derived .from the ray- of the
5011.
'Fite soldiers were `.non satisfied
wetly the Prospect, and one by one
they disappeared. until none were left
on tleok hitt the crew, the Sergeant,
Cap, Pathfinder, tete Quartermaster,
and Main'. There was a shads on the
hroty of the last, who had been trade
acuuainted with the real state of
thin es, and who had fruitlessly vent-
ured an appeal in favour of Jaspers
restoration to the command. A night's
rest. and a night's reflection appeared
also tit have confirmed the Pathfind-
er in his opinion of tht young. man's
innocence; and he, too, had made a
warm appeal on behalf of his friend
though with the same want of suc-
cess.
Several hours passed away the
wind gradually getting. heavier and
the sea rising, until the motion of the
cutter compelled Mabel and the Quar-
termaster to retreat also. Coit -wore
several tithes; and it teas now evident
that the Simi has drifting into the
broader 'and deeper parts sea the lake.
the seas raging doaltl upon her in
way that none ebur a vessel of stl3ter-
ior mould and Ibuilil 'could have long
ridden and withstood. All this, hlow-
ever gave •Cap no uneasiness; batt,
like the hunter that pricks yup his ears
at the sound of a horn, or the war-
horse that 'paws and snorts with
pleasure at the roll of the drum,. the
whole scene awakened all that was
man within himt and instead of the
captious, supercilious, and dogmatic
critic, quarrelling with trifles and ex-
aggerating immaterial' things, he ;be-
gan to exhibit the qualities of the
hardy and experienced eeannut which
he truly was, The hands anon Imbibed
a respect for ids skill; and, though
they wondered at the 11sap•pearance
,if their old anti:ialailer and tier • pilot;
for w licca n,+ reason had ``ren paihlic-
lt given, pity ',t - ,:e,1 .its int-
eael cheer -fel aie,lieeciithe
new one.
':1'111. 'ribz cif fr.,11 water, :iter all,
brother Denham, has , .tie spirit. 1
find," eried Can . a't at ❑ rtha 'ne
in 'ire setisfaereei
suss t
orice .Hort wrestling, with
,1:e e?t n1, nts, "The 'sirs] ,reins to .be
11n .e -, . ar.tl the
1'a:- fail i.1. 5-511t+1,rythoset,t
those <1 the gu rtttm. I like this,
Ser_e,:nt, I like ;his. and ,1511 get 1''
respect yoar 'bake, if it hold - out
twenty -f ttr ln•urs ',angor in site fash-
ion in :5 loch it has livetin.'
"Land, ho!".shoaled the ratan who
was stationed nn the forecastle.
Cat, li irrit 1 forward and there ears
enough• the laml was visible thrungh
the tlrizzle, at the distance of a'ttxtt
half a mile, the cutter :reading direet-
ly to'aard- it. The first imp:tlse of -the
odd-cantau nits 10 an corks t„
'strand hy, to ware off share' " hitt
the coed -headed :;+'deer restrained
hent.
"}:y going a little nearer," said tilr
St rec:.nt. 'ironic of us may -recognise
111e place. \lost of lin know tete Am-
erican ,Fiore in this part of the lake;
.111 it will '+e something gained to
learn our t:rt<itiott."
"Very trite. very true i., indeed,
there is any chance -of that w'e will
bald to. 1\'hat •is ties off here. little
00 our weatherhoty It'ooks like a
,t' headland."
"The garrison, by Jove! exclaimed
the other mhos tr :nc,', cte sooner
recognised the Military o:.tiiees than
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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941
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the less instructed senses of his con-
nection.
The 'Sergeant was not mistaken.
There was the fort, sure .enough,
though it booked dint and indistinct
through the dine rain, as if .11 were
seen in the dusk of evening or the
haze of morning. The low, sodded.
and verdant Tamuparte, the sombre pal-
isades, now darker than ever with.
water the roof of a house or two, the.
tall, solitary 'flagstaff, with .its hal-
yards Iblawn steadily out into a our+ve
that appeared traced in immovable
lines in the air, were all soon 'tlo Ibe
seem, though no sign of animated life
could be discovered. Even the sentinel
S(bel-
ievedhoused; and at first it was e
ieeved that no eye would detect the .
presence of their own vessel. )31ut the
unceasing vigilance of a 'border igarris-
nn did not slumlber:.one of the look-
outs probably made the interesting
tii,cclvery; a man or two were seen on
-tone elevated stands, and then the
entire ramparts next the lake were
deflect with human beings