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form     of  Lighthouse      Harry    was   doubled     behind    a  water    butt。  A   shell 

splashed to port�察�a shell splashed to starboard。 For an instant David stood 

staring   wide´eyed   at   the   greyhound   of   a   boat   that   ate   up   the   distance 

between them�察�at the jets of smoke and stabs of flame that sprang from her 

bow�察�at the figures crouched behind her gunwale�察�firing in volleys。 

     To David it came suddenly�察�convincingly�察�that in a dream he had lived 

it all before�察 �and something   like   raw  poison stirred in   David�察 �something 

leaped to his throat and choked him�察�something rose in his brain and made 

him see scarlet。 He felt rather than saw young Carr kneeling at the box of 



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ammunition�察  �and   holding   a   shell   toward   him。   He   heard   the   click   as   the 

breech shut�察�felt the rubber tire of the brace give against the weight of his 

shoulder�察  �down   a  long   shining   tube   saw  the   pursuing   gun´boat�察  �saw   her 

again and many times disappear behind a flash of flame。 A bullet gashed 

his   forehead�察  �a   bullet   passed   deftly   through   his   forearm�察  �but   he   did   not 

heed them。 Confused with the thrashing of the engines�察�with the roar of the 

gun he heard a strange voice shrieking unceasingly�此�

     ;Cuba   libre� ─  �it   yelled。   ;To   hell   with   Spain� ─  �and   he   found   that   the 

voice was his own。 

     The story lost nothing in the way Carr wrote it。 

     ;And the best of it is�察─�he exclaimed joyfully�察 �it's true� ─�

     For a Spanish gun´boat HAD been crippled and forced to run herself 

aground   by   a   tug´boat   manned   by   Cuban   patriots�察  �and   by   a   single   gun 

served by one man�察�and that man an American。 It was the first sea´fight of 

the war。 Over night a Cuban navy had been born�察�and into the limelight a 

cub reporter had projected a new ;hero�察─�a ready´made�察�warranted´not´to´ 

run�察�popular idol。 

     They were seated in the pilot´house�察 �Jimmy; Doyle�察�Carr�察�and David�察�

the patriots and their arms had been safely dumped upon the coast of Cuba�察�

and The Three Friends was gliding swiftly and�察�having caught the Florida 

straits napping�察�smoothly toward Key West。 Carr had just finished reading 

aloud his account of the engagement。 

     You will tell the story just as I have written it�察─�commanded the proud 

author。 ;Your being South as a travelling salesman was only a blind。 You 

came to volunteer for this expedition。 Before you could explain your wish 

you   were   mistaken   for   a secret´service   man�察  �and hustled   on   board。 That 

was just where you wanted to be�察�and when the moment arrived you took 

command   of   the   ship   and   single´handed   won   the   naval   battle   of   Nipe 

Bay。; 

     Jimmy Doyle nodded his head approvingly。 ;You certainty did�察�Dave�察─�

protested the great man�察 �I seen you when you done it� ─�

     At Key West Carr filed his story and while the hospital surgeons kept 

David there over one steamer�察�to dress his wounds�察�his fame and features 

spread across the map of the United States。 



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     Burdett   and   Sons   basked   in   reflected   glory。   Reporters   besieged   their 

office。   At   the   Merchants   Down´Town   Club   the   business   men   of   lower 

Broadway tendered congratulations。 

     ;Of course�察�it's a great surprise to us�察─�Burdett and Sons would protest 

and wink heavily。 ;Of course�察�when the boy asked to be sent South we'd 

no idea he was planning to fight for Cuba� �Or we wouldn't have let him go�察�

would we�拭─�Then again they would wink heavily。 ;I suppose you know�察─�

they would say�察 �that he's a direct descendant of General Hiram Greene�察�

who won the battle of Trenton。 What I say is�察�'Blood will tell��'; And then 

in a body every one in the club would move against the bar and exclaim�此�

;Here's to Cuba libre� ─�

     When the Olivette from Key West reached Tampa Bay every Cuban in 

the Tampa cigar factories was at the dock。 There were thousands of them 

and all of the Junta�察�in high hats�察�to read David an address of welcome。 

     And�察�when they saw him at the top of the gang´plank with his head in 

a bandage and his arm in a sling�察�like a mob of maniacs they howled and 

surged toward him。 But before they could reach their hero the courteous 

Junta forced them back�察�and cleared a pathway for a young girl。 She was 

travel´worn and pale�察�her shirt´waist was disgracefully wrinkled�察�her best 

hat   was   a   wreck。   No   one   on   Broadway   would   have   recognized   her   as 

Burdett and Sons' most immaculate and beautiful stenographer。 

     She   dug   the   shapeless   hat   into   David's   shoulder�察  �and   clung   to   him。 

;David� ─�she sobbed�察 �promise me you'll never�察�never do it again� ─�



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      CHAPTER 5。 THE SAILORMAN 



     Before Latimer put him on watch�察�the Nantucket sailorman had not a 

care in the world。 If the wind blew from the north�察�he spun to the left�察�if it 

came from the south�察�he spun to the right。 But it was entirely the wind that 

was responsible。 So�察�whichever way he turned�察�he smiled broadly�察�happily。 

His outlook upon the world was that of one who loved his fellowman。 He 

had many brothers as like him as twins all over Nantucket and Cape Cod 

and the North Shore�察�smiling from the railings of verandas�察�from the roofs 

of bungalows�察�from the eaves of summer palaces。 Empaled on their little 

iron   uprights�察  �each   sailorman   whirledsometimes   languidly�察  �like   a   great 

lady revolving to the slow measures of a waltz�察�sometimes so rapidly that 

he made you quite dizzy�察�and had he not been a sailorman with a heart of 

oak and a head and stomach of pine�察�he would have been quite   seasick。 

But the particular sailorman that Latimer bought for Helen Page and put 

on    sentry    duty   carried    on   his   shoulders    most    grave    and    unusual 

responsibilities。 He was the guardian of a buried treasure�察�the keeper of the 

happiness of two young people。 It was really asking a great deal of a care´ 

free�察�happy´go´lucky weather´vane。 

     Every summer from Boston Helen Page's people had been coming to 

Fair Harbor。 They knew it when what now is the polo field was their cow 

pasture。 And   whether   at   the   age   of   twelve   or   of   twenty   or   more�察  �Helen 

Page ruled Fair Harbor。 When she arrived the ;season; opened�察�when she 

departed the local trades´people sighed and began to take account of stock。 

She was so popular because she possessed charm�察�and because she played 

no   favorites。   To   the   grooms   who   held   the   ponies   on   the   sidelines   her 

manner   was   just   as   simple   and   interested   as   it   was   to   the   gilded   youths 

who came to win the championship cups and remained to try to win Helen。 

She was just as genuinely pleased to make a four at tennis with the ;kids; 

as to take tea on the veranda of the club´house with the matrons。 To each 

her manner was always as though she were of their age。 When she met the 

latter on the beach road�察�she greeted them riotously and joyfully by their 

maiden   names。   And   the   matrons   liked   it。   In   comparison   the   deference 

shown them by the other young women did not so strongly appeal。 



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     ;When I'm jogging along in my station wagon�察─�said one of them�察 �and 

Helen shrieks and waves at me from her car�察�I feel as though I were twenty�察�

and I believe that she is really sorry I am not sitting beside her�察�instead of 

that   good´looking   Latimer   man�察  �who   never   wears   a   hat。   Why   does   he 

never wear a hat�拭�Because he knows he's good´looking�察�or because Helen 

drives so fast he can't keep it on�拭─�

     ;Does he wear a hat when he is not with Helen�拭─�asked the new arrival。 

;That might help some。; 

     ;We will never know�察─�exclaimed the young matron�察 �he never leaves 

her。; 

     This was so true that it had become a public scandal。 You met them so 

many      times   a  day    driving   together�察   �motoring     together�察  �playing    golf 

together�察�that you were embarrassed for them and did not know which way 

to look。 But they gloried in their shame。 If you tactfully pretended not to 

see them�察�Helen shouted at you。 She made you feel you had been caught 

doing something indelicate and underhand。 

     The    mothers    of  Fair   Harbor    were    rather  slow    in  accepting    young 

Latimer。   So   many   of   their   sons   had   se
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