the question of lookouts. The cause of the wreck was full speed in
a fog. All hands on lookout could not have seen that berg. The
underwriters knew the speed and took the risk. Let them pay."

"Right--and I'm with you on it. But you must get out of the country. I
don't know the law on the matter, but they may compel you to testify.
You can't ship 'fore the mast again--that's settled. But you can have a
berth mate with me as long as I sail a ship--if you'll take it; and
you're to make my cabin your home as long as you like; remember that.
Still, I know you want to get across with the kid, and if you stay
around until I sail it may be months before you get to New York, with
the chance of losing her by getting foul of English law. But just leave
it to me. There are powerful interests at stake in regard to this
matter."

What Captain Barry had in mind, Rowland was too weak to inquire. On
their arrival at the bark he was assisted by his friend to a couch in
the cabin, where he spent the rest of the day, unable to leave it.
Meanwhile, Captain Barry had gone ashore again.

Returning toward evening, he said to the man on the couch: "I've got
your pay, Rowland, and signed a receipt for it to that attorney. He paid
it out of his own pocket. You could have worked that company for fifty
thousand, or more; but I knew you wouldn't touch their money, and so,
only struck him for your wages. You're entitled to a month's pay. Here
it is--American money--about seventeen." He gave Rowland a roll of
bills.

"Now here's something else, Rowland," he continued, producing an
envelope. "In consideration of the fact that you lost all your clothes
and later, your arm, through the carelessness of the company's officers,
Mr. Thompson offers you this." Rowland opened the envelope. In it were
two first cabin tickets from Liverpool to New York. Flushing hotly, he
said, bitterly:

"It seems that I'm not to escape it, after all."

"Take 'em, old man, take 'em; in fact, I took 'em for you, and you and
the kid are booked. And I made Thompson agree to settle your doctor's
bill and expenses with that Sheeny. 'Tisn't bribery. I'd heel you myself
for the run over, but, hang it, you'll take nothing from me. You've got
to get the young un over. You're the only one to do it. The old
gentleman was an American, alone here--hadn't even a lawyer, that I
could find. The boat sails in the morning and the night train leaves in
two hours. Think of that mother, Row