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THE CHINA MAIL:

The Brutality Of Briggs

(Continued from page 7.)

deuce of a job.”

"Oh."

THE LAST OF THE

SEA-DOGS.

Only Captain Of A Square-Rigged Ship.

For all that Captain Charlie Deacon cares, motor-cars, air- steamships might

"But why not? They're very prove the contrary, would have the good cigars and they won't be any use to you now." He pocketed the box. "I'm leaving you

"So you see it's really wiser to planes just in case you feel like a smoke get it in writing." He started to never have been invented. before you turn the gas on."

a couple

rummage the desk for paper. "Hal- What lo-what's this?" Ta

"And

if

He was right, of course, use were cigars to me now?.. "Thanks," said Briggs. would you mind frightfully took your cigarette case?""

"My cigarette case!" "Please. You know I've always admired it."

*

or

He is the sole remaining repre

It was the farewell letter I had sentative of an heroic epoch "Put which twentieth century science been writing to Marjorie. that down," I commanded. private."

"It has pushed back into history.

"But, my dear fellow," protested Captain Deacon refused to be Briggs. "You can't possibly send pushed and so he survives into thin. It's awful." He started to 1993, captain of Britain's last read: "My dear Marjorie...By square-rigged wind-jammer the the time you get this I will have de parted to another world'... Water Witch. won't do, you know?"

"But it's gold and platinum!” "What of it?" asked Briggs. "It'll only melt where you're going."

Link With Trafalgar. With a heavy heart I handed it

Of steamships sorry, cap'n, over. "Anything else?" I asked "What's wrong with it?" I' de- sarcastically.

manded, annoyed, and Briggs amil steamboats he knows nothing and cares less, except that they "Plenty," said Briggs. "It's ed, one of his superior smiles. never occurred to you, I suppose, to "Too conventional," he said, "Or-are ugly, make a noise, smell and Reads like an extract Occasionally get in his way when reflect on all the things a dead man dinary. leaves behind him that others from one of those trashy novelettes, they try to cross his bows. They "I do not know that the Water might want. Of course," he add Look here," he suggested.

eu, "it is not often one has the rather good at letter writing. Let Witch is the fastest thing of her

kind on the coast. chance of talking them over with me do it for you."

The Water Witch is not quite the prospective corpse; In fact, The effrentery of the man was |most prospective · corpses dislike colossal. I could only gape at him. 80 old as her master-she con- talking about it. But a seneible, "And while I think of it," said fesses to a mere sixty-two years practical corpse like yourself can't Briggs, "weren't you taking. Mar-but he will tell you that she is possibly mind. After all, I'm cerjorie to the Frivolity next week? built from the timbers of a man o' war which fought under Nel- Lain you'd prefer your best friend Thursday-wasn't it?" I manag to have the benefit of your death ed. to nod. "Well-you won't be son at Trafalgar.

Captain Deacon has served the rather than a lot of avaricious re-able to do it now." He smiled.

sea for fifty-six years and every about "But one man's meat-you know. latives who never bothered you while you were alive."

And I've always wanted to see that year of it in windjammers, war At that, I admit, my nerves gave show. So you might hand over the years included.

A German submarine, by sink- way-just a little. Hearing one-tickets."**

ing his command, the Ocean Imust undermine the strongest

mind.

"What!"

self repeatedly described as a corpeo "The tickets," said Briggs amia- Swell, during the war, gave him bly. "Both of them. I don't know a bias against science. But he smiles when nursing his latest] "I'm still alive," I pointed out whether Marjorie will come with sharply.

me, perhaps she'll think she aught love, the Water Witch, through "I disagree," said Briggs. "Tech-not to go to a theatre so soon after a gale while science, in the form nically you may be alive, but for your death, but I can always point of steamboats, may be driven

back to harbour, real all practical purposes you're dead out to her that there is no

Teaching Young Officers. already, In fact, your only value point in mourning. And if she

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They have cast aside their "Nothing very diffealt," said ways did like me.” Briggs. "But rather essential all A man can stand just so much. gold lace and brass buttons for a while to learn from Captainį 9th Apr. the same. I won't go as far as to ask "Confound you," I exploded.

Deacon what real sailing means, you to make a will in my favour,"I've let you pillage my belongings,

Some of them go into the Lon- mainly because I happen to be I've listened to your infamous pro don Trinity House pilotage ser- aware that you have no liquid as-posals about my flat, I've controll 21st Apr. sets worth leaving, but all the sameled myself while you rearranged my to their ocean greyhounds. But vice, and some of them go back)

tot there are one or two things you've furniture-but when it comes all leave with a deeper apprecia got Td rather like to secure. Your pinching my girl---" Words tion of the great traditions of

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failed me.

"What about my flat?"

Briggs seemed mildly astonished, their calling and a soft spot in their hearts for old "Cap'n "I'd like it-that's ali. Suit me "But I was only making the best! admirably. Right down to the fur- of it," he protested. "Wasn't that Charlie" and his white-winged

Water Witch. niture." He glanced round criti-what you wanted." cally. "Though I'll have to re- "There are limits. And Marjorie] arrange that a bit, of course. That is one of them."- sofa is obviously going to look much better in the other corner. Is precisely why I have always re- And I'll scrap the picture over frained from taking her out. You your mantelpiece. I never did like can't apply that old proverb to me,"

19th Apr. It."

"I agree," anid Briggs.

he added reproachfully?"

"That

best

"What old proverb?". "About introducing your friend to your best girl. You've

I was speechless. That A man could think of furniture at 20th Apr. a moment like this!

“So," said Briggs, “I think I'll got to admit I've never attempted to

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or possibly a creditor, might, try it will be some other man."

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This was the result of twelve was quite a generous offer. well make up my mind to live. It's months' work by the local police in "Done,” I said promptly.

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"I shan't give it to you, of course," for my benefit. But I'm dashed if to them by citizens who had been caid Briggs. He chuckled. "Un-I see why I should die for yours. keeping them as war relics or ob der the circumstances it would be And that's final”.

jects of Interest, or that had beenj rather foollah. But if you'll "sign" There was a long silence. And confiscated, or found in refuse the receipt it will look as if I had then, with a sigh, Briggs handed heaps and like places. The load In any case, anybody who tried to me back my cigarette case and put included. a 20015 serial bomb,

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"In that case," he said, “I can go and a number of bombs and hand-|| back to bed."

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been consignments of unwanted Actually it all turned out for the explosive dumped in this manner best The following morning I from London and from many of the made it up with Marjorie." larger sea-ports, although Liver

But what annoys me is that pool seems to be particularly well- Briggs is now telling everybody be stocked. Bank

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