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The first night on the water was one of unspeakable horror to Caun to feel the roll of the waves before Captain Wurtz ht, he ordered the men below, had them locked in, and all the port holes closed!

The place was packed, the heat was unbearable, theall the time, and the air soon becaed for air Their requests were all denied The captain trusted no ht stood by the captain's side, s Caiven; but no onlooker could have told from Cameron's well trained face whether he had heard or not Well he knehere those orders had originated, and instantly he saw a series of like tore Wurtz was his devoted slave For Wainwright had ht well kne to think up tortures It was really the only thing in which he was clever

And here again was an instance of practice ht had done little else since his kindergarten days than to think up trials for those ould not bow to his peevish will He see out exactly ould be the finest kind of torture for any given soul who happened to be his victim He had the mind of Nero and the spirit of a reat miracle was, that he had not in so the cae before she left This was the first thought that came to Cameron when he found hiht was that perhaps he had discovered it and this was the result He felt himself the Jonah for the company, and as the dreadful hours went by would fain have cast himself into the sea if there had been a possible way of escape

It was not an A, and the captain was not responsible for the food, but he ht have refused to allow such meals to be served to his men if he had cared He did not care, that was the whole trouble He ate and drank, principally drank, and did whatever Wainwright suggested When a protest cah, and said: "Oh, that's good enough for a buck private," and went on with his dirty jokes