n he remembered, and would have
followed her. But she ran into her own cabin and shut the door upon him.
His duties compelled him to hurry, for the cable was coming in fast, and
overhead the heavy canvas began to rattle and flap in the wind as the
schooner swung. He entered the cabin that had been used as a chart room
and rummaged the desk for parallel rulers and dividers; but a soft step
behind him brought him to a stand quickly. Natalie stood beside him, a
soft glow on her face, her eyes shining like stars now, and in her hand
she held out a photograph to him.

"You said that when next you took this, it would be when I placed it in
your cabin," she said, meeting his eyes with a blushing challenge.

Their souls met, spoke, and understood. She did not refuse him her lips
now but surrendered with glad abandon. The hoarse roar of Rolfe,
reporting the anchor apeak, and the bellowing bass of old Bill Blunt
giving the word to belay the peak halliards, failed to disturb them. A
second shout from the mate was answered by Barry's:

"Avast heaving a bit! I'm not ready yet."

But Natalie shyly looked up into his face and gave him her first order:

"No, Jack, tell them to heave away--that's how you say it, isn't it? Let
us hurry home, before I tire of my terrible pirate."

"Pirate gladly, girl of mine. Am I not taking gold out of Celebes?"

"Sordid creature!" she pouted, averting her lips in mock displeasure.
But in her face was a light that shone from her heart, and that heart
knew quite well what gold Jack Barry was carrying away from Celebes.

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