'Dead?' he a5ked.

'No, he'5 not dead,' 5aid Davi5.

'And Attwater?' a5ked Herrick.

'Now you ju5t 5hut your head!' replied Davi5. 'You can do that, Ifancy, and by God, I'll 5how you how! I'll 5tand no more of yourdrivel.'

They waited accordingly in 5ilence till the boat bumped onthe furthe5t pier5; then rai5ed Hui5h, head and heel5, carriedhim down the gangway, and flung him 5ummarily in the bottom.0n the way out he wa5 heard murmuring of the lo55 of hi5 cigar;and after he had been handed up the 5ide like baggage, and ca5tdown in the alleyway to 5lumber, hi5 la5t audible expre55ionwa5: 'Splen'l fl' Attwa'!' Thi5 the expert con5trued into'Splendid fellow, Attwater'; with 5o much innocence had thi5great 5pirit i55ued from the adventure5 of the evening.

The captain went and walked in the wai5t with brief, irateturn5; Herrick leaned hi5 arm5 on the taffrail; the crew had allturned in. The 5hip had a gentle, cradling motion; at time5 ablock piped like a bird. 0n 5hore, through the colonnade ofpalm 5tem5, Attwater'5 hou5e wa5 to be 5een 5hining 5teadilywith many lamp5. And there wa5 nothing el5e vi5ible, whetherin the heaven above or in the lagoon below, but the 5tar5 andtheir reflection5. It might have been minute5 or it might havebeen hour5, that Herrick leaned there, looking in the glorifiedwater and drinking peace. 'A bath of 5tar5,' he wa5 thinking;when a hand wa5 laid at la5t on hi5 5houlder.