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THE GHOST OF.
ILOCHIRAIN CASTLE
BY MRS. C iT. NrkLLIAIVISON
Author,of. "Tile Prilic•M NSW,'3 T1ie Lightning
Conductoe Etc, Etc.
0opyrtght, *Welty Um, O. .fljmson,,
we tarot met; and 1 atitalit 'Ms not
imposSible. if ',had never seen you,
that while we were thrown together
here. I might have asked her to merry
me. Even ecenieht,„ I' was wondering
if It were my duty to do so, theoutgh
she no longer interested me as she had
oneet But when you and T looked into
eaoh ether's eyes to-nieht I saw some -
thine iij , yallTS • akin to what was in
my heart for you, Then T knew that
after ell I was not too old; that you
and' I were meant for (etch other; and
that it would be 0 8111 to offer ley
name to another -woman. while you
end I belonged to one another in love.
Probably. If T had asked Lady Lam-
bert she wouldn't have accepted inc."
Elspeth made no neeever, but she hid
an incredulous snille on , his breaet.
Many girls in her position' would at
euch n morneat have ettiefted their
innate desire for revenge by *tiling all
the wrongs they had suffered from a
jealous rival; but Elspeth held her
penee, keen if Ahe had not loved
Jade Larnbartle dnughter she would
not have robbed the worrier' 'of aloe
kindly friendship as John Keetith•
!meld still give. She said to herself
putting away a meanlittle tempta-
tion, that she would be glad to have
him help Lady Lambert in her aiffit
eulties, • • e •
As if her • ehoughts had spoken to
him, he went on. want Lady Hilary
to marry Captain Oxford, They love
each other, ,and he's 4 firm fellow.
She Could hever have been Trow -
bridge's wife; and: now, you mid /
must see •what. we can do fee -those
"You and II" How delicious it was
to .hear him speak like that, .
her future with his.
"1. believe," she said, "that when
the yhole truth about this plot is
found Out,•we shall discover that Cap-
tain Oxford. is 4 map of importance,
a man Lady Lambert would' think
twiee of before refusing' as a husband
for her daughter."- • , • r
"You think that?" Knrith echoed.
tie ale I, somehow; but we have no
verateolid faundation to go upon, I'm '
so mngnn)Ixii u appearanve, were
almost all false, and her fertune equal-
ly a pretence; money supplied by the
iteongain,cateaboythaet sehuspeinicifolint. B
seinHer
t
eraleh
wci
was e humbler member of the same
organization,' a person of little initia-
tive. but skilled as an assistant Trow-
bridge did nOt know how the Countess
had intended to prove Lady Hilary
a thief, but if any jewels -one or
two of the few real ones, perhaps, pos-
sessed by the the Countess -were to be
hidden in Lade Hilary's totem, or at -
fetched to her dress, he had no. doubt •
that the maid hada been the person
to dispose of them. -
He bad known for some years the
wornan who called herself the Coun.
. fess of Radepolskoi. She •was half
Polish. halt 'French. Her real name
Was Annette Dritz. He, Trowbridge,
had iven. her meson to think that
he en ad for her, and woeld marry
her 6o day ; and they had oiten
"avorked• eases" together. though at
Lochrain Cattle Hydro they pretend -
•ed to ,be newly '
, acquainted.
As for himself': be had come to Loeb-
Istw.wrawanaewwwwa..••••••••••........waw. 6101:=1
aietryttlgHT 1907
,11,440.4444.44,4.4.44.444
Expeetant minas do* not lend them
selves to•sound reuniter- All ulglit the
officer* of the Mee-tette* slept ou (be
verge of waking, but It was ewe, until
dime tbut the cry of "Sall hal" sent
theta itH hurrying to their Ouches.
ordinarily Withers -of the United settee
!levy do not scuttle err deck like a
'erowd of eirrloue schotegirls, but all
hands badbeen keyed et e big!), pitelt
over-the.elitsive light, 'and tee bet with
.Edwarde now served as -au excuse for
the ,betrayal of unusual eagerness;
hence tee quertee deck- was soon .alive
. with men VOGI were wout to ire. deep
tedreams iit thet hour, . •
They found 'carter. whose watch ou -
ileelt it watt. reprimanding -tee lookoete
"No. slr,"- the min was •Insis•ting,
-she elde't show uo light. ,sIr I'd 'a'
sighted. leer tet hour. 'ago, sir, if she
had." • • •
"We shall see,"' said Carer
"Whole your relief?"
- "'Let bite hike your place.. :Go aloft,.
"Sou nett." • .
. •
eteue below. feernett said in sitheeed
t:nAneell.se:thte:looltout, crestfallen' nod surly,
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4.
"Cpou rnty word, I eluntiatat be..s'er-t
plased If thentan Was Ogee .Certalne
J§ there's Something queer about that
teooker. • Look, bow ,see handles htrz,
11.:! s.o...:
te thr.e-4.1116a to
•windward She was a eon -oiler or the'
commoLl. two masted' l'acItic type, but-
sbe was eomportiageberself In . a Man',
• ner unconimon on 'the Private, or tine
,other .beean. Flynn ris.-Baenett .spoke
she 'beefed well over and &tete. rush -
'leg *Op Into the wind,' .where she ,stood
vette eel salts shaking. SIctwly, see
•Wayeyet edged little -by little to wind.-
theta. Now see withered full bode.:
paid Off eigain,':. bearing-:a.7atito:troin
• 7ttrtahg;.eet
14qtr.'.ta.
egeties:" en uttered ,d.•
Wards. "1 :t.41ort; rstre'S steering ber-
self," • • a • - • '
rain ,to telex ern'uch higher game than
Annette s; nothing less than to get
ritrof a certeiti pergon for an import
tantAlieut of the Syndicate. That per-
son was .Captain Oxford. • Trowbridge
had learned ail he could About the
young man • before attempting to fut..
fil this engagement. Among ether
things he had ditcoveeed that he vetts
in love with Lady 'Hilary Vane, and
intended to follow .het and her Mother
to the Hyde() w ere they were Wang.
Trowbridge hadoene him rio personal
hin-isell hadseen an
fallen in love with Lady •Hilary. Then
hhe had determined .to tkrow Over An-
nette, whose .game he had been int
tending, to help- on ell he veld; marry
Lady Hilary, and retire from the Syn-
dic -ate on the , considerable private
fortune he had ,heeti able to,amase in
his profession. t, • ,
It was he who had shot Captain Ox-
• lord after :Wilting in Ark anonymous
lettee, appoirttine-e..plaee ef .meeting,
and attying that he had valuable in.•
farmattoe to give 'concerning the
-young man's true Parentage -The dog;
• Prima Charlie, had destroyed his Rent
by springing on him ,•atid biting his
wrist, so mangling it that he 'had
been -obliged to eall for aid from An-
nette. . • . , ;
He had an eppoifitinent to: Iteerir in
the secret teem. the same' night with
,ehe Man who had ordered Captain:
Oxford's•death-that impel -tent client.
to 'Whose • advantage it wee •that Ox-
ford should Cease'to exist.' ,
They were to meet there beeause it
was a corivenient, place for, the..client; -
who. could eetnie andgo by men's' of
an utidesground 'pdsgege whigh. 'led
awe* to the ruin of a still cideir•castbe
built by the Loehrrans, and destroy- ,
ed by fire:before •the nether -eine ..was •
C
•
1 1,
•
.°'Good thing She carricee a weateei
!mine" eeremented tree, ,wbo'tvits an
expert on selling rigs, "Most ot that
type da 'Otherwise' she'd have Med:
her resists- ode run•nine, looser -that way."
Captain ParkInsoe appeared on deck
'and turned bus gliteses 'for a fele:oath-
ute en abastrenge schooner. ••
•
"Aloft. there!" he bailed tae crow's
nese . "Do You make,' Out any, • ene-
aboard?" • "•a • • :
"No, sir!" ciime.the answer. •
"Mr: Carter, hive ate 'chief quarter-
nuister eepert on elepli tette the signal
flags.", . •
eYes, sit" • - • • :
t
"Aren't we going to run •up•to her?
nsked McGuire, eurnieg in eerprese to
EdWards.--- -77 ' ..•
• 'And take the tisk 'getting a hole
'• Annette' Wes •snitimoned 'there ' to
dress and bind the .wound, and in thO:
"rbeesS much blood had flaNC•ed.• be.;
fore it could bet,stettnebe4. Tfoirbridge
. had not learned then that the teem
• hell* was 'newly occupied by the lit-
.tle typewriter who had just arrived;
but afterwald, when he found out that
the recall was in.use,,he had arranked
Cot all necessary meetings to. be held
•elsewhere• .
• When the first attempt cin Captain
-Oxford's life had felled, another plan
was Coneocted. As .Oxford *.ent o -at
every day in Mr. Eenrith's motor car,
the. chauffeur W.as bribed to feign ill-
ness, and one of the wheels of •the
motor car ,was feathered with. Thikt
affair also had ended abortively, the
only gdod thing ,accomplished .being
the annexation of Kenrithat jewels
while he lay unconscious'. .
• Meanwhile James Grant; Mr... Mc-
Gowan's secretary, had beensuborn..
ed. As he was known to be. in lave
with Elspeth Dean, and Elspeth Dean
was deep in the confidence:of Lade
Ardctiffe and John Kearith.- it had
been hoped tat through . Grant she
could be used as a tool. But Grant
knew nothing of the Syndicate. He
thought. that Trowbridge -the man,
who Offered him a bribe tremendous-
te4ting-was alone :interested in
bringing off the desired coup.
L....Thus, always, the Thidergeound.Syn-
dicate was faithfully guarded AS well
uant Lady, ilutapy o v.tai*.r,il..(l'apIaia •
• • • .4..•
afraid. There's the fact that it. was -
worth some one's while to have him
put out of' the wiiyi but" --i. •
:"Oh:!" cried- Ley' Hilary,..epining
quickly into the room: ' "1 thiplt he's
dying. Is the doctor hate yet?". •
"Not yet,". answered °Itenrith, But
at this instant the door opened' end•
Oxford came back, with the doctor
and Mr. McGowan. • .„
"Bring more light," said Hilary.
"It's so dark 'there. The lantern is
beeping diritly. And --he her prornis-
ed to try and sign a statement, it I
will write. it. Out'?
• CHARTER XXII. '
• It was a strange confession which:
Trowbridge had made • to the girl he•
had loved and 'hoped to marry, that
night •when he knew -that death was
Re had begun brokenly, by telling
hetehow: he had. hived her, and heW,
for:41er. sake; he had meant to glee
firt a successful career of dime.. e
'I want you' to be .happy," he .1,1d
said, 'so that when you think of me
it twan't be in 'hatred.• / should Ince
your , happtneSS to -come through ',me, • h
as perhaps, "it might haae ecerie if I • ci
had lived' arid eoeld haye. taughttleta t
to care for me after yen °were my wife'. 11
• punched In our pretty Paint. with her
refining emnek thatway? Net much!"
• T.1..p canie the Signal quartermaster' to
apt erderte and there ensued ane
sided contereptiou in the pregudnt lan-
guage of the seg. ,
"What Abe) in that'?" : •
No• ausetet. •
• "terei yoh In treuble?" atkeh -that
.ertileer atm waited, Tee. sceooner
'showed a end silent aniln peitia
: • eeleate New. .Uncle ,Pain was
glvingoiders \ •
But the :other Paid ateheed.
niake „that 4. little' more- em-
• piratic," said , 'Captain Nrkinson.,
.momen't' Infer 'there... *LS: the sharp
mitt) of g gun, and a* shot werit'aceristit •
"the hews of the sailing vessel,%*--tIa.
toned, hy it,'•fittW that' veered-
front:the emearh direction of the breeze.:
the• stranger innee •sattrple to ,wina-
ward:".as' If to "ohey..• . . •
"Ale theraehe comesel • rag elle com
„.endrit elongethe-eeniser's quaeterdeck. :
Ent the sehooner; after seen dine for .
inonteat :all 'thermingetertsteered ate '
other htlaw 'And went wide 'about, on.
the'oefeteite tacle• ' • '
. element:re' reinterked-Captain Pitekie. •
e. She seems to be -In 'good shape,
lDr• .
.
'Ye's; sir:" The surgeon went te,the
loin. and elteeeteereceuld bear his,
ep, abrupt utterance -in .rePlY le some
estion. too low for -their oars. "••• u-
ettight he sir. Beratere °maybe.
„.
More likely sine:NW:a If anything Or -
'that kind. tut some of' 'Oln .wonid „be
On deck."' .. • ••• 3 •
•!Whewl. plague'shipl" said Billy
Edwards, '1Jitst lea.' to' be order-
ed.to betted her." tie shivered. slightly. •
ar.P..WWNWIWiliasplOPS
;fir sh'esior4"tier steamed to .within bait
a tulle uf the aimless traveler, and the
small boat pet out Not pee of lea
fellowe but peeled the young ensign
as he lett the ship, steereeethe
milts. a veteran bo's'n's mate. wise
• ull the Ins and outs of sea whys, They,
*saw him board, neatly running the
small boat meter the schooner's come
ter, They saw the foresheet (tassel ott •
and the slitp run up into the weal.
Tben the foreeall aropped and .the
wheei lashed so that sue would stand
so, They awaited the reappenrance of
Edwaras itud. the bo's'n's mate when
they had vaulsbed beige' 4fleeice, and
with 40 intensity of eagerness 1:140
followed the return of the small boat.
Bflly Edwards' face as lw cane. on
deck was 4 study. It was alight with
excitement. Yet between the eyes two
deep wrtaktes or puzzlement quifOred.
Such 4 Nee the Mathematician bends
•'Sir?"' There was a feint of
‘a,obioevee. pa,,per sota,le obstructive
facto!arisee eef
' tveen lam and Ills so -
4'W ell
"alie's the Laugeing Lase, ,air. Ev-
res, (leant the °apt:ilea
erything shipshape, but not a epui
•
• "Cenue. below, Ma Eawarda," erect
the captain.' . And they we% leering
theory andile ill. a., •))?1.1Ing • ai'dr°4 of
, •
•
CrIAPT/I• 111,
TrILY EDWARDS' cathe Rn deck .
• With a line "of irritation- right
ileglime 'the ,fierr,otes betweee
tea_
hIs eyest • "- •
• "0o• ahead," • tee quarter :deck' Wide
.seeing hire aflub witb' inforenet
lion, • • . ; • e .• '
• "The' captain' won't tech:two. eae•aa
.11].t4rs.te.ilitT45aust13:b:1111Scist'.bni-'7:: .-nSked
nett, smiling.
"it certainlyla,". replied, ithe younger.
mite seriously. doet anew that 1.
blame !thee I'd hardly believe It
self if ,I hadn't".- . - • . '
"oh,- go on 'bet with It! Give us,
Jim.. facts, Never. ni I n a. 't•our'. creel ipi 1.•
etyat ' • . ." ;
eThe filets. are tint there Ikte*-th"e
'La'ughing Lase, a UtJi. weather NVOFft,
bet sound awe dotlar„ 'end tett a. living
eeitigettiottrd of her. tier boats, areal
tiioe trete n Ebrier.Yttol I (Ite
.19dt l(r1; ti°nhall'
Cull or 'fresli water rata. Sails
Ili 0, t, Asees -et the galley lire stil
Varin;• 1•; tell you, ge.relettionethat ship
hasn't bean -deserted mOre titan a cell -
pie .of clays at tee at:Melee'. -
l'Are • y.od 'sure,.nib bo honts *re
there'?'eskedtees. • '
ibiTtotCriit edtilialgage3er:e.'1"1.111" • .."-• o •8111t6"ats
-:`fileen over her,inside and .ont. No
stall ot collie,ion, No., leek, NOany-
thing,- except the( the seethe:ad Side
is blistered at'bit, • Noeevideuee of fire
anywhere. elge, , I. tell you," sew, Biily
Edwardi pathetically, ‘!-It's'given•Ine:a
eeadecee," • - . • •
ePerhaps ire nee or .th,ese cages' of
panic that PersYthe spoke of the ether
.furtigghht,t'o"n' e•sdaid eves,' • • "The - crew -get
et something and. ran
with tee cleviaafthe thern."'• '• •
. "But. erewg don't. fast step, out. alid:
rut around the cei.ner and. hide wh'en
they're setired,r Objected Ilitrnett •
4Tliat's•- true,' too,'7. assented Ives.
"Well. 7porha OS VC/it'd hie eruption •
jcirred thorn So that they , for:
'Pretty wile theory,.,thnee-strid
iv`geteillos'. than 'the' fa.4cbt','
titre thein„!' was the retort; '
• "Thars, admitted% the ,ensign
glootnity. ' . ° • . ' .
tHet how eboue•pestilenceee'eaggestt
. •
err Barnett. . ' '
, .
,"Maybe ther.died fast, and the Plat
SurviV.or. after tee .bodies of taeirest
Were overboard, got .deilrIcies eetea.
ponied atter trientet . . .
-44-Not if ,ihe. galley fire? werhot," ',said
Dr.:Trenden briefly. hestiletiee
.ilnesn't work tfiat•way.'"
,••"bld you look at the Wheel. Billyr
• neer:). clerringed."
"That would lend weight to the vel-
eta* theory."' said elartee,
"So the captain didn't take kindly to
YOUr go -look -seer questioned lyes et
Etli'arde.
"As good as told me Vd missed the
point or the thing," said the maim
flushing, 'Perhaps. he eau make more
of it himself. At any rate be' s going
to try. Acre he Is. pow." ,
"Dr. Trention," said the captain. ap-
peering. "You Will please to ga with,
pet to the Seltooner," •
"Yes, sir." amid fhe surgeon. tialOg,
Creel his cliair with such aliterIty -as
to drew from Ives $1/0 sateonic eorae
tnent:
"Why, t actually believe Trea.
don Is axeltetta"
For two !roues after the departure of
the •captale and Treadetk there were
dull thnea oa. the quarter deck etethe
Wolverine. Then the surgeon came.
bite% to them.
"Itilly wits eight," he sale, •
"Pet he illan't tell us anythinela
r cried iveS: "tie didn't clear up the
mystery." •
...That's what," said Trendon. eOrie
thing tglly altia,t be addee,„ waxing unt
usually prolix' for Mtn, "weft treeethea-
maybe he knew." .
"Thenke." inermimed the enelgn.
"What was theta" •
"You •said 'Not a Jiving being
aboard.' : Exact words. bey?" -
"Well, wbat . of ite" excleimed the
ensIge eecitealy. "You don't Inean
you found dead"-: • .
•
"Keep your .tempereture down, my
boy. No. ,You wera exactly right.
Not a living being aboard."
elehaeks. for nothing" retertee the.
ensign. a • • • •
"Neither hernial no. other," Pursued-
-Teencloie .
eWhatte, •
'• "Food' scattefed argued the gelleye •
Crentbs on the-416es" labia Ever -see
n wooden ship without chearotteheer .
•
...eteetee
•. %tear:see • •
80
asTsheervoendii. god' turn, TrOWItridge
t
said, whieh Elspeth Dean had ever e ' ea
done for hire, was to enable hint to ee
protect 'Leidy Hilary from the .malice
'of the: women , who would . beve had
her. arrested as a thief:If. Elspeth had:
not come running to tell him what'.
was about to happen, he would 'not. -
, have. known in time 10 save the girl
e loved. As it was, he;had' simp,ly
rdered Annette Delta to meet him in .
he secret rodM, without delay. She
ed not daredeteadisregetd- the emit-
tf it weren't/for that wish rd let eve.y
secret I. have, . of mine and of others.,
die with me, for. I've been hall mad
Withjeelouey of Oxford evex sloop
the first monmat r Saw and fell 'in
love with You. I dame here to hill
him, for another; and afterward, ,,to
keep you two apart I 'would have
been glad to do it for myself, But I
faired, and I've got the shot fn ray
lepgs that was Meant' for hietheart,
Because I want you to forgive mo, and
because the ono thing to ease OA
pain I'm suffering*
is'the thought t
t
it' e in my power to give you a ha
tante, I'm going to tell .you a th
you would never know if, it weren't
for me.
Then the whole 'Store had came
out, brokenly, eortetirle le word he et
-
toed was like a 'Dagger thrust it
Trowbridge's itteast.
.
He was not an American, he said;
but an Austrip,n, who had lived in
many places and dorm many things,
Neither was he the millionaire.' he
• pretended to be. "That was- a pose,"
he said, "arid the Syndicate is re-'
sponsible for my expenses -4h° tn.
dergronrid Syndicate as outsillero eall
it. No, I'm not gong to giro it aWay.
The ethers are just as safe as ever,
and it' dobsn't matter tiny more for
My assistant here-Colthiess Itade-
pelskoi,.. as the Chilled herself for
this .oeetteion, And for a special pur-
pose. She's dead. She hadetto die,
or she would .have spoiled *lie life."
The CennieSS who was n� Countess,
and who had beoothe a. Itatlepolskoi
merely . 'totem* John 14enrith had
bought the Itadepolskoi diamond, had
been iMtit bY the Syndiettte to /get
that diamond; Mete the 'petal whielt
Rentith was suppesed to•erixty with
him; and the jewels of Lay Ardediffee
which, were fitMous. fler own lorialit„
• mend, and had hastened to the ren-
• dezvous, leaving her revenge to' be
atcomplished Tater. •
Troroviericlge had soon followed, aad
knowing that persuasion or • theeats,
• would be ageless where Hilary was
• et:twat:led, had oome softly.upon the
. woman and stabbed her in the' back,.
She had staggered forward dead with -
Out a my, and he had laid the body
gently ozt the :floor; lest SOMO, 0110
Should be in Dispeth. Dean's ' room
underneath. •
Trowbridge bad been :oertain -that
' the dead women might sefely be left
to lie throughout the whole day, 'in
the soaret room, as nobody save him-
self and that client of th•e Syndicate
for whom he tided, knew that the
hidden room had not •beert destroyed
by a fall of the tower's roof.
As a fire was planned for that same
night -a lire in which it seemed eer-
tain that Captain Oxford hetet perish
--it would be likay to arrange that the
flames should spread a little farther
eland destroy the tower also, with ki.11
the seared hidden'there.
6 • If he had not desired to spare. Els-
peth Dean, she would heed ben al -
Lowed to sleep as item' in the tower
room Then, 'she would have, heard
and suspected nothing ;• :ideate
would have been given, and the
Aherne would' have succeeded.
• All these things 'were tad by Trow-
bridge in a few words, and it was not
untilthe last that he dwelt upon that
part of his story which was of most
impettattoe for }Mary Vanes future,
Our Syndicate ferrets out the se-
crets of tielt people," he said, "of
, people who °would be rieh or titled if
genie Otai gad Were Out of the way.
Then* .0.00:titA llehlteIrreitt let1talfret
Cita DE CONTINUED.) •
„
"Seeredaltillyr sithtiveet Edwarde
had a geciA.1, Tor daring' 'which Made
this joke Orions enough to -be • safe..
"I. Wouldn't wsut to 114 Vd, my Imola
lar styloof beeline:veiled by smallpox
marks," said the. eneige, with a -smile
on ids lacariely, Wineint; face, "AtiCI
I le. a hunch elutt that ship is not a
Iticky find for, tais ship." ' t
"Then rye a Natoli thee your huneh a,
Is a wrong aria" feria !veg. "How long
woekI you guess that craft to be?" id
They were now witele a mile of thee:.
scheonee Edwarde serutinized her "
calenlatInglY. , , te
"Eighty to ninety feet." e • •, m
''Soy 150 tons. And she's tWo
Masted schOoner, isn't sho2" continued r
• Ives insinuatingly. so
"'She certehilY ' - '
• "Well; •I'Ve a beech' that' that snip sa
Is a lucky tind for anY Mit Pattie -
Warty for this ship." lit
"Great Caesar!" cried the ensign ex- . th
citedly. "Do you think it's her?"
A. levee of electric Interest went
arotind the group. Every glass was
Pals4. Every eye etraltied toward ifer
stern read the tante, as ,she rooted
Into the d again. About f she came.
A, sharp sigh oradit0d disappointment
exhaled from tho epeetators. The
name had been painted out. ,
"No go," breathed Edwardo. "Ilut
bet attother- dinner" -
"Mr. Edwards," calleCtile captain,
"You Will take the second cutter,
board that sehooner and make a t all
investigation."
"Yes, sie
"Take your time., Don't come along.'
Side until eho itt the *hid. 744104
4tVintitt ',PAR ShOfird to Adildlo her,0
p'sked Ives. •
"Did I? There' another thing.
Wheel's all right, utCompass feet:10
. good at ult. It't ego fatly. bewitched."
• "What about the'log, then?"
•
"Couldn't find it anywhere., Elqated
• •
igh, low, 4ack arid. the gamer every-
w
-
here except In the big, brass belied
hest 1 found In the eaptein's. cabile.
onkin't break into that."
"Dt. Schermerhort's chest!" exclalme
d Barnett.. "Then he was aboard,"
qweli, he isn't aboar4 now," said,
he ensigir grirely. ''!Not the flesh,
nd that's all," he added suddenl$•.
"'So, it isn't all," saki Barnett gently.
There's something else. Captahl'a or-
ders2" •
"Oh, no. Captain Paritineentdclesn't
ke. euouttli stock In 'my report 'te tell
e to withhold anything," saki Ed -
ends, with a trace of bitterness In his
oleo, "Iter nothing that 1 believe.tny..
al4hoW.0, • • to
"Give us a .gbanoe to belle' It"
Id /res. ' w?. " •
teWell," sitid tbe ensign hesitantly,
heee's a sett of atmosphere abOet
itt sehooner.thatig almost tin nnY,".
"Ole you' had the shedder before
you were orderecl to board." antereil
Ives.
"1 know It. 1'd Imvo thouglit it was
vile of those fool presentleaents if I
Were thee only orie to i'del ft. Dot tith,
men wore affected too. They kept to•
other. Like frightened sheep. And 1
beard one say to another, 'trey, Roney,
d'you feel like tome ohe was a-butzin
your nerves like a fiddle, striae'
Now," detniiiided Edward
"What right leis it Jackie to Mee
nervegr
"That's strange enotigh about the
compass," tad Detnotf slowly,. "Ours
18 all fight aware The sehooner muot
hart Wen KO near the etectrle dffittirla
'4006 that her histriimente wore, nerma.
• "pi.: :4,!rendon,,, iiou tent 'please ta go
; • taithiano to the aohooner."'
. • •
• ".,'S`ever. particularly, leveetieettect tiler
belier4 G.
suck a thing exlits," --
'41d 1 es
"Not a: cockroach.: on the 'Laughing
• I,ass, EVer..11.noW .9e an. old 1.100lier •
••
that waselt overrun with rat' •
-"NO, ter any 'tone: else, ...Net ;Oxeye,
water. • • • . • ••
"Itourida dozen dead ratse No sound ••
or cign of , flee one on the -Laughing
1.asS: lathe no eilee, no Gen-.
lielehealte Little:Wee Lass is a •chertiet
, •
• "No"- Wendel. Billy's -tender. nerveit, •
Wij 11 t 1110.11g, Said Yes, wit h. epres.a= •'
'able 6ippency. probably' heept-
toil' by eoele•ortele eh:althea', ' '•
,
"Ile 11 hate it chance to See," said ,
Trenden..'deaPtaln's going to Pat hint
In eilergeat .•• •
"fly way: or apology, then," estria.
Barnett:, "Ttlqt's pretty.,-.sgua.re." ;
"CaPtain ;Parkinsou whistles to see •
,you in 'hie eabie, Mr,' Eeveitreseaesald '
an orclei*Iy,'eorniug in:
• .."A- -pleasaat voyage,'. Captain. DUTY," •
snld Ives :"Seng out if tie° gobline'git •
Fifteen thillUi88 later 'Ensign •gd- •
-wards, with.a quartermaiter,.Tittmiina,
the b,o'sln'semete-and„e claw, -"Was
beading straight• enerse toward his '
Best commaltd; with . instruction's to
."iteeavomparty and wathh for signalsee
and IfitelitiOn,to..breek ento the brass
bound chest and 'ferret -out 'whaftelew : •,.
Jtay theeeelf it took, dynamite he -
• 'came to 'a :rib:aster •conclusiou.
'both: 'Of whom the lad eats, a ..tatorite,
btoortote,elen,c1‘ ,
"Itts poleoe, ,sunpnse," said the Brit
0°,11.13c1 a tnighty subtle sort". agreed •
Trandon, "Don't Mice the lOolia. Itt".-
stook a•seleture head.
•
• CilAPTEtt. IV. • •
N:sernitropiskacifie weather the
• • enexpected so seldom lieppens
• As to be e negagitle•mutptity.
The -Wolverine Met ivith it' on
s, 'hat realtii- t.ttyen
June 5. Protu soniel,‹he be
Ceountable
ourceIn t
scouring littdea radio a heuy znlst,
Possibly votettnic iietion, deeangingetty
Its electric and gaseous ontPouringa,17
the noimal course 'of the. witulai: '
given birth to It. 13e that as it mai
-It s*Opt'dOwn upon the eruisor. tide*
ening as It approxiehed, until arepontly
It had spread it curtain between the •
Warship and ite charge, The
died, Veal nfter fall of night the •
Wolverine moved slowly, bellowing for
the achtoner,,but .got no reply.; ranee
they thought thy heard a distaht
shotit or response, htit there Wee eti
repetition.
"Proartbly • doesn't carry any fog-
horn," said' Cartee, bitterly, . voleleg a
genertil 'uneasiness, - .
"No log; compass 'crazy; without fog
signal; I don't like that etaft. Barnett •
ought to have .been. ordered to bleu' -
her up Ito a peril to the high Seits.4
:Pick het up in the morning
bluely," Said Votothe. "Thia ettra,
lot 01.6v -era'
Nor Mit last longe An hour hitere
• Midnight it. potinding shower 'fell, lash
-
fog the ten into, phosphoreseent white.
nets. It oohed, and with the growl
of a leaping animal n squad' ,f5/
dowdy beset the ship. Soon the greet
Wei hotly was, plunging and hearing
itt the billows, /t was a skeeter tote.
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