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THE GHOST 010
ILOCHRAIN ASTILE
IW MRS. C N. WILLIAIVISON
Author of "The !Amos Passes;" "The Lightnitti
Conduct•eP Etc-. Etc.
cloweicbt, $ok by him 0. N. who:aeon.
,a0Cillt a (festive erneet; eau us th lover
solicits a client who has not something
already to conceal, the Syndicate does
not rusk exposure. it has never been
betrayed" by a client, and has never
betrayed a client.si am ,not betray-
ing one new, because the man for
whom Thre acted, under orders from
the Syndicate, is already betrayed.
Kenrith sawhis face:. I know, and
must have recognized it. as only
few hours ago the man had sent for
him -sent for him to „keep himout
of the way while the fire WAS stetted
by me. Not that this man or I cared
reach whether Keuritit lived or died;
but he's known to sit up late reading I
in hie room, and it was thought eater
for our plans that he shouldn't be
there. _
"Kenritli eniv • bine as he tried to
sheet Oxford, and shot me instead;.
and besides, he way pursued by a
man younger than he. The one
speak of is Lord Lochrain.
"We -the Syndicate -had found out
thet there was nseeret in Lord Loch -
:minis family. The son of the old Lord,
this one's predeceseor, had disappear-
ed. and was supposed to be dead. If
. .
tire, and helped me carry her to the
room where she had slept. She was
unconscious, and it was easiest to
letivelier there then, as we had other
work to do quickly. But he said the
head of the bedateed was one with
the wall which divided the • room
from the secret passage, and without
moving her the whole bed could be
slid along, the mattress' tipped • up
and the girl thrown on the floor of
ttie passage. Then the bed could be
slid back again, and everything in the
,.so•wee, room would look , as it had
looked before. a
• "Our big Mistake was in letting her
, live till we should be able to .con
, back and earry out 'a plan' / had for
Putting it out of;- her power to in-
jure •ua; • • _
"Once again I tried to serve myself
and the Syndieate by taking Oxford's
life;. but than, as always, fate has
seemed to he -against me. Time after
time he has been saved in one Way
or another-tWieeby. his dog; at last
by me, since r eel dying in his place."
Lord Loebrain was never brought
to ',Hal for crimes committed and -
crimes 'planned; for in attempting to
escape from the pursuing detective
(TO BE CONTINUED-) '
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FORTY SHIPS WRECKE
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'Wild Scenes on an Uncharted Coast
as Described by Dr. Grenfell;
The Labrador deist, on which some
25,000 Newfoundlanders, men, women,
and children, in about 1,200 schoon-
ers, are,engaged every surnMer trawl-
ing for cbdilsh, was ravaged on July
A 26 and 27 by a northeast hurricane,
which is declared to have been the
worst ever experienced there. A gra-
phic description of the 'storm and its
after-effects is given by Dr. Grenfell
in a letter to The St. John's Preto,
and he quotes an elderly skipper, who'
had been fishing on the (met for sixty
years, and who had lost his vessel'
in this gale, as declaringthat he had
i
• never seen the like of it n an his ex-
, perience. The gale drove ashore forty.
vessels, all but four of which became
total wrecks, and it deprived nearly
1,000 people of the means of pursuing
their season's work. It also destroyed
thousands of portnds' worth of nets,
beats, and other; fisher/ gear. No
- fewer than sixteen vessel's were lost
in one harber, and ten in another,
• the remainder' --being left as solitary
ilis.,finstszgh1peal:dime. hipi.offigo. derelicts on various parts of the coast.
•The four' that- escaped -were taken off
• he: had not died, the , present' Lon the :reeks by Dr. Grenfell with MS
"h
ospital ship Stye:theme. Fortunate-
HutLochrain- Would not have inherited.
that was not the, Secret. The se-, ly ,not a. life Was Jost' though there
eret was this:: .. • ' • ' ••weremany narrow escapes.. pr. Ginn-.
„fell tells of eases "' where the crews . of
' ",Old Lochrein'S Son used te
vessels saved their lives by:. iemOing
have the• tower ream.. where Miss '
-Dean has been sieeping,
frotn the jibbooms on rocks.
:, He was •in •
levo with a kiri.. beneath him in sta.. His own ship lay -to mider..a.ahelter-',
. :,
tion- his sfather discovered the .affair. ing cape with twoanghora out and
and 'forbade the boy .ta. see the girl. tfhulle: ssetranudp: if ach
Sh!alVa"n ,i1Jht1.4dildpartebyd
and
Not long after quarter the :father'
.411d son had, in eenSeellenee diere she must have 'gone'.to the bottom.'
The Oast is Very often swept by these
was an attempt 'on .the old man's •
Someone stOle•Into.his room at night, , hurricanes, and the- tsher-folk. have
-and. tried to murder him, bat the
to lace this hazard almost every year.
Md.
man • Shrieked' for .,help,, and help Ttwhoeicigohazulu
t lighthouses,
swertadn
without cofohergts,aihaaTmS sfoonlyr.
eame.. The Murderer •had escaped,
leaving only a knife known to belong • a stretch cif 500 miles; and until a .
to Lord 'Lociirain'e only son. After Year dr twoago did not even- have
telegraphic • communication. The .
that night the young Man was never
-Marconi syStern •le • tiew•.installed, and '
Seen , again, and his lather lived'. On;
had • there. has no*, 00/00 a.. demand for the
believing hint gtiiity... The boy
escaped, apparently, by the
secret establishoient of a Meteorological ser,
-.
•
• vine, .:Whiels the fishing
way; from his own room in the tovva,'
blood-;Ileetis warning of comingiternii. The
and next Morning the:Me/1'0f
•stained fingers was found on .his.01.: SiVihjitlgn7trilbSsitotifili
NW4hltilwehitha/wo reOectillintrtilt6.;,
• ...kw this the i;r6sti-it tom :Lpcb.,.. ly ifl view as the: mailboat genres
rein who -mark this -was ,visiting in , Past- It -estimated that the loss of
:vessels; 'property, and fishery which
the castle at, the time of the attempted
this latest . gale has cinnied • will
nalirder,„ was practically adiipted-by
his uncle. Later, when proofsof the amount to fully £20;000, .and Most of
ion's" death in Canada were 'obtained, this will not be ,covered by insurance.,
he became heir fo the title and the •: • - •
i
• estates, • which would ' not 'have Giengarran Was Founder.
amotinted,.te-much had not coal late- The ton of Chisholm, mentioned know ho' tar trom tier cents%
ly been discovered on •the lend. • in despatches recently as having been .nit day loei 01 Tune Othe Wolverine;
W
• i",e. of • the Synrheate. got On the- burned during the forest fires, raging
track of •this secret, We diecovered''.in a Minnesota, • is A ;town dear to the , nettled by :patches mist and tneving
;that the young man, had Married the • ;people of Glengarey, , . fox' 'squalls, patrolled the empty seas
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girl he loved,• hilt that she had been •It was. founded •sa-• doien, years ago without • sighting the .lost schooner.
made to believe her marriage illegal,. by Archibalit•Mark„Chisholm of Glen-
The' evening broiight an caroler:0e ,ef
and had left her husband. Afterward . garry, who went' west when he was "fog again; and, presently a light breeze
a boy Was born to her while she Was only 12: Ile• worked in . the • lumber Mane up from •the •north. An hour of
in extreme poverty,: and soonafter camps of Wisconsin : arid Minnesota' it had failedto disperse the niist when
his birth she had died.' • " • and. finally Saw his chance and invest" there was borne down to tbe warship
. "There are tie better detectives than ed in the iron fields of the mesega
we have in the Syndicate. -We„fcilloW- range. • a app ng sound as of .great •Wings:.
•The peeing londer-wened-
• grew '.. .=
ed up every trace and learned -after' This brought him into. touch*.with°: • . • .
..many difficulties;that:the-,child-had-- Hill. . another 501,p/died 'ceased --.-and from the lookout . etinip- a
been .taken from a provincial asyhmm Canadian, -and..together.th.O. develop; 1L• •-• •• .
for foundlings, and adopted by a ed the iron mines to their 00/11/n011 "MAO'S lights ',three points on the
charitable old Indy; who knew no- 'advantage:. Out of this .property grew .sterb,Orird quarter."
thing of his antecedents. That child the town of Chisholm. '• ' "what • do youfrom below. -1 mike it out .to be,"
•
is now a man, and 10 known •as Crypt. ' Mr. Chisholm is a' wealthy 1114112 clime the query
Oxford. ffpossibly a millionaire twice over, and .tareen light's .411 I ean see. 'sh4."
".1f -we had no europroofst at the still only 40 y ars o age. He visited , Th
re w • •
present Lord :Lod -tram himself ells • his old heme.in ;lily of this year and eae a pause.
"There% her port light now. LOokS,
guilty of attempting to kill his uncle, renew.4 acquaintances.- He used as
and persuading his, eousin. to go. off. %hie business dards 826 billa of the to be turning and., bearing down on us,
'end . join his sweetheart the saMe, •Chishdlin Nationalliank, of which he. !dr. caaliag: dead for: us'* -the man's
night. Without knowing what WAS .$tk I)resident; • Some: of his friend% voice rose4-"close abettiv1;:lesren two,
. planned to hEipeen, we . were able .to . who received these cads, presented ship's lengths -away!" °
frighten 'him. by .ataking him 'believe the laMs' and .got the money. Hence As for ,ii prearrangedineede, the fog
that we had them: Also, we were sure Chisholm is considered the . whole certain parted. There teemed ellently
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maimme=ansenneeemenns.na-z.".:--
cDPYRIOHT , 1907
!MOM t wararoorn tableepee
earn anti nil butig Pit, ,epprepslun et'
spirit, Coptain Parkinson cauw7 fron
his eribin and went on deck. C011stitti.
Ilona Ily: .he WAS A nervous awl pessl-,
1011010 Willi With a fixed belief in the
v•Inspiracy a events, banded for the
iindoing of him iind tile. Blind or du.
conditions racken his tient but
real denger foetid bini not only pre- ,
pered, but even eager. Now his rape
was picture of. foreboding, ,
"Parity looksas if Davy Jones was
pulilun on string:" observed Abe'
CH'P'N‘Pl'ourtrsi-ivig'a
• el4'ttobnitstniteeigshchb*ovOner,
Uopp
RillYEdw,44:„ . ..
rdesow..or beard or felt
that wined coining," replied. Forsyth%
giving' expression to 'the anxiety' that
.uatot,
."lie's a good 0/1110n mane"' said„Ivos,
Hand that's'a etaneh little,..schoonee•by
the wey sho'handied.berself."
"Oh, it will benii.right," said Carter
confidently.. "The, wind's, moddrating •
now.,* • • • ' ,
"Bet. there's no: telling he* 'fee mit •
or the ,course this may have blown
Millutt:r'.
nett Caree'.ii.Oven, dripping. .
4 "Anything new?" asked, Dr,Trendon.
The navigating .officer shook . his
bead. . - •• , . •
-Nothing. But the icaptain's in ..a' •
state Of Mind," he Said. • • • .
What's Wrong with. him? •
, "The ' schooner.. Seems. ,possessed
'with the notionthat there's.something
*Meg with her.",, •
"Aren't you reeling a little that
way yourself" said Forsythe.. "1 am.
I'll take: a• look around before I. turn
He left behind him .a silent crowd..
•:131.5 return .wits• prinapt and Swift. •
"Come on deck," he said .
Every man' leaped as to an ..order.
There was . that in Fereythe's 'voice
Which stung. The weather had cleared
somewhat, though, seuddhig wrack still
blew • across them to the Weitwerd.
The ship. rolled heavily.- Of teei
naught was Visible except the arching.
wares, but in Alin sky they beheld
again, With nsickenine sense of disae-
ter,: that pale 'and love.iy: mew which
•heatclosec.1 bew]Idered thein nighte
i;i,
.0..8"71i4esterau.rerar crie? :BleGuire, the
. trea,-- with
sarcasm. 'Dead: in the west. .0:Wi-
thin' SOOt for the entore., 'particularly
onthe edge ..of 'the :set th seas, where
they°are thick!"'
•''Then *what Is It?"
Nobody had an answer. Carter has-
tened Yemeni' and returned ta report
'It electrical anyway,'''' saki Carter:
"The .compaste is queer again,"
IIIthifirdfi• ought; .te be close to the
. solution :of 'it," Ventured Ives. ''''.°This
gale should have blown hliniifit about
to the center of .inferesi."
."1 only be isn't iriveired 'In It, -i,oa
'Garter anxiously. .. • •
"What. could -there be to ''involve
bib''. asked McGuire..
' ."I :don't know" sea Carter Slowly.
"SomeliOW I -feel :as. jf. the •deSertiedof
the: Seheerier IVO 111''soind • (Orin -Rabic
initnoer connected With that, tight.'*
'Pot 'perhaps fifteen minutes the glow
:..Cotitinued.. It seemed' tobe nearer at
handthan'on the foriner,sigliting. But
It took 'n� comprehensible form. !Then.
It illefriway :•and all was placknese
.,again, 'Rut the: officers .or the:WOirer-
.'ine bad long been in troubled .Sluinber
.befere the sensitive co:up,iss regained
.irs"exact .brrlanee,.and: withlhe shifting
•.•eiefi t.) Mislead her. the. erniser had.
wandered: bymorning no man tnlght.
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f
"....,meeeeetemeeseeeeera.
"Neither teati th*if othfr," laid Tree.
don.griinly.
A hurried succession, of Orders stop-
ped further (Recession. for the Gine,
Ives ives sent aboard the seheoner to
kower salt and report. He came back
with a staggering dearth of informa-
tion, The boats were all there; the
ship was intact -'40 WW1 eS when
Pally.Edwarde bad taken chaige7but
tbe.. :cheery., lovable ensign and his
wen had vaaished without trace or
clew,. As to the how or. the wherefore
they mightrack their.brains without
guessing. There was the beginning et
a log in the ensign's .handwriting,
which IveS .had found With high it..N.;
eitement and read with bitter..disap-'
.pointinent, •
"I Ind, squa I. from northeast," it
• -DOulrie reefed:her, and she toolit•
'nicely. Some a seaworthy, quick ships
'Further search for log. • . No reviilt.
.Ilfive,ordered onn'Of the crew, wile is
'a hit of ,.11 mechanic to Work at .time,.
brass bound chest till he gets it open.
Be .repPrts. marks on the jock at if
-soniebody had been trying to pickit
before aim." •;
!'There was no further entry. •"
.,"Dt•Trendon is right," saki'. Barnett.
'Whatever happened -and • God only
!bows. what it could bare, beeu,.-it
iteppened just After the squall:"
"Just fibolit the tine of. the straage
glow." cried: Ives.
:It was decided that twe men and. a
petty oil:leer ebreild sent aboard the
Laughing Lass -to Make' her fast with.,
a cable fin& m11.111111; on board oyer -
night. .But when the order was given
the men bung hack. One of them 00-:
tested .brokenly that lie ' was sick.
Trendon after examination reported to
the captain. .• - • • •
, "Cape of blue funk; sir. • ingbe as
-well be sick. • GoectLfor- nothing. Oth- •
ars .aren't :much better." • •. ,
• "Who'. was te be in charge?"
!'Congdoii," replied the doetor.
• Ing ,00e 'of the petty pflieers..
."1-16'S my cockswain." sale Captain
Parkinson"A.' first class man I.can
hardly believe that he is afraid'. • We'll
sect.n •. • ' .0 • • “ •
Congdon waSilient for.
' • "You're °Meted aboard the 'schooner
• for the night, Cengden;'''..said• the cap-
, ..
- tain. '•••• -
• ,"."Yee;‘ sir." .•
• - :"Is :there-any-47-eitSon:-Why-you_do. net
wish to • . • •
• The manhesitaVed, looking Misera-
ble. Finally he 'hinited Out _not with-
out a 'certain.'dignity: ,,•
• "I obey ,orders,
.' "speak Out ,thy. man," urged the, cap-
tain Waft. • •• ••‘ • .
sir, it's gr...Edwards, then.
'Yeti couldn't - scare: him otf a jship,
uniesa It‘WaS something -something" -
He stopped. failing of the, Word.
"Nee knot°. What gr. Edwards was,
.sir, for 'pluck.". he &included;
•''.'e."Was!" cried. the- -captain ...sharply
"Whet de yea thenn?" • •
,4Thescliboner;gothini..Sir. Yln.don't
make. no. emint ,or thee, do 'you: sir?" :
The' Man spoke in ii...hriPhed voice.
with e shrinking glance: bock of
"Will' you go abbard under
ires.?:.
"Any,nliere-my...-91ficee,goe-S41L„.geff...
Chtely, Sir." .
:. tree Was gent aboard in Charge; 'For
that nick. in a.light. breeze. the two
Ships ley close' together. the schooner•
'riding jauntily .ostere. flut not •entil
•morni,n,,,, illumined th.e world of tvit,
revs did the Wolverine's, people feel
ernefident.that the Laugaier4,_. would..
not vantkil away from -their ken•like.
shape of I4,�mlst.• •
• 'criA.PtEtt. V.
it was he who had secrely persuaded
. the girl that herinarriage was illegal,
and 'induced, he/ .tog run aWay from
her young husband7Sueh hints were
dropped. by one 'of cur agents that
Lord Locbrabn. felt himself complete-
ly in our power, and offered the sum
of a hundred ,thousand pounds to the
Syndicate. toridhim of Captain Ox-
ford, the real heir, who coulll claim
everything, if be but knew.
'Lord .Lochroin had never eon Ox-
ford; and wished, to do. so. He Was.
staying with a friend at, some miles ,
distance from the Castle, in order to
,meet me and talk over the progress
of affairs from time to time. But with
the idea of seeing his cousin he de- •
eided to come to the Ilydro as an or-
dinary guest, • .
"His first sight of Oxford gave him
fright,'•however, for the family like-
ness between them is marked:Hi did
not think it would be wise, after all,
to appear in .public and have the re-
semblance commented on by strang-
ers' Just at the time that Oxford was
to be put out of the way. Therefore ke
kept to his room, and intended to
-
leave to -morrow. Sc, far as 1 know,
no one etepping in the hotel had a
gifireise of him, except Xenritii, and
perhaps Elspeth Dean, one night
when he AMA through the Becretdoor
into her tower /00111, not knOWitig
that any one elept .there.
"It was he who had the, etteret4f.
that strange old bed in that room. ..Awr
met inc Nat at 1 had made the girl
prisoner, atter oho gym the SIMI of
.thing..m;Glerigerry.
%. • Invasion From Indiana.
" De. M. E. Runt of Andereon, in -
diens., has been in Winnipeg recently
with a'nunibee ofother wealthy °its-
• end of that state, preparing to in.
a large amount of. money in.
Western Canadian real estate. The
statement is made by Dr. Hunt -that
three thousand Indiana farmers have
come into 'Western Canada in the past
year to improvetheir condition..Thbse
Inert are prosperous farmers who are
selling their farms there for as much
as leo dullars per tiere and investing
the proceeds in W6stern. Canada farm
'ands. They find the transaction a
profitable one. Dr: Hunt. points out
that they have to fertilize their land
in Indiana, quad the fertilizing costs
from atii to $26 a tan, half a ton be-
ing requiredon an, acre Of emu or
wheat land. •This season the small
grain crop of Indiana is very much,
reduced .by droughtt, which accentn-
a* the local interest in the oppor-
tunities offered By the prairie no-
vinos otaziesit...• "
• Austrians For Canada.
Count Vongagern and a lady have
been in Ottawa to plan if possible, te
heing out thousande of Ana Win f arid.
ere to Canada. Tey went to settle
peasants from Styria, Oarnielleith and
Oteatra in the Walt nett spring, and
IaIin the intended immigrants es
.111.1 edpeak ucated.goodand able
and swiftly the Laughing Lass. 1 Down
ahe bore upon the'greater vessel until
It seemed as if she imust ram; btipill
'the time she was veering to windward,
-tied uow she ran Into thb wind with a.
eastanet rattle of amis. So ,close
aboard, was she that the eager eyes,tif
Uncle. 'Sam's men peered: down upon
her empty (leeks., for ;the ,4,W4 void. of
I fe; •
Behind the eruiser'e blanketing she
of very siewly, but presently
eaught the breeze full mid again whit-
ened the water- at her prow. Forget-
ting reguletionsi Ives hailed
"Ahoy, Laughing Lass! Alloy, Billy,,
Ed)sards I"
No sound, no animate anotion, came
from aboard that epparition as She
astern. A shedder of horror ran
across tlie Wolverine's quarter deck.
A -Wraith ship, peopled with skeletobs,
would have been less dreadful to their
eight than the brisk and fictive desola-
tion of the heeling echooner.
"Been deserted dace early last
teght,', said Trendou hoarsely.
"How tan you tell that?" asked. Bar.
nett,
, "Both galls reefed dotvii, ready for
teat squall. 'Wen no Weather since to
eel' tor ,reeta. Aluet have, quit her
during the aqtiall,"
"Thee they linntlisd," Cried Carter,
'ler 1 saw her boate. It isn't believ*.
hie."
f
"That is whet 1 'expected." Old Cap.
Min Parkinson quietly. "Alit 1 Illtre
still * word to may. I make no doubt
In my own mind thst 'tlw seitooner has
twice been beset by tho gravest of
yarns. Notblug less would have driv.
en Mr. Edwards (Mtn his POOL All er
ONsorweboankr treew limin3r,sweilellraropmprZatiteartiteatbst.
forebodings as to his fate and that of
his compenlons. But eat° the nature
of the peril r tIlO unable to make etlY
enoitijIheirntettyrw:anseenarerdtthehigly4,tryomict:ntto•Friti7:etretien-
"Mr. Barnett? Mr, Trendon? Mr.
lv"ertrtbere not possibly sotne connec-
tion between the unexplained light
which we have twit* seen and the
doubie desertion, :of the vide?" oug-
eested the flint officer after a_pause.
9 have netted tnieelf that over and
over. Whatever the aouree of the
light and however near to it the
schooner rnay bri Vit been she is evident.
ly unharmed."
"Yes, sir." said Garnett ',That
seems to vitiate that explanation."
444:4;114pitilitnliildke tyffou;siugrenottrieemrs!'n' 'cot:4'001de - •
the metal% • "In this respect you
make • My duty the more difficult, I
shall necept Mr. Ives because of his
familiarity with Sailing craft and with
these seas." His eyes ranged the
group. • • • s•
•,lieC your pardon, Captain Parkin,
son," eugerly' put 'in the payinaffters .0P
"but l've handled a schooner yacht for
several years end I'd appreciate the
chance, or,- ,'
"Very well, mr. MeGuire,you shall
be tlie second in command."
"theifif you, sir." .
"You* gentlemen wiii pick „a volun-
teer crew- and , go aboard nt once.
Spare, no &Oft to dud records of tho.
sehooner's' crulee. 'Keep in' comnapy. •
and watch for signals. Report at onee •
envdiscovery • or Unusual' ifirldent
• , a #
hoWever. slight."
Not SO easily was'a.- 'crew ebtalned.
Having in mind , the. excuSirlde '
stition oflltbe ieii. enimon ParktsCn
was unwtlling- to- compelany et them
to ,.the duty, . Awedby the mystery of
their mates' diseppearance,,the sailors
•
amsi Barnett :carne oa•deck very
;early on.tfie morning of Jute -7
be found or. Trendon sitreadY
• OP and staring moodily' out at
' the Laughing. Lass As the night was
etopa . the low had made -fair time to;
ward their port In the Bus'. aflian 'groins
The surgeon Was mattering sometbing
Which' seemed to .Barfiett, to be in a
'foreign tongue. , • '
"Thought out any Mew. :doctor?"
asked the first officer.. • • . ,• • -
"Petit. :Cbel - pi,hawlJoIle Cell-
Menet:A*1(0 muttered •Trexidoii: "Ma-
"rieMarie-.-rve got It: The derie
Celeste." • •
"Got. what? What about. herr'
"Parallel case," said Trendon. ',,Sell.
ed from New Yak ''bfick to the •Seven,
ties. Seven Weelfecrut was found dere,
het Everything in perfect order;
Captain's wife's bent; on the machine.
machiue.
Boatseiall accounted fot No sign :or
struggle. Log written to: within forty-
eight hours." . •
:"What became of the crew?"
• ilVish I, could- tell .you, Might help
to .unraiel our. tangle." .He she& hifs.
.head te sudden, un wonted4passion•
"Evidently there's something crime
nal it her eecrird," said Barnett, frown.
Ing at the fuety selfOoner a.stern. • "Oth,"
erwiee the name- wouldn't be .painted
•
• "Painted out long ago, See how rms.',
ity it ie. .Scliernierhorn'e work, may.'
be," .reptied Trended. "Secret expedi-
• Alone. remember." *
"In' the name.of wonders. why should
he. do itr, • ••
,
"Seeret expedition, wasn'tit?"
"Unt-ab; that's true," said' the other
• thoughtfully, 't "It's 'cluite possIble,0
"Captaiti wishes to eee loth of ' you
• gmitlemen in the wardroom. .-it you
• please." catee ft IneSSAge. .... •
110lOW they found: all the officers,
gathered. Captain Parkinaon woe pac. '
Ing. up and down In ill controlled...age.
teflon. • . .
"Gentlemen," be saki, "we are Mc -
„
We a problem whIch so fat as t kuow
is witbout paiiiliel. itis my. Anton-
,,, . •
tion to bring tile sehooner which w'e
1 have in tow „0 ,port,,at Iloneitilti. In
the present unsettled weather we can-
not `Continue to tew her. I wish. tree
(deers to take cheep. Under the err.
Oinstenees I shall Wank tte. Orders.
'rhe duty must be voluntary
Instantly every num, fro:11.1W* Vet -
tree, Trandon to the paymaitge. ifehin-
,,
Rich rind splendid 'erg -wimp -8 01 light
' • s4p,reted,:tfulate.fhe nearena.
.beng back .••• Finally - by temptation pt, ..
extra prize money n comPlemeet. wen
.t. • , . ,.. , • . - ..
•roade up._ - . ;• • .
.. At.10 .O'ciock. Of a".pefty. iniSt •laden 4.
morning.. a noand Strong. COW ..of , •
)2
...altie.tnen bOarde, the Laughing Lana:" ..'
There. were ...no •t° rewens among .the
.-utlieers:27,---Forebtal'iiea NVelglittd... •too
heavy ..tor sect npe.: .exeresSion.,
. All the .fates Of ;weather'. Seenied . to
cotribine to •pare•the'schenner from her
eonvoy. As before the fog' fell; wily:,
tobe succeeded..by squally 'rain show
,erii that etit out the vista intoa check-
erboard Pattern oif ,visible seaaud•ina?
penetrable grayness. Beers evening ,
the Laughing Lass. Making' slow way.,
throne -1i theinists had beentue separat-
ed • by al: league of waves from the -
cruiser,. One" glffiapse ofber between'
lit hit ' areas the NVolverine • Caught at ..
sunset.:Tnen wind and rain descend.
erl.'. in furious volume • from the smith-, -
east ' The cruiser immediately heeded .
about, •,follewing- the probable, course ,
of her charge; which. would be beaten
Car down to leeward. It was giootny ,.
mess On the . 'warship, '. In his Cabin '
Captain Parkinson was frankly seasick
•-•a condition, Which ., -nothing but the •
extreme of herr:ens depression ever In ,
dneed in Ihn. ,. , ' . •
. • For :severril'.'hoerefthe' ram fell and .
the gale honied: ,Theit the sky' swiftly ,,... . •
Cleared. and With the clearing there".
rose a great: crr•Of amaze from stem'
to Stern of the Wolverine, for far to.
Ward. the • Western horizon appeared
stich a .prodlgy as the..eye of no man .
aboard that ship had p.ret • beheld.'
.From a belt of marvelous, glowing •
' gold,. rieh fied *spleadicl streamers of '
light spiraled hp into the blackness of
the heavens. . , • ' . • ..
.10 ell, the: Calera ef the spent:Min •
they rose' and fell - blazing orange,
silken, wonderful, translucent ' Mies '
find shimmering reds: •lieloiv a ' broad
bitrid of Peter hue, like sheet lightning '
fixed to rigidity. wttvere4 and rippled,
Ali ;the auroras of the noi4,ilant bleritto-.---:
° ed in one could but -hare 1 !nifty • ,
before the splendor ot that Ore c ee-
let:dial apperltiOn. „
On hoard the cruiser 'all hands stood
petrified,. boundln h Stricture' of Speech-
less xondet, Alter the first pry- si-
letice-Iiiy• leaden over the ship.. It was •
broken•by a !termini of terror from for.
ward " The quartet:M:10er who had
been at the wheel mime clambering;
,down the ladder and ran along the
dealt, Ms fingers splayedd, and stiffened
before. • ioni in the intensity of his
panic. • ., • 1 ..
"The ..needlei The cOMPaser" be
Shrieked. " .. •
: Barnettran to the whothense with
Trendon at his Weis:. :, The ethere fol.
lowed. 'The :needle was swaying like
a cobren,heittl 'And as a cobra'it head
ePickl'eneM...it,apat forth a thin teel •••
blue etreitth of itleent. fire. Then /se
swiftly it whirled that the sparks geat-
tered- from, it in a , tiny 'shower. . It
stelVed. 'guttered and *anted itielf
**Ward path it rattled like a talry
druni tipon the glass shield, Barnett •
lotted at Treftdou. - '' •
..eVolettniel" be Set& ,
ETO. 'B1 C0NTIOU161)3. .