Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 5, 1913, Page 2

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TAE EVENING TELEGRAM. ).AKELAND, FLA,, NOV. 5, 1913. | SYNOPSIS ‘ Matt Broughton leaves the service of John Mort on a Pacific island to return to | America Mort gives him a valnable ring Broughton promiges to gay nothing about l the mysterious Mort and his woman com- panion He 18 shipwrecked and must realize In San Francisco on the ring Ralsing $1.0M on the ring, to be repaid, | Broughton returns to his old nome at! Manaswan. He thinks of goinz Into the mule business with Victor Dagzancourt, i a colored garage keener Broughton s visited by the local aditor, who calls him “kine " The “king" is due to a “fake™ newspa- per story about Broughton's adventures in | the Pacific. At a church fair he meets Christine Marshall, daughter of a local | magnute, Matt falls in love with Chris, who nsks him to call on her. Dagzgancourt fs anx- fous to maxe the start in the mule busi- ness in Kentucky. On hte way to the Marshalls' Matt is detained by an Importunate stranger, but | Matt is late and cannot listen to him. He tells his love to Chris, Chris also loves Matt. The stranger, who calls himself Kay, shows Matt an old portrait of Mort and offers him $0.000 | gor Information about him, but Matt re- mains loyal Matt agaln refuses e.i i attacked, but | escapes, He tells Chris about Mort, and | together they try to puzzle out the strange ! man's Identity, | Chris promises to marry Matt as soon ' as he gets u job In spite of expected oppo- sition from her wealthy #nd proud father. Mysterious influences lose various posi- tions for Matt, iIncluding one as assistant to Daggancourt and demonstrator of an automobile, Matt and Chris elope and are married after a quarrel with General Marshall. They go to San Francisco and ship for John Mort's island on board the schoon- er Esneralda, commanded by Captain Schwartz. Out In the Pacific the young couple find themselves prisoners on board the Esmer- | alda, which maintains wireless communi- | cation at night with the shore or another vessel, CHAPTER XIV. A Startling Discovery. LN days had passed since the ! tug cast them off beyond the Golden Gate and with three ! toots of farewell left them to shift for themselves — ten days of heavenly peace, with the sails scarcely tonched and rustling noftly before an ! unfalling breeze, In all there were seven men forward, who might hn\'el been seven authors, :from the assidu- ous way they read-grave, oldixh men for the most part, always glued to books under that tarpaulin In the walst. Herman was the only youth among them—tall, whitey blond Her- man, who tried to make friends with the passengers till he was squelched by the mate. Schwartz. thongh less of a render than Brandeis or the others, very soon ran dry as a conversationnlist. He he- came bottled up and uncommunicentive, spending hours at a time In hix eahin or walking up and down the poop in a brown study none dared to disturh This was the only prerogative of a eap- tain that he treated himself to, bevond taking his place at the head of the ble. Mr. Brandels took all the obser- vations, gave all the orders, shortensd safl or ran up kitex without even wo- | ingz through the form of consulting his l superior. He was the virtwal com | mander of the ship and mnde \'prv: little pretense that he waes not. Matt ! noted that Schwartz stood ne wateh, but allowed hix to be taken by the see. ond mate, a ponderous individual of sixty, with white side whiskers, who wax called Krantz and berthed forward with the men This fumilinrity between officers and men was new to Matt. Mr Brandeis wias not above mixing with them un. der the tarpaulin and adding his cignr and book to that sprawling cinvle Matt had to ndmit that the mate did not appear to lose easte in conse quence. On the contrary. he wns treat- ed with great rexpect. and Herman In particnlar never failed to spring up at hix approach, | The two Jnpanese, Yonida. the stew. ard. and Fusi, the cook, were not be bindband. either, ax readers. i AAn Indefinable suspicion was begin- " APERSONOF 'SOME IMPORTANCE “LLOYD OSBOURNE | { whiskered patrinrehs? WHY SAFER THAN CASH Paying by checks is not 01ly more convenient than pay- :ng in cash, but it is safer, beccuse it eliminates risk of loss. Your account subject to check--large or small-is cordially invited. AMERICAN STATE B J L SKIPPER P.E. GHL nN President Caghier PHONE 2-3-3 \d GARBAGE | Segyrigat, 1911, By the Bobbe-Merritl Compasp ning to erecp Info Matt's mind That there was something wrong with the ship. The transformation of Sehwartz from an amiable, talkative, friendly tt- tle man into the taciturn erenture who piaced the poop or wrote for hours In his in strnek oddly on Matt's atten. tion. The eruff mate was eraffer than over and showed an inereasing disin- clination to let Matt see the chart as the vessel's conrse was plotted from dav to dav. And these white nnd Was it a foat- | inr o'd men's home or what? The humorons view with which these thines were at tirst regnrded changed fmperceptibly as time wore on. Who Made '0 Order by was this strange Schwartz and this ‘ strange Breandeis, and what had bheen the secret of the former’s impnlsive ! [Ad i\ l;;Y : good wi ) San Franeiseo? Nothing 2 nm\“ \\'::L, l‘l‘nfl:d“nfl :‘y::ll _Lunlh wn'mm : CARD“ I.l_ @ j i tafns standing togother, The amazing | Electrical and Sheet Meal Workers fact dawned on Matt that Schwartz PHONE 233 reosBCPRdS3 BN Y wis no <eaman at all, but & laindsman masquerading as the master of the ves. | sel Was it possible that they were prisoners on this singular ship—com- | fortnhle, well fed, politely treated pris- | oners? To incrense Matt's misgivines, Chris, who was a lehter sleeper than him- se!lf had been hearing “nolses™ fn the BEEZES = o middle of the nizht. She desceribed @ them as “funny, snapping sonnds™ that ‘ commenced nfter Sehwartz had possed [ thelr door and looked In, as thongh to “ assure himself that they were asleep, l She was so positive of this that Matt 'l determined to stay awnke one nisht ' and see and henr for himself. If it It were faney on Chris' part the sooner 0 she was undecelved the hotter. for she was nervoug and frichtened and had moments of passionately wishing they had never set foot on the Exmeraldn, Miduleht struck—efeht hells. Half after midnight one bell. One o'clork ~two hells. Half after 1-three hells, He grew drowsler and drowsier. Sud- denly Chris elutched him. “He's coming.” she whisnoped, “Matt, he's eamine—| heard the door” MO.1 2ad his breath. Schwartz was tiptoeing past their door. No, not past it. for the man stopped on his way and east a quick glance within, He was in hiz pajamas. Hix face wan n ctudy of furtiveness and enutim.. Then he tiptoed on and was seen no more, “Didn't | tell yon? murmuored (*hris, “In a moment the nolses will begin.” “Rh-h-h™ returned Matt. “Sh b It wax more than & moment, tow- ever, hefore the quiet was distnrbed. “There, there!™ exelnimed Chreis, A pecollar Jarring sound became faintly audible, as though some ma- chinery had been set in wotion. But ft was too dirrezular for ma hinery and bad an indescribable thrilling (oing o Build SPECIFY GOOD HARDWARE Obe of tte most important details in the planning of your new house is the selection of the hardware. NN BP oy proR2oeB W™ Hardware furnishings must be dur- able, safe, artistic--must harmonize with the architecture of the house and interior furnishings. The safest way is to get your hardware here. Our hardware adds not only to the beauty of your house, but to its selling value. bunk, despite Chris’ entreaties By George, he was going to see what it was! Follow Sehwartz and tind out. It wax an astonishing sizht that met his gaze. Forward of the foremast avas a sort of hut constructed of wat tresses, forming a windbreak or shield, open ouly to the fo'castle. | Withiu it, seated on # box, was Herman, Lent over an apparatus and causing it by weans of a small brass handle to emit A . 2 AN TNUNE B Your choice of designs is very lib- eral-=we offer many ,different pat- terns to select from. Before spec: ww & r s ; thai astounding buzzing as well us un | Incessant sputter of sparks and Hash- | ex. There was no listlessness now in | that gawky youth. His expression wix keen: his hand moved the key | with lizhtning precision: he had an i unmistakable air of mastery and skill ax of & man engaged in something he | excelled tn. Wireless! Of course it was the wire- ! lexs. Matt had read of it. but bad nev- er seen it before In action. Zi-sl— eizizizi—gi—xl-2i-71 21 21 The bruss lev- lrr darted up and down. lingered and i snapped amid a splutter of sparks and flushes; the captain, holding & sheaf of papers with his thumb, recled off sen- tence after sentence in a low, vibrant volce: the lantern lizht fickered over the yellow sheets, over Hermui's bent bead encused In a curious barness, (Contianed on Page 6.) quality that Matt w.s at a loss to ae- count for. The cabin shivered with ft. It was as tine as the lash of a whip and as vicious, as it sectued to sting the air. Martt leaped from the ifying your hardware, be sure and see us. We can save you money | and give you a more beautiful home. Wilson Hardware Co. Phone Ti Opposite Depot .