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19 OF PREOBDING CHAPTERS, deamedip. Minera starts for New Orleans ‘her passengers Hamilton Forbes, apd Elisabeth, bis new: atenographer. Marshall, a with a cane, is 4 fellow a reporter, (Marsiall ing_and Starnball ere ‘Courtland! who was ait wig, vanished after a charge of aa 's office a been . and Elisabeth quarrel, @ note is handed to Courtiandt, who de ‘Tarking picks it up. It is in cipher. le pe Looe a qs in terror ant means rea Y e's go to Kill me to ore lever is found. dead, "a. revolver side, The pistol js still loaded. Forbes ‘kitted by i0-& weapon not beard and of which no trace can Courtiandt declares he killet ‘eweare it was sie who Killed CHAPTER VI. (Continued) The Love of a Man foraWoman. 66) ELL,” said Courtlandt, “I W am going to tell the story in my own way. Somo years ago I entored the brokerage offices of Ham- fiton Forbes's Wall Street concern At the time my family was not possessed with the fortune of the former Courtlandts and I early struck out for myself. I was approached per- wonally by Mr. Forbes, who was just then beginning to be a power in the @treet; he frankly admitted that he o@fered me a place with his concern Beoause of my family connections, de- claring it would give prestige to the firm to have a member of eo desirable @ family appearing in its interests. I accepted, with tne determination to become of value to the concern for other than the snobbish reasons so candidly stated by Mr. Forbes. “About the same time I entered the Forbes employ Miss Kennedy, now Mrs. Forbes, was employed as stenog- yher. In a short time she became and within a year she was the rutin, spirit in the offices. Mr. Forbes relic: upon her business acumen to a large xtent, and, as 1 wag next to him in the office force, Miss Kennedy and I saw a good deal of each other, “The result was that we fell in love, and became engaged. We were a very happy pair, indeed, who told our pre- clous secret to Mr. Forbes. That it atest him we both saw plainly. At the time we thought it was over the simple prospect of losing Misa Kennedy, whom Forbes declared in- valuable to him in a business way. I, hewever, with all a lover's jealousy, was quick to conclude that Forbes, as Well as I, had lost his heart to Miss a Voice in my own heart echoed: “Who, indeed?” "One morping when I arrived at the two men who took me Into a private room and informed me that they were ha warrant for my arrest on the charge gery of cortain bank shares, v1 protested my innocence, and s0 @@ Forbes; in fact, through the sub- eequent trials | had to undergo, he Wed the money for my firm of and apparently was the cheat friend I had, His testi- fabay while on th tand appeared to rawn from him reluctantly, but it was most damaging to my case, He amore that the forged shares were Wever signed by him, although | veised money on them with the un- Gepetanding that thoy were indorsed by bis gignature. A supposed confed- ere of mine was produced who told of my intended division of the spoils ‘with himself ath in @ atreet car ac- ect! lent the next day. had only one friend to stand by for me; her testimony refuted in of the who alleged he y frie wo op every appeal. enough, was Mr, Larkins here. He di covered that one of the jurors who co! my third trial only three jurymen re 54 mofeed to prosecute further, stigma, of a divided jury. for the Wea! too, had turned against me, id sought an wunderstat pride held me bi 1 was in Arigona, I read an account , and, being down on my luck, a saved until - to take me to the metropolis, > make good on my own account and to Forbes’s confidential stenographer, nedy. Who could help it?” added landt, his face transtigured; and ." he’continued, “I was inet by ntral Office men and had a nd@ another, this third m ugh it all, and that was my at- Sen wits. She worked night and urged State's evidence, but the jury found me guilty and 7 Was sepmbess to term in prison. Forbes s Cheeg 4, for he casried my the Appellate Division, only to Ig eeemed that nothing but @ long went awaited me when I was ‘a new trial—brought about by a Rewspaper reporter, who, strangely vieted me had previously been tho in- of insane asylum 1p one of the festern States, and on this I was given another trial. my gecond trial the alleged con- ‘of mine mixed his testimony , end earned me a hung Jury, and for conviction. Boon after I was as the District Attorney‘s of- is was because an election had robbed me of one of my bitterest foes and one of Forbes’s closest friends— ‘the District Attorney himself. I was free, but smirched with the humiliating farned that Forbes had tried to bring about my ruin, I charged him to 5, his face with double-dealing, Miss Ken- nedy refused to believe that I was just in my eres, and I Jeft New York in’ an endeavor to find the man who could prove Forbes the seoundrel I knew him to be. But my rts to locate this man were ynsuc- -ceastyl, My letters to Misg Kennedy Went unanswered, and I belleved that lore was Where | mado a fool of if, I shoyld Daye gree to her ing, But a » Once, while of my death in an old New York chores around a cattle ranch I let it wo at that. IT argued it when I could go to New York the proof of my Innocence It Would be time enough for my brother 4 two sisters to know that I still ved. hen came the announcement of ae ment of Miss Kennedy to oaraged, I started for New foot—that shows how crazy I finally my better judgment of me, and for months, working in the power house of a@ big copper mine in Rishon, ; id a “Once there my courage failed. The papers were so full of the coming marriage of the Wall Street million- aire and his bride that, I argued to I to stop so brilliant The newepapers made a pretty romance of it all, and 1 real- ized hopelessly tl I was out of it, I decided to go baek to Arizona, and booked return passage on the Miner- va, without the slightest idea that the Forbeses would select the samo steamer for their honeymoon trip. “When I saw the bridal party on the wharf ready to come aboard I was thunderstruck. My first impulse was to rush to the purser and demand to be set ashore, but in the end I did nothing #0 dramatic. I remained aboard, and everybody on the ship knows of my meeting with Mrs. Forbes. “Mrs. Forbes sent me a note; it was written in a cipher we had used be- fore, and,said simply that there was something she would like to say to me if I would go to her in the library. Ty doesn’t matter what took place in that interview. She only meant to tell me, out of the goodness and sweetness of her heart, she had be- lieved the report that I had died in a saloon brawl in the Southwest. ‘But a nature as frank and open a: | he Evening World D: FAR MADDENING THRONG — IKISS NE OE&AmE Mae! ly Magazine, Wednesday, August 4, 1918 A Honeymoon Trip “ca, By Maurice Ketton (The New York Even! siesta on deck. tucked in her steamer chair for a She seemed grateful for thé sugges- tion, and when she was comfortably settied, and Courtiandt had hurried to the library wo get @ book for her, I joined Larkins again, and we betook ourselves to the upper deck, making our way to the smoking room aft, On the way we encountered the first eff- cer, very handsome and striking-look- ing in his white duck uniform, He inf out on deck, agitated and dist: because he believed it to be than Mrs. Forbes, and feaned emotions. Imagine his co: then, when the shot was immediately thereafter, paused to chat with us a moment and to put @ question to Larkins, “What did you think of Hallaron’s story?” he asked. “L think it was pretty etraightfor- ward on the whole,” Larkins replied. “He told one lis, howeve nounced Woodruff, in a lowered tone. Larking led him to the rail, and the three of us looked down into the biue of the sea churned into white foam by the mighty propellers. “Fire awa: Le he said, after be was sure no one could overhear us. “Hallaron swore that he was in bunk when the shot was fired,’ Woodruff, “yet one of the engineering force who was forward taking the air Just before bis watch was called tells he saw Hallaron on deck and pee dow of Stateroom A hers is not clever at concealment, an in every unguarded word she uttered 1 was gleaning revelations of this man Forbes that incensed me beyond en- durance, “That night, taking my shotgun, and, with a small pair of nippers, f turned the key in his lock, and, too blinded with rage even to notice that he was overcome with drink, I shot him like the dog he was. Then I; locked the door, threw the shotgua d nippera into the sea, and tried to appear as calm and unconcerned eral minutes of comp! | kazed into the depths of the sea so tently that I wondered if he expected those churning waters to furnish him a. solution of this latest develop- men “That's odd,” he said at last. “Have you told the captain?” ‘Not yet,” said Woodruff, “but [ as possible when the chief engineer pessed me. And-—that's all there is to Then young Courtlandt sat down vily. say Van.” drawled Larkin ‘eaking the electric-charged silences to you Ananias was a CHAPTER VII. And a Woman's Love for a Man. HEN I next saw Larking he W and the captain were ha ing an argument Courtlanat. "But he can’t get off the ship and walk!” Larkins was saying. “It's #0 absurd to lock him up.” “L can hardly permit a self-con. fessed murderer to walk my decks unrestrained,” objected the captain, ‘He through the window of Stateroom and as Hallaron had his face in proximity he is certain of the Furthermore, thie and the of the watch started to some moments after the shot had heard, he met Hallaron, and asked ‘time up there, and | the captain will be glad to hear w @ bit pompousty “Captain, captain,” murmured the reporter sadly, “do you mean to tell me that you credit that beautify lie? Upon my word, f believe I could sell you a gold brick with infinite ease.” Capt. Loyd only bridied and cleared his throat noisily, and Lark- ins, moving olf, flung over bis shoulder: “Well, I'm going to wire my elty editor that Courtiandt's confession is no more to be credited than Mra, Forbes's.” “You will do no such thing,” con- tradicted the captain firmly, "I will sive orders to the wireless operator to refuse any message from you! “Don't do it,” said Larkinag, “You know, you're too good a sport for that, but all this trouble bas got on your mind and made it seasick. ‘The press has some rights, you know.” But the captain turned away with- out replying, Larkins chuckled. “You don’t to care what Capt. Loyd threatens said I, “Oh, not for to-day. I've filed all my stuff already. I'm laughing be-. cause Sparks has had a wire fro: every paper in Manhattan for details of the murder, not to mention the frantic demands of the Associated is having a wild time with the hot stuff their ‘special correspondent on that Randolph, our city editor, has laughed for the first time in ble PORSN Lariine ene “What do you think of’—— I com- Sra a title upset, think it best that nothing more be sent to the papers.” “Captain, I went to mene a itis ot x deal with you, Suppose that you has lek of the | Forbes mystery,, 80 Cnt board this ship an escaped con- vict=—a man who was serving a term for murder at the time he made his gotaway?” “Well?” aaked the captain. Ing he had been sent crotchety existence,” ced. »w, see here, Marshall, I've come to look upon you as a friend of mine, and I'd do anything for you, but I'm m please give me a rest. Bet your bot- tom dollar that neither Courtlandt nor Mrs. Forbes is guilt Larkins Mt one of his vile cigarettes and paced the deck thoughtfully. Once he turned to me, and I looked at him expectantly, for I wae eure that he wae going to mention something about the mystery. “Bay, Marshall,” he queried plain- tively, “do you ‘know whether we have ice cream for luncheon, or do we only have it for dinner?” { refused to answer, not thinking it consistent for a man to mix mur- der mysteries with Ice cream. “Oh, Mr. Larkins,” called the wire- less operator, a8 our pacing around the upper deck brought us past the compantonway that led to hig small offic Here's an aerogram for you. continued In a much lower tone, “what's up? The skipper, a little while ago, left orders that there was nothing doing on any more mes- sages from you, and that I couldn't answer the queries from the other papers.” “Are there many-—other papers?” asked Larkins, “The Orb wants a hundred words," sald #parks, “and the’—— “Good old reliable Orb!" laughed the reporter. “They want only the skeleton of the story, and then they'll pad {it out! I tell you what, there's nothing Ike those good old reliable papers, What does that yellow-hued affair, the Sphere, want?” “Oh, all that T can give them!” re- plied parks. "Gee, I'm almost dead now. I've been hamme; that o! key until I feel as if I could drop.” “You'd better steal Mttle RE at while the Cap ta pee kins, ‘Just as goon a@ I tell him the te something he'll open the wires to me again,” “Sure of tt?” laughed Sparks. Larkins shook the message he had Just received at the wireless man, ang added: “If you have brought me the answer I expect!" “Say,” eald Sparks, his eyes wide that met o 0was gol He stopped, and though place the ha gp ded though.” entered, and then to my astonish- ‘hin! turned my friend the reporter, and then he fell in step with me again. I waited hopefully for him to tell me what his aerogram contained, but when he made no move to do so couldn't keep quiet any longer, and I blurted out: “You haven't opened your mes- sage.” “No, [ haven't, have [?” said my and I didn’t mone questions, you can wager. uuncheon at 1 o'clock was a very dismal affair, The crime of the night disclosures of morning bad affected the spirits of ‘* to a marked degree, and gloomy silence reigned in the din- omatic pistol in his hip “Just as well, | suppose?” he said to Larkins, who nodded. Soon we heard the first officer and some one coming up the ladder, and I was deeply surprised to note that it was Hallaron, the deck steward, wh followed Mr. Woodruff Then I knew the a scene Larkins had k . othin’ 00) As Capt. ‘evidently had never does nothin’ but toot the horn 8 Capt. Loyd I Hallaron stood before us tll at ease and myatifies that Larkins had made a mistake; the steward had a look of genuine In- oence on his face Loyd was one of the first down, and I could plainly see that Larkins had news for him; but, like he was, he waited almost finished icking his des- tain, why don’t you call him Larkins interrupted quietly. ateward went white as a sheet, ing about to face the reporter with a savage exclamation. “that's why you hia meal an Press. In the mean time the Ledger sert with relish before he spoke: “Captain, I want to epologine ier — this morn! the spot’ has shipped them, Til bet (rae ,coo—menls cree tne one ; 2” the man looked from one to the other of us sullenly ‘THallaron,” said the captain, "you have been with me on this ship al- T have found you faithful and sober in your habits at all times, so when Mr, Lar- King told me you were an escaped found guilty of # serious erlme, I could scarcely believe tt.” “Well,” sald the enough; I guess the jig’s up." ‘Patton, what do you know about the saunder of Mr. Forbes?" Larkins most two yeurs to jail on who was murdered this morning?” “Mr. Larkina, do you mean that there ts such @ man on board this ship?” Yes, I do mean just that!" can scarcely credit such a thing,” said Capt. Loyd. ‘Nothin’ at all, air, except what body else knows. when he was killed..” “Sleepin', air,” said the man, with- this morning “Did you drop a cipher note through his window just before midnight?" point out this person to you, and have the docu- ments to prove his identity, would se the wireless?” I will not barter with ned the captain brusquely, there was a twinkle in his “But, as @ elight token of my appreciation for such shrewdnoas, I ght mive you the liberty of the ship!” and he laughed, passed over message he had received, saying that he had not opened it, for he waa aure of it# contents, The captain tore open the envelope, and read the pression. fraid I do not understand,” he Larkins. recognize Mr. when he came aboard yesterday?” “Do you think I could ever hat He spat out the vile des- \gnation, his face black with passion. “The man's dead, Halloran!" said Japtain, severely. you let me u “No, you,” retu eye. 'He swore me into black heart ai i kine ‘I'm I sung @ song of joy, an’ back to that cell now, as th left on earth for me to avenge!” “How did such @ man as Hamilton Forbes ever come into your life?” asked, amazed indeed at the man’s out- with “Im “That is an anewer | received trom the Police Headquarters of New York City-the rogues’ clea, It contat urements and maul Lark “It wore this way, sir, I was nothin’ but @ truck driver, an’ I did my hard a mu ol i aboard, “Bi ue” history of the don't place whom you mean.” jeaned over and whispered ething in the canteine ear, oa lightning!” ejaculated “When you have fii will you and Mr, M 1 e up to my quarters? We'll ut there,” and the captain wes @ PEuversstional’ . aes aad 1} el Inter led the way to the Upper deck off the bridge in‘e quarters, a were, ‘Bui ‘ugh,’ I says to moaelf, ‘ther @ girl worth bein’ iter out out the i 414, an’ the wife an’ me we gives t there is, One day I lown Madison Aven en’ & auto scrapes my wheels, Trigh mutt,’ yells one of the genta big fur coat, ‘can't you see where uu goin? I were gue, an’ I shoo! truck bandle proper. g the were truckin’ Just at i hard for a moment. “Blessed if I can fellow ulek with me off a lot of abuse knows how to h The one what wes it Woodruff to bring the he informed us as we drivin’ the auto jamps out an’ shakes “Oh, rot!" burst from Bobby Lar- a big wrench at me. ‘I've got a good kins, earning a flashing rebuke from ve in a * the eyes L 1 short twenty-four hours. “Now, look try” an’ I climbs down, an’ as the here, Mra, Forbes, you know as weil swell closes in on me I cops him on the as I do that you never even so much jaw, only after he swipes me over th’ as shot off a cap pistol, much less @ shoulder with the big iron wrench, [I shotgun! If Mr. Forbes had moet saw all red before me at this plece of death from a hatpin stab, why, wi dirty work, an’ when he alms another would probably be willing to muspect swipe at me I knocks him flat, Both you and Courtlandt are “Well, he never got up again—alone, cuiltless as the inhabitants of The man what stays In the car an’ or I'm going daft!" oked at ti mind to drive your nose in with thi says he. ‘Sure,’ 's I, ‘supposin’ ye for the police was this Forbes, An’ fatherly expression found pl Cheat were brought, to trial, what rosy, smooth-sbaven face, He does he do? He tells the jury that [ out and patted her hand. took the wrench from their machine “I believe that Mr. Larkins In right, an’ beats the man with it over the my dear,” aald the captain gently, head, smashin’ his skull! Tho dirty “and that you two young folks are Mar! His head gets fractured when both very cheerful prevaricators, Mr. I knocks him to the car rail! They Woodruff, take this brave little girl don't hang me, seein’ [ had a good below, and give Mr. Courtlandt the reputation—I only goes to prison for freedom of the ship. [ fane: life! r and he brushed “An’ what becomes of my family an’ the little flat I had in Hariem? isposgessed were they one day, an’ my wife dios from exposure, while Katie-—— Six months after T makes me getaway, I ane T hears about my wife, but nothin’ of Katie. One night I were slinkin’ along Forty-second Street, goin’ east from Broadway, when one of them i bs my arm, ‘Where you pi fia?” abe ys, Somethin’ in poume for any hareb thing I might the volce makes me look at her close. MMe said to you, ‘Then—I can't talk about tt, Thank 72e two man then shook hands, aM great to have a woman love you the in Noo York that night he'd a died Way ane loves Courtlandt!” is making out as a correspondent,” and we made our way down the ladder behind the first offi- Pe eeeeao York, cer and Elisabeth, She turned on see- ; Larkins, iT “Yoo,” said P oby; “you may—that is, if you will let me first beg your then! “That's all_there is to my story, genta, an! I'm willin’ to Ca to the CHAPTER VIII. Lil enever you say,” @ con cluded’ rubbing his tear-strewn taco The Weapon of Death Again. with the back of his trembling hands, Nase Athamaaaea’ Gn kak bh! oral looked at the steward in Courttandt and Mra, silence, Forbes “Hallaron,” said the captain finally, Dacing the decks aide by “IT want you to give me your promise aide, Needless to say, they that you won't try to get away when were the cynosure of ail we reach New Orleans. Give me your eyes, and her flushed face gave mute word, and you may continue at YOUF wudence ¢hat she was consclous of duties until we reach port.” sir,” said the man gratefully; the vulgar stares levelled at them, ank you, sir.” but she bore beralf with proud im “Pout” laughed Larkins, when the difference. mvt ai theerlos kaccbed into ‘cocked 1M response to thelr invitation Lar- hat!” kins and I fell in step with them, and “Did you think he was the mur- eventually the reporter and Court- derer?” asked Woodruff. landt paired off, leaving Mzs. Forbes “Well, you can never tell what I do and myself to follow in leteurely think when I get atarted,” said Lar- circiing the deck, We talked of those nee think any ol trite gubjecta that seem ¢o belong to ‘At this point a steward informed people who firet meet, yet my heart the captain that ‘Mrs, Forbes wished was even then crying out to tell her to, g00 Min. ott nee her, won't you, °f the great love that lay within it. captain?’ Larkins Urged. “I'll make A #ehool of leaping porpoises keep- you ® warer that she'lt come up here ing up to the ahip off the port aide with a wild yarn about how she shot caught her interest, and she leaned her busband with a shoehorn, and in- . ee i that Courtlandt only ' pleaded Over the rail watching them. Rullty to the deed because he thought laughed with spontancous joy at she did it." thelr sportive antica, “Bhow her “Aren't they deari" she exclaimed, r and several women ngers stand~ fe orgered She bah on ing near by cast locks of amasement Hilsabeth I could plainly nee, even in #24 horror upon her. the subdued Tene. of ‘the captain's | "T Dellove ‘abe aid murder her tus tn spite of the euf- band!” whlapered one of the es fe rent there, wae aa *pitefully to her companion, “D! beautiful as and my heart orted you hear hor inugh?" out to her—she’ seemed so like a If Elisabeth heard the words she crushed and broken flower. gave no of it, In fact, “Captain,” the said, in her deep lwughed again, freely and unrestrain. contralto, come to you to protest edly; but, as wa moved away, I saw against the @urther fncarcoration of that her sweet eyes were fill with Mr, Courtlandt. He only confessed tears, It wae after this incident, which to the murder of Mr. Forbes because set me inwardly boiling, that she knew I was guilty. Dent’ you seemed to lose heart in talking, eo I seorificing bim: for me?" persuaded her to let me get her cosily new views you may have arrived and we walked forward to the ladder t leading to the bridge. Capt. Loyd lcomed us pleas. antly, and plunged once into the subject which was absorbing every “, one to the exclusion of every other toplo. “Lam more deeply pussied and mya- be, tifled thay ever,” declared the captain, nd, by the way, the company has ordered me to bury the body at sea. ‘With Mra, Forbes's permission it sball be done at sunset. Then Woodruff told the captain of the engineer's story about Halleron presence on deok just prior to the shooting. "Bo tt was Hallaron, after all!” ex- claimed Capt. Loyd, springing to bia feet “IT do not think #0, captain,” said Larkina. “Why not?’ ‘ou forget the warning. “Do you really believe the cipher had anything te do with bis death?” 1 asked, “I certainly do,” maintained Larkins emphatically. “It threw a man utterly devoid of nerves into a paroxyam of fear. He declared that hidden among the figures was @ threat of desth to be carried out that very night. Was he right?” We could say nothing to this, and, uplocking @ drawer in his desk, Capt. Loya withdrew the ctpher that had been found on Forbes's bed. Larking pored over it in allence for ao while, then asked permission to make a copy of !t so that he could tudy it more closely at his leteure. “At that, I don't think this cipher will tell use anything we don't know,” he remarked as he sitpped the copy he had made into his pocket. “And deapite the fact that Hal! on deck I don't believe he @ shotgun. “Then,” said the captain, “you re © one weapon as the pivot around “In thie affaty the shotgun ts X— have motive in killing hue her band? The anewer ts ‘Yes’ But @ are these days. Granted she had cause, however, it i# utterly ridicu- “Courtiandt; Now, things look dark for our hot-headed young friend. It was his divine right to kill Forbes, so he thought, but somebody clae saved him the trouble. His confession, as well ae Mrs. Forbes's, was the mereat piffie, Each got the idea the other wae guilty, go tried to shoulder the responaibility. The fact that the In- side of a stateroom was torture to any one who had gone through the mental agony Courtlandt had en- ured during the day made his pres- ence on deok nothing out of the or- @inary. I want you to bear this In mind, and figure it out with mo; ac- cording to where ho was standing when the chiet Fo peng saw him and the engineer didn’t lore any time in moving forward when he heard the shot—it was a physical impos- ibility for Courtlandt to have fired the shot.” “But he was noticeably agitated, so Mr, McDonald affirmed,” put in the fon,” wai Larkins; “that pusaled mo until I had @ heart-to-heart talk with this afternoon, Poor fellow, he believes Mra, Forbes fired the shot!" “What made him believe that?" de- ded the captain. } ‘Sinister Island “His stateroom 1s twenty-two, compani . tan-colored gown. at n that lets her out,” 1 voice so full of obvious rel Larkins suppress @ smile. . “Exit then Mra. Forbes and our quixotic young friend, Now, my impresaton ia that the crime was committed by some one whose stateroom opens off or near Every stateroom ship opens off the interior com| ways; there are no deck maybe a half dozen were in the ee near enough into the safety of our stat fore the ship was aroused. gun! “That remains to be retorted Larkins dryly. “In the meas time, to give us mus; the benefit of the doubt, let's work on the Hal “Hallaron, or Patton, i» distinetly ‘in/bad.’ wisn te detective force of they Mr. Hallaron’s neck and third the shooting. confronting him _ with the fact he was seen at Forbes'’s window?” ‘A good idea,” agreed “Get Hallaron, Mr. Woodruff.’ ‘The first officer was gone but a little while when he re-entered with Hallaron, Briefly = i if faulted only made him pect of @ dark, dismal like a dog and starved, an indifferent shrug of his “There's only one thing I’ suid Hallaron; “if an innocent 1a convicted of killin’ this Forbes, tell all I know!" ip <r After Hallaron hi turned to Larkins. crazy,” he said tn disgust, “Or just telling the plain, unvare nished truth, which oe Se wrench I'll worm his secret him before we reach New Or! And I mentally decided that be! carefully shrouded, w into the deep, while an impressive voice, service, aves one sengers and crew, thronged of the vessel, and looked on tn were still for the nence, Loyd closed bis book he bows vared head. ‘There was a rush through the 4 splagh, a boiling of white foam, reg then the ominous flirt of » dorsal Gm es one of the denizens of the followed Hamilton Forbes to his resting place. Our aolemn duty to the dead over, the gonge clanged their demands in the bowels of the thrashing screwa clove anew the deep indigo of the Gulf Gtream, an@ Mrs, Forbes retired to her state~ Courtlandt and myself paced the deck, while Larkins went above to file “overnight copy,” as he @x- Later we found him ta the wireless room with Sparks, ag all curly-headed swapping yarns I invited the re- porter to join me in a stroll around newspaper game. was “going to lonesome 4i and solve the cipher—if he could. (To Be Continued.) 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