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AOMORI, tetan ‘outs The ers vening : gazine, Thursda orld Daily Ma — y. August 5, 1915: Copyright, 1912, by Street & Smith.) OPBIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. i darkness. Then he fell into as ig gt New Ou dow of this stateroom looked out ; NAF sors her on deck and was open. Halloran's sound slumber until awakened by aq cry, not a sound, came to my earm — atom) Atehing the ’ bri 1 itl you man is Van rer engaged 19 a charge of and has been inabeth quarrel. . mttlandt, who drops ke it uy is in Cipher, He bes, who cites In terror: “It means Bes threatened! He's scing tg ROL me to ited ty Neon be IW,Be digworerat,” Courtland, declares Ne killed Mageitabeth omens it wae. she whe Blind captain i in a quandary. irkine Wes to solve the mystery by further study of the her note, CHAPTER VIII. (Continued. ) "he Weapon of Death Again. 8 we reached the saloon deck A Courtlandt, too, excused himself, and made off in the direction of his state- com. I paced the deck alone, A full oon made the waters a shimmering ea of silver, and the passengers rowded the decks, more cheerful and jwht-hearted than they had hitherto now that Forbes'’s body had en consigned to the keeping of the Pp. Troom should be searched by them for any possible clues. The win- body was lying directly beneath it when he died, Another stateroom, number one, lying midway between stateroom A and the library, occupied at the time by Franklin Marshall, a raisin man of Fresno, Cai. who is taking the Southern trip on his way to his home, Mr. Marshall was in his berth at the time, and told how the report of the shotgun awakened hip. Hear- ing the commotion on deck he lowered his window blind and Jooked out. Others wera crowd- ing the deck by this time and he could add little toward clearing up the latest development. The library, stateroom A and all the staterooms were immedi- ately and thoroughly ransacked for a weapon, but without result ‘In arresting Mr. Courtiandt and Placing him in the confinement of his own stateroom Capt. Loyd explained that there was no other course open to him. Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy Forbes sourht the seclusion of her state- room Immediately after the oc- currence, and it was rumored among the passengers that sho, too, had been placed in custod Capt. Loyd denies this, however. Mrs. Forbes declined to make any statement for the press If the death of Mr. Forbes aroused the ship to a state of excitement ft could not be compared to the frenzy of the Halloran tragedy. T advanced the theory of sutcide suggesting that the man had prob- So at EXERCISE REDUCING. THis 1S THE THirnd EXERCISE IT REDUCES Sinister Island f By CHA You ARE A HIN, THIS IS HARD LUMP ‘To Reduce THE LUMP oF te RIO IORI. waking about 11 o'clock or later, to find the light still burning, pushed the switch button with his foot, plunging the room in ‘the shot, Investigation showed that the Diack-and-white buttons that switch on and off the current are located at the foot of the upper berth, and the young suspect could have easily manipulated the buttons as he described. This, the third shooting on board ‘the Minerva since leaving New York, has thrown the pa: sengers of the boat into a state bordering on panic, This is par- ticularly the case as applied to the women passengers, many of whom are keeping to the seclu- sion of their staterooms, declar- ing their intention of remaining there until New Orleans 1s reached, To add to the general discom- fort trouble ts looked for from the members of the crew. The Cuban element, of which the en- gineering and stoker forces are mostly composed, are imbued with a fear of the supernatural fan evidenced by the series of crimes that have visited the ves- wel, and while there have been no serious disturbances the oM- cers are going armed and will take stern measures in suppress- ing any outbreak, Capt. Loyd has been importuned to make a landing when the Min- erva passes Key West to-day, but the commander has announced that It Is his intention to continue pany advises him differently. ‘The mystery of the deadly shot. RLES WADSWORTH CAMP | to the Crescent City unless his | SSS into the darkness and heart pougding uncomfortably. . What was wrong? Stillness reigned everywhere: not 1 lay in my berth puzzled and mys~ tifled, What had caused me to awake suddenly and so thoroughly? 4 With a cry I sprang to my feet as the truth flashed upon me: ‘hg ‘The Minerva was no longer in mos tion! ‘ The throb, throb, throb of the mighty shafts that revolved the pro~ pellors was stilled, and the big ship. floated, a listless mass of irom, om the swelling bosom of the moonlit gulf. I made my way to the deck, but as I stumbled out of the companion~ way I was stopped by « burly Irieh- man, one of the boatswains. “No one allowed on deck,” he told me, barring my way with « brawny arm. “What is the trouble?” I asked, “What trouble?” It was Larking who spoke and whom I now saw for the first time, He was on deck, lean= ing against the rail, emoking. “Why has the ship stopped?” I de« manded. “phiraty and wanted « drink,” Be replied. I ignored Larkins's Mppancy. “Why is it I'm not allowed on deck since Mr. Larkins is? I demanded of the boatswain, It was 10 o'clock when I left my ably shot himself and pit teamer ohair to seek my bunk. The Wernomoverhnned ashe tiers the Feather was growing warmer us We — Larkins scctited this and pointed out frogressed southward, and f swung that ths gun was not held close to -he glass window wide open and od a Y hulled up the wooden shgtier for erat - hola he wes nr but at “ ” ne has cropped out again. At Larkins chuckled. “You see,’ the time of the death the es- aaid, “I've showed the officer my fire caped conve pn a | wee badge and police card; besides, war nt that the weapon en fi. ooowe, overboard either by Hal- Correspondents can go anywhere.” : if he had suleided, or by “War correspondente—wart” 2 © A, weapon, but at Jaron, wrivacy’s sake. The steamer chalrs jeast ten feat away, as the acattered Jerer. The boat ‘officials “ F 7 ‘ ys ‘ered his murderer. ie stammered. “What do you mean?” lelonging to Mrs. Forbes, Larkins nets tr thet fend tanta bane red NEVER MIND Boo! Hao! fad decided that such was the fate “g-a-0-sh!" the reporter warned, nd myself were occupied, and al- inck of powder burns clearly. testi- WHAT'S JOHN ee N UNE GAINED of the weapon until the attempt p hough 1 tried to distinguish the fed ‘ IT'S AVERY tritorning on the life of Court- and, motioning me out on deck, Me foloes 1 failed to recognize any “at give it up," T sald; “It's too deep Tis For 7 Janat blasted that hope. whispered: “There is trouble in the ker, so 1 decided that some of gg.) five : B : Good EXERCISE The first officer of the ship, engine room—the Cubans are de- Re other passengers, unknown to me, “Well, T don’ ” x ‘me, ell, t give it up," sald the tad taken possession of our chairs reporter grimly.” “Why, Ta never I was in my berth, when suddenty 1 1? fum shoe tn the face, again teard Hallaron’s voice, I listened in- without solving. theaa two murders ently! [could easily make out thathe oats fit Dag Se Yas telling those in the chairs that On ine mame boat, and m witness © persons who rented them desired Ying not clean it up? Humpht? prelr use, While 1 could not gee tae en it ieee at eee a eked fecupants, I could tell that they wayne yous the clnner Goved off at once. “Overwhelming curiosity,” I said. | ‘¢ gion g light on these murders Is that mass | { aron; bu Y, Wo, wot UP and oF figures, and I, together with ever: ‘ed away. y ‘ one on this ship, would like to sce {t| From the bridge six bells told the facipnered | dour of eleven, nd I could see the rf is - Larkins mused a while tn silence! {| Aghts on deck ‘snap out. Reaches | ddenly a gunsho' | getty Alone ig I'm free to confess I'm up pert Hi. Woodruff, assisted by Albert Mie dihetwolatewardeasea, manding that the boat put to shore, has once more searched the ship The thing we feared—euperstition— from crow's nest to keelson and has them all in its clutches.” from bow. to stern, but the hiding “Then Sin then ixun has not been you thial ee “There will be bloodshed,” intere ‘3 Rumors, deductions, suggestions posed Larkins. « “Captain Loyd ts @ vi and suspicions are rife, Many of tevel-heatal aaa tea a ship's passengers are one in = Py {Ree Ucllet that Courtlandt fired of grabbing up a marlinspike amd this latest shot In his own state- siashing a few skulls he ts pursuing room to aivert suspicion bag 4 @ more modern and tactful pol f, and then, by throw! Ney— mun over the side, destroyed the reasoning with his mutinoua erew. most important plece of evidence Larkins suddenly peered down the in the triple mystery, deck. “There comes the eaptalll ‘The shooting presents the same gow,” 1 spect as the others, be- Pause while not every one aboard I looked aft and saw the white- WHY ARE You CRYING LITTLE FOR REDUCING — out on the H man’ nat It there, Tt looked like the| ad retired, those on deck could uniformed figure of Captain Loyd =~ hy Mf dismay followed the crash of a sasieat thing 1 evpr tackled in the) seo no one who carried « shotgun gtriding along the deck, He was fol- deavy body ing to the deck, wasn't long before T gave it up. See] Orne only, bit of evidence to lowed by half a dozen Cuban stokers, ‘HAPTER IX here." And he pulled a lot of papers have the slightest weight is that nearly all of them begrimed from CHAPTER IX. from his coat pocket. “Come into the of one of the crew. His name coal dust, and atripped to their waists, The Mystery Only Deepens. rary. and Tl! show vou an atpha- fe Henry Farrell, an Englishman. thelr swarthy skins shining a dull betica ix h © a poor re- ease i : promen ec nf the Maw York Lede fon vad Pee th A > P i’ Fe. would have the answer to the whole “Oh, I'm all right here, anywa: “Thank ye, sir,” said the engineer hill. Small chance had any criminal eg t | eo ute cite directly Yellow under the pale ilhumination of ger lies berore me as L write cipher warning.” And he laid the “fairs but there is nothing doing.” Ho #poke up the accused man noncha- earnestly, and without the slightest to escape unseen this time, thought [hove the saloon deck, where the deck lights, McDonald and Me the: tarrinia mystery, GF OOPS NECORS El dug a hand Into w pocket, and drew lantly, “The captain has been more dexree of sarcasm, when Larkins flyipg past. with the Courtlandt's stateroom is located. Woodruff brought up the rear. 19) out his copy of the cipher, “The little than good, and, as he has pointed Later Larkins, Woodruff and Mo- aman saya he was going : the Phantom Shotgun, and, ‘ Michie ohn bathe 20 number on the top gives the key. The out, the Federal authorities in New Donald moved off toward the rear of tll of his bizarre dressing down flap- ftor bringing. @ cup of coffee ‘They turned In the companionway { knowing that Larkins's ac "Sl bl iacibes Galion G8 nineteenth letter in the alphabet is 8. Orleans will undoubtedly arrest me the ship, wh on the aft freight Ping grotesquely around ‘his thin eee Shee on the Where We stood, golng to the door of | tount of that night is far superior to $—11—21—-19—11—26— 319 THE Greek letter 8 is Sigma.” And, merely because my presence on the hatch @ sound of @ concertina and shanks, hitched his arm in mine, and {had been told to turn stateroom A, The first officer, after 5 dan how $a Galaedbusbiendd with fine disregard for table linen, he ship is against me. But I am inno- shuffling of ‘oclaimed that the pushed me along with him. tn, selecting @ key from the bunch he Any I could give, I copy it ver ef teedboitce 4 drew the letter thereon: cent, and I'm not one bit disturbed. wipers, stokers and assistant engi- *°/ > “4 ‘Farrell is positive he heard { datim: a 252 “By Jove!” exclaimed Capt. Loyd. “Oh, Van, don't speak of arrest!" neers were having thelr day's relax; ‘Courtlandt's been shot!” he panted. Ctr! of tne aaloon deck, and ¢Afried, unlocked and threw open the | { The mystery of the murder of ho very mark that was on the wall almost sobbed the girl, completely tion in the balmy tropic alr, I stayed “Courtlandt—do you hear? Oh, Mar- {i(iiiuw it was one of the crew door of the, mysterious oor wi aa Hamilton Forbes, the millionaire of Mr. Forbes's stateroom, and that losing consciousness of Our presence With Mrs, Forbes, and we talked of shall, if he's dead, that devilish inatru- took no further notice of It. He — Yorves tall ton death, ond 6 Seema ) Wall Street broker, who was killed rec ee Bin ate S ppaten cr teal ta, Der Ses aL ae from’ the incidents of the “ast two ™ent has done for one of the best fel- said ho stretched himself out on ijeq. ; shat ‘ow, there are twenty-six letters “How does that explain the cipher?” “It isn’t so bad,” Courtlandt con- iowaid 1" one of the passengers’ ; on board the 8 8. Minerva, bas 1 ine tiphabet, and we'll fret trans. asked Mra, tinued; “and don’t you folke worry [4% pillows td f chatrs and was Alling hi ant ete, oreey he Cyteee ith the killing of a man ~ a. +, opr - _ * u » first shock of what she had But that young Courtlandt wi nov to! a smoke, aa . ry \ deepened w 6 pose each figure to the letter it rep- I'll show y said the newspaper about ‘my situation. TI read mont of passed through was wearing aw preparatory to a smoke, Woodruff stepped inside, and, , mamed Hallaron, the deck stew: resents, supposing 1 stands for A and man, producing another sheet of the time.” He pointed to a pile of pra hor true nature blomomed tony Wit is evident from Larkine’s detailed ing is atrictly forbidden in the 4h” drectric button, flooded the ‘ard of the steamship, last night, 26 for Z,” said Larkins. paper. It was the one with the num- books strewn over the lower bunk. iy. rose. Ag she reclined in her “COUnt Of the affair, which I have quarters. with light. ; R \\The steward met his fate in the Then he laid down a second piece of bers changed to their corresponding “The first officer sent in this bunch, chair 1 stole secret Rlances at the Clipped from the Ledger: Suddenly there was the loud “In ye ye lubbers, and look ? ame mysterious manner in which paper, covered with letters instead of letters. ‘I merely follow the form aad Te ee rage a wens charming picture she made in he Mystery upon mystery accumu- report of the shotgun from the blasted eyes out!” bellowed ald, ; death claimed the broker. figures: of Sigma through the different rows, , tonigh ve ict crisp white duck sult and natty te . deck directly beneath him. r- gs the stokers hesitated .on ‘Hallaron, whose real name was (8) reading each letter as I yo along. book. And he held up a volume by fry cap, touched to even a answice lates on the steamship Minerva rell sprang to the rail and en- threshold. s Hugh Patton, a Sonvict secaped z t bas S I u 9 © shee me musted the sation, iy the @ popular writer. whiteness by the magie of the moon. pe ye Puae beon made on the deavored to peer under, bt —_ a my: thane, Mr, eriy ae from Sing Sing, was found lying 4 word—"“what do you make of it?" “But can you see well enough in I wonder what power it is that 'e of E. Van Buren Courtlandt, see nothing more than the je p yd sternly. “I want no 0 ill p » 2 rea fe captain, Ww insta the girl. often lifts us breathle d d . 0 thi 1 ° - , explosion of a shotgun outside of OTSBIZWIA distinctiveness. “But we knew ap- — “That one incandescent im plenty from the highways and. byway ot vans 9 haaves Forbes aod ing wig thrown over the aide, aa themaelyes that nothing ‘is hiddew } tateroom A, where Forbes met Q@FEAYXAH proximately that much already, Mr. i¢ he occupies the upper berth,” put life's commonplaces to that highest leckhand Patton, alias Hal- he would have been in a position ere. Now, you men, look with your Bis untimely’ end. |The murderer, BR SV Zo 1 Larkins.” He turned on the reporter in the captain. pinnacle of human emotions which ron, While the attack on Mr. fo Dave seen such aa act or to | CHR yes: a ‘Lark! as in the Forbes shooting, has so HEAVENGE in an aggrieved manner. “This Courtiandt laughed, “That's a queer men call love? Here was 1, a sedate Courtlandt as not resulted In a -DAYe heard the splash of any nyee proven fear ne 08 \ ‘far not been Identified. R doesn't throw any light on the mys- thing about me,” he said, “but, do and middie aged man hithefto, Un- fatality it has th : such object ag a shotgun striking @ better view of the mutins \ Hallaron was under suspicion “Now, I have taken those figures tery. What we want is the final so- you know, I never like an upper touched by charm of any woman, W iG Gap ShrOWwn Jn: paasene the water, Aw the footsteps left for the murder of Forbes, a8 men- —jjx@ so many recruits, marched them lution. berth, 1 object to the climbing part, crabbed and crusty, 1 suppo: gers of the big ship into a riot of the deck Farrell rushed forward nit inted bea mee cE die eran Gbwn. tr the statercora, his bande | ry tioned in the wireless despatches ty and fro, backward and forward, “Oh, you do?” said the reporter even on a boat.” result of my lonely tichelorhood and frenzy. and ran down the main stalrway thrust x yesterday, and his death by the marshalling them into all sorts of blandly. “How very odd! Well, I~ Ag 1 opened the door to lead thy singularly unresponsive nature, sud Courtiandt's escape from tetant in the forepart of the ship, and pas iy pechata, bored and unintess — same means employed in the kill- formations, only to come back to this don't mind admitting that I'm in the way out 1 found Woodruff in front of deniy enamored of a woman many — qeath waa nothing short of : When he reached the salood deck © OND Tt mandes th ’ ing of Hamilton Forbes only deep- array, ‘The top line bears out Forbes's same boat with you, but I've done the door, He flushed as I bailed him, yours my junior, who come upon { OTTO SHORY OF MCR Os he suw Mrs. Forbes, the widow of 4, Well” Gemanded, the captain 66: ) ens the mystery. , statement, In @ way. my derndest, and angels can’t do and hurriedly told the captain that this vessel a bride and was obviously “0U% @nd the fact that he was the broker who was killed the savinaaee td re, you oe Hallaron was quite dead when ‘How?" I asked, very much inter- more, That being so—I am golng to there were Wireless messages to be in iove with another man! not even wounded hardly Seems first day out, standing in the door % ‘or el Capitan,” piped y picked up, and @ charge of bUCK- gstnq, have ice cream and my nearly peach answered from the company’s offices. — It seemed to me that all the passion believable, ‘The weapon used was Of HEF Stateroom, with w look of ft ‘dozen, in avery saat ii shot having riddled bis body, “Read tt trom right to left, and you pie all in one dish.” I could not get over the impression that had found no outlet in me before — gyidenth horror on her face. The seaman fe vee the death!" Ey howed the weapon to have been 4, v6 »ro.night.’ The ‘Y’ I can't under- | "What will you do next?” I asked. that I had caught Woodruff eaves- was crying aloud in every drop of ¢vidently tho same instrument ye the next passengers he saw — "sou gee rubbish!” bellowed used at short range. stand yet. ‘The bottom line is elther “Since you counted so much on the dropping as the three of us walked blood—was flaming in my eyes and that caused the death of Forbes re too numerous to mentions captain, “The room bas been E, Van Buren Courtlandt, whose “ireaven’ or, skipping ‘H’ and ‘EB,’ {tis solution of the cipher, doesn't this around to where our chairs were lo- blazoned upon my eager lips—andasl and Hallaron—the mysterious as every one seemed to pour from — SAP. “he, room nae been, tacular admittance of gulltin wavanger, leave you high and dry?" ated; but there in silence we fell jeaned forward, carried away with shotgun! thelr respective staterooms the = 20 S’eoaig get in here. What the Forbes shooting hus been told “rsi't'ie gtrange that the words you "Well, it might look that way, but under the spell of the June moon, the madnora of my infatuation, Eliza. "ytkUn) aby . a eee You ien expect to find in this room. of, has been placed under arrest nave deciphered were so easy, and you must remember that I am’ am- which had just risen over the edge of beth turned, and her gaze, level and, cording to the story told by Farrell clalmed that the person ghosts? Ive ‘humored you ‘by per- by Capt. John 8. Loyd, the com- tog, that remain hidden are so diM- phiblous.”” the sea, throwing a mist of silvery oh, infinitely sweet and pitying, met the young New Yorker, he was he heard running from the sound mitting' picked number ot od mander of the Minerva, owing to Clitow T asked. ‘We all arose at the same time and light over the waters in front of the mj awakened by a thunderous noise of the footfalis undoubtedly wore come and examine this ctateerene the fact that he was only within “That makes it a elpher,” Larkins made our way on deck, Larkins bring- sharp-nosed bow of the Minerva. She reached out one slim white and the pungent odor of burnin, shoes, ax the heels striking the You've seen it; now you go back to — twenty feet or so of the murdered retorted dryly, ing up the rear, humming over and Toward 9% o'clock Mr. Woodruff pand and laid it upon my arm, “Dear se deck made a loud nolse, your duth r I'll lock every one of deck steward when the shot was “What about the ‘S’ within the cir- over again with deadly monotony: joined us, and then McDonald, the she said gently, “love has POWder In hid nostrils, His state- ‘ra, Forbes waa dressed in @ you tn irons * fired d Mrs. Forbes, the le?" I inquired. Bu £2 Gap on bes Kees chief engineer, wandered up, and We heen offered to me always, and always 00m Was in total darkness until long flowing wrapper and wore ‘The leader of tho six turned to his Courtlandt and 3 viored. broker, “That is either a signature or a sub Buc the vill-van ‘still pursued her discussed the sea, her variable Way% jt has brought me nothing but sor- the door was opened by the firat slippers She explained that she comrades, and in a rapid-fire vol ‘i widow of the murdered broke’ key—T don't know which. At first T He suddenly stopped. “1 suppose we history and superstitions, tr! hip—the Strong, officer of the snip, Albert HH. had passed a restless night, and of Spanish translated the ‘eee ? according to their own testimony; thought {t might mean that the reader ought to co and watch Courtlandt “Aye, vou may wool laugh at a sall- endahip of a strong, honest wooarurr, hen , was awake and lying in her berth words to the four who col not were leaning over the ferwerrcard Was to follow the form of t teed," he sald, as we fell in step be- oF's wuperstootions,” said McDonald, for it is my greatest need of all Woodrum, who, before entering, when the explosion reached her understand English. This dot of the Minerva when tev "poth ‘S' through the letters, but t hind the captain and Elizaboth, !n his rich volce, tinged with a Scotch things now, and so I ask for yours, 4d called out Courtlandt’s name. ears. at once sprang made no comment, and Me! the roar of the shotgun, and. tlt the answer.” “Only we have such a horny-handed rogue. “While I'm @ mon who does Knowing, thorch I metyyou but two —-Belng answered by the occupant slipped on a wrapper and opene rdered them on deck, They turning = simult aneous HL 5 “Then you give it up?" ol’ son of a sea cook for a skipper 84 believe in ghosts an’ sic thing gayy ayo, that no worthler or sweeter of the stateroom, the first officer her door just in time to see the filing through the companionway Hallaron threshing about on ter ot by a jugful! T shall eat, sleep tiat he would suspect that I was go- Still I'll confess that T believe an 1 cist could come my way. Will you be : é é man, Farrell, running down the congregating in front of the windows Courtlandt rushed to the sirinid and exercise with this thing tntil T ing to slip the desperate prisoner a Pay heed tae signs. Th’ day we left "ny griend 2” turned the knob and was surprised stairs from the upper deck. She of stateroom A, man and was giving by aa offi. solve It." And he swept the papers jugsed meat saw by which said de. New York a shark nosed along in our “Twig an old man! Suddenly I felt %? find the door unlocked. Enter said she heard no one running Larkins followed the officers on | he could when passengers, up, suggesting a stroll on deck. perate prisoner would gain the free- Miguel, says I to one of my cy age upon me—the fire died from ing, followed by the members of long the deck, and was positive deck, but [not liking the expression 4 cers and crew crowded around the . airm of the deck and swim three miles Coben winers, VL a) ever me 8 Crd my heart 1 my cyes, and the the crew, a few passengers, and no one entered the companionway I saw in the Cubans’ ey 00k “Sa ot. ' , r nt No, or, r Mo: t yhose be dl a te » opened her doo! V he 0 ont o i: och Mrs, Forbes and Court CHAPTER X. to yonder sand key and bide bebind tho oe some one die thisa day.’ DOHA oF eee Bnew TARA the Ledger's ¢ MIP RO HORS OF) EAB questioned ripe Any mls ia. aceuien Tewine Te it gate deciage, (io! iteugh they Larkins Solves the Cipher. Taya made no setort, but Af’ by that 1 ken that Miguel iss true her ylolding heart to hin own, alck- Bal ioablae thes tae Neard any one K jon deck, thing happened I could be there, one else on deck, altho ) » were 0! e s even if he 5 Yon ith despa " ‘ool ~ : . sho admits tt would have been pos- < o ald or re: , turned instantly it the wound T dinner Flisabeth Forbes ap- Wien we wore on the port side of the iat business of Mr. Forbes hap- Ched me with despair, But T took the TIRe found sitting O8 she eee Of Sitke cor Mie: FARGIGa Ve eve ee Boome the Seok t eraia Rae Fe ee on eee ae deb wus peared in the dining saloon purionway, and knocked at stateroom pened that nicht. | Yesterday ow ne golden moment while I pledged my The bed coverings and pillows curred without her hearlag the voles of Capt. Loyd ordering the » length of the rhea seek wee for the first time during the twenty-two. should 1 se ‘ very time , oa Mn friendship as earnestly as could a of the lower berth hud been neatly footfally, as her stateroom window — stokers to their work, There was & Geet andt gave it-as his impr trip, joining Capt. Loyd and , “May we visit you, Mr. Courtlandt?™ Qock? Mtr. Sharks Mimilin Ome gt broken old man who had waked for torn to shreds by the charge trot poi gears Re a Rag a eM gels sion that some one standing in myself at the first table; and beeen gry Oy have some of pir NG—-an’ doosna that prove ony- red and received a sto the gun, and had Courtlandt been Gath’ Gave ie inelinad ta ceoaik (Des so one niet i the forward compantonway, tht. Ww» carried on a faitly lively conven yoror answer, Courtlandt himael¢ thing?” sleeping there he would have boen Courtlandt’s story that some one ‘Theh'a eoundlun “smache raha a Jeads to the social hall, had fired ene i appeared when we were flung open the door, His face lit up as , 1 looked at Larkins, and caught him CHAPTER XI. eer The cet cound b fe ant mpt on his Ife. as well as if T had witnessed jt that the fatal shot. y ‘ he saw who was there besides the cap- 19 the act of winking at the first of- , rom fhe anor found in. the coms to be ttle doubt that ndy's fist had sh with ‘The pur d the obief stews about half through: He was smiling H0 SAY a0 vee Ne ait who, to my surprise, did not re- The Ledger’s Version. woodwork of the berth it was aon who killed Forbes and body's Jaw, the sound of a ] ard of the Minerva were talking and debonair as usual, but I could “hy cern ne ae eecnt” enied the e wink stm pavaeberation bad soarcés Oe lene tinct meter oe amen Hallaron is likewise responsible fc , a revolver shot, followed by the with the correspondent of the Giisct @ glint of satisfaction in his pone ta may cy neeon |” enae ce your old chum to-day?" asked . had been aimed through the smait the firing of the latest shot pur of an automatle pistol and ’ Ledgor inside, net many fect froin young jengt oe the reporter, touching a match to a ly died away before I sprang — window of the stateroom, and tha With every revolution of the Cuban oath thia companionway, and {t would of gratitude ined say Bornes, 1 SSs fresh cigaret from my bed, seized my cane, the holder of the shotgun stood propellers dyiving the ship south (To Be Continued.) have been impossible for any one Well, what's up?” T asked him, captain when she discovere nat TT ald, ait,” answered McDonald, at and, scantily costumed in 8 (eck and fired from that spot ward the mystery grows deoper to have escaped that way and not I have golved the cipher--that's CoUrtiandt was not under lock and watch Mra. Forbes stirred uneasily, , Courtlandt satd after the shoot- a y | have beon seen by these three. 7 key. The five of us stuffed the little Qna'y golt a queer sensation along my my bath robe, joined the ing that his escape from death 4 ‘That son one inside of state- ll.” And he proceeded to attack a place uncomfortably, and so I sug- Stine, “He was showin’ his doreal fia running, panting throng that was was @ very narrow one, His CHAPTER XII. GOING AWAY FOR A room A fired the shot Was the — fritter with undue violence, gonted to the captain that a turn Cd every time I looked aft, an’ in my crowding the passageway. habit, so he explained, has been 4 CATION? | R be % 7 ya Fanerally accented theory qtdia _ Of course this statement created ing more. than humane; ‘bur Capt, gpremion th’ old Minerva is marked ‘That fiendish weapon of death had ferth but on this” oceaslon "he Mutterings of Mutiny. ACA TONY, ahaa throu wea Gallet. The doors something of a stir in our particular Levd shook his head. by Pavy Jones, an’ I'm no’ @ croaker, oe, asain, and this time It seemed waa resting, and to get’ proper HAD fallen asleep tn my { Evening World prints eacir week I fad been securely locked by the group, and Mrs. Forbes, paling a little, “I have been ordered by my sup No, indees Larkins hastily as- that every passenger on board, frayed illumination he had climbed into berth, fully dressed, when | a complete. up-to-date novel—a \ ( purser, and the key rent In bie asked to see the solution. plore to Keep Mr, Courtiandt ‘a Cid sured him ‘You are bubbling over of nerves and painfully on the alert in the upper berth, as thle bre unt I awoke with drowsy con- | week's re ding! Have The Eve i Posnension, wire Orleans police __“SUr®, if it will do you any go04," fact’ that Tam practically caavinced ety fo% ene optimism: | Anyone is consequence, had roused to instant ace fAusteanes ue dhe ceiling ot the sciousness of something | ning World sent to your sum i authorities had requested that Sait fartioe, “I felt that if I could that our young friend could not have rould feel nothing but carefree and ton and poured from the sfuteroom stateroom, While reading, Court- unusual in the air, C Ms- | mer address. 1 mothing be disturbed untill thas \- that mess of numerals I been guilty.” c. 4 Usnt of heart.” like so many ants from a disturbed landt says, he fell asleep, and tened intently, my eyes straining . . ® \