The evening world. Newspaper, September 10, 1915, Page 17

—e ey ow BTNOPN OF He tote @ Oe) point, the ber on the yacht Lakyue How Nigel Lukyn Ran Amuck. BUNT JANE'S reason for being inquisitive about the finger- nails was far less subue than the one attributed to her by Badger. As a mat- tor Df fact, she had not the knowledge necessary to the formation of the theory now calling all the youthful tective's faculties Into play. She had been aware that her niece's hus- band at lunch that day, and subse- quently when he had talked with her ‘dn the saloon, had possessed nails as Heat and trim as though manicured the day before. If he had bitten them down during the afternoon and re- duced them to the condition of his ante-asylum days, it would be clear proof, Aunt Jane argued, that he bad “gone mad” again. But, as Badger did not return, and it was past her usual bedtime, Aunt Jane retired to her own stateroom, which was in the opposite corridor to Marion's, on the port aide of the ves- sel. She had not been in her cabin ten minutes when Marion appeared at the door, very white of face but quite welf-pussessed, 1 must ask for your hospitality to-might, aunty,” she said, tossing her nightgown case into the second berth. @ is really rather more than I can stand. Ho has locked Rimself into his dressing room, and «che began to use the most horrible language at me through the door. Bo the two ladies slept in Aunt * Jane's stateroom, trying to comfort @ach other, but falling utterly. And their counsels were divided, for the elder woman was for putting back to Exmouth, or into the nearest port, in the morning, and telegraphing to Dr. Beaman to come and reclaim his patient, while the younger, ashamed to publish her part in her husband's escape, was for pushing on—out to yea—into the Atlantic—anywhere Where she could hide her trouble as dong as possible from a world that * would only laugh. In the morning the rumor that “Mr, Armytage” was raving mad, or férunk, or both, had run through the ht like wildfire. All night long had been heard singing and shouting by the watch on deck, and he had threatened to kill the under ateward who had knocked at his door with shaving water, refusing the ‘man admission. Then it leaked out that the beloved owner of the Malia had been compelled to take refuge in her aunt's stateroom, and it required af Capt. Crawford's firmness to keep the crew in order. ‘With the instinct of a gentleman, left it to her to make husband's ordinary topics. however, a@ shade of significance in his tone ¥ ‘ho inquired on what course Marion wished the yacht to be steered. ‘They had been standing at the foot of the bridge ladder, and Crawford, perceiving that his employer had completed her instructions, raised his cap and swung up the steps to his post. Marion walked further aft and leaned over the rails, trying to drown her misery in enjoyment of the glori- ous seascape, The sun shone with a frosty glitter, and the gentle wavelets sparkled in a fine weather ripple, while a mile away the towering head- Yand crowned by the ancient land- s mark stood out in all its lofty gran- ** deur. Suddenly an insane screech drew her eyes from the restful scene to the vestibule of the saloon, and what she naw there told her that she was in dire and instant danger. The man whom she believed to be her husband, in ality the former occupant of Dr. Beaman’s refractory ward, stood just outside the entrance, regarding her with the ferocious countenance and crouching attitude of a wild beast about to spring. And he made his rush so quickly that but for her pres= ence of mind he would have reached her before Crawford from the bridge and the watch on deck could have come to her assistance, ‘The maniac was brandishing the vail of a smashed towel horse, and as he raced along the deck there could be no doubt of his intention, Bare- footed, and in his’ shirt sleeves, he bounded forward, emitting strange noises. Marion turned to fly, and in- ptinctively darted into the chart room, frying to close the door behind her. But it stuck, and there being another dour uppasite ran through to it and so out on to the other side of the deck, getting clear just as Lukyn en- tered by the door she had failed to close, With the second door she was more fortunate, and slammed {t in the inflamed face of her pursuer in the nick of time, There was a bolt on the inside, “she shot it home she knew that she was safe, For a dozen of her faithful crew had gathered round her, while others, with Craw- ford a1 their head, went round to the or to secure the madman tain for him t rat) et Bpre « fury Mich was wrecking the t room being quelled by main By Headon Hil) FREE E TeTETTT OT A hey ME To THe Fie | Tay AnD TATED IT ( an } force and tn the struggting basphem ing “frog ermarched” by art sailors to ® deck, where he ward eet over the | A little later Crawford entered the saloon, where Marion was quietly seb bing, with her head on Aunt Jane's | ke « With @ supreme effort of seit: | trol Bie ome to reeelve the cap- tains report “What has he done!” repeated the Caplain With savage emphasia, “Why, Mins Armytage, to re- | per aod &@ fortnight needed to do it John Quaeyne, at that moment | speeding westward in the Cornish ex- of what HEAD AGAIN | WAS SENT To THE FIELD HOSPITA considerably more than that, Scheming to Die. HEN Laslio Armytage quit- ted the house in Molroyd| Street, Exmouth, an hour after midnight, his mind, ae was chiefly exercised on bow to de-, ceive Quayne He meant to treat his! intending murderers with absolute! kood faith | He hoped that Quayne had not sat CHAPTER XVIII. he waiked back to the hotel, | ‘a for him, #o that he might bave| more time to formulate his deception. But in disappointed, Late as was, found the brated detective fully dreased and eagerly awaiting bin in his bedroom. I have got what I wanted out of them,” ha closed the Bai I NL A SHAM oor ‘an re High ; TU fernal’ maohing “Axed to’ the yoshi ITIZEN SOLDIERS stern- line. te out a foot below the water. t is timed to go off at 4 o'clock morrow afternoon.” | Thank God for the knowledge,” sald Quayne simply. “I will be oft| to Poldhu by the first train and get into wireless communication wita the | yacht long before 4 o'cloc He made @ rapid calculation and added: “Tho Idalla, !f she has continued her voyage to the westward, should be somewhere between Falmouth and the Scilly Isles to-morrow at noon. She will probably put into Fal- mouth after getting the message.” “Unless Lukyn's behavior has co: pelled my wife to run in somewhere nearer — at Torquay or Plymouth,” Leslie suggested. “That is possible,” Quayne mitted. “I shall provide against any such contingency before starting for) the Marconi station. But the chances | are that Falmouth will be the port, and you had better come with me as far as Truro and go on thence to Fal- mouth alone, #0 muddle right at moment. You owe it to Mrs, Army- tage to do that.” “TRAININ( MAGNIFICENT/| Wy ROP wan done, Peckthorne, but to watch the people at Holroyd Street and inform me by telegram to Poldhu at noon if they have made any move,” said Two minutes pal shifted a leg in the doorway, and Quayne laughed nervously. The princi. “You will be the one to be shad- owed,” said Voules confidently. “Why so sure?” demanded Berthe, “Now go, Fayter, and luck be with you,” said Borthe, Berthe and Voules stood at the win- "Tk ” said L “Try again,” said the chief to the elevating her finely pencilled brows. at the thought of what might be Quayne rising. “Stay, T shall have to subordinate, “Hecatise Quayne will have, ascer- Wended his way along tie street. Hale passing on the yacht, “But you for- S2&nee at Exeter. Let me have a The nimble fingers dealt with the tained that hive 1s way up it he met Peckthorne, who i aon tte what Tver done ‘to, Wife at tho station there to say if transmitting mechanism once more, bossed by the queen bee,” was dag alineer Devoted waa @heunier . onde! it. t cl man. I gained that information as pone ton” Hes & MAtie TEId ead Kastioniane: ta tha bralte’ Gb the nent stick glance, but continued to shuffle Nigel Lukyn, and because I was the Nigel Lukyn whom they believed to to the brains of the party—if we separate. toward the house, which hi except for his upper lip, which was Five minutes later Qua Lge Quayne wee in caught and worried by ‘his lower the train on the first stage of hia have sailed in the Idalila. They only Berthe bowed with mock ceremony, window. Herthe chatted to her com- refrained from: killing me to-night Journey to the Far West. Ho was La, as ates te thig DUE she remained sunk in deep panion till the prearranged interval for the same reason that they spared Testless and uneasy, for he blamed 4, 00m 4 etre! thought. “On the whole I think that had elapsed, and then Voules de- then the operator turned himself for losing wouch with Leslie, and shook his bead at his superior we shall find that He had intended to instruct Peck- ‘ou—that they could almost certain- ly be caught after a crime in that you are right, parted, to be watched in turn by the Scorrier,” she said at last. “And if i ‘f } sole remaining delegate, dirty little lodging hous thorne to look after him, and he had Miser, It was the latter who spoke do prove to be the recipient of that — Ketaining her position at the win- TWellt* said Guayns shacoly. boon go sure that the threatened dia- ,¢Jt.1 no ko, Mr, Quayne, I am antique specimen's attention the dow, she saw the tall figure. with sp nist run away efface myselt— Kulee and fight was only @ blind Afraid.’ he sald “You must have mere fact will point to Lukyn's the sloping shoulders slouch laxlly to ’ p 5 ayne's protec. opinion you expressed earlier in‘the pe at ba werd tk hua £2 within a thousand miles of us she tion against y: Dp eo- more attention upon himself from evening about these Knights of In- dustry. They are so smooth and civil that they inspire a oreepy feeling that 1s worse than fear, Quayne, Yes, I must put a hundred’ miles be- imminent violence, stead of throwing him off the acent according to bargain, it will be you two bodied men who will be chevied about. Come, let us put it to Peckthorne than Frayne had dono. Berthe breathed @ sigh of relief and began to prepare for her own de- parture, “It 1 man's work, and it ts right must be at the bottom of the sea.” Quayne reeled lightly, wiping a @ank brow. The only conclusion he could come to was that the infernal machine had exploded prematurely. would have kept an eye on him him- aa a Peckthorne arrived at the otel, When the local train set hi down tween them and myself before noon &t Exeter he ran into the legraph His failure t the proof—like thi that it should be done by men,” 6! to-morrow.” OmMice and found the telegram from fin fang? © PFotedt hie client hit “Ana she proceeded tersely to sketch murmured, throwing a few. things “T take your point,” replied Quayne Peckthorne at Exmouth just bein; “Yes, it 19 serious, but I cannot Ut ber plan. Fayter Frayne was to into @ hand-bag, for she did not taken off the wires. To some exten! it was reassuring. The Americans were still at Holroyd Street and showed no signs of making a move. gravely, “and it has much to be sald for it. Well, in that case, Mr, Army- tage, there is nothing for it but that you should bear your cross a little know whether she should return, The Apartinents had been paid for a week in advance, so there was no need to interview the landlady, After spend- Jeave the house first and make his way to the railway station, where he was to alt in the waiting-room or lounge at the bookstall. Voules was explain,”, he said in reply to the questioning glances of the two. “I must get back to the railway as fast as I can.” longer; only, if you are bent on run- ‘That the peril of the yacht was a At the station he asked for t to go out half an hour later, walk two !08 @ few minutes over the adjust- ning away, I should be glad if you very real one Quayne had no doubt, grams, but found only one awaiting miles into the country in any direc. ment @ her hat ghe went out of the would confide in me where you mean for people do not accuse themselves him. It was from Peckthorne, at tion he chose, and then return and front door and looked leisurely ui to run to, #o that you may be ap- prised when the danger is past.” The last words were spoken with contemptuous accent that per- suaded Leslie that the battle was won, He belleved that he had hood- winked the great detective, and was and down the road, Peckthorne ha: his back to her, going to the right, Berthe turned to the left, walking quickly, Before she had gone twenty paces she flung a glance over her shoulder, The lean little man was ambling hard on her heels. join Frayne at the station, If neither of them had seen signs of the ‘shadow” they would book by thi first train to Littleham, the next at tion, which was not far from the rendezvous with Lukyn on the cliff. On the other hand, if the old man of such a dastard crime for pasti! And he could not but admire Leslie's pluck in obtaining the information, tor, whatever his later relations with the conspirators, he must have known that he entered the house in Holroyd Street with his life hanging by a Exmouth, and had been handed in a Uttle before noon. If informed him that Berthe Roumier’and her com- Ppanions were till at Holroyd Street, and had so far not left the But it waa the telegram which hi free to go away and die. He had thread, He gave him full credit for “4 not receive that mattered most. turned up on their tracks they would | “He must have eyes in the back of saved Marlon, and by the time the enoountering the risk from a genuine He had wired to the harbor masters take tickets for Exeter and play about his head.” a) Hed | to, Rerecis, acht was brought safely to port by Gesire to sacrifice himself for his wife. Of all the western ports to apprise there, keeping the “shadow” busy, “Well, I am going to astonish the old Marconi's wonderful would have egpiated his fault. answered almost gatly— invention he i gentleman considerably. I shail make ie him ait up and wonder if he has mis- taken his vocation,” him by telegram if the Idalia put in, But, t he jd, Fy, be would, he could HOt +0 tie request had brourht no rec “But in that case Luk will reconcile Leslie's fight with any pur- rae : scot free, provided he turns up at aH W other than escape from the pip onl the same ominous silence appointed time and plac: bl “The line a hard-pressed fox will whioh @ marco: \° place,” grum! She walkea on briskly, with the take must depend very much on the re, meedined 68 the ccived, nigraph alia Frayne. raceful poise and easy carriage that “You forget me," said Berthe aig- nificantly, with a tightening of her red lips. “If you two were amusing the shadow at Exeter I should be at Iberty to meet Lukyn alone. I am not afraid. If he goes to the West Down Beacon at all tt will prove him hounds. I don't see that I can give you an address, as I have no ‘earth’ to make for, I may try and lose myself in London, Say the Charing Cross post-offic “So be it,” said Quayne shortly. “And now we had better sleep 4 emed to invite rather than avoid attention, directing her steps to the centre of the town, Once or twico she assured herself without apparent effort that the old man was still trotting patiently behind, and then, having reached her goal, she marched y latter at their lodgings. The ingc- tivity of such tireless sleuth-hounds, who might have been expected to fol- low thelr qua joment he cover, was the paradox th: © Quayne such an uncomfortable CHAPTER XX. Fluding a Shadow. “| Y ES, he ts still there,” sald Scorrier Voules in answer little." Journey. to be on the square, and I shall know with calm self-possession Into the po- But when the younger man, all too He was quite glad when the time for to a question from Berthe that, according to his promise, he ts lice tation, willing, had left to go to his room action came and the conveyance Roumter. “He just dod- unarmed. I shall shoot him and re- The sergeant at the desk received next door, the detective sat for a from th tion set him down at the ders up and down, cocking 40!" you as soon as possible, either in the fashionably attired young lady while, staring Into the dying embers, gate of the inclosure surrounding pig eye this way, sa he's been ERgland or America, The risk will with a mournful sympathy, due to “Complex!” he muttered, as he ros Bignor Marconi's huge talking appa. : be small. In that lonely place the the woe-begone expression of her u doing all the morning.” The speaker stood behind the win- dow curtain of the front room at the Exmouth lodging-house. His confed- ral He glanced up at the Gigantic lattice masts with their mysterious fin- jals capable of projecting, human thought across three thousand miles of sea, picturing to himself the constern: 5, face, Mile, Roumler, while inwardly chuckling at the bewilderment of her “shadow” outside, looked as if she had Jost her all. “Yes, miss, yes—a gold watch set body will probably not be found for days. Two points remained to be settled— the first being where the three were in the probable event of the at last. “He has sold himself to the devil in the shape of Berthe Roum- fer, and he is hiding the price. Well, if the redoubtable Signor Marconi will enable me to talk to the Idalla to-morrow, fairly early inthe day, I tion, followed with wild relief, that ¢rates sat back, well out of sight. male members being left unwatched With turquoises and dlamonds—might may pull the poor fellow through.” would prevail on board the Idalla wh Early tn the day the trio had be- and therefore having to act as exe- Have been dropped on the seplenene ae the electric wave struck the yacht’® come alive to the presence of the gutionere, It was finally decided that TeeeetAy aptien, tf Wace bert IX. ° a Fra: A CHAPTER XIX. Having had occasion to bespeak an °l4 man Peckthorne tn the atreet, and Tota ona Nouns, wie an She Seek? down the particular of her tmaxi- it had not taken them long to guess that they were the vvjects of his un- obtrusive sentry-go. That he was @ spy in the employment of Quayne they were all agreed, but they were di- vided in their opiuiois of tho sig cance of his watchfulness. nary loss. And, being a gallant man with an eye for the sex, he fell into the net and spun out the time during which Herthe remained in. the office to a “No Reply.” N the morning Quayne was up betimes, and, after a hur- ried breakfast in the coffee room of the hotel, held a Atlantic liner in midocean tn the mat- ter of an escaping jewel thief, he was known to one of the officials This gentleman received the eminent detec- tive courteously and at once conduct- ed hin to the operating room, where he Yanded him over to the operator danger, should make for Liverpool or Southampton and return to America, leaving Berthe to follow tndependent- ly when she had shaken off Quayne's Assistant, The socond point for dectelon was the course to be rsued if t in. rna, shivering on the short interview with the an- in narge of the short distance Instru- ‘ile {a still there?” Herthe repeated tended victim fatied to k reply ers “ ” J ‘eep his prom- . “4 cient “shadow,” Peckthorne, When ment after an interval. She lookd very tse, On that they were unanimous “Ste au net in the habit, of being he had given the old man a few _, "This 19 Mr, Quayne, whom we were dainty and out of place in the dingy that they would all remain In Eng- get to watch persone who had auch able to assist tn the recovery of tho room that was odorously reminiscent land, find Takyn again, and hunt him 4 : verbal instructions and handed him Ormath 4 h . intimate relations and lengthy busi- bal inatru nd 2 im Ormathwaite diamonds,” said the of- of relays of cheap summer visito down till they had necomplished thelr sae reo tian § aoe A sae ee Le i Mate Pela. at waste 4 peak the yacht “Oh, yes—stlll on the prowl,” was purpose. Even after the attempted _ jsmiaeed ul gare a, ich is cruising somewhere the report fro the window, utr ‘h a as though from an afterthought. within four hundred miles. Pe Nah RPE TE ore Sold ine fo hava taeeete matte they eeeuee rare CHAPTER XXI. The operator smiled aad busied him- shun’ “Run up to bide 16—Mr, Armytage's said Berthe when he had gone to Marion's reluctance to make pub- “Tell him I sent you, self over the delicate mechanism of by. “But I do not think that he ts Ho the circumstance of her marriage. Badger Throws a Light. ask if you can be of any use in the recogder to watch for results. clever enough to follow three people, Their only danger seemed very re- HEN Marton heard of the ring disuise he spoke of.” There was dead silence in the busi- all going in different directions, at mote, It lay In the infernal machine wanton destruction of the ekthorne wis i in a couple of nessiike chamber except for the sough once. Ile will follow one very tena- exploding in spite of Quayne’s ex- arcon! apparatus in th minutes with the information that of the west wind that swept over the ciously, though, and what we have ertions, in which case there would be nt Spperacus e Mr, Armytage had paid for his room Cornish headiand, making strange to do is to arrange that the two who an ond of secrecy and the detective Gime shart room she wae. pot ang ee pe hotel, music in the wires on the masts out- are not followed keep the appoint- would tell what he knew to the au- pelled to admit sorrowfully a there is nothing more to be side, ment with Lukyn,” cavtene onancecms thorifies, - that Capt. Crawiord had done the ecsinceniomny ‘ | the culprit in ded vy the young wife * ond ae on wh ines frequent, the « ut saying anything to be hed out « plump finger aad ed the electric bell commu ing with the pantry, I wa ewered by Made the very person ah i te The lade fare & picture of indignant sympathy biended with « oe to impart last night, tell me what | asked you to eaid Aunt J with perity. “If you had done so ail this unplea bt have been avoided” “Th rigiit “1 didn’t tell you Hl, because ther is wore bitten ma'am, - of wea Hadger smiled superior, for Marion, through ber tears, nodded to him re- Jannuringly, “What wae the other mething’ there wae to tell, Billy?” asked, Lie guessing the tremen- yus issue behind her sunpie ques- Badger went ashore at terday afternoon to look for you.” Marion had been crouching it em slowly and looked at him |'ne eves. “Why do you think that, Billy? Marion said quietly, And turning to the old jady she remarked in an aud ble aside with dilat- have bad worries that I had to employ nd this is one of th ad id, With the sententious profession” that had ny & smile from Marion metimes. 1 ought to have re- that I saw @ gentioman on the | quay at Southampton exactly like Mr. |Armytage, and that 1 showed bim \your teleg: OK saying thal wi mouth. You couldn't have told tother from which,” “Go on,” said Marion hoarsely. And Badger went on, des.ribing how he had been accosted, he thought, by Mr. Armytage, had acceced to his request for a glimpse of the tel m, and had then, after his brief absence, | been surprised to find on his return to the yacht that Mr. Armytage Was in evening dress at the dinner table, where Te had made considerable prog- with the meal, ‘here wasn't time for him to hi nged into swallowtalls since 1’ showed him the form,” Badger con- tinued, “and I was frightened. I was pretty near certain that I'd given the ntonts of that telegram away to the , So T said nothing, hoping that there'd be no harm done. [ didn’t blame myself overmuch, her one being the fack-simly of the gent I'd just sean come aboard with you, but I didn't think anybody who hadn't seen ‘em both would believe there could be two so much alike.” “L should have believed you, Billy, 1f you had only plucked up courage to come and tell me,” said Marion sig- nificantly. “Tien you've seen ‘em both—both together,” exclaimed the boy, smartly catching her point. “Yes, I have seen them both, though not together,” Marion admitted. “And, oh, ll forgive you @ thousand times Billy, for that little mistake of your: in not mentioning the man on th quay. TI cannot be cross with you after the relief you have brought me now. Aunty,” she went on, turning to the mystified old lady, “I ue make a clean breast of everything to you presently, but what this boy says has lifted such a ioad of shame ant terror. | can seo it plainly now—tho wonderful thing that has happened, That poor, raving creature in the sail. room ts not Lesile~my dear husband Leslio—at all. She left the saloon, and seeking her own stateroom, now happily menaced no longer by an unhinged human de- relict in the next cabin, she eat dow: to try to realize the truth as it had flooded in upon her by the light of Radger’s disclosure about the “dou- ble’ on the quay @t Southampton. That her husban was ie Armytage instead of the Insen- sate brute imprisoned by her yacht captain Inspired no anger. Re- calling the scene on the jetty at Broadstairs, she could understand that Leslie's deception had been un- premeditated. She remembered how she had flung her arma round him and kissed him in sheer delight at finding him so much “nicer” than the Nigel Lukyn she had expected Yes, and she had hardly given him time to state his errand, which she now correctly guessed must been to announce the breakdown of her scheme because of Lukyn's un- fitness to be at large. But if the blame could be appor- tloned equally, surely Leslie's share was wiped away altogether by the steadfast courage with which hi assumed the perils of the man he had drifted into personating. He had been warned by Quayno at the outset that the delegates of the American secret society meant business, yet he had tnourred the risk with a light heart for the eake of her love, ‘The thought of Leslie's silently en+ se filled her with suddes esent safety, She had no doubt in her mind now that Nigel Lukyn was the victim desired by the Americans, and she in her innocence had gone to them and assured them thet her husband was Nigel Lukyn By some strange mischance he had been left alone in the town that shel- tered them and their murderous de signs. In spite of thelr apparent con- rrence in her attem, to secure im- munity for “Lukyn,” as she then be- lieved him, at the expense of “Army+ tage,” she had very little faith in it and her mistrust had been the cause of her ordering the yacht to sea so quickly, With two such Indistingulsh- able “doubles” in existence the des. peradoes might easily make @ fatal mistake if they learned, as they would Me nue iB Sor, tans Feslle bad been eft ind at Exmouth, They might hava already ‘wreaked ‘thelr vengeance on him while she wee practheally « praeeer bende Dewides, whet bed she bese Wink we te dear ne of, setfiehiy etth oe ber own relief, when uninjured, would te hearthwoken, at her ae wailing ? on least there should be ne ferther hay wav an we be there ™ gave an order to the ina es sont the wheel spinning and then, before replying. be ed his gold chronometer “It @ now haif-past eleven, .¥ wr are off the Lisard,” he said, f 4 promise, all going well, te put the Into the Kae at 4 o'clock.” And & ite way, an eal. the soience of that very wentionan Mr, Goorrier xactly at ¢ o'clock ‘mio ite ARION remained on the bridge while the captain superintended the altering be free to give her bis whole atten- tion. So when the Idalla was # rh surrounding GHAPTER XXII. M of the yacht’s course, for she bad something to say on & straight course again, w ne cliffs on the \y the starboard | side, Just in Time, to him as soon as he should port rugged Cornish & most hopeless cal is another ahead of me. on you in @ very delicat And into the sympathetic ears the captain she poured the history of the last few months, co cing with her engagement to yn and her wild acheme to liberate bim from the asylum, and en h the blunder she had made the pre- vious da, Leyte es | her anand ot captain to bélleve that she bad mar- ried her husband in the full _know!l- edge that he was not Lukyn but the man whom she had procured to take bis place. She had, in fact, exercised a A jaa privilege to change her mind. “A pretty kettle of fish,” was the old sailor's comment. “So that mad demon below is the real i Lukyn. Yes, I can foresee trot for you if it gets about. But it need not do that, unless that treacherous ny of of yours blabs. ba lg . read the society papers, suppose one ‘em ever heard of your engagement to Mr. _ For Marion had included in her narrative @ full account of her proved suspicions of Crispin's truck- ling with mier & “What do you d. wee whe aake “Leaving the maid agide,” said the Captain, "I should tell the men that the chap below is a base counterfeit, who took advantage of # resemblance hg nh all right with the would wash all right wi "8 n i v lk be #0 pleased to rene Mra. Ar- ou haven't married: a lackguard thet they'll " am sorry,” be said, “to have to make a stipulation, I am acting an your friend, and you have entrusted pe afele L.) ig WE ig 3 woman has een intriguing very ous folk, by your own seein pee. Armytage. I should prefer to see for myself in the chart room, But first I should wish to have @ with that emart detective urchim of ours.” ® “Very well,” said Marion, “I will send Badger to you in the chart room and afterward you can have Crispin in” When she had flitted down the ladder, Capt. Crawford summoned the chief officer to take his place and descended to the chart room, where the wreck of the Marconi appesaiee had been cleared away. Seating him- self at the table, he passed the Sipe in thoughtfully paring his nails til) nd respectful. Badger appeared, alert a Crawford alized the London ving glance, and began abruptly: “Your instructions from Mr. Quayne were that those warn you to guard against any par- ticular kind of danger? When the a nun, for insta what do you think was her game? & moment's notice to a th of which he had no proof, Badger hes! was, sir,” he replied; “but I cap you what she did, She tried to hide loon while she was talking to Miss Middleton, but when she tumbled. ond suoked it away again under her, ‘a eyes Sashes fire. “By eter up in one appro: ri Americans were dangerous. Did he woman came al dressed Too cautious to commit himself at tated. “I can't say what her . ® parcel under the settee in the sa- that I was watching her she stopped, Gad!" he exclaimed, must have been an infernal mach! ‘Tho captain rose in all the majesty wely @x- acros. of his brass buttons, and Es tended his hand to the the table, “T belleve you say: ship and all in her,” he said,“ your trade t there's watch coming your way as we make harbor, Now cut Tour, Mrs. Armytage'’s m flushed with pl open: ft and vanished—to be a brief interval by Crispin, tered without any effort to her agitation, Ever since the vious day she had been ex the blow to fall, but she though to have it out with her mistrese—not with the stern old sailor, who cite lain