The evening world. Newspaper, February 25, 1916, Page 17

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The stuff must g eighty tons.” Brill recalled that there was a Point upon which he could astonish even Marah, “The thirty millions in the hold are ae as pig-lead,” he said impres- sively. ‘The other gave a long whistle. “The devil you say!” he shouted. “And not insured?” Brill shook his head, ‘9 people will be ruined. OR eo jenniso mever be caught.” Then he leaned no words for such an ay over to his companion, and, in a low trophe. Mi dh dn ‘The companies will claim fraud and CHAPTER XIV. shirk all responsibility. Does Bene- tOsntleusd,) dict know of this?” “Mr. Jennison himself told bim,” ARSH brought his plump replied Brill, proceeding to give an fist down on the near-by account of the conversation he had wash-stand with a force Po! outside is gpd cary ie . the voyage. Marsh communed wi that sent a couple of Aria- 115 own interior consciousness for & tides’s files dancing on the moment, then sald suddenly: “If Jennison goes, he'll take the girl “That's it,” he cried triumphantly, With him, of course?” “Ef knaves had no weak spots, they'd ,. Brill inclined bi head slowly; bit- terness filled his heart, yet he had palling catas- h looked at his dejected countenance with kindly, almost SIGN HERE ANO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOUSE 'S YouRS For FH 10000 CASH AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS FoR THE REST OF YYouR LIFE (i HATE To COMMUTE But tlt bo (tT For. / Olympiad slacken tn unison with that of the other craft, until both the le~ viathan and its satellite barely main- tained headway. Two seamen and an officer tumbled Into the steam yacht's t NATE THE eal and it headed for the Olym- COUNTRY | arte sides, were manned and & rope BUT I'LL STAND / ro gla tly Reh HEALTH OF short, thick-set figure tn & long over- ahs alll» oc it umphioe received the vist: Marsh, meditatively, w Brill chawed the cud of bitternesilA) over the inconsequential reply. Was. Marsh, with all his shrewd! ait mere seer of visions, after all? low much longer was this mopomania on the subject of strange noises to pIay)) % its absurd part in their enterprises? — He remained silent, but the other saw the disgust in his face. “Overton,” ho sald earnestly, “if that man’ gets out and proves those wiress messages fakes, Jenni- son may be able to prevent the added: “Overton, I'll bet a case of silks erly sympathy. your collar button that ‘Benedict's a genius—in his peculiar J. Dorr never saw any mes- style,” he said. "I pity the man that gage from Jennison, and didn't send gets in his way. that one. You've tumbled on the big- He took out his pocket-knife, went they went away to the official quart- transfer of the gold. At all eventa, ere, but not before Marsh, who had he'd scarcely trust his daughter to squeezed his portly frame as far for- the pirate.” ate ward as possible, had said something Here was a ray of light that a apparently intended for the ears of ised pore t what was his ally ex- the newcomer. pecting? hom did he believe to be gest piece of villainy I've ever known to the bar of light that came from Brill asked him about this as they held a prisoner? an out of @ story book.” the port-hole, and began to work went inside, “Thurston must be prétty groggy “You think that Benediot’——began industriousiy on his nails, whistling the other, amazed the ghost of a tune with his queer “1 think he read the cipher,” was sibilation, the etern reply. “I'd give something To the distrac' Brill it seemed to the old gentleman's message. like Indifference, a prudent washing ps I can get it. Jennison had his hands of the whole affair. Of send him back his copy, course he could not blame Marsh: it might help in deciphering why should ho entangle himself in ail answer.” sorts of unpleasant results for the idly turned the paper in his love affair of another man’s heart? over and over, as if it might And yet—— ‘to the point in the present dif- He could endure this irritating in- , when his eye was attracted action no longer and jumped to his “No more ® Russian than I'm a by this timo,” sald Marsh, as if read- Dutchman,” sald the commercial ing hia thought. Hi alk agent, in a low voice, "Tried him “Thurston! Then you think it’s the with the only Russian I know—only wireless oporator? five words; but if he'd understood ‘om = “Hope so. At any rate, if we have _ —well, I wouldn't care to meet bim. juck, we'll know before many hours.” Let's find Stebbins. T need his brac- The slight wave of elation ebbed. ing presence and information that h® rapidly and left the rocks of discour- © agement jagged and bare. What faith i In Brill’s cabin Marsh showed that could possibly be placed in such vaga- he had not let the visitor from the ries? Brill gazed at the travel black yacht out of his thought stupidly, until suddenly recalled . HELLO JOHN! 1AM Just “If it wasn't for his beard,” ho ts th “1 iis feet. His hand was already on the READING A VERY INTERESTING BEAT iT ! = thud alae “TA weal he Wan Gea ot Oe eee George!” he exclaimed. “I see door-knob, when his stout companion ARTICLE - ’ oa Benedict's old gambling house part- “Ketter go to Miss Jennison, hadn't TT ‘tt wae on the back of the Jen- cried: WHICH PRoves REAL T| |ner, I was tempted to try a pull at you Lanes despatch that I made my first “Where are you off to?” BY STATISTICS THAT ! : those whiskers He started shamefacedly. It was Graft of the Dorr answer to it.” “I must do something,” was the ~ TAT ‘The absurdity of the fat man’s at- o4aq to be prompted to go to her. ‘Marsh almost enatched the sheet excited reply. “l must fight against Glin CHILDREN ARE Go ~ tack on the supposed representative Marsh had a final word with bim from his friend’s grasp, nor did he bi me | Ge saan I — of @ great foreign Bastin a et teil he rose. zing. He ecru- | “Fig course,” exclaime: t mae reception was 80 de “I'd post her as to how the captain wane tone by epee en a it to the Maral cnerfetiaify ang'Tit rn HEALTHIER THAN THose ( COUNTRY TRI i sobs Gi oll stands, but warn her ‘not to tall her i it too, 'm too old to fight withou } . “Why didn’t you father. Ws © e8p & sOrel light of 6 Rogome he turned anerpiy foriifeations and ammunitidn and al RAISED INTHE COUNTRY ¢ ——, MONEY - “Tho beard may be more KenulD® fren thoy want to--but nervous olf {2 Brin. modern improvements, Wait till we os ~ ity,” replied "Dia rith on the set in the game and deal ourselves a face of thts sreet? he demanded. hand worth playing. My metaphors “No, I used only one side to Ay fthataree eat ay ane isn’t. i ey'll have to 6 sea Koes Blank paper PORISE 1 ODAC: OE coin, fnd even then they can't snap “Then it's clear enough. In his tons of gold from one deck to the anxiety to get his cipher right Jen- Other by fips of the finger-nail: lock traced his figures here and , Brill released the door-knob. Truly there over the letters they belonged there was sense in the calmer logic. teen ee here; there's a 6 and Yet he could not refrain from pacing there's an 8, and here's all four of {he cabin, tmpetuoualy. 38, fe ‘ani. & 6 2—as plain as a row of With every moment’ delay _ “ ag “don't The other pecred close to the paper, rat of al said Marah, get nervous. The sea’s on our side ‘There were nes, faint and un- r ge = i ae ee een eae "May “have men of finance whove put all thele LJ Hy J (6 in one asket Ci es grown; had time enough since I saw Site, "Perhaps ° m.' for furt Bam it moved about seatlessly, peer. Scheme for further, de : ing into the next room as if he might “Gn his way to the library, Brill WH) materialize the form of his absent round that the pa eecnigera had Toarned Aa ‘ servitor, ms that the gold was to rans! ‘ “Looking for Btebbinat ona be Pennythorpe voiced the disgust Of Be here directly, “I'll gamble on him methoyit parle the steamer merelsiy 32 the) its, Bow. does her part 99 under steerageway for hour * me sald well.” 4 "I protest against this utter Of course the girl would do her of” the rights of possen-_ part an well, be pai Pap bier bet- gers. I'"'— jad Prats ney , and the lover of the lady was ~ But Drill hurried on, almost as 4): sertain, but ta feitay clear in the ROW: When It goes there'll {Bout to proclaim that fact indig- much to escape this dread bore as to yond fight,” Brill straightened, up and Only you and I—and Stebbins. We antly when the arrival of Aristides jest the. girl he loved. In the gr wi looked at Marsh with great agita- rill and put . Meantime Stebbins returned with wires and tools and disappeared witi- turn # somersault, Captain Humph- holic Indulgence might count In the farned ‘his thoughts in another direc- ridor, A22t ,cutaide ie ineary, he ‘then. one hand affectionately on his shoul. & Shining face and a si of in bis own portals, ries?” he asked, “Mr. Marsh has presont crisis. Marsh saw the dejec- ‘0! lI?” queried Marsh shortly. on cae te tees Cnn an aes pip ON “Beneilict held up the Jennieon aor. goapeuds in the corners of his mouth, “Now what's our plan of attack on never seen him. You'd like to see tion in his face, PL nt Rts at NU le Me or pn meseage and forged this one!” be ““siets sit down calmly,” he contin- Brill decided to accept Marsh's plan, the captain?” aeked Brill impatiently. him turn @ somersault wouldn't you, “Come, come, buck up,” he sald t eaitegatiataction, hi ry o s said excitedly. ued, “and with your enthusiasm and _ "Do you think you can get a mes- He had ideas of his own, but real- Marsh?” kindly, “Not whipped in the first Stcat self eons ne sald, “and the . PRT { “That's how it looks to a man With- 11. 'qiscretion draw up a plan of bat- S@8° to Miss Jennison for me, Jay?” tzed that this cool, clever witted man — That gentleman growled out a most round, are you? I've just begun to © one cies till after three in the it Se Fou meen Nets ae lescope.” was the mild reply. tj. We've got to Rent and fight asked. was a better strategist than he, with ungracious acquiescence. So long as fight, now I'm dead sure we've got pare tine + aii progres: . reece iit in he is at the bottom of this y aia. but that’s no reason why we Aristides believed that he could, his heart so irretrievably entangled in ‘Brill had lost his nerve he might as ing to fight for, Here, take bap eS | They'll have no light. Do marenes Cee eas taba’ plot?" should get excited over it before and said so modestly. the strange warfare. He listened in- well accept anything. i Saying which he pulled a know what this young man has ay pty oT must go still fur- “Probably is the Lange thee a tew sitament omtnta for points. That’ “Then say to her that it is of tently to his companion's words. “He's a bit surly lately,” explained businesslike revolver from his hip- YOu Kno sald Benedic helpers,” replied Marsh with an or b ular r ceene count ot bone tHond tec: vital Importance to her father that “In tho first place, Overton.” began the captain. “Doesn't like high winds, pocket, and handed it to his friend done” he added to Brill, “Laid him- ther and insist that you do not see * who y 8 able to pretty serious puni#h- Mise Jennison again.” ‘smi . * t me an interview in the the commercial traveller, with in- | suspect. Come, Dick, come! with @ sugge: ve the self ila “But the captain? Can he be"—— Larter erat onan ohh heart "brary as soon as possible. tense seriousness, "much depends on ‘The officer thrust his bronzed mate to it. ‘em. Novor "\igtides's patron saw that Marsh ce eal eaeh ode of tan enehiee began Brill, . i Ore wae Mitte torene it If Brill had the slightest doubt of the attitude taken by Capt. Humph- finger between the bars, but the dis- can tell, Ey oh deek and bee utiden's patron saw that Marsh the crack “guards” of the country ga "No neod. Benedict has @ho wiro- Afame, there was little interest IM tne efficacy of his message Marsh Ties. In a general way, however, I obedient Dick merely gave it one sav- what's developing.” pram for once, wholly the Yale eleven of his time, and paB- lesa, thanks to Thuraton's not show- Sie NTna Oloxed up trom the Boor, ad Not. Propose that we put a supposititious age peck and then hopped to his UD- As he #poke he noted that Brill gM what you did com- fire ee onysieal training oF the ae- ine'up. Perhaps I've done ‘Thurston Ma jad picked up from the floor. “she'll think it's a proposal; she'll case and assume, Io jocular tone at per ring, turning his back most UN- Jooked into the inner room and turned ja,ded his fellow -conspirator, hablt of phyatoal raining OF | an injastice; mebbe Benedict fixed Cee nega be there fast enough,” he murmured first, tho possibility (hat the gold re- concernedly on his master. With a. shade of annoyance on hia manded Nie fellow-conspirator. aire to hurl aside a human mase op. him @0 he couldn't come aboanl. Any- CHAPTER XV. to himself. When Stebbins had gone shipment is a piratical venture,” “You see,” laughed the latter, thick ince when he saw that Stebbina wan ,y OUy, Nhat you told ma to.’ fez posed to tim. Certain te te that with : way, I'd give a good deal for half an HEIR deliberations, which D¢, sald aloud: “And let him chew on that for @lit- ly, “Dick doesn't like me t not vialble. turned Aristiogs one 8 ng "8 of the search- few well-taught muscles he lifted the” “You won't find your friend." said hour of that gentleman's services “The sea's quieting, and the ships tle,” suggested Brill eagerly. Some other time he'll do bette . : _ righ? Marsh with a certain arn drawing closer together, She's “Exactly. And after it has been di- "Well, we must be goin "64. the stout plotter quietly, “I sent hin Deaeoaa ee ee enre inten corner and passed oa m Neitue: oyvke again for a few min- amused pride called the flying the Russian flag ali right. gested we'll hint at the possibility of pyri, to Marsh's amagement. “I bop? pack to the engine room, MOORS tuba 40) TRI a oad ne nto a come bee Penal ‘ utes. Brill wed bang My | “board of strategy” talk, Loo! like a revenue eutter—or a RO Wirsises despatches, DEBE sored. Dick will be more racious tho next sit sco di Brill Cow, ena be eatayed the Os wines FF ving a 7 ” wi Jo" a b Nu t 4 0 By , ¥ ‘ finger, watching the process ae if tho lowing hour. To carry out the mill- the gold?” asked the young man, declaration of war before It wasmade j..4 him to speak on the subject HEN the stratogis's reached (1h forward. ‘Thea he stopped Ome BRED: di bit of tron were some divining rod tary conceit, the stout captain-gen- anxtously. public.’ which Brill had apparently forgotten, the port side of the promen- “If they move gold to-night It'll b® gpectre of a smile fluttered over his j that eral, seg Visa eo ca eral spread out a large sheet of ‘The Russian representative must tonne . are erenetet root of 8 but a tug at ais meeve a 8 tee ade deck, in pursuance of !n tho dark, Sure no one #4W You, thin lips, . solutio: . wal oy ng 1 “4 iid , the firet to break the silence, brown wrapping paper that had been come aboard with his credentials 7 if look on the Ger thle Mareh's advice that they go Stebbins? How about the other? first. It will all be done with the dence rising within him that Capt. that there was good caul “Mr. Tyson bas promised to go with A eae areata ckt Baa? eround the boop lonned to BUUELRE Ulmer decorum, Trust Benedit for HuMpuites cust ane, Hit URRY Of cauons Ther ade tne CantelA,Biee out for a brein-clearing mets the aewond officer's cabin, Mt CHAPTER XVII. * - by * that.” ws the whole thing, notwithstanding lis day and quickly went out. Not * arink of onone, they found a number 6 o'clock. ‘They're both off duty then.” i { ries," he ventured, more for tho this he made apparent friendliness with Benedict. am said till they reached thelr 5 0 . RILL'S anger and the physi4 ', an ay getetae arth ont thin fate ip en Sie war map. On this Having delivered himself of that word wi cal exertion ‘tas Haas and very black hierogly- articlo of belief, Marsh showed a “Right again, my brother!” cried favorite rendesvous, Brill’s cabin; of male passengers indulging in after. Marsh rubbed his plump hands to- any definite conviction on the sub- sulted in the tumbling of t ¢ f vast interro! " v ether and whistled two bars of a ei lead- sudden predilection for prow n Marsh; “for ci r Marsh's face was one vast interroge- noon constitutionals, The motion of Kéth ind whi jest. The stout man shook his head. neil. These outlandish marks, be- ection ling I if he can remember at Mai cow. P Stebbins's room, as if there he might what hour the operator submitted the tion point, however, the ship was nearly normal again, and “lO: 4, 4 re onedict on the floor : “The best thing wre oan do, my boy,” ing interpreted to Brill, were the find some magic key to unlock all despatch for his approval, before dis- “Seeking the captain's aid would tng weather was fine and clear. jae roan hat eel Poe hy ats cela mental pid) he said quietly, “is to keep one pee : points they decided essential to their the doors of mystery. However, he Playing {t to the passengers, tt will have been sheer folly,” were the first Wish catitaasl eeowted Maaae ingidaas scl wn eat \Ersugh ourselves off. What rei “s vi 3 vere? plan of campaign. came forth with only a very prosale prove Benedict the author of it and words the younger man spoke. + sl aa nd 4 . ans rium and sent the blood boiling into rou ine Brow ‘Benedict fou Pehl aires PARReNE An, pes laee ee ret bundle of newspapers. that he forged the others, Different “What do you meant ot @ fat thumb ahead, “Pennythorpe's ae ati Gaa sain, a6 ho saunsered fran his cheeks. He knew that he was in » o! ‘ “I see your friend Stebbins keeps detatls will arise, undoubtedly, We'll “I once had a monet emerged from his shell, Shall we fly?" cabin, ¢ a eee PRR He OWNed that the plans were distin- 9 fie of ‘old journals,” he Meecered attend to them As they come, Let's tion with Benedict"—Marsh looked ee een. wag shouting OM? Immediate fato nor that of the no condition to meet Merion Jeanie knew thet tho pencilled vagarion that Sue oe Bre reece ee But piandly, “mostly of the dgte we be off.” up curiously—“and wrote him @ note. others gave him the slightest con- or give her any advice, o Fn. A ‘a door they knocked ‘The envelope containing hia reply and gesticulating to the usual coterie corn. Of much more vital moment at want, Bet be 6 ae had convinced them were even less bian for his fiery ardor, Cavalry bars weigh 200 pounds cache” felt bo ontt the captain's door ney Mnercut yhicl wan merely money—bore & Pe- he had managed to gather. Eapecially wae the fact that he met Marie, the Be re iuat gimie ait Rae than circumstantial evidence, and he charges were more to his taste than zh 200 pounds each, © effect. At last, as they were about culiar monogram.” h inti the Olymplad’s Maid, Just outside in the corridor, °° ''™ eo acknowledged that, in his own care mining and eapping. A lovely lady gui "Aii ile heife os te ane ving, to turn away, the lieavy square of "Yew, yeu" waid the other, deeply (owen pole te the Oey mon Dewfing & note from Mian Jenison slowly toward the library. at least, personal hatred had already way to be won, and had not heroes hur pur afraid that won't le oncugh’ steel opened slowly, and disclosed the interested, companion of tne recent course, which (o “Mr, Overton.” ‘This he delivered There was atill helghtened color tm», judged Te ne Suilty. Dutit seemed of romance ever been impetuous? Wowie We naone enough. Sturdy form of Capt, Humphries, hin "A sheet of paper bearing that now steamed along abreast of the and immediately vanished. Marsh to him that there must be something ? ; “Look here, Overton,” responded lay on the captain's table,” 4 bi frowned his face and an unwonted sparkle in», 5 ¥ " hed and his eyes monogram lay on huge liner and not more than a quar- fro p - ; e 01 ver that could defeat this plot, if plot it starah, to one of his outbursts of ,Th® moon? Brill looked at the TRO CTO neS NEED Oe Layee a uaied Bel ee a "Xilna Marie, eh? Hope he doesn't his eyes when he stood before Miss ” mare 6an He AS 8 SUG Me his energy, “if we accomplish anything Tubicund visage of his friend in utter Couey Beep Oe Melt futon ox. “And you introduced that bird non- ““'sriit"scanned the eraft with an in- forget ha appointment with Tyson," Jennison near the diamond-windowed cS reser Anika aa tonnide tseneat wih be by brains, not muscle.” wekenie erm beg Pye et avenat teudine his bend cordially, “I thought #ense to read it, Wel cain trip. rent, that had grown enormously he muttered a hen (fo een anes bookcase, She noted something un of Marsh, “ie to say nothing and saw Asictidee Brebilos annearen council “They may work at night.” con- I heard a knock. J was in the inner ‘The young man wmiled at {hig (wit, with the events of twenty-four houra, Dring portan F usual in bis appearance, and wilt coeded with so " or ta it just” » dectdes to thw ‘millions in gold that had tor- With @ Iittle flu “Miss Jennison what she had already heard, she ros !f erything MUS: monted the girl's father into a physi- SAy# her father vill go and od him anxiously. te and mental wreck! Somewhere in toch to-morrow — “How strange you look!" she cried, bs . . ye to to bis strategy and pro wood—unless, of course, we get genu- e, y tinued Marsh, “if the sea gets quiet room, I~T haven't had many visitors } to The proof, Anyway, it's the insurance frime, aid his right hand elutching and there's’ moonlight Hello! since tt set in to blow. We'll have his narrative, | and steamship companies that will be & piece of atecl “that resembled 4 Well?" fine weather now, Will you? On it was written fovbed if we aro right. The Jenni dwarfed crowbar, “Marah gazed at , The question was for the returning Ho nodded toward the tiny mahog- uo with the Kold, Dut sons” —— this disreputable-looking figure with At!stides. any sideboard, but both shook their Proc a a nN “ ” oe . ” v4 Marsh gould be extremely annoy- (hat slim, black, low-lying clipper- f here more t news?" 80 C io to on our rh 3 ation tir : HY fore this; the present was one of the pared for a lovely occupant, and, us sit down. You hay en Gramped the arms, at if some physical errand fooking Uke thats he re: O%¢RC way to the Ubrary now." | in a captain's eubin-on, thn weather, fore ¥ dauttinses ancthae Hane lt reaay itor nhook his head thing fo say to me, Faasumes” |" ON iain Fara moment ile, heart marked to Brill, ‘Then to Stebbins: in ten minutes he was back again, to sh end titte dragged along unui He produced his Boone! knits. ens Mexican, The thought hing more?" ; Dea te ROL Oe GE RORRRA USD ES nat " ; a mom "Mr, Overton has @ commission for ue 4 ase again bogan some merely hypott ung man quiver. with asks to see you or me for a besan, “but y« ed | me ; ‘ with a hand that actually shook he "Say ost no thme in arranging for his Could, easily guess; everything was to the gold shipment. but the young nbllant whistl y a ee ey ee Gare cud ing significantly. "Well, on the whole Here was an avenue of knowledye ; Grow. nis copy of the Dorr despatch ablutions in the next room, whence "Elaine "Rl osotsee away, Brill erie the ieee 2°" that?” he demanded af © done it without compunction, I think you had better go. See here, tely clear, for even Benedict, with | from is pocket, and pelt stag de (8,8 few momonta came sounds 68- hogan the story of the interview with ‘Catching hin friend's eye when the "Hasn't Benedict a right to send & ""Mednthme, Margy wan making hia Overton nba Rae: foxlike shrowdness, | would 3 gestive of a grampus 8 mative r note to the captain? own particular observations of their ere was somathing ha tone 0! indulge aus oa yourself with the shipments” nq element. Wee thd wer Sven THN Te suid, CAPSS Dace Mt tered cert Brill was vexed and took no paind yea-avighbor, humming gently und the other that struck (Brill note ax to tulk fiction in the gitl’s } Ce f to Overton dawn ,, Marsh's words to Aristides recalled “except, as you advised, I did no! proceed, Brill paid no apparent at- to conceal the tact, withy anecial emphasis. whenever’ a of dependency, ees velded to begin th ¢ whet they, mean to Brill one important paint of thelr mention Benedic: ; tention, but crossed to the other side “DO passengers usually tell the new and important point etruck his ly a! his companion’s PT a Mar iPass sy Rte wll gor” he asked, éecuarion, “It wouldn't returned Marsh, of the room and began to whistle captain what ‘must’ be?" he asked comprehension, to rend teluey Sher mint fare nearly ® thone He cove lt te his cut “You still believe I should tell Mias nodding sagely. “Mightn't havo been softly to the canary ringing in his Sharply. “Bear in mind that so far “Look there, Overton,” he said at ("I confess I'm pretty near the end continu saya, and. it wiltitn® : He says it is his Jennison what we suspect?” he asked able to disguise her feelings; then id Rae carnal” toward sople on this boat know Bene- Just, “See those black squares where of my rope mnitinued Mare If sand ayes and ie wilt . stave reply. to anttinensibe earnestly. How'd she . dict has nothing to do with this gold the steel seems to jut out. I wouldn't Stebbins pulls off his trick and Bene- take tine cargo in the. Sew Mere appeared to, goitiogy' “Absolutely essential. We must bird standing the voy- 1D be surprised if they could be let down dict’s got no Unexpected cards up his coanot be removed til daylight, Bessey “It will do Be good to BF have a friend in the enemy's camp.” io brave a girl I never saw. whe Reread aycacien nich means that Humphrtes is and show"—— sleeve, they can't do any gold-jum- © a ' > se are n ights must be used aie mimend; he doesn't know us, ;“But she may not believe me.” ‘and a great deal more to the “Marah was thoroughly Irritated, Benedict's tool,” was the calm reply, "Guns," crled Brill eagerly. “Then sling til daylight. Aftor that ‘Yes, L understand,” nodded Britt, ¥ Sete ema naw-tangied signature ‘The commercial man's round face gume effect, until Marsh felt 1t abso- Why was the man wasting golden “You're right, Overton, Only quizzed ye is"—= He shrugged bis broad shoulders 4 hh a vauseds “ia that ailtnie iaee ye enum any doubt, did itt? expanded with a very wide and very jutely necessary to check this fine n- timo in talking about 4 bird? He you to find If you reason it out as I A warship, after all? Perhaps ao, one who would say “aujen sabe?” But aw tin isl halal oe Deel aly ee bal ed in louder tone Mfting his *ignificant smile, a smile so compre- thusiasm, noted that even Captain Humphries 40,” Our swarthy friend, or whoever’s box- that was not enough for the tacoinnion’ ae the” Eecauene Aa he to Brill. hensive and so suggestive that Brill “For a man so crazy for action,” he was not particularly enthusiastic over There isn't any other theory pos- sing It, went into this for big stakes, ‘Well, after that what imly remembered that he had some-%** OTR ue thought it was because of Mushed warmly. Stil he protested, interrupted bluntly, “you're strangely the welfare of his pet to-da said the young man til {t and he'd stack the cards tho beat poss "I'm afrald we'll hay a to tell her. Marsh and the aumet™ erro! be ‘of the affair. He be- but more feobly, full of words just now. Come on; the "Oh, Dick?” the officer replied, does seem almost ineredib sible. May be a converted yacht from fond farowell to gol sad nd the war-plans “4 fhe tmportance of the are loet or at “Is {t right to worry her?” be captain next.” ‘ Oe a eit vou, Dick? “The incredible often happens when yoine bankrupt South American ro- and. Benedict a 6, the War-DiAnA ‘ Mot the deat spoiled, if he doesn't queried, “But Btebbing"——- Brill Pretty fellow!" ’ ms bait the trap,” returned public,” Baa ie vaitk tan Mathie Wk { this glorious woman, 60 evi- wv “No, don't worry her,” was tha stopping abruptly as Ho put his Anwise, close to h, “Perhaps oy OA6 8 As they approeched Protesecr Ben. shouted {he you abies avis oned to be loved. But »/#f Phe rubicund face was here dis- Placid reply; “let her go aboard the Ma WS the fragile bara, 1 chirruped once on Hump’ Hos Maly W na glance from @ port-hole and o¥® by a heavy frown and tho other steamer, And by the way"—~ fot hand wal A op iwicn The bird 1 away ein You ‘almost closed over the blue eyes, He left his sentence hanging in the most pra ) re fe y giving the commercial man the air air and went to a port-hole, where — “We n ‘ batt S RoTaniia’ Daas the duty of the hour, r. But Brill perala a istant vision. his attitude became as fixed as that we, Mr. eae plainly, ‘ 8 desce At 4 bat epbet could he uo, sven if be bge Of & sentinel on duty, day bowed gravely, picked Up bbb Cant you made Lab Babs Oheror CARERS be Gayiad yy tel, thy epged of tha tg? (To Bo-Contigued) sided s sucht of a film of smoke not a Olympiad’s funnel recalled him tes