The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1916, Page 17

er eR my A he las been fered le mare Wut om the day of the weiing te wand, oownd by Lackey beck to the yerut, where ohe fat the might, ‘They se 6 steam Jeuned etd preewntiy Mawieg ond her fete 00 (0 the howe nd ore amased Mivaded io mot there, She sles om gre iff CHAPTER XIl. (Continued ) KH ARRANGED a reel of films in the camera, which had reposed forgotten in « locker during #o many days, and posed Mirabel in varying lights, When the first film was exhausted he obtained @ second, and tried @ few time exposures, At idet, having taken « dozen pictures, for three of which he had used a spe- cial lens for half-length portraits, he put the rolls in his pocket and locked the camera in Ite receptacle, He was lighting a pipe when Mirabel saw }) Donald swinging over the shoulder of Cruachan with long strides, and the terrier scampering in front, The Evenia MIRABEL’S ISLAND By LOUIS TRACY of Romance and ee een ee aE RI World Dail an You Beat It? gaia hee STreey , the Cen- Looksiey gorens | w LA From where he eat be ‘3 one the path, and, in any event, ° we Cyewiah! wae lene effective 4 than by hutht, becwure t ay wore Were so darkened ae be at) moet! opaque | “Hae ehe © etranwer with her?’ he asked in @ voles of terror, which contrasted curiously with the ealm demeanor he had displayed since lending on the tela an instant of Mirabel entered, hee . tense with way to live withs man whom I detested, and seme spirit WAIT A Magazine, Friday, September 22, by scientific methods, brings to book @ clamp! criminal whore ability to master “burglar _. proof” vaults creates a ba fling mystery. BEGINS IN NEXT MONDAYS EVENING WORLD ste Homer to th full strength i When hooked Mirabel and the dog fullowing \ue swurier e Weal Bide anbaneadur, David,” tined (0 anawer no jons, and | am to return before tone other men in the second boat of rebellion eelsed me, so I came bay» red Maw completely, Mt NUTE be ty arene ogee eee PLEASE still and looked from Mirabel to David, soowling @ little when he heard the Ve uncompromising words, but otherwise by A restraint that was almost dign! elreumat ) have behaved foolishly, Mir- abel, and given me and your husband much pain and anxiety,” sald Lock- wley, Whose nervousness scamed to be natural enough, though {t arose from fright @t David'e unexpected pres- ence, 1 had no other alternative but death,” F ctageed Mireabel. ‘Rather than endure the man you call my husband, I would have died, I meant it and § still mean it.” Locksley took hold of her wrists and gently released himself, “There i# no need to discuss our affairs before one who hag no con- nin them," he said. “Who te this gentleman, and how comes it that he should be ans oe Lunga, which ts private proper “This "s Sir bavia Lge 4 oked the | ALWAYS PicK UP ti / _A& PIN FoR Luck | CAN You. ) BEAT IT | es. ‘You helped to rescue him and the b the Corran, That te my part of the treaty, Yours is to keep every. body away from Argos and get all ore oft tho telaid a be, David ay rely on my beat effort Feapoots, aweethe “One more questio what am 1 to tell my aster?’ Ws a will, © ure NO seOr lant + but h Now that | know where to look for you, | shall be content, dear,” The coo tn her 1 Was an sweet eat music in David's ears, He bad never loved her more than now that he wae about to lowe her, The exige sailors braced the boat against the current with their oars, so Mirabel force extended @ hand to Mra, inger and uttered her welcoming words rather breathlessly, Her cul- tured voice accorded so thoroughly with her appearance thi of the two members of his crew, | suppose?” et Donald's message was to the «No, He alone was saved, yet I point, did not help him, but rather left him “Yon Hawley ts naethin' but @ womeral,” he said, “an' I could keep Nim speerin’ an’ bogglin’ a month o° Sundays, but Mr. Locksley just up an’ sez to me, ‘Don he, ‘bring Mies Mecrabel here at once.” Ye ken “there's nae hagglin’ aboot Mr. Locks- Tey, an’ I'm no gleg wi ma tongue.” David kept a cheerful face during that short walk to the house, but he did not endeavor to hide from him+ self the doubts that surged through “his brain, At that hour, as nearly as could be ascertained afterward, some Oban fishermen found in their nets a beer vottle tightly corked, and obviously containing @ folded scrap of paper. They extracted the cork, drew out the paper carefully, and this is what ‘ di: mrvoate Purely wrecbed op. worth co. of Lae, faisn ‘inves dunbg, thes eat vot iGtty Janice Partow Kili neo , uadlerigued, eRe BAT LINDY! YS ‘Then the crew of the coble hastily threw overboard such portion of their nets and marking buoys as ney had hauled in, and shipped three pairs of oars, and bent to it with a will to reach Oban at the earliest possible moment. For there was a reward of £200 offered for news of ay David and the Firefly, and tnese ra palleved they had caught one of the finest fish that ever swam in the sea, Had they known how much really depended on their efforts, sheer tion might have cost them oe rt, if not the whole, of the reward, which was placarded at Oban t Tobermorey. Luckily, they were not flurried by fear of belng forestalled, so it came to pass that, while the skipper of tho Hawk and one of his men were indulging dram before gving to the t Tobermorey, righ! ble along on top of & favorable tide, reached the quay at Oban shortly before 9 o'clock. Two of them scanned the po! © learn the ad- dreas of David's sister, mates hurried to \d_ the harbor- master, It was thing, because the Tobermorey telegram was handed in first, and the Yacht Club officials at Cowes got busy on the telephone trunk-line to London, But Oban won, and a white-faced but very pretty woman, who Was being persuaded by her husband to try and eat a break- fast for which she had no appetite, was stirred into tearful ye. bunsry ght of a slip of pink paper that her brother ovas alive. The thrilling news from Oban, supplemented by a brief newspaper telegram from Tobermorey announc- ing the presence on Lunga of a young lady who was being sought by her father and her husband, did not es- cape the vigilant eyes of alert news- editors in London. The Tobermorey scribe mentioned the names of both Locksley and Hawley, for whisky had loosened the tongues of the Hawk's crew, and it was recalled that a hue and ory had gone out from Dover for Mrs, Hawley, who had mysteriously ppeared after allghting from the -train while on her wedding ihe to the Continent. For some un- known reason that sensation had idly died down; now it was re- Rival with gest. Just consider the ingredients of the journalistic plot— @ rich young baronet, a runaway bride, an uninhabited island, storm, shipwreck, relatives elther despair- ing or furious, and a message from the sea to savor the dish—what mors 2 needed? leanwhile ihe two people who had caused all this commotion had come face to face with the men primarily responsible for it. " wwiey, too impatient and ill at ease to eat, had risen from the tablo on which Donald had set out a sub- stantial meal before Inaving the eettiere she ts" he cried, “But who the devil is this?” he added, after a Bn0d stare at David, & an outburst, to fend for himself. I want to be quite candid. 1 thought that had gent the yacht to bring me to the mainland.” “Your daughter {s not doing her- self justice,” interrupted David. “She was somewhat afraid of me at frat, @ thing not to be wondered at, since my earliest task was to bury one of bea men, who had been killed Sy he collision which cHipptee my But she soon relented. It mag clear the air if I say at once, Mr. Locksley, that I am thoroughly aware of the conditions under which Mirabel hap- | pens-to be here.” Then Hawley atruck in, flercely and venomously. “The lady's name is Mrs. Hawley, Sir David Lindsay,” he said. “She has informed me that she does not choose to be known by that name,” said David. “Her wishes in such a matter must eh ae Act. suppose we all come off the high- tragedy perch for a while. “I've done nothing that I am the other aide of the Dorlin if wanted, He was crossing the tiay plateau in front of the house when Mirabel called him, pealed their tocsin throughout the the almost impenetrable screen of island that morning. his glasses, 8, Sir David believes it is his ‘Mra. Philip Beringer.” be disregarded, hamed of. It isn't exactly a crime “David,” she said, “will you arrange CHAPTER XIV. “But she is not coming here?’ and “Nok by me.” that I should want to marry a pretty with Donald to have the steame ID sees ho emphasized the concluding word Their eyes met, and Hawley's face girl like you, Mirabel, or, having mar- brought here as epeedily as may be?" and Mir raced UP as if Lunga were a leper colony. flushed with a rage that threatened “T shall go with him,” he answere: ried ‘you, that 1 should wish my wife « to be my wife. But you've got some Donald,” he said, “and a sailing bee in your bonnet which prevents ee may spring up before sun- you from accepting the views of ®t: . “Like enough, sir, but ye'll be for- the every-day sort of woman who gettin’ that its the Babbaih the morn, goes through the marriage ceremony. an’ every mothe: son aboard the Well, I'm not an unreasonable person. Hawk will be fu’ the nicht. Ye'll no If you had chosen to take me into [ée,yon wee steamer here afore Mon- your confidence at first there would “pay Mf. tide: have been no call for the excitement “It'll hold us, 1 gues: and worry of the last three weeks. ‘i OP Bie ee Fie She gloom of the . “Donald is quite You frightened yourself into @ panic, Fignt, ‘The crew of the Hawk will not fave me no end of & scare when I be available before Monday, and, in found you were not on board the the mean time, Mirabel and 1 can pack gteamer, and generally raised Cain al} # 600d many articles which were left round, when-as a few friendly words between you and me would have set- here on account of our burried de- parture in September. There ts no tled the whole affair, But don't let spilt milk. I make you a urgency, I take it, unless Sir David fer, Let us three go back the steep slope of the horseshoe's easterly horn, and from the summit in- stantly made out a paddle- wheel steamer lying in @ alight haze about half a mile beyond the Red Reef, The tide was an hour or more after flood, and was beginning to race so strongly to the eouth that a rowing boat, already lowered from the ship and plying six oare, had to keep its head well up in order to maintain the semblance of @ line to- | ward tho island, But the rowers bent to their task, and the craft drew aear rapidly, ee, aap « @ vi ne's soncara “declared Mirabel, when they had watched the oncoming boat in silence for a while. “She has been sent for me," eald David. “Macdonald's tel can- “It certainly looks like it,” broke in David, heartsick with the knowledge whioh he dared not put in words— that Locksley was exacting from his daughter a submissiveness that went beyond reason, “L refuse to allow any stranger to land on Lunga., My tenancy at least secures me that privileg Locksley was far more excited than David had yet seen him, courteous hi had become . man, For Mirabel's sake David re- presaed the retort ready on his lips. “Lam sure that my sister, and hor band, whom 1 see mtting by her will not wish to remain on t! moment longer than is neces- eald. re’s another steamer!" cried Hawley suddenly. Then it bid save Sat ® Loi nd vessel, an ordinary tug, crept up unobserved tn the miat and was halt- ing somewhat to the southward of the Clansman. ‘@ can make Treshnish by six, “It Is too late to discuss platitudes, Mr, Locksley,” said David. “Mirabel and L have passed that stage lon; since, 1 recognize that a certain legal te was forced upon her by some ou rageous misrepresentation whose ex- act nature [ mean to ascertain. Pray let me speak pieinly tee he fancied that behind the black shades which hid the older man's eyes was a gleam of anger, and certainly the thin, mo- bile lips had twitched in manifest annoyance-"I do not mean to asso- slute you with positive double-deal- ing, but I do assert my solemn con- viction that her consent to a mar- riage which she loathed was wrung from her by meane that will paves: the scrutiny of honest men, and It is for you to show that you deserve my sympathy rather than claim it on grounds the fairness of which I refuse to admit.” “Of course I den: Lindsay ts anxious to be gone?” “I fancied you would ave Lunga to-night,” David said, “and I had it im my mind to remain here @ day or entirely your bs legram inary and live there quietly for @ two and patch up my yacht suM- not have reached Oban yet, but the the ” B attitude,” ‘eald topes tee month or two. By the New Year, or cently to launch her. ‘Then she can Hawk must, have despatched my | “They are lawening 8 ea re Mirabel sooner, we may come to look at mat- towed, or carri if necessary, to to Cowes, and my elster has m etirred some one in Oban to come the reacu “L believe it 1s the Clansman. If a0, how strange! “Why strange?" “Because when first we came to Lunga the Clansman brought us, and stopped just where that veasel lies now, and one of her boats landed us and our stores. We lived all that summer tna tent. . .. David, what is your sister's name?” ran to him swiftly, and took him In her arms, “Dad, my own dear dad, do we not know the evil spirit who per- suaded both of us to do wrong?” she exclaimed, “Don't turn away from me, but listen, for love hai ified my understanding and given me the gift of tongues, Let us have done with pretense! I love David, and I know he loves me, though he tried to crush the knowledge out of his said Mirabel, who houl to her fath dently mean- ters in a different light. Now, Sir David Lindsay, you don’t strike me as the sort of man who would encourage any nonsense, and, as you bave been dragged into a family dispute, I put it to you—ls my proposition @ reasonable ‘one, or is it not?" David, outwardly self-contained and watchful, was torn by renewed confiict between expediency and de- sire, He felt like @ man imprisoned in @ fortress from which escape was ol or elsewhere.” Thus did Fate ply her shuttle in weaving the web of destiny for those four people. it seemed to be @ com- paratively trivial matter whether they sailed from the island that even. ing or on Monday morning, yet it was as important for some of them as that the morrow’s sun should rise, David, under compulsion to make good his project with regard to the Firefly, asked Mirabel if she could “Mirabel,” agonized with suck simple circumstance: to the house and bring the telesoo| I must know who all these people are, and what they want.” The three men did not exchange a word until Mirabel returned. Ad- justing the telescope with sallorlike heart when he heard that I was mar- ‘Do: ind 2 deftneas, she soon determined that tm: sible save th joor of dis- nald for a few hours. ‘Doris — Mrs. Philt; Beringer, Heate Seer man Ce ee Haber Aad tae Wurtnen ot Gecininn "t help? 1am on a loose end Good gracious! Mirabel, have I the tug was the Cormorant. A num- ber of men had crowded into her » rested on him, boat. They They 1 agree with you, Mr. Hawley,” ho put in Hawley. never told you? unexpectedly, David took him a should be; if it is fated thi “No, What did we talk about dur- should part, he will go now, and 3! ling sald, dully. “Some of us are the vic- at his w bo fancied that ing those long daye and pleasant Wore long overcoats and travel & Teer ace elther of us again. though tiny of fate, but a situation that In evenings?” caps, After a pause came the sig jeant information: “IL am not quite sure, but I think thanks as she went inside the Intolerable in many respects cannot house again. Her voice faltered ever so slightly, be ended here. Yes. you must leave receives us in a last embrace, Let but she turned on hearing footsteps that man who has ruined our lives he island, Your advice is good, 1 Never, even in Scotland, did Brit- on the loose shale, and thus avoided carrying @ camera.” make some amends by imitating the ‘ re siowly than y . : ey, and example David will set him. Ru ctne CALIRBY 700/10. 1S. SOON CRT Ee ee ee eee ee ee orenine Coste Wan nalalnee tree whan 4 tone of He appeared to be unable to re- Locksley had detained Hawley when ‘ sist the tender tumult of her plea he was hurrying out to ascerta! o marked in Locks- a He could not force his tongue to Donald set off for Mull, bearing with tter another syllable, His voice had him a@ telegram to be despatched reason of the steamer’s | Ing, Hiding bis face in his hands A'stange sound in his ears, an though early next morning to a shipping summons, Owing to Locksley's pe whistle came through the he fank into a chair and bent his he way contending against the roar firm at Oban, asking them to send @ tial blindness, the two had taken. & the northeast, the ray head over the table, of acataract. He heard Mirabel say- tug for the Firefly. more cireuitous and less diMeult Hawk appeared, still a of eon Mirae ee Dey ee ae: ing, with bewikdering calmn: n after daybreak on Monday, path, They seemed to be arguing Miles away, and steaming energet ing from Mirabel to David. “Is that "““pnank you, David. You, at least, the three people in Argos madé now with some vehemence, and ‘ally. Most certainly Lunga figured the precious scheme you have con- sing true where all else is false, Now, preparations for prompt departure, Locksley's clear tones reached’ them, the inap that morning, cocted? Get rid of me, eh? I will you please leave me with my and Mirabel herself eummoned David ‘The final decision reste with me. _ By thie time the Clansman'a out, and vou walk out, and when I gather? Mr, Hawley, | think we to breakfast. . es T insist! .. . Time te the Ws within hailing distance, © go over the hill you walk in again. shall accept your conditions, but my ‘The four we at breakfast real’ wonder-worker in such mat. the two men whom Mirabel had Soy, Locksley, pull yourself together. father and I must first understand when three loud blasts on 9 siren ters.” for ship's officers was Tr It's high time we quit fooling. Send each other clearly.” awake the echoes of Lunga, Hawley muttered something, of David was about to point him out to that long Highlander across to Mull "David walked on, The pall of de- Hawley alone was not startled. which the only audible words were: Mirabel when Capt. Heringer stood in hig boat, and wet the Hawk back gpair which enwrapped his spirit bad “The ilawk must have Kot steam “a dangerous game - , trying me WP, 4nd the cry came diatinotly: ere before night, lifted for an instant, He had learned up good and early,” he said rather aReyies Shavit he something, not much, but enough to "But that is not the Hawk!" cried Some one seated tn the stern. “Ahoy, Phi ear away orth! set hie wits at work. Thie interloper Mira! sheets of the boat stood up and rm pilot y CHAPTER Xill, might honestly admire Mirabel, but No,” said David, “that signal Waved a hand, Right-o Doris waved her handkerchief, and forthwith focused a pair of fleld- laases, not at her brother, After 4 scrutiny, she dropped the nd spoke to her husband, He wondered what 4 said about Mirabel, wing ahead, and it occupants would ig an to the queer kept the little group wrently rooted to the id's heart and brain mad tu- admiration weighed light as thistle~ down in the balance against some hidden but all-powerful lure. Why was Hawley eo anxious to avoid no- toriety? For all his bluster and bounce, he was eager now as Lock- sley had ever been to keep Mirabel from public ken, There was some tremendous issue at stake, and it centred constantly on the one main- spring of effort—Mirabel must not be seen or known—Mirabel must never even have the gratification of seeing her own sweet face smiling from a comes from a large steamer.” ‘They rose hurriedly, all except Locksley, whose impassive face ap- parently bertayed no emotion, And then, in one of those glimpses into the recesses of a man's mind which *~ are occasionally vouchsafed to another, David read some part of Lockaley's secret. He was waiting, listening, ever waiting for some dreaded thing to happen, ever listening for @ footfall that would bring ruin and torment everlasting. OCKSLEY, by habit a taol- 4 turn man, seemed to have collapned, and his head sank atill deeper into his folded arms, while Mirabel was bent over him, with @ solicitous hand resting on his shoulders, Lindsay, who was trying as he had never tried before to read character in a man's face, encountered his rly, furtive, half-sullen, half-jestiog glance, eo her hen it is unquestionably Do: she can diati vel turned her head and ad- 1 her father Shall we go to Oban on the © man, dad? David, Sir David, say’ can be arranged easily.” “No. It will not suft our Are there many people on boar: boat?" "I have counted etght,” or that he “Now, look here, Mirabel," Hawley photograph. And with thet David = For what was he waiting? For «4 jad 'd gentleman, twi Lockale roken ac- said, strutting confidently asain a remembered the films tn his booker whom did he listen? David could not gificera’and four suilore? ship's | Laoualey Hawley was sauntering close be- guess. He never would have gucased adyt ; the hearthrug—and you, Locksley, (} uses. d esse ‘A lady If you will keep p during all the years of bis life had mot thoso vibrant trumpstanotes David fancied that the man was straining bis feeble vigign through for a few minutes, Sir David Lind: hind, so David waited but a moment be my dapghter shall overtake you." apd you, too, Bir David Lindsay to tell Donald that he would be on possessed, Naturally, Mrs, Beringer had formed all sorts of theories about this Lady of tho during the long Journey to Oban, and while waiti there until her husband h tered the Clansman, and ni her preconceived ideas as to any in- dividual been more upset David, realizing his derment, cried cheert: “You may not hug the man at the boathook, Boris. the introduction, Mirabel Locksley. This is Mirabel, And that ts Carlo, 4 Scotch terrier with an Italian name, j You will hear about the rest of the inhabitants y due course, These are the principal one By that time Mrs. Beringer had taken one long look at the girl flushed, excited face, Then she fung her arms around her, “It I may not kiss my brother I may surely kiss you,” she said, ‘What a perfect and sensitive instru- ment is the heart of a good woman! It detects and draws to itself a kin- dred soul as surely as the magnot at- tracts ateel. When next those two gazed at each other their eyes were moist; neither dared utter @ word for fear of weeping outright, “Please, will Carlo fy at moe if I ait down aad howl?” said Beringer, They smiled at that, and the ten- sion relaxed, Some of the sailors re- Neved David, and he embraced his sister with brotherly offhamedness. “And now," he sald, assuming a businesslike alr ne was far from feol- ing, “I have not @ second to lose! Nello, Tresidder, glad to see you alive and well. 1 thought you were gone to Davy Jones. Beringer, do me a fa- vor, Jump in the boat in and pull out Into the fairway until you meet @ boatload of people coming up I believe they are reporters” ——— “Five special correspondents from London and two local journalists,” said his brother-in-law promptly. “I want you to make them an offer in my behalf. Ask them to bead atraight for the Clanaman and await my arrival on board in the course of an hour or ao. If they will do that I undertake to tell them all they want to know. If they refuse, her I nor any other person who can speak with authority will say a word. In any event, Mr, Locksley, the tenant 4 of the island, ‘refuses permission to land. Put it the beat way you can, old chap, but stop them from coming ere.” Beringer promised to try his powers of persuasion, and the gig put oft Som again. It can well be imagined what David sald to his al and brother-in when he had satisfied the repo: But first he had to tak Mirabel, When the Firefly launched, with the ald of the rollers and many strong arms, and he had se- cured a few words with Macdonald, e came when there was no longer ve y sald, very quietly, r right hand tn both of his. ® you again to-morrow, per- haps at elght oclock, most certainly t noon and sunset, and thenceforth ty day until you leave the tsland.” Thank you, David,” was all she said - tn reply CHAPTER XV, JOUR days later—on the Fri- day evening, to be ex David received his first let. ter from Mirabel. He was sitting on an upturned tub outside Maedonald's cottage at Treah- nish, smoking the pipe of peace, if not of content, and looking at Lunga over @ sea still unvexed by weather, whon the fisherman came up the brae. David leaped up with a shout which brought Mre, Macdonald to the door of her cottage. “L have been writing without a break throughout the afternoon, or I would ely have seen the coble on its way, Mrs, Macdonald,” said David, “There's a bit breeze from the sou'- east, sir, an’ the tide runs out there & good two hours afore we feel it here. Aibling, Tonal’ would cut across for Loch Tuadh, an’ come up the coast wi' a fu’ sheet.” a ee! suet thy ‘As between you *: i jen of landing on the island, an experience never devold of danger unless at the lack of the tide in calm weather, kept David straining at the boathook while two [em 7 Let me completo Sethe law © as handed him @ letter, The letter consisted of Blled sheets, evidently one day, ae (te method quickly iy tare it tow ‘tar the a scree eye i" our 1 your STUzre letter to my lye, ond om gree $.—Yet 1 close with i foe. MY, Powe fender toad , : 1 hare not for bours If living, he te not on Langa,” So those beck, few sheets of paper David tng ded pressed to - Mirabel’ did not even look arouilPeo ny one was fore ed thom forventiy, in Pe early night when he ent a It wi the cottage. the table in the living-roo1 meal for which the long ton island had well prepared “Well, Donald," said David, pace at the board, “I hea: ckdaw ts tissing, ye, he's de ‘ou cannot “But “Why ?” pat quite sure ° am, Sir David," Be “Because I saw that scamp, R dey, wringin’ his neck 2 "3 (Hie David laid down the knife it: z ree wens on an ex lacdonald’s statement as well it might, but he ieee cae the man’s character so well hate@e did not dream of Questioning ty David resummed his qupper. * donald must be left to teh bia in his own . At tl ald's cousin: & McDougall egal Cottage with @ small parcel w boring village, Ah, Hare mounted prints took the Oban = tographer to whom David had trusted his films, Soon every: & don plored 0 “thy re anet © ow !" eried Donald, IT maun hae the pick David, whe nd wo back the Mg e'll be as pleased as @ baira wi’ new toy.” wie David arranged his ainst Various uten. on the Tee, 4 the fisherman, well aware e importance of his story, revealed tragic fate which had o taken = notably inhabitant of the island since David had quitted it. lain English, Fis peiesy, eae in the Jackdaw undoubtedly had climbed into Hawle: bedroom. ip up the rung taht ft the ladder, purloined therefrom ret” of ea © papers. It was evident that took his plunder straight * double-ended cave which led to sea from the hollow in the sout fort oF ue ory and that they found there, and exami ‘detail by Mr, Lo La a “4 Donald was certain, because climbed down the cliff the weatenty tip of Lunga, and ing in lobster-pota on a reef for its occasional catches weather, when he saw emerge from the tunnel and hide cleft while he peered long and” fully at a bundle of documents, «~~ As Donald had heard of Hawléy's loss he drew his own conclusions held bis tongu», At dusk that © ga. ing he Was setting out the lobe pots agein when a muffled from the cave made him look quickly, Hawlpy ald instandy low-lying mef. lying inert in the such was his spite and venom he nearly twisted ite head off, “Man, I would hae liked tae etop him,” growled the fish “ae kenned weel it waa owen late tae aan the puir bit birdie,” (To Be Continued)