Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-01
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guard against tho sailing of tho brig without
his knowledge. Tho latter contingency did
not give him the least uneasincss lie knew
where the police boat, with steam up, could
bo communicated with ut moments notice,
aud it would hayo been impossible for the
mysterious sailing vessel to get away rs
long as her movements wcre known. Keen
eyes woro watching every movement Oh
board her, and Frank was finally satisfied
that thus far all was for tho best. Walton
Sprnguc still indulyod the Theory that Lucy
Palmcdo could be carried on board of the
brig. Two days passed. The brig still lay
at anchor in tho stream and sho was under
constant watch. The detective began to
grow impaticnt. Ilo had expected hourly to
hear that the girl had been placed on board
llo had "pipcd' the sailors to their haunts,
and had used ovcry effort to discover tho
reason of tho briggs delay in sailing. AS
intimatcd, he had learned tho night when
aboard OF her, that sto was ready for immc.
diatc sailing. Tho detective was sitting
one day in tho reading room of the hotel,
when his attention fell upon M editorial in
a daily purcr. Tho orticlo in question was
q review Of the fact that within few weeks
there had been so many cases of mysterious
disappearance, and in almost every case the
missing parties had been young and 6cau-.
tJuG lie at once associated tho mystcri--
Gus brig with the fearful work
ooh! wish l could speak French" be
muttcrcd.
"What would you do if you could speak
Ercnch?' spoke voice at his side.
"Lookipg up the detective recognized
Frank Midgcly.
II think l. could solve this mystery"
WVhat mystcry?"
"rhc mystery which cnva!ors the object
Of tho cruise Of that brig which floats off
there on the East River"
81 can speak Frcnch!" said Frank, in
suggestive tone.
could you play detective for n few duys?'
eyes"
"Assumo disguiscs, and associate with
drunken sailors? \ nd do as drunken sail.
ors do?''
"Ycs; | ooald do all that you mention"
"By thunder" exclaimed tho real de!cc--
tisc, 81 wish could feel that you could be
trusted to op'ny part"
"l can!'
Tho next day Frank NIidgcly was
equipped and instructed to play his part
b. was yachtman and mado several voy-
agcs in ships, his father having been great
ship owner This fact onabled him to play
we'll the part he had undertaken, as he was
well up in the nautical terms and slang
| phrases of common sailors The detective,
as VIC have before said, had "pircd' the
sailors of the brig to their haunls, but had
been unable to gather any information ia
one Of the streets running parelc with the
Fast River there resided, few years ago,
n remarkable character who kept n sailors
boarding house. This man was known as
kanaka Hom, from suspicion that he was
from the Sandwich Islands; although no
one was really certain as to his nationality,
rs in the same day he would claim half q
dozen different lands as tho place of his
birth, and could converse in at least as r,ary
different languages, IIc did not appear to
be an educate d man beyond tho fact Of HE
wonderful comnn,id Of languages lie had
visited many lands, and as he asserted had
sailed with crews at different times, among
which OF least hal! dozen diicrcn, nation.
alitcs were rcprescn cd. 1t was Mt kanaIa
, Toms house that The sailors from tho mys--
tcriCus brig were in the habit Of congrcga.
ting; and it WIS 10 this dangerous resort
that our hero was to 90. lie reached The
| place, and managed the opening part Of his
dangerous game very successfully He got
acquainted with i<anaka Tom, and seeming
ly succeeded in winning the strange mans
confidence, rs far as It was possible for any
one to do so. Two days passed; and Fra.: k
had not seen any Of the briggs crew One
day, however, he bad been loungiug around
when strange, noisy party entered. Our
hero had received an accurate description Of
the mcn he was to Affiliate with, and at
oncc recognized The new comcrs as the men
he was waiting for. The character he had as
suUcd was that Of a dcecrter from French
man Of war, which had been soiourning in
New York waters few weeks previously.
Our hcro's Appearance and perfect know
ledge of French, enabled him to assume the
roic with excellent chances of avoiding dc
tociion. The sal i0rs ,:oH tbs bli. had .,ccn
but moment in the place when our hero
discovered that they did not use tho French
language, but spoke in q tongue which was
unknown to him. The party were soon
seated at table, and engaged in an inno-
cent game of dominocs. Frank sat watch
ing them, when ho became aware that he
was an object OF attention on their part us
well. Thus ma tiers proceeded for some
time, when new conner entered the place
Frank gave start One glanoo suiliccd to
satisfy him as to tho identity of tho new
conner. The man was in disguise, being
dressed in the garb of common sailor, but
there was 10 mistaking tho fiery glance of
those strange eyes. 1t was Iamud who had
thus far proved like tho shadow OF evil to
our hero.