Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-12-21

lprised at seeing me ia nnv D ,rt 81
the vessel. i / am Studying it.
construction - a scientific man.
Captain Payson has been good
enough m give me admittance 70
all parts Of the vessel. You need
not shout IN that disagreeable way
! again. 1t startIes q nervOns man.
And with q vague smile he blew
out the candle and went upon deck.
leaving Dan 8GAfsMg afltF HIM. -
@It's not all right; or, why should
he, being 4 gentleman, make such
/ d long explanation - irle. being 4
eaEin-loy.' laid Dan - last, sl7ax
ing his head.
That night Captain Paysen mas
alone on the Quarter deck when
Dan presented himself before him
and salutesi. His voice shook q
little, for he was terribly scared.
'1Old J0b'swasa bigger man iF rs
eyes than any king or potentate.
"Well. what's the matter with
you = growled the captain.
"'rhe-tlle passenger, sir"
What have you TODD. With tia
passengers <51ks GAeHA -
IL beg your pardon, sir, but are
you sure he isn't q thief or worse,
gasped Dan. forgetting, in h ter
r0r, the respectful speech he had
pinned in which he meanttO state
The fact of Dr. Earnall's visit hes
low det.k. WITHHOLD etiN8'- ]
The captain seized the ropes,
end. flake that foF your iaHEu-
dencr he shouted, aiming q hlUU
at Dan, who dodged il, and then
blufted ont the WHOLE story. -
rs aiching among the hunks
DR.. Farnall (" n.utfered the cap
tain in astonishmenl, dropping his
weapon an Il then he walked
thoughtiully mp and down. Sud.
den Y Jlo stopped before Dan asIf
is well you came to me and no
body else with the story" he said.
~ltis Of no account. DIR. Farnall
is an eccentric man. II he wishes
to examine the ship in any part he
is not TO be watched orspied upon.
So keep your eyes open to your
Sell, and your tongue, too. If you
90 blabbing the story about I'll
fog YOU"
Dan crept of toiIis work feeling
as If he lad a sound drubldng. =
Tears OF rage and modification
stood in his eyes.
Mothers rules do very well or
land, bHtfheg won't work on ship
board, Alie mnttefed; NBut there's
tsesisiSs;g tllszt necsiS watching IA
that man, and I'll watch him
Nothing Of moment happened,
however, for a week. Then Day
observed that the passengers days
of fasting and depression grew
more frequent. There were whole
nights when he paced the deck un-
til morning.
The crew joked together about
him. One declared that he was a
murderer: another that heescaped
from a lunatic asylum; but the
common opinion was that he had
run away from a termagant wife.
Dye mind" said Irish Jem,
show be eyes every ship we hail
as though she might be aboard ~
Dan alone never joined III the
| gossip below decks about the mys-
terry.
One day little in ident occur
red which suddenly strengthened
his suspicion.
just before nightfall, whenpas
sing the after hatchway. in the
covering Of which was n side that
could be opened + vii.
Dan met DIR. FarnaH BmIne np,
l;rpYcred with dirt aud dust. There
l.li unsteady glare in his eyes.
sd Dan by The shoulders.
on know where / have
beeIs be said hoarsely
"ln the lower hold, sir, among
! the boxes"
"What dye think is down there,
boy, for you aud all OF us9 DEATH
| Death! But tell n3body-no.
body He dropped his hold and
staggered on
Mad as a March hare !" muttrr-
cd Dam.
/ But half an hour later DIR Far
nau was seated at the supper-ta-
ble, gay, self possessed. keeping
| the captain In a roar with his good
stories. Ee
| About the middle of the second
watch that night Dan turned out
Of his bunk. = he boy vas really
too anxioGs To sleep. : = ~
death in the hold, ehg Death
IN the hold ~ he repeated to him.
self.
! he did not dare 60 to the cap.
tain or crew with his stora-. Yet
he was sure some peril was at
hand. lie sat shivering for 9
while, then pulled on his clothes.
g deaths I'm the hold, I'll find
hln,e he said. s.
He CROPPED his way to the after
hatehway unquestioned: for the
mate. who had charge of the deck.
was reclining listlessly against the
rail further aft, where the hatch.
! way was hid from view by the
cabin. The slide was open.
i His heart beat quick with ex.
| element: bus n0iseless as 4 cat
! Dan crept down 60 thelower deck
/ and CROPPED for the hatchway that
Opened into the lower hold.
/ he was so certain danger was
af0Ot that he was not a artlesl when
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