Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-01-16

bc il is no more than ought to do-per.
haps not half enough. Only remember,
not n wor,l of this u your daughter She
must believe that leave tonight And
the sooner you get her out Of this cursed
ship the better"
Deacon F'lint's girls are goin' up IN
to-night's boat. I'll send Roscy with
t;icm," said Mott, with u cunning twinkle.
Itenshaw nodded. Mott seized his hand
with wink of unutterable Significance.
Left TO himself, Rensknw tried to re
view more calmly the circumstances In
these strange revelations that had inn
PEELED him TO change his resolution 50
suddenly. That the ship was under the
surveillance Of unknown parties, and TINT
the description OF them Tailed with his
own knowledge Of n certain Lascnr sailor,
who was one of Sleight's informants--
seemed 70 be more than probable. That
this seemed to point to Sleight's disloy-
nlty to himself while he was acting rs his
agent. or double treachery on the part
OF Slcight's informants, was In either case
reason and an excuse for his own inter
ference. But the connection OF the NIB
surd Frcnchman with the case which nj
first seemed n characteristic imbccilty of
his landlord, bewildcred him the more ne
thought OF IL. Rejecting any hypothesis
OF the girls affection for the nntiQuatet,
figure whose sanity WINS question OF
public criticism, nc was forced to- the
equally alarming theory that Fcrricres
WIS sognizant Of the treasure, and that
his attentions to Eoscy were 10 grin pos
session Of IL by marrying her. Might she
not he tlazzled by ~ picture OF this wealth,
Was Is not possible that she was already
in part possession OF tho secret, md her
strange attraction to the ship, and what
he Ind deemed her innocent cravin:, for
inforirn ton concerning Il, q consequence,
Why he not thought Of this before
from the first, and had deliberately check
mated him. Tie thought did not In
crease his compl AGENCY us Mott softly re-
turned.
''It's all right" he began with certain
satisfaction in this rare opportunity for
Machiavellian diplomacy, ''it's all fixed
now. Rosey tumbled To II mt once, par
tiklerly when said You was hound to CO.
But wot makes Mr.. Renshaw 90, father, '
SEE she; 'wot makes everybody run away
from the ship sez she, rather peart like
and sassy for her. MFR. Renshnw hcz
contractin' business seq L: got n big
thing up In Sacramento that'll make his
FORUM, SEE for wasn't gon' TO give
yer AWAY, don't yc see. He Ind some
business to talk TO you about the ship. ;
SEE She, looiin' Mt me under the corner of
her pocket handkerchief. Lots a. bust
ness, sez i. Then reckon he don't care
to hcv me write TO him. seq she Not a
bit, seq i. 'hc wouldn't answer We IL yc
dill. Yen never hear from that chap
agin'. '"
But what the dcvil"--intcrruptcd the
young man impetuously.
keep yer hair on!' demonstrated the
old man with dark intelligence '.Ef you'd
seen the way she fiounccd into her state
room!-shc, Rosey, cz nllus moves cz
softly cz n spirit--you'd hcv wished I'd
hev unloadcd little more. No sir, gals
Is gals in some things all the time"
Rcnshaw rose and paced the room
rapidly. Perhaps I'd better speak to
her again before she goes" he said, i'm
pulsively.
"P'r'aps you'd better not" replied the
tmperturbable Mott.
lrritnted rs lac was, Rcnshaw could not
avoid the reflection that the old man was
right. What, indeed, could he say to her
with his present imperfect knowlcdges
How could she write TO him IL that
knowledge was corrccts
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