The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-12-03


/ do not! Without him this fortune
win be but dross in my eyes. I shall
consecrate it to the search of John and
his companions of the Dreadnaught!
And with Gods help shall find them;
yes, / shall find them"
CHAPTER X.
PREPARATIONS.
A new life was about to dawn for
Mrs. John Allaire While there was
absolute certainty us regards the death
of her child, this was not so in the case
of her husband. Might not John and
his companions have survived the wreck
of their ship and have taken refuge on
one of the numerous islands of the
Philippine, the Celebes or the Java
seas? Could 1t not be possible that they
had been restrained of their liberty by
ONE native tribe and were without any
means or escape? This was the hope to
which Mrs. Allaire was henceforth to
cling with tenacity so extraordinary
as to bring about in San Diego and else
where change of opinion as regards
the Dreadnaught
There were frequent consultations at
Prospect cottage, which, rich as she
now was, Molly had not been willing
TO leave Capt John had left her there
on sailing away-he should find her
there on his return. She resolved to
make not the least change in her mode
h.ck l., S.n Me-, Sic ,,,as do,err,;ned
frat tho c,,,,a s;,, nIic;tv sho,,ld cbo,,c-
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dopht .Jobn Aljaire had not Reached
tbe hov 81 R.ngaI for ;nasm,cb nc he
bod not touched AZ S;nr.nore and th;s
,yoe now known to no tho case II n,,st
he that he had bean unable to get he
vond the limits Of the lava sea and
the Sunda islands.
Az for supposing that the Dread.
nau0ht instead of following the Nav
lnsiau route had ATTEMPTED to reach
Calcutta bv threading her wav through
the difficnlt passes of Torres strait
along the north coast of the Australian
continent. no good seaman would have
dreamed of such thing. Capt. Willis
insisted that Capt. John would never
have taken such a cash and uncalled for
step as to expose his ship to the dan
gers of this route. The idea was not to
be indulged for n moment, and it was
resolved to confine the search solely to
the route already marked out as the one
most likely followed bv Allaire.
The fact is that the Caroline, Celebes
and lava seas are filed with thousands
of islands of all sizes. and there IL was
that the crew of the Dreadnaurht. If
thew had survived the wreck of their
vessel might be living ON some desert
;sla or a.. held In hond.ga nv some
tribe Having aoreed unon these points.
II was resolved To send an exnedition To
the Malavsion sens Mrs AIlairs then
made nronos;tion which to her mind
w,s ~ araataet imnort.nca She asked
Can't. Willis if he were inclined to take
command of the exnedition
As the Flviog CIond had been laid nm
bv UolI;ster 6 60 willis was on the
,,o;t;,r lie, ,ra ,horafora ol+horo,,
t,l,an ,noyyores hy th;s nronos;t;on of
Mrs Alloire ba didn't hesitate IN
,n,oa b;msa,f AZ bor d;snos,l oond;-
t;o,,ad ,,,or tho oorsan. "a M, uoIl;s-
to. VIZ olodly oocordod Il ond
thanked willis for accenting
.J,m onIy do;np INV dnfy ~ ,.anl;ad
wins .and everytbing in INV mower to
FGnd +ba s,ry;yors ~ Tho Draa1n,,nht
shou Ia dcna re- Con+ Joh,, ;s IT. ,,
"John is aliye," exclaimed Mrs. AL
| l,ira in aita,e nosit;va enonob to s;-
lenc. the n,ost incrednlous
Cant Will;s now began the discussion
of several noints callipp for sattlama,t
No chin n crew wortbv of this cxnad;.
ton would not he diAicnIt matter
Rut there was the question of n vessel
OF course for such an expedition as this
the Flvinr Cloud was in no wise suited.
II was not a sailing vessel which n wise
navigator would choose in order to nm
dertake such a task, but a steamer.
Al that moment tbera ,vara ly;po IN
the bav of San Diego several sfaan,ars
! suitable for such an enterprise Mrs.
| Allaire commissioned Can't. willis tn nc.
ouire title to the swiftest one of the
lot and placed the necessary funds at
his disposal. A few days sulficed for