The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-26


cestors in the north of Scotland, was a
poor sailor, which seems contrary to
the hereditary theories Of Mr.. Ibsen.
Fredericks wrote to his friend from
Venice, and said he had succeeded in
making arrangements with most pic
| turesque lot of coasters who ran boat
from Venice along the shore to tho
southern part Of Italy, calling at near
ly every port; small trading schooner,
if such a craft could be called a schoon-
er. He added that the boat would be
back in Venice in two weeks time If
they had good weather, and he asked
Mclean to be there to meet him if he
could, SO that they might continue
their tramp together into the noun
tains north of Venice. lie gave the
name of the boat which. being a slow
craft, they had christened with the
Italian equ ivalent of ''TheFiying Scud."
Fredericlzs was an artist; Mclean was
merely an amateur photographer, who
carried detective camera. Neverthe-
less Fredericks borrowed his friends
camera SO that If he had a chance he
might take some snap shots where he
would not have time to use his pencil.
Mclean wait ed in Venice for the Fly
ing Scud with some Impotence, for it
was several days overdue. When it
finally arrived Mclean was shocked
and Mortified at the news it brought.
On the second day out there had been
slight squall and Fredericks, leaning
over the side, had suddenly lost his
l. r
attic. There were no life-preservers on
board, but one Of the men threw q
bench to the struggling man and the
helmsnau brought the boat round TO
the wind as speedily as possible, but
nothing more was seen of the unfortu-
nate artist
The sailors were rough men of the
sea, but it was evident to the most cas-
ual observer that they were honest fell
lows who told straight story, for each
one corroborated the account OF the
other. AS proof of their honesty they
returned TO the magistrate a small
black box which Mclean a once recog-
nized as his own camera, which Freder-
icks had borrowed before he went on
the fatal trip.
Mclean took 1t TO his lodgings and
when night came on he lit his red lamp
and got out his developing kit. The
camera contained z roll of film suffi-
cient to take sixty pictures One or
two of these Mclean himself had
taken in Verona On opening the in
strument Mclean saw that his friend
had taken about a dozen pictures
These he cut carefully of. and he re-
solved to develop them with the utmost
caution so as to have mementoes Of
the las. work his friend had done on
earth.
The first three pictures were OF We
roma. and in each of them his dead
friend stood The next was a snap
shot of the Flying Scud as she lay at
anchor. evidently taken as Fredericks
went out TO her in a gondola The next
was very good picture of the man at
wheel, and the next q group on deck
II was evident that his friend had been
anxious to conceal from the crew the |
fact that they were being photographed. |
for every figure in the group was as
natural as possible. II was more than
likely. Mclean thought. that neither /
captain nor crew knew what a camera Z
was
The second to last picture surprised I
Mclean The men were grouped /
around the wheelsmen. and were evil 4
IDENTIFY discussing some suelets with
animation One Of the men was look .
ing diractlr AZ tia camera At the Gma .