Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-11-02

coming frDm a tOu- line OF n>hsuy an
IN the north of Scotland. was a
ppor sailor. which seems contrary To
the hereditary theories of Mr. Ibseu-
Frederieks wrote to his friend from
Venice and said he had -zeceeaed in
making arrangements with = most pic
tureSque lot of coasters who ran n boat
from Venice along the shore To the
southern part of Italy. calling At near
" everyEort; a small trading schooner.
II such 4 craft could be called \ schOou-
er- He aided 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 il he
could 80 that they might continue
their tramp together into the moun
tains north Of Venice He gave the
name Of the boat which. being a slow
craft they had christened with the
italian equivalent of ~TheF1ying Scud-
Fredericks Vas an artist; Mclean was
merely an amateur photographer, who
carried a detective camera Neverthe-
leSsT frederieks borrowed his friends
camera 30 that IL he had n chance he
might take some snap shots where he
would not have time to use his pencil
Mclean waited in Venice for the Fly
ing Sud with some i~mparienee. for il
was several days overdue When il
finally arrived Mclean WAS shocked
and horrified at the news il brought
On the second day out there had been
a slight squall and Frederieks. leaning
over the side. had suddenly lost his
balance and had fallen into the Adri-
attic There were no Efe-prezervers on
board but one Of the men threw \
bench to the struggling man and the
helmsnan brought the boat r0und 70
the wind as speedily zs possible but
nothing more was seen of the ~unfortu-
nate artist
The sailors were rough men of the
SEA, but IL was evident to the most cas-
ual observer that they were honest fell
lows who told a straight story, for each
n c~orroborzted the account of the
Other As proof Of their honesty they
returned 10 the magistrate n small
BLACK box which Mclean 1t once recox-
nsked rs his own caHera which F~resier-
icks had borrowed before he went on
the fatal trip
Mclean took II to his lodgings and
when night came on he Lit his red lamp
and got out his developing XII. The
camera contained . roll of film suEi-
eient TO take sixty pictures One or
two of these Mclean himself had
taken in Verona On opening the in
ssrument Mclean saw that his friend
had taken about a DOZEN pictures
These he cut carefully on. and he re
solved To develop them with the utmost
caution 50 as To have meulentoes of
the last 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 suap
shot of the Flying Send As she lay at
anchor. evidently taken Is Frederieks
went out to her in agondola The next
was very good picture of the man At
wheel. and the next a group on deck
II was evident that his friend had been
anxious TO conceal from the crew the
fact that they were icing photographed.
for every figure in the group was a
natural as possible IL was more than
likely. Mclean thought. that neither
captain nor crew knew what q camera
was
The second 10 last picture surprised
Mclean The men were grouped
around the wheelsmen. and were evil
IDENTIFY discussing some subject with
animation One of the men was look
ing directly 1t the camera at the time
the shot was made, and his expreSzion
Mas one that might have alarmed Fred