The sun., 1897-09-05

thoss sztEpdltIGe RAReFrp before him. He'd b
''Thon what arr. .yon going TO DOR
Frisco ' wen board Ssr Sr"eF IN the bag, sss the
pHgTG sss+Snd q hos tho pGI signal 1 man-tho id
'swrn give the signal himself"
young girl shuddered. But the next moment
she clipped from the bed, pale, and determined.
dressed herself htirriedly, and passed noiselcss.
" through the room OF her stin sleeping par
ents and passed out, A gray fog was lifting
boat boat was gone. She NO longer ger hesitatod, he's but
ran quickly In the direction Of Jerman's cabin.
As sho ran, her E mind M Sc seemed to be swept clear
thing that had happened; she knew the mystery
OF Jarman's presence here tho secret Of hfs
tho man that she know now she loved. The
sun was painting the black arms Of the soma.
phere as shs tolsd over the last stretch Of sand
ent. Had he already hedi. and without seeing
Se ass door, she s Stepped boSS aS nto the
room, with his name upon her lips He was
lying fully dressed upon his couch. She ran
eagerly to his side. and stopped. II needed only
a single glance at his congcsted facc, his lips
parted with hIs heavy yolm,H lhr,eath to soc that the
wsS fnyoWnR It
to seek t6is foolish oblivion OF rcmorse and sor;
in vain to rouse HIM he only muttcrod a few in.
coherent words and sank back again. She
.ssoS might bs RSos m mS
moment. All, yes-tho telescope! She seized
it and swept the horizon. There was a faint
abreast the Golden Gate. He had once told
her what 1t meant. Il was tho steamer! A
sho SITr d
see that haze. too, and saw no warning signal
from the semaphorc they would suspect some
right one! She remembered quickly how he
had explained 10 bor tho difference between
the signals for a coas5ing steamer amer and tho ono ono
police boat could not detect whether the sem.
aphore's arms were extended to perfect right
slightly DETECTED for II coasting steamer. She
ran out TO the windlnss and sciZcd the crank.
aoS,.d Sr Sns or defd her Sarn i,s she
the signal made.
chincry had pierced through Jarman's slug.
gish consciousness as no other sound in heaven
or earth could have DONE and awakened him
to the one dominant sense he had lcft-thc
habit OF duty She heard him roll from tho
bed with an OATH stumble to the floor. and saw
plunge his head into a bucket OF water. IIo
emerged from II pale and dripping, but with
the full Light Of sr and b in his
she would have fed. but he caught her firmly
by the wrist;
u
told him all and everything lie listened in
silence. and only at the end raised her hand
And now" She added. tremulously, you
must fy at once! Or twill be too late!''
But Richard Jarnan walked slowly to the door
of his cabin. still holding her hand. and said
quietly, pointing to his only chair:
sit down; we must talk first"
What they said was never known, but fcw
moments later they left the cabin. Jarman carry
ing in small bag all his possessions, and Cara
OF the mission Dolores was called upon to unite
in matr!mony frank, honest looking sailos
and an Italian .Gypsy-lookinH girl. There were
many hasty unions in those days and the holy
church was only too glad 10 bo able to give
hem its legal Endorsement, Bat the good padre
was little sorry for the honest sailor, and gave
The San francisco papers the next morning
threw some dubious light upon the matter IN a
paragraph headed. Another Police Fiasco."
We understand that the ndefntigable police
OF San Francisco after ascertaining that
Marco Franti, the noted gold dust thief. was
hiding on the shore near the Prcsidio, pro-
as usual. a few hours after their man had rs.
capped. But the climax OF incapacity was
reached when, as It is alleged. the sweetheart OF
the absconding Fran, and daughter OF IL brother
lover under the very noses OF the police. The
attempt Of the detectives to excuse themselves
at headquarters by reporttnG that they were
also on the track OF an alleged escaped Sydney
Duck, was received with the dcrision and
skcpticiSm 1t deserved, as 1t seemed that these
worthless mistook the mail steamer, which they
papers for a coas'ing steamer
!. wss not until four years later that MuEqno
southern Californie called Jarman but he
never knew that he had been an escaped convict
pardon through the instrumentality OF divers
distinguished people in Australia.