The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Copyright, 1895, by the Author

SYNoPsIs-Chapter In 1884 the Queen, a
clipper bark, leaves Sydney, Australia, with
treasure. There are ten male passengers
and five women. u.-Shc is chased by cut
ter. which puts on board James Murray, who
wishes passage 60 England. MA steamer
follows. Police board the Queen to arrest
Murray, who is abscondng with money. Muir
ray commits suicide. " V and Wit is
discovered that the arm of the Queen
has been robbed. VII and VIII. The cap
tain orders the rooms 10 be searched, but
nothing is found. TX and X-Miss Mnrgart I
Mansel. passenger, overhears plot of the
pirate ten To seize the vessel. She is gagged
and throwd overheard NJ XII and MIL
The pirate ten seize the vessel and turn the
crew adrift I'm boat.
CONTINUED.
Shannon, johnson, Cavendlsh ana
Hankey sprang for the man amid roar
of laughter The Dane shot with the
speed of an arrow forward and vanish
ed i'll the forecastle. The jewellers, how
ever, did not go farther than the cabin
door, and when they returned to the
table Masters, after drinking another
glass Of champagne, rose and went on
deck.
Mr.. Masters, passing out of the cud-
dy by way OF the quarter deck, gained
the poop and stood at the lee rail, clasp
ing backstay, with his gaze fastened
upon the magnificent lights shaking
and feathering under the sun astern.
Davenire caught sight Of him. but pur.
sued his dignified walk to and fro with.
out giving him heed. They were singing
jolly song in the cuddy, a rafting
good song with hurricane chorus for
a dogw atch in the northeast trades out.
ward bound with shipload of home
sick hearts. Masters did not seem TO
hear the chorus, yet it should have fit
ted his mood. The two lines the most
distinctly roared out were:
Then cheer up, Sam; don't let your spirits 60
down.
There's many CELL that know we'll who's
waiting for you in the town.
On a sudden Davenire, breaking into
a grunt of laugh as though some fan
cy bred of the song had tickled him,
crossed the deck:
"Our find this morning don't seem to
have given you much SOUL Sam" said
he. "The chaps want to sing you into
sweeter spirits. Why do you bother
yourself and US about the women in the
boats? You don't kill this sort of cattle
with paper knives, do you?"
"I'm all right. What's wrong With |
me? L was Elad enough this morning !
One can keep ones jollity fixed as
though it was weathercock you can
nail, " said Masters, folding his arms
and turning his beck upon the sea to
lean against the rail.
Daveniro thrust his immense hands |
into his breechrs pockets and listened |
to the singing with half smile and a
face crimsoned by the light.
since Shannon didn't walk in his
sleep" continued Masters, "what on
earth was his otJcct i'll going to tho fly
ing Jib boom end and bowling there? On
the very eve of the attempt-it might
have been death to us.
"What a fool you are" exclaimed
Davenire, stiffening his figure and look
ing Masters full i'll the face.
What do You mean by that?" said |
Masters, letting his arms fall.
The big man grinned a grin that
quickly vanished. The bright light lay
dull upon the wine glaze in his eye,
but he was by no manner of means
tipsy.
There's something happened, said
Masters, (which Burn and | Of all the
fellows know nothing about. | insist
on my rights as one of you. What's this
secret?''
"Ah! What?" rejoined Davenire
with slow, exasperating smile.
WAS Miss Mansel made away with
by any of your"
The rousing chorus Of "Cheer Up,
Sam, swept through the skylights and
died out over the sea in tho wind.
what right have you to question
me in this fashion, pray?" said Dave
nire, with a dull flash in the glaze of
his eye like signal of lightning and
storm in hot corner Of heaven. "What-
ever happened benefited you anyhow
left you with free conscience and the
of finding your share of the
booty without any rust of blood upon it.
Hey Amt that enough for you?''
He rolled his big form as though he
was going to- thfGv himself into fight
ing posture.
"Did Caldwell do it?''
$50 and ask him. you"- But what
'ver the ugly word was to have been
Davenire swallowed IL down, contented
himself with looking IL and strolled of
20 windward with naughty gait OF
bcoziness. Then, lurching aft
ne planted himself alongside William,
on legs wide apart, and seemed to listen
10 the singing in the cuddy.
Masters watched him. Presently he
walked to the foremost skylight and
looked down at tho fellows sitting at
he table. His face was deadly white
with passion, but il was not fear. The
first man his eyes fell upon sitting inn
under the open frame was
Mr.. Dixie Caldwell. They were singing
'ome other chorus just then, and Cald-