The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-15


I man who laid : finger upon him. He
was now in irons the boatswain said,
in obedience to my orders. Most of the
people had asked to be searched, and
helped the sailors. The few Italians
were peculiarly jealous and very fright
ened.
Not until next day was the woman
able to see me. She was then, late in
the morning, brought to my cabin by
the doctor. l stared and scarce knew
what to do with my face when / saw
her. She had been of light yellow,
not uncomely, the nose of the Greek
sort, the eyes black and bland and elo.
quent, and now there stood before me
young woman as green as leaf of the
ivy. She had turned not bright but
deep green in the night, and with her
black hair and black eyes and dismal,
hanging face, fixed by some convulsion
of horror into sort of twisted cape,
was one of the unpleasantest objects
had seen for long while babe her
sit and found to my satisfaction that
she spoke English very WELL
"She said her name was Giulia Ra-
vogli. The dead man had been her hus-
band They had kept an ice and choco.
late shop in Salmon lane, near the
Commercial road, and were going to
Adelaide with their savings at the in
we'll in their line Of business at that
city She talked as though more mean
| ing than was in her words lurked at
the back of her tongue, yet while she
| spoke she looked me full in the face
very Internationally full. was glad to
turn my eyes upon the doctor after a
few moments of her countenance. l
wanted to know if her husband had
committed any offense. She shrugged
and turned up her eyes and swore, by
the Virgin, no
What is the meaning Of those
/! words about the vengeance of God?'
asked the doctor.
"She shook her head with shuader
and replied, i do not understand what
was meant.
1t is Italian, said the doctor.
"'Oh, yes. it is Italian she an
swered.
"tDo you believe that an Italian has
committed this murders asked.
"'It was done by somebody in the
ship, she answered, shuddering again.
DO you know nybody at all in the
ship?' inquired the doctor. Is
\ All are strange-that is. before
came on board.
Are you sure of that? said L
L 20 Of
eye might easily miss one, and that one
might prove the murderer.
There is no face in this ship that
know, said the woman.
~ made her repeat the story of the
discovery of the murder. She confirmed
the stewardess' account, and her accu-
racy was further illustrated by the doc
tors testimony of the posture Of the
corpse when he entered the berth. She
said Ravogli had left her on deck to
fetch his pipe. AS he did not return
she went below, and when she saw him
dead in the opeu port she fled to the
stewardess All the while she looked az
though she saw something behind me.
She begged that her berth might be
changed. at once consented and order.
ed the stewardess to clear out berth
that was used as q sort of storeroom Rnd
get the stuff slowed atresh in the muir.
dered mans cabin when it should have
been cleaned This berth was immedi
occupied by Ravogli.
''The gloom and horror of this muir
der lay upon the ship for some days, il
which time we obtained no clew mol
any shadow Of hint as to the assassin
Many wished to believe it was the
squirting Irishman, but was told thai
he was holly engaged in an argument
thunder charged with threats, ON Irisl
politics on the forecastle head-one Of
the silent among his audience being tn,
, boatswain-at the time that Ravogl
} was killed. BY repeated observations O
the square port and adjacent chain plate
convinced myself that none but a male
, hand had driven the steel into the man,
throat For days in the tween deck
, nothing was talked Of but the murder.
lone quiet night I came on deck a
, II o'clock. All but one cabin lamp wa
extingnished, and all the saloon passen
gers were turned in, saving, as guessed
by the rumble Of voices, two or three
J who fingered over their cigars in thu
recess under the poop. Mr.. Marshall
: the second officer, was in charge of tn
( watch. We had caught the first of tn
southeast trade. but it blew slightly of
the bow.
81 was standing at the binnacl
Watching the card with an end o
cheroot between my lips when wa
startled by sharp cry from alongside
sprang to the rail and looked over an,
saw the body of q man glimmerini
white as he foated off into the wake
apparently on his back. My first imagi
nation was passenger had crep
through port in his sleep, and roare'
Man overboard!' and bawled to tn
steersman to put his helm down, Will
I slipped a buoy off a beckett and sen
it spinning boomerang fashion in tn