The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-13

you Ioyeo, ana last nave seeh you n
ways just and forbearing. good rule
and a firm friend. Is there anything II
any of those circumstances to make M
think badly of you? No, no."
"You are too generous to me, fear
However, today you have seen me IL
the character of retribution. You have
seen that l can bite as we'll as bark.
should be sorry if / lost your good es
TEEN. Now, with regard to Mr.. Ebbing
ton, want to consult with you as t.
the course l should pursue with him.
II hardly know" answered. 81
have been thinking it over his after
noon. The man is already nearly mad
with fear. That fogging this morning
was an awful lesson to him."
81 hope it was, but cannot you see
the position am placed in? After all
that has passed between u.s. cannot let
him 60 out into the world again, and
yet ! do not want to keep him a per-
I petual prisoner at the settlement. A
man of that kind might do serious mis-
chief even there. T"
did not know what to advise, SO say
ing l would think about it, we dismiss
ed the subject for the present Allie was
looking across the sea astern.
"We're in for spell of bad weather,
fear, ;" she said. "Do you see that
bank of cloud away to the northeast? /
hope it won't delay our getting back to
II hox toI 4
coming up, and don't like the look of
it at all. "
We walked along together to the
bridge, where she gave the officer of
the watch some Instructions This DONE
she turned to me and held out her hand.
"Good night" she said. II am 60
ing below now to try and get some sleep
in case we are to have trouble later. 1
have left orders that am to be called
If anything unusual transpires -
Good nightp' 1 answered when
had walked to the companion ladder
with her.
AS soon as she had left me l lit an
other cigar and, seating myself Oh the
rail, fell to smoking and dreaming of
the future. Every hour was bringing
the time closer for me to bid the woman
l loved goodby and to go back to Eng
land. After that for year. told my
self, l would work hard at my profess
sion, and at the end of the time stipu-
lated she would arrive to be my wife.
What my wife was to be after that I
could not of course determine but how
ever it should turn out would be pre-
pared for it, and with Allie for my wife
how could l fail to be happy? AS soon
as my cigar was finished l tossed the |
stump overheard and retired to my |
cabin.
l don't suppose, however, had been |
asleep more than an hour before was |
awakened by loud hammering at my
door. Thinking that the ship must be |
iii danger, l sprang from my bunk and |
unlocked it as quickly as possible. On
looking out discovered Walworth and
the officers steward standing before me.
what on earth is the matter?'' 1 !
asked, I'm afraid a trifie irritably.
What on earth are you making all this
row about?'
Something very much the matter"
answered, taking my arm
and drawing me along the saloon "Eb-
taken poison.
1.-The deuce he has!' cried 'Let
me see him at once.
l was thereupon conducted to his
cabin, which was on the port side of
the vessel, at the farther end of the sa-
Don. | found the patient stretched on
lis back in his bunk, holding an empty
audanum bottle in his hand.
One moments examination showed
ne that life was extinct. He had been
lead nearly an hour. In this fashion
lad Allies difficulty been solved for her,
md perhaps, all things considered,
hough it seems rather cruel thing to
ay, in the best possible manner for all
PARTIES.
is there no chance at all of saving
llm?" asked Walworth, who had been
Watching me intently during my exam
nation.
Not one, answered. "Ebbington's
,one where even the Beautiful White
DEVILS vengeance won't reach him.
POOR devil Fancy coming into the
world for such fate as this!'
"Humph! Frightened out Of his
enses, l expect Well, now, l suppose
must go and tell her ladsyhip. I'm
orry, doctor. to have troubled you in
aim"
Don't mention it. I'm only sorry
othing could be done. Good night. {
Good night"
drew the blanket over the face, and !
hen, locking the door behind me, went
ack to my own cabin. ,
CHAPTER XII. {
A TYPHOON