The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-05
q MATTER OF JUSTICE.
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IN TWO PARTS.
fropvright, 1899. by cutcliffe Hyne.)
PART II-COncIusiOn.
BY CUTCLIFFE HYNE.


the opposite side of the pit and SO broken
his descent at the expense OF
his elbows and heels, ne might very wolf.
have landed awkwardly and broken a limb
or his back in the process. But Capt owen
t-sttle was not the man to waste time over
useless lamentation or rubbing of bruises
H.. was on fire with fury at the way he
.,1 been tricked, and thirsting to get loose
and ba avenged. He had his pistol still in
,ts proper pocket, and unchanged, and it
the willy Rad had shown himself any
where within range just then, it Is GER
tain thing that he would have been shot
dead to square the account.
B1t Kettle was, as I have said, wedged
IN with darkness, and for the present, re-
venge muss wait till he could see the man
he wanted to shoot at. He scrambled to
b,s feet and fumbled in his pocket for
match. He found one, struck ii on the sole
Of his trim white shoe, and reconnoitered
quickly.
The place he was in was round and bot
tle-sbaped. measuring some 10 feet across
Us floor, and tapering to small square
where the trap gave il entrance above. II
was a prison clearly, and there was evil
dence that it had been recently used. 1t
was clear, also, that the only Of
fetal way of charging prisoner
was to get him up by ladder or rope
through the small opening to which
4 the sides converged overhead Moreover,
10 all common seeming, the place was sim
ply unbreakable. at least to any creature
who had not either wings or the power of
& crawling up the underside of a slant like
q fly.
a But all these things flashed through
ii Kettles brain in far less time than il takes
Il 10 read them here. He had only two
n matches in his possession, and he wished to
make all possible use of the first. so as to
keep the second for emergencies. And so
he made his survey with the best of his in
teldgence and speed.
The walls of this bottle-shaped prison
were of brick, built without visible NOR
tar and held together Qt seemed prob
able by the weight of earth pressing
outside them, but just as the match
burned his fingers and dropped TO the
floor, where it promptly expired, his eye
fell upon an opening in the masonry. 1t
was mere slit barely three inches wide,
81 running vertically up and down for
some six courses of the brick, and it
was about chin high above the ground.
81 He marked this when the light went out,
and promptly went 10 1t and explored il
with his arm. The slit widened at the
other side, and there was evidently a
chamber beyond. He clapped his hands
against the lip of the slit and set his
feet against the wall and pulled with the
III utmost of his strength. If once he could
widen the opening sufficiently to Chamber
through, possibilities lay beyond But
from the weight of wall pressing down
above he could not bulge a single brick
by so much as hand breadth, and 50 he
had to give up this idea, and, stewing
with rage, set about further reconnoiter-
ing.
M The darkness put his eyes out of ac-
ton, but he had stil left his hands and
feet and he went round with these, ex-
ploring carefully
Presently his search was rewarded. OPP
posite the opening he had discovered be-
fore was another slit in the overhanging
wall Of this bottle-shaped prison, and this
also he attacked in the hope of wrenching
free some of the bricks. He strained and
painted tin it seemed as though all the ten
dons of his body must break, but the wall
remained whole and the slit unpassable;
and then he gave way, almost childishly,
to his passion of rage, and shouted insults
and threats at Rad ell MOUSSE in the vain
hope that some one would hear and carry
them.
And some one did hear, though not the
& persons ne expected
voice, muffled and foggy, as though it
came from a long distance, said in sur
prise, Why captain, have they got you
here, too?'
Under cover of the darkness, Kettle
blushed for shame at his outcry. THAT
you, Murray? l didn't know you were
here. How did you guess ii was me?"
The distant voice chuckled foggily. 1--WE
heard you giving your blessing to the
hands on board, sir. once or twice. and I
recognized some of the words What have
they collared you for? You don't photo
graph. Have you been messing around
with some girl?"
curse your impudence, just you remem-
Der your position and mine. I'll have re-
sspeet from my officers, even If I am in a
BIT of fix"
Beg pardon, sir. Sorry forgot myself
II shan't occur again."
You'll go to your room for three days
When we get back on board"
Aye, aye, sir"
decided that before left the ship. I
can't have my officers staying away from
uu'y without leave on any excuse And
II they have such low tastes as to bring
themselves on the level of common. mop
nsaded portrait painters and photogra-
pneIs' they must pay for it,
Aye aye sir"
What were YOU run i'm for?'
On, photographing."
There you are then! And did they
hi oll ll you straight along here?"
h res sir. And lowered me down in a
bovine to his cellar"
an" said Kettle, then you don't
S %anl SO much change out of them. They
pptopped m, me and some one will have a
ngaEy bill to square up for over that. DO
yo1 know whose house this is?'
.4 haven't a notion After ia hean I,are
a.. hour or so, some heather sneaked
~ 10 a peep-hope in the wall and offer
I 10 take off a message to the ship. on
1ymeht / hadn't any money. SO l had
,or sNe up my watch, and before I'd writ
Yen haf the letter he got Interrupted and
,i'q to clear off with what there was hid
ne pflng off the message, sir?"
M vi ne ald- IApd 1 came ashore at once.
-ou u remember Rad el Moussa?'
&c ne man that consigned all that parcel
A " lss for London?"
b.on '' az. man | considered that as he'd
r, nm qons business with the steamer he