The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1901-03-23

and q railway guide. l was not long
In arranging my plan. Fortunately l
pockets, and that made everything
easy. found that a train left at $50
a. m. for Paris, the longest. yet the
quickest route, to Southampton. l
could catch the night express at HaYre
and be in Southampton at daylight. BY
this / should have a couple of hours or
more in Paris. enough to buy necessar-
les and make a considerable change in
my appearance; for l was resolved to
take this passage incog. and in the fore
cabin, where I should attract no at
itention.
CHAPTER XII.
MEETINGS.
All fell out as l had planned. except
that. to my extreme surprise. at! South
ampton. when embarking, / tumbled
on friends, the dearest, most faithful
friends, and the unfailing instinct of
one of them was not to be denied. ]
met both my love and my dog. The
first. I felt certain, was making this
voyage on my behalf, and I hungered
to speak to her. vet dared not make
myself known too soon. l was nearly
betrayed, however, for Roy, clever
brute, soon penetrated my disguise and
was not to be shaken off. Only when l
had seen him comfortably slowed away
in the fore part of the ship near where
down.
I had no opportunity of meeting
Frida, nor was 1 able to advance my
other business. until the voyage was
half over. There is a wide gulf set
between first and second cabin pas
sengers. Ny range was strictly limit
ed. I could not go near the hurricane
deck nor enter the principal smoking
room, the music room, or saloon. al
though I hung about constantly and
became at last nm object Of suspicion
to the officers, stewards and quarter
masters and met sometimes with rough
rebuffs.
came conscious that l was being
watched wherever / went. Recent
events had left me very sensitive of
espionage. I was no longer disposed to
make little of 1t, but still my feeling
was more of resentment than alarm,
so much SO that Z tufned sharply on
my follower, who was a saloon passen-
ger and quite out of place on the fore
deck, our territory, and / challenged
him to explain his conduct.
II am a friend, Captain Wood" he
said in q whisper as he o me aside.
Rooster Is my name, and I represent
Saraband and Snuyzer, who could not
sail with us. He went after you, fol-
lowing the Fleur-de-Lis. How in thun-
der are you here?'
AS soon as I was satisfied of his good
falkland he proved 1t by his knowl-
edge Of every circumstance of the case
IL told him my story.
Miss Fairholme will be real glad, 1
tell you, sir. She knows nothing yet,
although I made you out from the first,
through the dog, sir; besides which, /
1,r a x,o,,, f3acpy{p nj ton onI4 yypt,,.4 r,hrfn-
graph. .Snuyzer is great sir, and miss
es no point of detail. ! have had no
chance OF speaking to her, This is her
first day on deck.
".She must be told at once. l must
speak to her myself. You must man
age that. please. now, directly
why, certainly, sir. / will bring
sible moment after dark. 1t won't do
for that young lady to be seen con-
sorting too openly with a second class
passenger. 1t might. spoil the game."a
"And that Isl
Grand. sir. grand. now you're
aboard. Wen let them have rope, and
Just when things look rosiest produce
you. These ladies' viii identity you:
Sarabands have all the threads of the
conspiracy, and We'll land the lot in
state prison, whenever it suits us. Yes,
sir, they're about fixed"
"You say Sarabands have all the
threads. I haven't. What does it all
mean?"
IT got an outline from Snuyzer. The
plot originated with one McQuahe."
IT know him. I have reason to dc
well, he was in with Bully Nc
Taught, the testator; had some Of his
secrets, and was the first, to hear the
money was going to you. SO he Joined
H. ,,,l% - 49, - = =, Z - ,1 ,,L - 49, 80
and the pair brought over a clerk once
in Quinlan's law office. That's the lar
rikin who's ~personating o on board.
But it will all come right now, and YOU
may trust that to SarabatRis."
There's n thing I canrlot leave to
them.' and J. proceeded to tell my new
friend about the missing papers =
must recover them before we arrive in
port. If all else fails we must have the
Villains arrested on board: but that I'd
rather not do, for it might expose the
contents of documents that are OF alb
solutely the most secret and confiden-
tial nature"
Don't you suppose this crook will
have got them by heart long ago?"
"They are so strange that no one
would believe him on oath unless he
could back them up by the papers
themselves. 1 don't mind telling YOU
that much"
Then L guess you must have them.
only I don't see q way short of lifting
them from the mans stateroom, and
that sort Of thing has an ugly name
IT it's found OUT
ut would be theft for you, not me.
They are mine or my employers, and i
tell you I should not hesitate to take
them openly or secretly; to fight over
them IL I could get anywhere within
reach"
Reckon, captain, you'll be likely to
qualify. too. for states prison., said
Mr.. Rossiter laughing.
had been promised news of Frida
by my new friend Rossiter. But day
followed day, and yet he had nothing
ito tell me. It was always the same
story: "Missy's still under the weather,
like the rest of the women folk. Not
ardess thinks she'll be laid by TIL we
make Sandy Hook. But III let YOU
know son rs I hear" rs
AT last, on the fourth day at sea. a
superb day. fresh and sunny, my dear
girl made her appearance on deck, and.
as / was ver on the watch, L saw her
from my distant s~econd-class station
long before Rosslter came with his re-
port. Indeed. he was to busy, good
soul, In seeing to her wants and dane
ing attendance upon her to think very
much of me When he did appear. il
was only to get Roy. Missy was MAD
to see the dog" There was not d word
about me.
When he r~eturnedsit was with rather
q scared face.
"All the fat Is In the FIRE! The duch-
ess has read your name on the dogs
collar
And guesses I am on board?n
don't say that, not yet anyway.
but they are likely to ferret It out pref
ty slick unless You cache down below