The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
(Copyright, 1903, In tho United States
/! w, r. Hcarst,)
CHAPTER I.

Mn copyright, 1903, In tho United states
w, r. Hcarst)
CHAPTER I.
"A Vision From, the Pnst.
Outside, the black waves OF the SIRE
M river st,rged past tho anchored barg
III Faint lights blinlicd from the furth'
# shore, syrens snortcd In tho gatheriI,
s@ FOO. ghostly vessels lifted seawa1u WI
$SS tte falling tide Like the teeinins OF:
the river knows no sleep. Day ard mgr
s eiad hearts and sorrowf;il hearts ar
I'LL rocked on it's BOSOM Day and nig,
S bears back men and women to happ
HI English homes; night and day 1t sepa
> rates loved ones from loved ones OUT
S ward bound for lands OF brighter sun
sS shine and more gorgeous mowers pel
4. \ haps-but flowers and sunshine ca'li1o
3 make home! IL.
n Rain fell dismally, quenching the few
s sparks that sometimes shot from tn
% chimney OF tho ancient barge. In tn
stufry cabin sat Give Drnyton gazli't
into the glowing stove. The CRACKED
lamp on the table smoked IN the draugh
8s and filed the narrow place with an odoli'
II OF bad petroleum.
It's waverlng light shone on q hand.
some Young fellow Of three or four-nnd.
twenty. Ills hair wns black and curly
his features wel-cut, his chin powerful
Strangely enough, the eyes that watched
the fire were blue. Though slight OF
8 limb, his shoulders were exceptionally
III broad. lie was STABILITY dressed, collar
less, and the stubble on his chin told
that no had not shaved for a couple Of
u days.
He turned his head to listen. The
chorus OF A. song sung by hoarse and
lusty voices came sweeping over the
water: 49, nv
II Dead men, live&nen. drink and gold
Yo- heave- hol and they GILL It piracy.
Il With the Roger ut the truck, yo-to, my
comrades bold,
Yo-heave- ho there's lots Of gold at sea.
A merry life. short life, moose for
SG{ you and me;
And Davy Jones must have our bones.
II they call It piracy
It swellcd louder and nearer. Then 1t
died away, and was followed by slight
+ shock and grating sound
"steady. you clumsy lubber," said
drawing voice. Where are you steer
iging?"
3sJ'I Amt cat Honorable, am I?
can't see In fog thick enough to cut
n marlinspikes out of--Hello, It looks as II
there was passengers on this noattn
& 'otel. Alloy, messmate!'
Drayton did not stir Ills thoughts
4 were too pleasant to have them disturbed
4 by. a party Of drunken sailors.
4
ss''Heave to. We've got dispatches for you
from, the German Htmneror."
Y Drayton heard a step on the deck.
Z Taking up the lamp. he opened the door.
"A repulsive little ogre. stunted and hide
GUS, leered at him from the darkness.
/ He held clay pipe in his horribly
twisted mouth. Te removed it, spat upon
the floor and grinned. The grin revealed
two long teeth through his sandy NOUS
atache. 1t flashed across Drayton that
II the man bore some strong resemblance
& to an animal-a weasel.
What do you want with me?" asked
! Give Drayton.
about six hundred yards below on
+ this side. Can ! do anything else for
you?''
Got any drink aboard, my noble guide
book" croaked the dwarf.
Nothing except water"
The dwarf spat again and leered at
Drayton with his cruel ferret eyes.
@ "Its good job believe you, my
beauty II I looked and found you lynn
I'd twist the cad off you. Good might.
X mate. Won't you kiss me? He. he he,
he!"
with one light, catlike bound he van
4 ished into the gloom. croaking and cac;-
ling like raven.
"a. isn't it unhealthy in there. Monkey
Swayne?" 6rawled one Of the occupants
OF the boat
'smells like a gas-works, Honourabla."
Dear me. how dreadful! I must t"t
y, some fresh air.
Ne raised an oar and battered In tho
little window, while the stunted imp cnt
Give Drayton's rowing boat adrift. Then.
before Drayton could gain the deck, they
4 had pulled away.
1.-THE drunken hlackguards!' he
4 thought "Well. 1t ought to take more
than that to put me out tonight. Is that
a s clock. lie Vas mistaken in tho hour.
It was nine o'clock. not eight.
thine to be ashore" he mutterad;
'but I'll look at you once more first, my
darling"
Going back to the cabin. he knclt down
and lifted n loose board. Holding the
light near the floor, he bent over long,
bilgewater below. Pushing the lamp
Z under the boards, he placed 1t on ledge
that he had made for the purpose. Fan
shaped rays OF brilliant light shot up and
filled the dingy cabin.
Come, Manly, Manly! Don't be BASH
full puss; hut remember you are a scien
tifc cat and not an ordinary one"
A little black Kitten ,purred and rubbed
itself against his cheek. The conical
object was the'"rno1rl~of submarine
boat-the reward, 7of heroic labour and
many bitter fight against despair and
seroi- starvation. He had spent his all
upon 1t. and even now it was not actu-
8 ally perfect, But Drayton knew how to
remedy the few defects All he needed
now was money And that, at length
was promised.
Manly, the little black kitten, was
scientist in his way, He seemed quite
proud of being both captain and crew OF
= Drayton's vessel. Give lifted the man
hole, dropped him gently in, and then
touched spri y. The model submarine
boat sank out OF sight. and the dark
water was il!umined by a dozen beams
of light which flashed from her tiny port
holes.
She moved round and round and back
wards and forwards as a clever clock
work apparatus worked her tiller and
regulated her screws. For quite twenty
minutes prayton watched her. his hand.
some face aglow with the honest pride
OF man who has fought hard and won.
Then she to he Sllrface and he