New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-03
Jack the |kpper.
BY BERNARD CAPES.

you know He appears at nfght-a sort OF
Snoulish, understandable monster. black and huge
and dripping. and utters one beastIy sound s,1i
disappears. NObOdy's been able to trace him. or
See where ne comes from goes TO- Hs Just
appears in the night in all sorts OF unex-
pected places-hOusebOats. and bungalows and
ShautieS by the water-and terriies soma lonely
child or woman and is gone. The deviIt-Oh.
the devul We've made parties and hunted him.
TO no good It's regular reign OF terror hereH
aoouts. People don't dare being left alone after
dark he frightened the little Cunningham
child into "a lit. and its not expected 70 recover.
Mrs. hancock died OF an apoplexy after seeing
it. And the worst Of it is a deadly supersri-
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posed 10 presdse death. and
He seized Cayitle'S hand coRvulsiveIy-
Damn IT, It's unnatural. Ned, The rivers
haunted-here. in cockney Datchat-in the TWEEN
tieth century, You don't believe in such things
tell me YOU don't. But Necta--"
His head sunk on his breast. Camille blew out
placid Whit of smoke.
'But-Niss Variety he said.
''YCu kuOw-yOu've heard. at least said the
other what she was. The thing suddenly
stood before her when she was alone one night.
WeIl-yOu what she i now
II don't se- nevertheless Why she dou't----
Pack and rum No more do l. Put II 10 her.
if YOU like I've said nv say Bat she's In
the erip-thfnIs she's had her caII-and there's
no moving her Cant'e, shes Just dying where
she stands
Cantie's cigarette made Tiny arc OF light,
and Kissed I'm the river He had heard OF cpl
demic hysteria The world was full OF cranks-
Vow he said. drop the subject please
Shall tell you of some fools we come across
in my time
He related some Of his experiences in the Pat
ent Office. The most impUdeut invention ever
proposed he said. a burglars tool for snip
ping out and holding by suction in one move
ment disk OF window glass His dry, SELF
confidence had a curiOusly reassurtng eject on
the other. While they ate and drank and smoked
and talked the life OF the river had become
gradually attenuated, and delivered 70 silence;
a mist rose and hung above the water; SOUNDS
died down and ceased. concentrating themselves
into the persistent dismal yelp OF a dog some
where on the oank aDoVet the HsHCs n -, CuS
houseboats thinned 10 isolated sparks-12 O'Clock
changed from a distant tower
Then. all at once. he was alert and quietly
active.
Monk. listen to me: I'm going 70 cure Miss
vaTley.
Take the paddle and work uD-up the river
do you hear2 I'll sit forward"
The ghost OF a red moon was rising IN the
east They slipped on with scarce sound: y
sort Of Iurid glaze enamelled the water All or
a sudden 4 sleek bulk rose ahead right n theL,
path walIowed a moment like porpolse anu
Good Cod" cried Monk in a choking voice
half rising from his seat
Keep jown!' whispered his friend
"CantIe, Did you see it? Cantlel II was he
they padded on. past tho last OF the boats.
through the bridge, on as far as the squat Htlt7
boub-ketch bulkins black and menacins at the
Hold on" whispered Camille Run her out
| OF sight into the reeds. We must wade on board
There? That fellow spindler's boat?"
"Of course. now That was hts name
What do you mean
You'll soon know"
Tbev accomplished the feat. though near mud
foundered by the way, and scrarn oled, dTfpplns-
I on board. The door OF the cuddy yle1oeo 10
| their touch. Monk was beginning 20 gather I'm
/ light. 49,. .s..,
/ Keen nv hands OF him"
'.I'eave him TO NE said CantIa gravely.
Not a sound OF life greeted them They stole
into the cabin and closed the door, Almost upon
we must Weld him tonight for the sake or
/ Tomorrow" nUTDUred Cantle-
Ned II he goes again
Hush. It's not probable he'd risk second
visit. knowing ner watched
The crack frightened IS the moon rose
I eIoved into a ribbon Of light. Suddenly Cantle
gripped the others wrist
I A stealthy pudding, sucking sound close by
I reached their ears. over the side came swarm
ing a great shapeIeSS hshy creature that set
-1sI yvf-h a sIudgy walIOp on the little triangle
OF foredeck almost at their Feet Mons s aNe =
soft awful gasp. and, with the SCUM /, Car'tis
had dashed open the door and huni' hlrrSeiI
upon the monster
[ -..Ouick," he cried. you've got matches,
Light q andIe-amp-anything! Lie still MI
Spindler Us all up I know YOU and your
Marine Secret Service suit, \ knife now. Monk
He was r1erciIess with the blade when he
got IT, sIashius and cutting at the otisktn suit
/ splitting il from TOP 10 toe Mr. Spindlers red
beard and eXtravaganI face came out OF 10 Ike
a deaths head out OF its chrysalis-
There goes The proud monument OF a life
time" said the mailman He mad made no e.
fort 20 resist. The first blow at this darling
or his invention had seemed TO haInstrlns NM
morally and materially.
For he was Just one OF Mr.. Cantle's cranks-
had once invented q submarine travelling suit,
with which he had hoped 20 tnaugurats a new
system OF Secret Service for the admiralty Il
was an ingenious enough device. with some
scheme OF floating valves through which TO
breathe; but the authorizes. after holding him
on and OF. would have none OF It Then the
fate OF many inventors had befallen him Be
tween practical ruin and a moral sense OF
wrong, he had gone crazy, and vowed warfare
Z on Ia which 6lSCarCa1
should comprehend, too late. the uses OF instant
appearance and disappearance TO which his in
ventiOn could be put He went mad. and ended
his days n an asylum
On the Monday morning Mr.. Cantle posted
back TO the Patent Of1ca On the Tuesday Miss
Marley reading De MaupaSsant's Made
Tnolselle FIJI under the awning OF the Mer-
maids roof; and the Wednesday Mr. Ivor
Monk got her 10 rans the day.-iBlack and
White.
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