Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-03-10
CHAPTER ".
I KNOW HIM AS MyN HEER JOE.

| He sIuiles, too, for the words OF Myr'
ncer Joe would Indicate that THIS is
rot the first time his eyes have rested
on the picture or its original.
THAT is the daughter of he gcn.
t!eman who hires the dahabc all upon
which we are just now." ret nns the
war correspondent.
"Name" asks Joe.
"'Demosthenes Tanner"
Can 1t he possible"'
''yhat is her father, of cot use. The
giy}--"
Stupid! 1t was her nan fe asked
fsr."
"Ah. see. She is callet Molly" re-
piles Sandy. with wink in the iii.
/ recuor IN -. Grimes. VINO is, now.
! ever. too deeply interested in watching
| Mynhcer Joe's face to notice aught
else. He seems to be not little fasci-
mated by soroctDjng in connection with
the other.
"Molly? 4 pretty name. Somehow
it. just seems to fit those fea lures.
Molly Tanner is it? Goodi l will
remember. What strange freak
of fate that I should be picked up by
her fathers bat of all ON the river.
Mynheer Joe Is mutttIing to himself,
as t-'sgh xndsnging in some remi.
BiSC2nce or Tie past, Il 81 a., N1llIe nas
Appeared upon his rather worn and
haggard though always striking face.
| Evidently the thoughts that slip into
| his mind are pleasant ones.
1t is not in the nature Of Sandy Bar
low to let a comrade enjoy Il secret
alone. Not that he has any desire to
he meddlesolne. but he wishes to share
the 10Y as well as the sorrows Of those
| in. whose company he travels life>s
| Highway Hence he ncds his wise 1T.
tln head sagely, and, cooking 1t on
one side in Il manner peculiar to him>
I self, he remarks:
II say, Joe, this isn't the first time
! that face has flashed before your en.
F., ohanted tison?' Own up. now. like
. man. We're all in love with the
divine Molly: every single man in
| Cairo at this hour yearns for her
| smiles and YOU will be oply one OF
1
| Sou ever meet her? I've never heard
! her nRntion your name, to my knowl,
1 edge, and hv Jove, she thought you
were a Outchman, when she sent me
| down here, Leave it to Grimes II it
| 'aint So
! NyNhepr Joe smiles.
For once. friend Sandy, you have
| hit the bulls eye. l have met this
lady before
! And still she does not recognize
! your name-that by which the whole
| world of scientific geographers has
P; learned to call yoai? when she spoke
! of Mynhncr Joe she showed no emo.
! ton. and. as | said before, told us
/ TO do all for the poor unfortunate
| German we could. she even wanted
| 10 come herself to hear of Gordon.
| Hes her hero, YOU know, as he is OF
many thousands. Yes. and we had
even to promise to bring you back
with us. SO. what do you say to
that"
II suppose shall have to go A
woman'S will is law, generally, espe.
cially one whose face is as charming
as that photo bctrays."
But. your former meeting" ham.
mers the man of pencil and note book,
/ who does not deviate from Il course
he may have marked out, and, as Il
consequence, generally gets there with
both feet.
~Ah, you will have it, Sandy"
| laughs The other.
! WHY not? There is something &C
| centric about il. I'll be bound. You
! didn't meet Molly in the ordinary or.
! thodos way. or you'd know her name,
! while she could never forget yours
! We'll, you see rs Il poor place to
| ask for Il name when salt water is
| running into mouth and eyes returns
! MynhcoT Joe.
The correspondent appears to have
| received Il tremendous shock. for sud.
| denly springing to his feet. he clutches
| the explorer by the arm to wlirl him
around SO that he may look in his
I face.
"Confnson! Were you the hero OF
that little episode at Malta Il year
ago. he demands.
/ II don't know about being n hero,
but | did have the extreme pleasure
of jumping from my sailboat and say.
ng, from Il watery grave, ii young
girl who bad fallen overheard from a
boat that nearly upset in squall,"
returns the man from khartooDl mod
eSlly.
Mr. Grimes Fuckers up his lips rs
If to whistle. and his whole manner
says: 80. that's the way the wind
blows, is it, coming events cast a
shadow before"
AS for Sandy, he shrugs his shoul.
ders and pretends to look dreadfully /
disappointed, though there Is IL twinkle |
in his eye that tells of n sly humor. |
You cannot always take Sandy as he |
appears. He has often turned out to
be a sly rogue. -: -s'
"And then you sailed away, without
even leaving your name, nor has the
young lady ever been able to learn
who it was so gallantly jumped over
board after her. One thing is settled
you We Sot AZ ttSdi louu OoS.
Not another man will have a chance
when once Molly recognizes you as her
preseryer."
Instead of looking flattered the par
ty addressed has something of bored
appearance. A man who has devoted
his life to science and exploration has
no business to fall in love. His heart
IL IN ha in
work.