The San Francisco call., 1904-10-09

the same to you, Major. Thank you"
And the hundred and twenty-seventh
man pocketed his salvage from the
wreck and fought his way out through
the Jam at the doors. Two hours FUR
ther along in the forenoon the Apache
National suspended payment and the
bank examiner was wired for.
For suddenness and thoroughgoing
completeness the CASTOR bubble-burst-
ing wasSa record breaker. For a week
and IA day tlefe was a frantic struggle
for enlargement, and by the expiration
Of a fortnight the lie was pretty well
trampled out. Of the civic corpse and
the stenehibegan.tO arise.
Flight upon any terms then becans
the order OF the day. and il the place
had been suddenly. pIague-smitten the
panicky exodus could scarcely have
been more ihesd dfong. None the less. in
any. SUCH, disosdsrIy up-aE Eehoring there
are straggIers. peffofes: some left like
stranded shulkss ny the zebbing tide:
others ridIhgS bysaloorihgFchains which
may1,be9neit her shipped nor capstaned.
When al, was oyer there were deserted
streets and lenptg suburbs In ruthless
pyofusio9 sbuti ERE was also hungry
minority of sthef Drew 81 offthe stranded
ard ancho5eds hufks - It abehind to live
or die. asStheyS ndtght, and presently to
4fsllfinto .caR istp SvrsSing ono upon
anotIier between iNhf flasi or waiting Ike
tlfeiraSpretBsTes,S = EertS Spanish Main
for.tRes str VS. Sqss ffany Iuckless ar
gesy. that. mig 3 tdfif within graphing
w = = .sssste gvzs
Kent fstaysd spa fdy Sbecause a local
drneysfori q iFoad was as nsces-
3SrvsiR3 Gas ton, tn bSreaved as IN Cas-
t6n-the sfretfnoh : partly. also, because
he Was ,a< st5denti or his. kind. and the
broken G ity gaye him, laboratory oppor-
tunftiestfor, the study. OF human nature
at its worst. ssI,'.
He -markeds the raising Of the black
nag as the Castor. castaways. gstting
sorrily afeass opes by. one. cleared their
decks for jaction.,s some sBluebeard ad-
mirali theres will always be for such
stressful occasions, Sand David Kent.
standing aside and growing cynical day
by ldax, laid exens hances on Hawk. the
. ex- district Attorney. on Major Gull
eford. AID son.opes Jas 9. Bucks. soma
tirps nlayorsofs Castor the iridescent.
! Afterwards he, was to learn that he
uAut uLtQeIEdLeu<t ~ 6llt9 OF Lffo IOrner
Mayor. - Or W hen the famine time was
fully come. JandathsTe were no more
argosiesz drifting! ,Gastonward for the
buccaneers to: sack and scuttls. It was
Jasper G.~Bucksswho. called confer
ence Of hiss fellow. werwolves. set forth
his new; cast. for fortune. and brought
the .junta. the child OF sheer despera-
ton fercely. at bay, into being.
Itswass In the autumn OF that nrst
cataclysm year, that Secretary Lor-
ing. travelling from Boston to the stats
capital on mission for the Western
/. Pacific stopped over a train with
Kent. After a rather dispirtting dinner
insthes deserted Mid-Continent Cafe.
ard some blowing In the Geld OF recol-
slectionsin Kent'S rooms IN the Faruu-
! har. building. sthey took tbs deserted
I street in.the golden twilight to walk to
the rai-Iaytstation>.g ~
'It was a decent thing for you to do
stopping over train with me. Grant
ham" said the host, when the Ave
squares intervening had been half
measured. It have had all kinds OF a
time out here In this God-forsaken des-
ert. but never until to-day anything
approaching a chunmy hour with q
man know and care for
Kent had not spoken sincs they had
felt their way out OF the dark lower
hall Of the Farquhar building. Up to
this point the talk had bean ratntsalr