Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-30

an arc lamp, yelled with gauze OF the
Ialntest yellow. The room would have
oeen perfect but for horrid blot upon 1t
blot which stared at me from the
outer wall with bloodshot eyes and hide
ons vlsage. 1t was the picture of ms rs
neao uhat had been severed from the body.
Inc picture almost terrified me, but
tnougnt, II no worse harm befall me,
Wnat odds! and / sat down, all wonder
ing and dazed.
Wy conclusion was that the man Black
could be showing me this marked consid.
Grafton only for some motive Of self-inter>
est. It was evident that he had been
aware of my intention to follow him from
the moment when Roderick purchased our
new steamyacht. He had put one OF his
own men craftily upon the ship to watch
u.s. and had made bold attempt to deal
with US In mid-Atiantlc. Fooled there,
ne mad taken advantage of my folly In
entering such place as the Bowery, and
! mad given orders that should be carried
to his own ship.
Suddenly the electric light went out. I
sat quite still for some half an hour.
1nere was no noise of movement save on
the deck above, and my own cabin re-
NAMED as still as the grave. 1t appeared
Chaf L was to be left unmolested for that
night at any rate. l undressed and lay
down in one of the most seductive beds l
have met with at sea- / was so weary
and fatigued with my sufferings in the
open boat that fell asleep at once, and
must have slept for many hours. awoke
IN fhn 09V Tho rod rfo inc nnnnSifp ny
bunk were drawn back, admitting dull
light from port hole through which 1
| could look upon tumbling sea, and sky
all grit with rain clouds My armchair
was occupied by man, dressed with
all the scrupulous neatness of thorough
going yachtsman. He had a bright, open
| face, and there was something refined
and polished in his voice.
| Good morning to you," he said; II
hope you have slept we'll? 1 didn't wake
you before, because sleep is the best medi
cine in your case. I'm a doctor, you
| know"
"Oh! you're the physician-i n-ordinary
| to the crew, I suppose you must see
| good deal of practice
He looked rather surprised at my mean
| ing remark, and then said quite calmly,
eyes, / write a good many death certii-
| Gates. You must be hungry. / will ring
| for breakfast; and, if you would take
rub, your bathroom is here"
He opened the door in the passage, and
| led the way to a cabin furnished with
marble and brass fittings, wherein was
full-sized bath. / took a bath, and found
| him waiting for me when I had finished.
| We returned to the scarlet room, and
| there spread upon the table was a meal
worthy of Delmonico's. There was coffee
| served with thick cream; there were
| choice dishes of meat, game pies, new
rolls, fruit, and the whole was finished
with ices and bon-bons in the true Amer
| lean fashion. Ny new friend, the doctor,
said nothing as l ate; but when the re-
past was removed he began to talk at
| once.
81 regret" he said, "that ! cannot
supply you with a morning newspaper;
the latest journal that can lend you is
a copy of Saturday last. There is pas
sage in it which may interest you"
The paper was folded and marked in
a certain spot. I read it with blank
! amazement. for it was full account or
| the nameless ships attack upon the Amer
lean cruiser and the Ocean King. The
matter was the subject of profound
sensation, Tot only in America, but
throughout the world. The Gillian gov
eminent had been approached at once. but
had repudiated all knowledge OF the mys-
terious ship. Meanwhile war vessels from
England, America and from France had
set out to scour the seas and bring sucn
;ntelligence as they could. The whole ac-
count concluded with the rumor that
gentleman in New York had knowledge
Of the affair and would at once be inter
viewed.
"You see that interview was unfortu-
| natelv interrupted said the doctor. You
are the gentleman with the full parhcu-
lars am here to ask you to write accu-
dua+elv for us a complete account OF every
stem YOU have taken in this matter since
Won we're fool enough to follow Martin
Hail."
"And otherwise!"
"Otherwise, you would give all you
possessed if I would shoot you now as
1on sit. If you would still have life, not
altogether under unfavorable conditions,
Won have but to ask for pen, ink and pa
ner-and to make yourself one OF US.
."rhat will never do"
"Oh, you say that now; but we shall
two Won some days to think of it. Let
me advise you to be maa of common
sense. and not run your head against
s+ona wall. We are now bound on four
davs' voyage. During these four days,
Won need fear nothing. So don't disturb
yourself unnecessarily until Captain
BLACK puts the question to you"
| (To be continued.)
Righttng q Wrong.