The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-11-15
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g4Gs8Y me at the foot of West Tenth
street, where the red and black steam
ers of the Quebec line load and I'M
load their West Indian cargoes. had
found by reference to a file of the Mar
thine Gazette that the PARMA had ar
rived on Feb. % and had sailed again
on the 9th of March, and the paper of
the day before showed me that she
had just arrived in port again
hunted up the purser without de-
lay.
May. see your passenger list for
your last trip NORTH asked. '.the
trip before this one?'
Certainly he responded, and nro-
duced it.
1t was not a long one. and in mo
ment had found what was looking
for. Victor Tremaine and wife We're
fifth on the list. But no H. Thomp,
son" appeared there. However, had
last resource. had scarcely expect
ed to find him entered among the pas
sengers.
lis the captain aboard?' inquired.
Captain Hake has gone over to his
home on Long Island for day or
two" answered the purser. THE first
officer Mr.. Grice, is forward, superin-
tending the unloading
THANK you,' i said and hurried up
8 to the deck found Mr. Grice with
out difficulty. a tall, blond young man,
with eyes of cerulean blue Can
YOU spare me moment?' l asked,
after had introduced myself.
why, guess so. What is it?"
Did you ever see this man before q.
and produced the photograph Godfrey
had given me.
Well, | should say so.' he cried at
the first glance. And hope I'll never
see him ag'in. Thompson his name is,
and we shipped him at Barbados, in
place of one of our men who deserted
there. He didn't have decent rag to
his back, SO we fitted him up with some
old things out of the slop chest"
nodded.
He only shipped as far as St.
Pierre continued the mate. but after
we'd got there lie changed his mind and
come OIL to New York What's he been
dom? Gettin' into more trouble? He's
not been out of Jail n,oren three or
four weeks"
"Out of jail?'
Yes. He was a regular fiend for
booze, though we dent find it out until
we left ST Pierre. Where he, got
it INdon't know He didn't have any
money t buy it, that's sure. I've kind
o. thought one of the passengers must
IA give it to him, though can't i'm
agine why. But, anyway, he was half
drunk three-fourths of the time and
dead drunk the other fourth. We'd find
him layin' in his berth and we'd yanli
him out and drop him into tub OF
water He'd sober up quicker n any
man ever see. but he was never salts
fed unless lie had a pint or two inside
him. When we tied up at the wharf
here lie got awful bad. Wanted t SO
ashore right away. Fought the captain
when he wouldn't let him. The cap
tain handed him over to a policeman
and he got twenty days on the island
nodded again. So that was why he
in an appearance at the Marathon.
..What's the matter with him now?''
he added.
He's been murdered, and we've been
trying to find out something about
him. Do you think the captain would
know anything more?"
mo, don't. Plant him in potter's
field and good radiance. I'll bet he
didn't get any more'n was comm tt
him."
With which sage reflection he turned
back to his work, While sought the
shore
Godfrey came into the office tina
evening just as was closing my desk.
Il want you to go to dinner viii
me- he said. II have to run down t,
Washington tonight, and it may b.
three or four days before l get back.
want to talk things over
We took cab uptown and stoppei
at Riley's, and We're presently en-
sconced in a snug corner where W.
could talk without danger of bein:
overheard.
..I've found out a few things abou
Tremaine,' began Godfrey as thu
waiter hurried away with our order.
'..And about Thompson" said.
you have:. and he looked at me il
surprise. How in the world did yo'
II do it,"
His establishment was distinctly corr
plimentaly, and i related with consid
enable qualification my conversation
with the mate of the Parma.
"Well," observed Godfrey when
had finished, that was bright ide
Of yours That establishes the link be
tween the two men. Our st. PIER
5 correspondent wires us that Tremain
arrived there some three years age
presumably from South America. III
bought little plantation just outsid
the town and settled there. He SCENE
10 have plenty of money when he a.
rived, but he probably spent 1T ALTO
that girl Cecily, perhaps for before h