Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-21
CHAPTER Xxx.

tfon Jisrnfsed. with the man John and
nov - tho most turbulent among the
eSI. - the nameless ship aboard her. We
s.d come without hindrance through the
nau u,4sd waters Of the Channel and styl-
cEo" .nrseIves q Norwegian whaler in bal
inS 49, LoJ a.ned the difficult harbor with
ia'' . uLT suspicion. At the first,
w. wt.r. 1.d thought to leave me on the
DID, Do, Int gave him solemn word that
s SID mt gaek to quit him, that would
w. onv wly betray him while the truce
NV .Ss.a5 and that would return, wherever
, s. n the tender in the harbor at the
end Of a week.
iii not pause to tell you my own
a.,,rb+s when [ set foot on shore again.
1870, ,osId not help but carry my memory to
=. Iast occasion when, with Roderick and
49, had come to London in the very
S 5,r,, of getting tidings of this man who
W. .o+ With me in a Kent Coast express.
Trs were the others then-the girl
r5o had been as a sister to me, and the
won 90 brother; how far had the fear
-In,r daa+h made sad that childish face
~h!ob had known such little sadness in its
,,-+oor Years of life? 1t was odd to think
t5o+ Mary might be then returned to Lon
s,1 and that I. whom perchance she
horgh+ dead, was near to her, and yet,
-,orsa ro7ra cut off from her than in
the grave itself.
terminated, and, following Black and U.s.
h S.rt into q closed carriage, was driven
tron fine station. We drove for fifteen
miDntes. staying at last before a house
IN narrow street, where we went up
s,oirs IN a suite of rooms reserved for us.
AApr an excellent supper Osbart left US,
h,t Black took me to a double-bedded
room, saying that he could not let me out
Of his sight
"Rov. If YOU make one attempt to play
ma false" said he, "I'll blow your brains
n out"
On the next morning Black quilted the
house at an early hour after breakfast,
Init he locked the door of the room upon
0sbart and myself. Not" as he said,
Because I can't take your word, but be-
cause I don't want anyone fooling in
here" He returned in the evening at
o'clock. and found me as he had left me,
reading a novel.
The following day was Thursday. l
shall always remember it, for I regard
Il as one Of the most memorable days in
nv life. Black went out as usual early
in the morning; his object being, as on
The preceding day, to find out, if he could,
what the Admiralty were doing in view of
The robbery of the Bellonic. We had been
left thus about the space of an hour when
there came a telegram for the doctor, who
read 1t with a fierce exclamation.
The captain wants me urgently" said
be, and there's nothing to do but to leave
you here. You must put up with the in
dignity of being locked in. The man VINO
owns this house Is one of U.s."
When he was gone I sat in the great
armchair, pulling it to the window, and
taking up my book. I could hear the hum
Of town, the rumbling of buses, and the
Ebdued roar Of London awake. I could
even see people in the houses at the other
side Of the leads, and it occurred to me,
What II open that easement and call
for help? had given a pledge, it IS true ::
but should a pledge bind under such con-
dtons?
was in the very throes of a mental
struggle when the strange event Of the
day happened. I Glanced to look up from
the book I had been trying to read, and
saw q remarkable object upon the leads
outside my window. 1t was the figure of
man looking into my room; and pres
emily, when he had given me innumerable
mods and Winks, he took a knife from his
pocket, and opened the catch, stepping
INTO the chamber with the nimble foot of
goat upon a crag path. Then he drew
chair UP to mine, slapped me upon the
Knee and said:
In the name of the law! I take you
oy surprise; but business, Mr.. Mark
STong. In the first place 1 have wired
" your friend, Mr.. Roderick Stewart,
and expect him from Portsmouth in a
couple Of hours in the second, your other
Trend the DOCTOR is under lock and key,
VI VI, Inc rlHlng charge of murder in the
aaandS, to begin with. When we have
captain Black, the little party will be
Complete"
! looked at him, voiceIess from the sur
Prise o. It, and he went on:
l needn't tell you who 1 am; but
.-s'es my card, We have six men in the
s~se, outside. and another half dozen
n@colns the leads here. You will be
ss-S,o.e enough to follow my instructions
s,soi1'e.y. Black, we know, leaves the
s.~~ssE tonight in his steamer. The
s.ooaoi1cy is that ne will come to fetch
Nv. al , o.c1ock-I have frightened it all
~, u the people downstatrs-if he does,
w. Will 50 with him. Otherwise, he's
s,s'-' sure to send someone for you, and,
~" al rae moment are our sole link be-
s,. s1 -tas unmitigated scoundrel and his
s,. SIX you TO risk one step more,
~. .S,o'a at any rate as far as the coast,
We nv follow him for the last time. "
,r. ooAea at his card, whereon was the
S, y[y.pIo1. Detective Inspector King,
' W lard" and I said at once:
- i, S1at NOT only go to the coast, but
w., ..S tender, for I've given my word.
~ -'' you may do in the meantime is not
ti., %@o'F' / suppose he's made a sensa-
-. sensation There isn't another sub
iT. .a'hed Of in any house in Europe
~ nv F&o that; and it's ten thousand in
n poehet, any wayr'
h,3 '.ses-'e- Inspector King went as he