Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

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man pulling it. ;,
81 am afraid they have got ahead Of us,
said Mr. Waxall, auxiously. III PalhneyoNe
and the other man have any yacht IN these
waters they will board her down the pay anu
90 off from some other landing place. II,
The mate decided to follow the gig' shoue"
nv boatman was also performing this dasy.
Maddv proposed that we should go on sno!e
and endeayor to obtain some Information III
regard to the yacht in the harbor anu It's
vicinity. -
We ascertained that four men had taken
carriage and driven off at very rapld pace
No one could tell the destination oil the We
hicle. 4 .d
The night was bright and pleasant, and
Maddy would not leave any stone uhst i nu
He went to a hotel and engagedI ggsI. ,r;tb he
sending Lous\ back to the yaeht WIN 'ne
boat. 49,. - -,
He ordered the driver to follow the road on
the east bank of Southampton Water ana 70
make the best speed he could. ne "ehS en-
around the docks and we were soon ON the
shore of the bay. c,n
We passed the anchorage Of the Sleeper,
and continued on our way couple OF Iniles
further. At this point we saw Two s.9a aS
at anchor From the rake OF Their masCs anu ai
smokestacks we concluded tnae my ~ snoken
two yachts of which my boatman mao spoAe'i'
It was useless to go any further.
Maddy had hardly ordered the driver 70 re-
turn to the CITY before we heard the rattle Oh
a carriage approaching from the souln.
'Hold ON, driver!" called the skipper, not
little excited, 81 want TO SPEAK W 'he
of that carriage" ~
The man had half turned his team IN the
road and stopped, with his vehicle oDstr
the highway. Maddy and l jumped out as
the driver of the approaching team stoppeu a'
the obstacle in his way.
Have YOU had fare down this way to-
nght?" -. oa
one, too" replied the driver, who appeared to
be in excellent spirits.
''How much did you get for the job! ask
ed the skipper, with easy indifference.
"I got sovereign, and | am in hurry
to get back to spend a part OF It, Draw oil
your horses out of the road, he called to our
driver.
perhaps you would not object to earning
another sovereign, suggested the Hpefal SKIP
per of the Sleeper.
"Of course l would not
"Then tell me all you know of the party
you brought down here"
al don't object to doing that. ! brought
four men here, all of them sailors They wore
a yacht uniform, and l reckon they belong to
one of those steamers off there" replied the
driver.
"Did you hear any names called?'
"Not name, sir. [ didn't hear them speak
a word except to tell me where to drive
them"
yaehts?"
81 do not, sir; don't know thing about
them"
Where did the four men go after they left
the carriage"
'"They walked down to the water side, and
| didn't wait to see what they did. It's little
l know about them"
''You have told me all want to know
Here is the sovereign" said Maddy, as he
handed the gold to the driver
"That was easy earned, added the man,
chuckling over his good luck.
Our driver had hauled his team out of the
road, and the other drove off.
just at that moment there was a fash Of
light on the shore. Almost at the same in
slant there was another, few rods further
down the road.
'"Those lights are signals to one of those
steamers" said Maddy "Wait while for
us, driver"
We walked down the road short distance
in order to obtain better veiw of the pro-
ceedings of the party, whom we had not vet
seen. In few minutes the boat put off from
toward the place where the signals were still
burning They were bengola lights, and by
the bright flame they gave out we tried to dis
cover where the four men were.
They were not to be seen, and we continued
on our walk Presently we saw man coming
leisurely toward US. His head was uncovered,
and he wore no coat He appeared not to
see Maddy and me, and stopped ceuple Of
rods from us to watch the boat approaching
from the steamer. We halted in front Of
him.
"Good evening, gentlemen. What Is going
on here? Is that steamer landing smugged
goods before she goes up to the city," asked
the stranger.
"Those steamers look like yachts and they
would hardly be engaged in the business Of