The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16

less teWHTu nuu Iulleu 10 Ill tueU1'
The next thing Is the identity of the
boat. BY the stupidity of u sailor one
of the Esmeralda's lifeboats was burn
ed to the waters edge In Norway. He
upset a tin of petroleum while he was
opening IL, and a lighted match did the
remainder. Indeed, he and another
man at the oars narrowly escaped
death. A boat was purchased. but nc
cident or mlschance prevented the Es-
meralda's name being painted on it.
There was a Norwegian port number
on the stern board, and this was
smashed away by the falling mast.
AS the sail was trailing In the water
when the boat was found by Brand 1t
Is assumed that the survivor or sur
vivors, who paid some heed to the
child, suffered from injuries which pre-
vented him or them from hauling 1t In.
One mans body was found on board,
and he had been dead many days.
Finally we have the evidence of the
child's clothing"
"The girls told me something of the
story III the rock" said Pyne. Gee
whiz, l little dreamed that Enid-or
Edith, l my first cousin"
You know that her garments were
marked +. Il. and that a little shawl
was pinned about her with a gold
brooch set with emeralds arranged as
a four leafed Shamrock"
"No. fancy that they were him
dered in their yarn. Believe me, there
was always enough to do in that Won
.IN,F,,I -1.,o b.1Da Il l-, I-,,A
the brooch. Had they mentioned it, I
guess the gray matter at the back Of
my head would have become agitated
by thought"
eyes, Of course l am talking to you
as If you were hearing this sad history
for the first time
at is new enough. 1t has a fresh
point of view, which is everything.
Now. about that broochi"
II bought it in Bergen. l remember
your poor father laughing about 1t. 1t
was odd to find an Irish emblem in
that out of the way little town. Ihave
not seen it yet, but it is ludicrous to
think that so many condolences can
affect two different children cast adrift
about the same time in open boats at
the junction of the st. Georges channel
and the north Atlantic"
ITS the kind Of thing that doesn't
agreed Pyne. "By the way, I have just
made IN interesting discovery on my
W account"
what Is itT
ut might easily have happened that
not Enid-sorry-I mean Edith-but I
should have been the %youngster cast
adrift in that boat"
Eyes, that Is so, of course"
"And l would have grown up as Con
stances brother. Guess things have
panned out all right as it is"
1t was on the tip Of his uncle's tongue
to ask for some explanation of the
very gratified tone In which Master
Charles made this remark, but the head
waiter entered solemnly, with the air
Of respectful and discreet decorum
which only an English family butler or
q head waiter can without bur-
lesque.
BEG pardon, gentlemen" he said,
"but | thought you would like to know
about the lady III No. IL, Mrs. Vansit,
tart"
Eyes: what of herr" demanded
Trail, while Pyne found himself mag
lining that which caused his heart to
beat more rapidly than even the fight
for life in the saloon Of the Chinook.
"She went out, sir, about an hour
ago, and
'IIas she not returned?"
mo, sir. A policemen has just called
to say that she was taken i'll and Is
now being cared for at Mr.. Brands
house."
Uncle and nephew glared at each
other as men do when they call the
could be spoken. Before the waiter
they perforce restrained themselves.
But Pyne shouted:
"Where is the policeman
"He is down below, sir. Shall
bring him upT"
Sergeant Jenkins, however, was to-
loyal in his friendship to Brand to tel
them exactly how 1t came about tina
Mrs. Vansittart was sheltered in La
burnum cottage. He admitted that III
directed the lady to the house In tn
first instance and that Mr.. Brand toll
him subsequently to convey the state'
message to the hotel.
Nevertheless he was the richer for
!. sovereign as he went out.
! Mr.. Trail helped himself to a whisk
and soda.
> fro BE Continued