The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

knox mt what folly. had she not
sprung suddenly forward with a sharp
cry OF alarm
aMr. Roget" she cried. "Mother!"
They stopped and turned toward her.
just as a heavy spar crashed to the
deck before them.
CHAPTER XIV.
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN
ONE.
I understood In q flash, what had hap
pened, and sprang up the stair to the
upper deck, determined to ave it out
searched It oyer thoroughly, looking
In and Eseser the boats and behind fun
neis, ano ventiiators, but could dis
cover nd sign of anyone. When 1 got
back to the promenade & little crowd a
gathered. attracted by the noise of the
falling spar. which a dozen members
Of the crew were busy hosting back
into place
II do mot see now those lashings
could fase worked loose" said the Of
fcer in charge I'VE dashed that extra
spar tlas1e Just before we sailed, and I
know il WAS well fastened"
I tosk a o at the lashings. They
had not been cut, as i expected to find
them. hist had been united. Martigny
had doubtless worked at them while
we sat fbeTe talking-he vas too clever
NJ artist IN crime to do anything so
clumsy as 10 cut the ropes.
Wei. luckily. there's no damage
Done" observed Mr.. Royce, with affect
ed lighznezs, though it was a close
shave AZ Miss Kendall hadn't called
to us. 1ke spar would have struck us
~sQuarety-"
Mrs Kendall closed her eyes with a
giddy 35fsle gesture. at the vision the
words called up and the officer
frownef "a chagrin and perplexity. Just
then tsae captain came up, and the two
stepped aside for a consultation, in
voices SO sOw that only an excited word
of French was now and then audible.
turns6 to Miss Kendall, who a
leaning against the rail with white
face and eyes large with terror.
Blu q was not an accident, Mr..
LesteT1" She whispered. 81 saw a man
leaning over the spar-a mere shadowy
figure-eut I know I could not be mis-
taken
I nodGed. Il don't doubt it In the
least. Eut don't tell your mother. 1t
will only alarm her needlessly. Well
talk II e in the morning"
She sah good night and led her
mothes away toward their stateroom.
doctor. and met him at the foo of the
saloon, staircase.
TIC 1s Aartigny. doctor2" I asked.
"WosSs g fear" he answered hur-
raedly- II a Just sent for me-"
Which room has he?"
Ties MD ITS: an outside room on the
upper dcKS," and he ran on up the stair.
weut forward to the smoking room,
and locked oyer the colored plan Of
b ship posted there. A moments in
0pecticn a It showed me how easily
AaxtiEU had eluded pursuit-he had
only To UaSk twenty feet, open a door,
and ga into bed again. But, evident
~. even that small exertion had been
TOO Trneh fOr him, and / turned away
with t4e srbn thought that perhaps our
enemy would kin himself yet.
1Waae1 I sat down. next morning, be-
side Maas Kemball. she closed her
book nzd turned to me with a very
d~eternzIzei air.
-Sa curs Mr.. Lester" she began.
II O think any harm can come from
telling Nns> 4 don't want you to say a
word: bxt I really think I am entitled
to an explanation"
S do 1" y agreed you've proved
yourself a better guard than L. Td
forgotten all about Martigny-I was
thinkinE we'll. of something very diff
fercntI had no thought of danger"
Nor Ana L" h said quickly. But
I chaTeed to look up and see that dark
figure beading over them, and I cried
out, really before I had time to think
Enthusiastically"
ut vas just that which saved them
II you'd stoRpad to think, it would have
been ion hate"
.Yes-but, OH. ! could think after.
wards. I'd only to close my eyes. las
night. 10 see him there yet, peerins
down Al IA, waiting his opportunity
And then, of course, I puzzled more o.
less ever the whole thing"
"Yna sfaEl1't puzzle any more"
said, Ena linked ahaut to make certain
that tterre was no n near. Then, be,
ginning with the death Of Hiram IIol
laday. 4 EaSs the case before her, stel
by step Ese listened with claspet
hands nnd intent face. no speaking til
I had Nhnshed. Then she leaned bacl
in hsr cssntr with 4 long sigh.
Wig. it's horIiblc!" she brcathed
"HorrI1as uzad dreadfully puzzling. Yo1
Mr.. 11stax--
Il hassY5f my explanation" / sal,
he1p1eskiy. .Tve built up half a dozel
theories but they've AL been knocke,
to pieces after the other. l don
know .fat 10 think, unless Miss Eolla
day is a sictknl of hypnotism or de.nen
tia Of xsne kind. and that seems alb
surd."
"Sonscaales she's nice and at othe
tir1cs sEae'K horrid."
1T Escafss DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
docSnt st?!"
"Ycx. Il does; only, as I say, such a
explxnstssn seems absurd"
She ss sox a moment with yes In
warE1F z1sseRt-
Thew cre theory which might ex
plain I--Hart OF it. Perhaps it WASH
Miss EJssosay at an who returned fror
WaEAfsy.. an: Square with the new mait
Perhaps II Was the other oma an
the haxrgRl windows were really to kee
Miss Hoia1lay n prisoner. Think {
her tte1e. III THAI place, with Martign
for her 5niIef."
Tax sare WASN'T therc!" I proteste,
we xxE laeI when we gave her tn
inenry. EeoYce and I saw her-so di
Mr. Gsnalas;."
~Yes-sn a darkened room with