Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-10
CHAPTER x1.

SSzz=5l car which eventually landed
| RaEz49SJ me at the foot OF West Tenth
street, where the red and black steam
ers OF the Quebec line load and IN
load their West Indian cargoes. had
found by reference to 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.
l hunted up the purser without de-
lay.
MAY see your passenger list for
| your last trip NORTH" asked, 1.-The
trip before this oney"
"Certainly," lie responded, and pro-
duced it.
1t was not long one, and in mo-
ment l had found what was looking
for. Victor Tremaine and wife were
! Hfth on the list. But no III. Thomp-
SON. appeared there. However, l had
last resource. had scarcely expect
ed to find him entered among the pas
sengers.
lis the captain aboard7" 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," said, and hurried up
to the deck. I found Mr.. Grice with
out difficulty, tall, blond young man,
with eyes Of q cerulean blue. "Can
you spare me momentY' I asked.
after had introduced myself.
"Why, / guess so. What Is lit"
Ibid you ever see this man tefore?'
and produced the photograph Godfrey
had given me.
| "Well, should say sol" he cried at
| the first glance. And I hope I'll never
see him ag'in. Thompson his name Is,
and we shipped him at Barbados. III
| 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 he changed his mind and
come on to New York. What's he been
dom? Gettin' into more trouble? He's
not been out of Jail more'n three or
four weeks"
"Out Of jail7"
Eyes. He was a regular fiend FOR
booze, though we didn't find 1t out until
after we left st. Pierre. Where he got
1t don't know. He didn't have any
money t buy 1t, that's sure. I've kind
o. thought one of the passengers must
"a give 1t 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 yank
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 he had pint or two inside
him. When we tied up at the wharf
here he got awful bad. Wanted t go
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
was SO long after Tremaine in putting
in an appearance at the Marathon.
whats the matter with him now7"
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 more7"
mo, don't. Plant him in potter's
field and good radiance. I'll bet he
didn't get any more'n was comm to
him"
With which sage reflection he turned
shore.
Godfrey came into the Office that
evening just as was closing my desk
II want you to go to dinner with
me-" he said. II have to run down to
Washington tonight, and 1t may be
three or four days before I get back. I
want to talk things over"
We took cab uptown and stopped
at Riley's, and were presently en-
sconced in snug corner where we
could talk without danger of being
overheard.
1--WE found out few things about
Tremaine," began Godfrey as the
waiter hurried away with our order.
"And I about Thompson" said.
"You haveT' and he looked at me In
surprise. "How in the world did you
do it?''
His astonishment was distinctly COM
plimentary, and related with consid-
cradle qualification my conversation
with the mate Of the Parma.
''Well," observed Godfrey when !
had finished. that was a bright idea
of yours. That establishes the link be-
tween the two men. Our st. Pierre
correspondent wires us that Tremaine
arrived there some three years ago.
presumably from South America. He
bought little plantation just outside
the town and settled there. He seemed
to have plenty of money when he ar
rived, but he probably spent it all-on
that girl Cecily. perhaps-for before he
sailed he borrowed 1900 francs with
his plantation as security"
"Seven hundred dollars = that
wouldn't 60 far" commented.
'He hadn't enough to run him
month-and he's been here nearly
twice that long. It's evident that he's