The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29

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 "Rantaine." said Sieur Clubin. in his siikiest voice. yesterday I watched you as you went to a money changer and counted out to him seventy -six thousand francs, for which he gave you three Bank of England notes for one thousapd pounds each. You put these notes into an iron tobacco box. Then fyou arranged with the master of wonder ship to take you off here that you might escape; for. Rantaine. you stole that money from Mess LsthH H ferry. Kindly do not trouble yourself to deny, but put your hand into your pocket and fling me the tobacco box,
 Rantaine cursed. He made step forward. Sieur C1ubin aimed at him carefully. He stopped. muttered. "A fellow becomes like a child before such. thing as that" and snilenly threw the tobacco box to Sieuf C1ubin. The mariner skilifuIly opened it. and as- sured himself that the bank notes were there without letting his revolver wa yer from It's fixed direction.
 Your boat is near" ssid sieur Gnu bin. You may 90"
 Rantaine scrambled down the peril cus cliff without a word. When he was safely in the boat he rose and cried:
 'sieur Cfubin. you are an honest man. but you will not be offended if I wrFte to tell Mess Lethierry that have raid over to you 5000 pounds for him, and here is a sailor who belongs to St. MaIo and who will testify to the same effect when he returns from this voy- age"
 This inadvertently revengeful i'd ka of Rantaine's might have disconcer ted less determined man and driven Trim to yielded up his prize To Sieur Clubin it meant only that he would have to dare a little more. He returned Ito the port and began at once to prepskre the Durande for departure in the morn- ing. the people of the quays. There is go- ing to be a great fog tomorrow.
 Nevertheless the Durande teered out the next morning. For maiay hours she moved under a sky so bright that the prophecies of a fog seemed ab- surd, but suddenly bank wsss seen on the horizon. It seemed to rise bodily In an hour more it was & wall. In another hour the Durande was swal- lowed in it.
 One of the passengers. stemding near the engines heard the engineer say to his assistant:
 This morning in the sun we were going at half speed. Now,l in the fog. we get orders to drive ahead full speed"
 The next moment the D,srande hurled hsrself at a great stone that seemed to leap all at once from the deep.
 Immediately the gaping hull sucked the sea in with a horrable gulping. Captain Clubin wasted no words. The long boat shot into the water under his orders and the passengers and crew hurried in. When all were in they cried to him to follow. But Clubin refused. Push off.' he said. 'T shall stay here. When the ship is lost the sx
 Seeing that he was immovable, the people in the boat gave'him a cheer and pushed off.
 AS soon as he was alone Sieur Clu- bins face expressed a lively satisfact- ion. But suddenly tlhere came little A very little rift in that great fog, and Captain Clubin fbeeame almost hag- gard.
 Two mighty pillars of rock lowered twinlike before him. He knew them at once. None who IAad ever seen them could mistake the terrible Douvres.
 Sieur Clubin hady made a mistake. He had intended to sNeer the Durande on the Hanway roc,ks. From tho Han ways 1t was only one-mile swim to deserted part of the coast where he could get clothing and other necessar- les. for getting akvay. The Douvres lay twenty-five miles off shore-far too great a distance, for even Sieur Clubin, wonderful swim sper that he was.
 It was a suebien and hideous change of affairs. But, again Sieur Clubin did not despair, slthough he shuddered. He gazed about him. As If in answer to his hope c wind arose. The fog bel gan to movA. Sieur Cfubin knew that amugglers of ten ran within sight Of the Douvres. They and no other ves- sells would gre to come near those vis- ible oresences of death. SmuEglers would take him of. ask no questions and tell no tales, if the price were suf- Acient.
 To get a view of the horizon 1t would be necessary to gain the summit Of one of the Higher rocks. C1ubin prompt ly stripped. He fastened stout leath- or belt arxmnd his waist. It contained the iron tobacco box. Then he plunged hsadiong into the sea. He sank deep, touched the stony bottom, skirted . suhmarinet rock for moment and struck o,ft to regain the surface. In that inst Ant he felt himself seized by one foot,
 That right shere was a great hubbub in St. sSampson. The long boat had come ashore with the shipwrecked peo- pie. Me % Lethiefry stood against the wall and listened like a dead man. His grNy hair stood around his face. His hemds were clenched. Even strang hr ignorant of the passion that this Id man had felt for his vessel. could have seen that her destruction mean his own Henceforth there was nottt HG. He was ruined and too old