New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

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hat - 8:~t1es ID make amends 10 you tor his past
--tude received yor,- letter. wherein you stated
lat -1 were shipping some vessel under the name
Z King: but had little difficulty n tracing You 70
" Fershawe'5 YACHT. and do not feel justified n
recognizing your unnecessary alias AGAIN, advise
--,- 10 return am sure that your employer, q most
es-.-aabe man VII no. place any d-nc4t-es N your
-av. Il you leave he Aphrodlte a Porr SAID or
-It.aa and send ne Cableg-a1n, ] shall remit bT
-etle funds sufficient ior your needs.
D.eS had deemed this disturbing problem dead
md done with He had hes,tated At Marse.les.
-o- was he less decided He held out the letter
L. von kerber frankly. little thinking how close
-c-ltny had been given % his lace while ne vas
Read H. he SAID. and YOU viii see Tor yourself
--at | am n no way responsible
Won Kerber seemed . be taken aback by this d.
llav q confidence " No. no. he said ottLE-
j. not wish It have YOUR word that 's sufficient
Ma | send answer:
Yes from SueZ
Tie incident might have ended there had i
been brought INTO sharp prominence that even
~ Tagg took the first watch. from eight o clock
60 midnight. Under ordinary conditions, Royson.
,-r, was free till four IN the morning would have
gone % his cabin and slept soundv, but like many
mother who passes through the great canal 1oT the
m time he could resist the fascination ot the
-hlr noIseless. almost srealthT passage through
he desert.
After supper, while enjoying Pipe before turning
IT, he vent forward and stood behind the powerful
electric lamp fitted in the bows to llumlne the mar
-.w water lane which IONS east and west. The
Lroad shaft Of light lent solemn beauty 70 the
livery ribbon shinmered IN magic lie Its nearer
-.pples formed glitterlng corsage tor the ships
-apered stem. and merged INTO q witches way OF
tlackness beyond. The red signal OF d distant
station OF the white gean OF an approaching yes
-e}s masthead light, shone from the void ike low
15tcLed stars Overhead the skv OF deepest
ilue is stupendous arch studded with stars OF
-aordnary radiance while low on the vest could be
seen the paler sheen of departing day At times his
wondering ewes fell on some Arab enCampment on
he neIghborlng bank where shrOuded figures sat
-o,lnd FIRE and ghostIv canles in the background
-alscd ungainv heads and gazed a. the ever 1nys-'
-e-lous SIGHT 81 the moving ship.
The marvellous scene was at once intimate and re-
mote It's dIstnguishabe features had the sense OF
-.earness and actuality of piece Of splendid
~-ageCraft: vet he seemed he peering not at the
-gd out times Of time but rather into the vague al
most terrifying depths Of eternity. And II a
evlderng iact that this glimpse into the portals Of
ne desert was thing 70 him. Though never
before had his mortal eyes rested on the Tar hung
v.eta he absorbed its soothing glamour with all the
zest II one who came back TO familiar horizon after
lang >o5ourn N pent streets and tree shrouded
ALLEYS
Time and again he strove 10 shake of this eery
telling: but il was not 10 be repeled. He fought
aganS- its dominance and denounced its folly; yet
h,s heart whispered that he not mistaken. that
ne .tjc silence conveved some thrilling message
which he could not understand. How long he stood
-aere and how utterly he had yielded the strange
rerossesson Of his dream. he scarcely realized until
-e heard q soft voice close behind HIM
/ that YOU. Nr. Rovson: II said, and he
LIED back from the unknown 10 find Miss Fenshawe
standing near.
Il beg your pardon" he stammered. Il was so
ra<en up with this 70 me most entranclng eN-
Tha, YOU did not hear my fairy footsteps" She
Iroke IN with a quiet laugh Do not apologize for
hat I am wearing list slippers; my ghosthke
rerv greatly relieved d having found YOU all. |
was afraid YOU had left the ship without my knowl
edge
Bur how could that be possible Miss Fen
Shave, ht asked, startled Of his bV her