Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-17

IA EH additional details 10 the DIN
ncr table. He was not the
ships doctor. The Kansas,
built for freight rather than passen-
gers, did not carry surgeon on her
roll. DR.. ChriStobal's presence was
due to Mr.. Baring's solicitude in his
daughters behalf. It CHANGED that the
courtly and gray haired Spanish ply
sician had relinquished his practice in
Chile and was about to pay long
promised visit to a married daughter
in Barcelona. Friendship. not unaided
by a good fee, induced him to travel
by the Kansas.
He had been called on to attend Mr.
Boyle and the wounded Chilean, and
he reported now that the chief officers
injury was trihing, but the Chilean's
wound might incapacitate him during
the remainder of the voyage.
$50 far as I can gather" he said.
''Mr. Boyle had q narrow escape. Cap.
tain Courtenay fired as the knife fell
otherwise our first mate would have
attended his own funeral this even.
ing"
what was the cause of the AFFAIR.""
1sobel asked.
"The man is not one Oc the ships
crew l understand. His name is
FrascuelO. an Il ppeare that he was
engaged to place scme bunker coal
aboard early TIL morning. lie says
that he was drl ID and his clothes
stolen that o. came Of ID the ship at
q late hour AMI hit s1iIe one flung
him headion- into &. hold which. luck
fly for him, was nearly full of cotton
bales. He was stunned by the fan
and were It not for Captain Courte-
nays custom of having all matches
taken off and a thorough examination
of the cargo made beforeEthe holds
are finally battened down for the voy-
age Frascuelo might now be in a tight
place in more than one sense"
DR.. ChristobaI was proud OF his
idiomatic English. He spoke the Ian
guage with the careless freedom of a
Londoner.
"Frascuelo seems to have passed an
eventful day said the little French
count, who had been waiting anxious
ly for chance to join in the converse
ton.
But why should he want to kill
poor Mr.. Boyle?" inquired Isobel after
giving the Frenchman an encouraging
glance Incidentally she smiled at Ell
sic. why puzzle ones brains over
foreign tongues when all the world
speaks English?" she telegraphed.
"Mr. Boyle is Il peculiar person."
said the doctor dryly. Il happen to
have known him during some years.
You and l might regard him as a man
of few words, but he has acquired n
wonderful vocabulary for the benefit
of sailor men. l believe he can swear
in every known lingo. His accom-
plishment in that direction no doubt
annoyed Frascuelo, who became fran
tic when he heard that the ship would
not call at any South American port.
l imagine, too, that the unfortunate
fellow is still suffering from the drug
which, he says, was administered to
him. Anyhow, you know how the af,
fair terminated"
81, for one, think some consideration
might have been shown him." said
Elsie.
''There is no time for argument when
Chilean draws a knife, Miss Max
we'll"
''But If his story is true
"There never yet was a stowaway
who did not invent a plausible yarn
Nevertheless 1 believe, and Mr.. Boyle
agrees with me, that the man is moi
lying"
They felt the ship swing around OF
a new course, and the rays of the set
ting sun lit up the salon table through
the open starboard ports.
due south now, ladiesr' cried DR.
Christobal cheerily. I'VE have rounded
Cape Cardones. We practically follow
the seventy-slxth degree until we ap
proach Evangelistas island. Thus fal
we are In the open sea. Then we picl
our way through the strait discovered
by that daring Portuguese, Fernando
de Magallanes. If am not mistaken,
he added, glancing through the por
windows, I'VE shall all have our STAN
ina tested before twenty-four hour,
have passed"
Heads were turned and necks crane(
to see what had induced this unexpect
ed prophecy Behind the distant coas
line the inner giants of the Ande:
threw heavenward their rugged out
lines, with many u peak and glaciel
glinting in vivid colors against a Sky
so clear and blue .bat they seemed
strangely near.
Eyes, this wonderful atmosphere o.
ours is enchanting" said the doctor
when assailed by a chorus of doubts
But it carries its deceptive smiles
too far. The very beauty of the cor
dillera is sign Of storm. am sorry
to be a croaker, yet we are runnin.
into gale"