The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-07
Ross-H HuntressC Company
Cor.West and Grove SITS.
Rutland, Vermont.
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"Did we get up steam with III"
There might have been hundred
weight or two lying loose In the stoke
hold, but for all practical purposes w
have used nothing but the Valparais
bunker since we left port"
THE rest of our coal was shipped a
Coronelp
"Yes, sir"
"You hear7 II is exactly rs | have
told you," said Courtenay, glancing a
the others. II must explain to you
Mr.. Boyle, that | wished you to stat
the facts In front of witnesses before
gave you my reasons for cross ex
amining you on the matter. Mr.. Wal
ker and have been certain all along
that the furnaces were blown up will
fully. Now our suspicious are proved
This morning, after careful scrutiny
we came across number of Jumps OF
coal cleverly constructed out of small
pieces glued together. In the center OF
each lump was stick of dynamite
protected by an asbestus wrapper. II
was undoubtedly the intent Of some
miscreant that a number OF these
Jumps should be fed into the furnaces.
This actually occurred, as we know,
but by the mercy Of Providence the
ship did not experience the full power
Of the explosion or she must have sunk
like stone"
Huh" grunted Boyle. "Nho holds
the insuranceT
"The shippers OF the cargo. Of
course-Messrs. Barring, Thompson &
Miguel"
worth a quarter of a million ster.
ling, amt it?"
YES"
"Huh-lts a lot Of money"
There was momentary silence.
Elsie's eyes grew larger, and she be-
came rather pale. As was her habit
when puzzled. she placed finger on
her lips. Christobal noted her action
Indeed, be missed few of her charac
teristic habits or expressions. He
laughed quietly.
II think you are quite right. Miss
Maxwell" he said. "This is one of the
many instances In which silence is
golden"
Taken by surprise. she blushed and
dropped her hand. But Courtenay said
promptly:
There are some instances In which
silence may be misinterpreted. Let
me state at once that the shippers Of
the valuable cargo on board the Kan
sas will suffer serious financial re-
verse II the ship Is lost. Two thou.
sand tons Of copper may be worth a
considerable fixed sum, but the lack Of
the metal on the London market at the
end OF January will have far reaching
consequences In fight against the bull
clique In Paris, and that Is why Mr..
Barring made this heavy shipment"
"Those consequences could be fore
seen and discounted" put In Tolle-
mache dryly. !
Exactly. But by whom-by the
man who sent his only daughter as a
on this vesself'
Every one secuted that notion. But
Tollemache, though disavowing any
thought OF Mr.. Barring as a party to
the scheme, stuck to his guns.
Somebody will make a pile when
the Kansas is reported missing" be
said.
THE insurance money will not be
paid for a long time Courtenay ex-
planned.
mo, but the copper market win re-
spond instantly"
Then the process has commenced
already. The Kansas should have been
reported yesterday from Sandy Point
The news that she has not arrived VIII
soon reach the nearest cable station.
There will be terrific excitement at
Lloyds when that becomes known.
BY the way. does any one here know
a man named yentanaT
III IL name common enough IN
Chile" said Christobal.
IF you mean senor Pedro Ventana.
who Is associated With Mr.. Bariag In
mining matters. am acquainted with
him." said Elsie.
They ell looked at her, and some OF
hem wondered perhaps why her smil. |
ng eyes had lost their mirth- Yet
here was nothing unreasonable In the
mere fact that certain Chilean nam
d ventana. who had business rela-
ions with Mr.. Barring. should make
he acquaintance Of Isobei Bsrings
'riend As quickly as II had arisen
be feeling OF strsngeness passed
Courtensy even laughed Elsie -
he Jonah OF the ship Was quiirt
,onceit.