New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

L. was al true Holding in his hand the paper
tha, seemed 90 eNhale the Fragrance 't her very pres
cu,c reading and reading over again the words
whose Injunction he had lncredulou~ly Yet scrupu-
I-Iz afcf last night the strange truth came back
10 him There IN that black pocket III the uc.E face
Of the cltf Law those bars Of gold that mad = ne
out u Georgetown Uarhor III the strong room Of The
Santa Rosa two hundred wears aZ' when She started
on her last so grlulv tltcd voyage
After torrneutiug So many dreams, hat-lnI So
many h.r.~ YES and costing $, many lives. these
Golden bars we're only waiting for his hand divert
them back into the every day prHs.tlc channels OF
trade, again Technically. and temporarily at least
they were his. for Chrstabcl had left them lying
there uui-turucd t1r the next nutcr he hall "i Il
.hat the colony would allow him a reward would
amount tr "A million and quarter OF dollars Il he
had that IN New York now. ne reflected. smiling a
little he could beat Christopher Beaumont vet
could do IT, that i5 ne uuscrIUulruS enough 10
take tins gift which Christabcl had ST. Sweetly and
coutidIngy given him, and use It as weapon against
He had vrcst'ed with enough problems Of that
sort during the last week He tired He was
beaten And he thanked his stars that ne was spared
this last dilemma. For he coudn ( get To- New York
with that money, no matter how he tried. The
Orpheus had been driven on the beach. a total
wreck The wireless station was destroyed So that
they had no means of calling for help They would
ilst have To- wait here on the island until some one
should come over from Georgetown 70 inquire what
the matter with them
In that security of hcIplessuess II was amusing 10
wonder what he would do If the way New York
was open Would he have any right TO sacrifice the
interests of the scores of hdrdworklng people who
had put their savings into this enterprise Just for a
personal scruplc Ike that, Would be ms duty 70
seize this gift like weapon and strike old Beau
mont with it where he could hurt him worst, l.
made the cold perspIraton come out on his forehead
ust 70 think about it. Well, there pleasanter
things to think about
HE turned back to Chris,abcIs letter and began
H reading II more. but before he had finished
one knocked. He put the letter INTO his pocket
and called out. Come IN When he saw who his
visitor was, he sprang To his feet. staring Sir
Evclynl he cried What IN the world But am
very glad to see YOU. Won't YOU sit down.
Yes SAID the Governor. accepting the invita-
ton. That's the kind of wclcunc I've had this
morning from everybody l don't seem TO be eX-
pectcd. But YOU gave great scare over IN
Georgetown. As soon rs the -c,, went down a little
| took hurbor tug and came ~hdt the trouble
was | fully expected 10 find he Pheasant wrecked
lost, with al on board, maybe Why. what the
matter with YOU. mani
For Smiths face had suddenly paled. and he was
staring At the Governor wide eyed You came
over in tug he questioned Is there q tug down
there in the harhor now with steam up"
My dear boy. said the Governor. how should
| come over, I've never been provided with an
official airship; and why shouldn't the tug have
steam up, only just got in. Why do YOU look like
that
Things falling out rather ouccrv. that ALL "
said the manager III tell YOU about IL directly-or
| think will. But what message had YOU from the
Pheasant
Not from the Pheasant at all" said Sir Evelyn;
1t was from your station. Here. see what YOU can
make of it and he pulled from his pocket 4 tee-
graph blank, which he handed over to Smith.
Its great tumble, | admit W he said, and its
broken off in the middle but there to be only
one meaning to it
Here was the message Smith read.
Pheasant boat on rocks. Lost propeller. Helpless
Send
But here it stopped The thing was. at first
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