The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-04

die.
The exploration continued. Half n
mile. as they estimated. from the open
they reached a narrow beach shut of
by a perpendicular wall of rock Skirt
ing this. they returned on the other
side, infinitely examining every posi-
able creyice. When they again reached
the light of day they had arrived AZ
the certain conclusion that no living
man was within those walls.
Would a corpse rise to the surface
soon In waters such as these, DIR. Tren-
don?' asked the captain.
might, sir. Might not. No telling
that"
The captain ruminated. Then he beat
his fist on his knee.
'The other caver'
"What other cave" asked the sur
geon.
"The cave where they Killed the
seals"
Surely exclaimed Trendon wait,
though. Didn't siade say 1t was be-
tween here and the polntT'
| Eyes. Beyond the small beach"
| mo cave there" declared the sur
geon positively.
There must he. Congdon, did you
see an opening anywhere in the clif
as we came along?"
mo, SIR This is the only one. SIR"
| "We'll see about that" said the cap
tain grimly. Head her about. Skirt
the shore as near the breakers as you
safely can"
| The gig retraced its journey.
| There's the beach, as Slade describ-
ed It," said Captain Parkinson as they
came abreast OF the little reach OF
sand
And what are those two bird roosts
ON itf' asked Trendon. "See 'em?
Dead against that patch OF shore
weed"
"Bits of wreckage fixed in the sand.
Don't think so, sir. Too well
matched"
| 1--WE have no time to settle the mat
ter now" said the captain inpatient
ly. I'VE must find that cave II 1t Is
10 be found"
| lowering just outIide the final drag
of the surf. under the skillful guild
ance of Ccngdon, the boat moved slow
ly along the line OF beach TO the line Of
cliff. All was open as the day. The
blazing sun picked out each detail OF
jut and hollow. Evidently the poison
Gus vapors from the volcano had not
spread their blight here. for the face
of the precipice was bright with many
| flowers. So close In moved the boat
that It's occupants could even see but
terflies fiuttering above the bloom. But
that which their eager eyes sought
was still denied them. No opening
offered In that smiling cliffside. Not
| by so much as would admit terrier
did the mass of rock and rubble gapc
"And Slade described the cave rs
big enough 10 ram the Wolverine into
muttered Trendon.
Up TO the point of the headand and
back passed the boat. Blank disap-
pointment was the result.
what Is your opinion now. DR.
Trendon?" asked the captain of the
older man.
Don't know, sir" answered the sur
Rtou upItlfSStN. LAWNS ~ ~ Ah' 'hNt
might have been a hallucination."
IL shall have something TO say 20
Mr.. Slade on our return" said the cap
tain crisply. 'If the cave was II hal
lucination, as you suggest, the seal
murder was fiction"
Looks So" agreed the other.
"And the murder OF the captain.
How about thatf"
"And the mutiny Of the men," added
the surgeon.
"And the killing of the doctor. Your
patient seems TO be a romantic gen
ius"
"And the escape of Darrow. Hold
hard" quoth Trendon. "Darrow's no
romance. Nothing tctionaf about the
flag and ledger
True enough" said the captain and
fell to consideration.
Anyway" said Trendon vigorously.
"Id like TO have look at those bird
roosts. Mighty like sign posts to my
mind
"yery WELL" said the captain. "Itll
cost us only wetting Run her In.
lOueupn
With all the cockswain's skill and the
oarsmen's technique, the passage OF
the surf was a lively one, and little
driblets of water marked the trail of
the officers as they shuffied up the
beach
The two slabs stood less than fifty
yards beyond high water tide. Near
ing them, the visitors saw that each
marked a mound, but not until they
were close up could they read the
| neat carving on the first 1t ran as
follows:
Here lies
SOLOMON ANDERSON
alias
HANDY SOLOMON
who murdered his employer. his captain
and his shipmatos and was found dead or
his deserts on these shores, June 8. 1904.