The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27


right, Grant" be said THAT fellow
! had been tampcring with my hask
| when ! was asleep What said to
| you in the Morse code was perfectly
true. We have been followed all the
way despite our precautions, though
how on earth they could have known
what We were going to do passes my
undcrstanding"
Grant looked down at the figure of
the valet
Il don't suppose there is anything
very much the matter with him." he
said "IIe has simply been drugged
He will sleep it off in a few hours
but we cannot waste time | have
got the tickets He has got enough
money TO go on with because gave
it him myself. | will just write
note and put it in the poor chaps
pocket, telling him what to do. Then
| will give the steward charge Of
him. Probably he won't be able to
come with us by the through train TO
Cologne. If not, he will have TO fol
low the next day. Wait a minute"
He pulled out his pOckct-boOk and
wrote few words on the back Of
one Of his cards. Then he pushed
the card into the Wallets watch h-pockct.
Now" Michael said, I'VE will leave
linn here. He will get more air, and
he won't come to any harm. And
now want you to come down at
once with me to the main deck"
Come down to the main deck?"
Basil said. Yes, Of course; but why?
What's up?"
My good chap Grant replied,
don't you see that the people who
are tracking us, who are all about
us. who are clever enough to have
played this dirty trick. are clever
enough to do good many more
things? They obviously know all
about our movements. And, my dear
Marriott, don't you realize that the
Duchess and Miss IIobSon and the
maid are alone in a private cabin on
the main deck, late at night, and with
hardly any passengers about?"
He had hardly finished his speech
"
down the ladder.
Michael followed him swiftly
They had gone down by the star
board ladder.
Their cabin" Grant said, as soon
as they were on the main deck "is
on the port side. Just come round
with me. Step quietly. You never
know what may be going on"
The narrow space between the long
rows of cabins was quite deserted
The two young men went aft, turned
by the entrance to the lower
deck, where the secondclass passen-
gers were lodged, round the corner,
and obtained an uninterrupted view
towards the bows. The upper deck
formed a roof above them.
To the right were the doors of the
cabins, stretching away forward To
the left was the white painted taft
rail which guarded them from the
sea.
The moon was now aslant upon the
port bow. If its light had been fall
ing straight from the centre Of the
sky they would have seen very little.
The roof made by the upper deck
would have caused a black shadow,
despite the few wire-protected cleo
trio lamps which shone here and
there. AS it was the moon sent it's
rays straight into the long space of
the deck. 1t showed them a black
figure, STOPPING down, as II to the
handle of the first cabin of the range
the cabin which is known as the
Royal Cabin" and which is only re-
served for people Of importance-the
cabin in which the Duchess was.
Come on" Marriott said. Come
on, Grant! Now we will have him."
In the exuberance of his spirits he
gave a view halloa, and the two men
raced up the deck towards the figure
which was crouching at the white
door in the deck buildings.