The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-20

TOO. on this tarpaulin."
bent over the rail looking down
at the lettering he pointed our ya,
with no feeling OF uneasiness.
BEYOND doubt. that was the Yachts
name before the Chilean government
purchased her and renamed her rs
meralda for their service She was
bought from English parties I've
heard. Probably the new ownars have
found no opportunity m repaint the
name
futile drew forth a rcd banaanra
ana blew his nose. his voice more suI.
lenly inSolent as he resumed speech.
Glad We take If 50 cool an navho
Yer right However. IL looks dam
odd to me"
glanced aside At the whear,n3n an.
progressively. The faIlow wa GAZING
straight ahead Of him in+o tho ra,i,Il,.
thinning fog. II was the manner =,
the mate more than his word. tba+ IN,
pressed ne
See here Mr. Tu,+Io" ,,5
dropped my hand ra+b,. ,,,,,.t,,.
his sleeve Kindly avnI.i-, a,,o,1,.
what Won are driving =. ~ 49,, =,
tend tn insinuara thar NC b,,,o a,,5.
a mistake in tho darl, ,,L
with the wrong vossaIs Jv,,. a
thar is imnoesihla W. 49,, .oi ',.,''''
not landIubbers Roth If nc bovo ~
chances to see the Fsmpra,ts and Won
certainly knew who're sh. was -noored
yesterday"
Well. when come ~ think =
over, don't feel oui+a "a a,.erIo..t.,,,
" sure about that The mind ~. ,,,.,,
is mighty deceitfpI" no adr,ittod
slowly. You see 7 naver SOW. bar
any closer than nayha = ,,iIo a.,
even then she was half hid babfrd oth
or shippin'. OF course took no,ioo ~
her outline an rig bur did,,t nor
much attention to details To.ni,bt wo
was all of US excited an co,ors dow,
show up much in the dark Now bor
funnel is painted red an urress In,
a liar the Fsmeralda's was black with
a yaIler stripe round the ton y,r
see. Mr. Stephens, We kent in nrettv
NlDSt ull'i cover all EA~fATIpV ~
maybe they hauled the Esnlaral4a IN
10 the government docks and rim an.
Other boat into her anchorage"
laughed atOud. not N he least i'm.
pressed with his argument
"A very likely story that there we're
two vessels in that harbor so near
alike as 10 deceive all OF US"
He remained stubbornly silent, evil
IDENTIFY unconyinced plucking at his
chin heard.
There is a certain way Of settling
the matter" 7 went on decisively.
that is by an examination of the pa
ners in the cabin Take charge of the
bridge and IN rim down and clear M
this affair hevoDd any further contro-
yersy We may oven have one OF the
shin's officers slowed away there
sleenins off his late celebration. If
there is he's due for a rude awaken
ing Keen the Yachts head as she is
and ri ha hack directly"
was aware tina, ne watched me
cIoselv az descended the stems hut
felt little interest IN xuch surveillance
That wa could have been guilty of so
serious y, error as no supoestnd WAS
hevond nossibiIitv Nevertheless tho
moro susnicion was Irritating leaving
me Allied with a vague unrest II was
ouite true that 7 might have been de.
ceived realized that because | had
entoved No onnortun;tv to observe the
Esmeralda In daylight and no occasion
TO study her lines with care ar any
time To me she had snnoared merely
IA an EXTERNALLY graceful vessel in.
terestinp to the eve Of a seaman Ru,
Tuttle and his crew must have known
TIE truth ~ wa were indeed on
board the wrong vessel # was from
no innocent mistake of the darkness.
but rather the result of deliberate
plan the full purDose Of which was
beyond NV comprehension. svore
sayagely under NV breath even as |
laughed sarcasticalIy at the vague srs.
picion aroused largely as we'll
realized nv my increasing dislike of
the ex-whaleman. The wrong shin?
Whv the very convention NJ such an
accident was grotesoue ridiculous be-
yond peiief, It was the hallucination