The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-01

synopsis Of Preceding Chapter
CHAPTER lin London Philip Kirk
wood, young American painter, learns
that the San Francisco disaster has cost
him mis- fortune and decides to return
home to the stricken city. His elderly
English friend, Brentwick, visits him,
and ke meets George b. Calendar, an
American whom he believes to be an ad-
yenturrr. II-Before leaving his hotel
for the boat train Kirkwood dimes at the
hotel. In the dining room he sees Calen-
dar receive q note Of warning from a
fashiopably dressed woman. He Is then
asked by the American, who admits with
out giving reason that he fears arrest,
to escort his yUung and beautiful daugh.
ter home. Kirkwood consents. III
Kirkwood takes Dorothy Calendar TO a
seemingly unoccupied house at No. 9
Rrognsll street, in a shabby-genteel
quarter Of London, where he leaves the
girl at her request. IV-Dmwn back to
the house by curiosity. Kirkwood sees
the door Of the daik house ajar. He
throws off cockney who tries to detain
him, enters the house and bolts the
ub0Is vi t0C SkAlIC8SC uC Has y tQttiG
with q slender man in evening dress.
The latter is knocked unconscious by a
fall downstairs. Kirkwood Is then re-
joined by Dorothy. who i very glad to
see him. but does not expiain the mys-
terry Of the gloomy house. Heavy raps
at the front door startle the two. "
Dorothy and Kirkwood, the latter ques-
tioning himself whether or not he has
fallen In love with the girl, fee from the
mysterious house by the rear door. The
girl takes with her q small black glad
stone bag, which, she says. she is to
take to her father. Win a cab Kirk
wood escorts her to the house OF Mrs.
Hallam IN fashionable Craven street,
where, she declares. her father is to meet
her. Kirkwood leaves her in the cab
and enters the house to learn whether
Calendar Is there. He meets Mn. Hal
lam and recognizes her a. the woman
who warned Calendar in the hotel. As
kirkwood talks to her be hcArs . man
leave the house. Together Mrs. Hailam
and Kirkwood 20 TO the door to call
Dorothy in and ksa that the girl and the
cab have vanished. vII-Calendar ap-
pea1 at the Halian house In search Of
Dorothy. Kirkwood accompanies him
at his request to IN unssvory locality on
the Thames. yIII-Calendar meets his
daughter in the company Of q man
named Mulready, evidently his compan-
ion In some strange, nefarious enter
prise. Muirrady, II seems. has tried to
kidnap Dorothy in Kirkwood's cab.
Calender and Mulready quarrel, after
which the girl and two men row off to
hoard q vessel referred to as the Alethea,
leaving Kirkwood to find his way in q
cab TO Sc. Pancras station, where he Is
iotake the midnight rain for his steamer.
lie is now thoroughly in love with
Dorothy. TX and X-Kirkwod Just
misses hin tain and finds himself almost
penniless. After wandering about for
two hours be Is again in Frognall street.
He enters the house 10 seek his missing
purse and finds the young man whom he
had knocked down still unconscious af-
tG SIX hours. Kirkwood's nlinistrations
70 him are interrupted by the entrance
into the house Of q woman In evening
dress. xI and XI-The woman Is
Mrs. Halan, and the injured young
man is her son. She tells Kirkwood
that Dorothy, Calendar and Mulready
are engaged in plot TO steal family
Jewels left 70 her son by his relative,
Colonel Burgoyne. Calendar. she says,
Is her late husbands cousin. The jewels
arc In the black bag. Mrs. Hallam de-
clares. Kirkwood doubts her story and
suspects that Dorothy is an innocent
partaker in some mysterious plot. He
decides 70 defend the girl. xiff--The
next morning Kirkwood IN a rowboat,
with two watcrmcn, searches the Thames
IN vain for the Aiethea. The boatmen
lake him 10 Woolwich on his way TO
Sheerness TO intercept the Alcthca. XIV
On the train TO Shecrncss Kifkwood
meets Mrs. IIaliam, bent, like himself,
nn finding Calendar. She tries 10 get his
AID, but he refuses. He eludes her az
Slieerness xV--ln the distance he sees
vessel which he believes is the Aiethea.
Alter a struggle with coyetous boatfiian
Who steals his watch and chain. Kirk
wool knocks him overheard into his
upfy md scixcs his catboat 10 sail out to
iic AIcihra. Kirkwood Is nearly
drowned when the catboat sinks and
reaches tlE Alcthca only 10 he told by
eaptain Siryker. facctious rufiian, that
the vessel carries no passengers. XVII
NNi Vdtgtrs anu IoUs hTkWvOu, VIE
believes that Dorothy and Calendar had
seen aboard the Aicthca, but hal lct
hrr. -Kirkwood finds ia a rai'.
way guide on the Alcthca indications
ihat the Calendars and Mulready, having
.ailed for England ON channel steamer.
ate waiting at Antwerp for Strykcr. lie
snfmises from marks In the guide that
lhey are 10 20 20 Amsterdam on the
bi2 train.
Acthea made her sober way, ever with
reater slownsss. until at length 10
.he rose glow Of lawless evenIng
ner windlass began 20 clank like a
nad thing and her anchor bit the river
bed near the left bank between old
Forts Isabelle and Tctc de Flandrc.
Howned upon from The right BY the
sntn pile Of the age old steen castle.
Nirkwood sought stryker, his cark.
ing query ready on bis lips. but the
'aptaln impatiently waved him aside.
~, pont you bother me now, me lud
,s ,sse Wyte until geis done with
ne custom hofflcer."