Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-29
Some one had welded an industrious


pencil on the page. 1t was taken as a
whole. fruitful OF clews. Its very
heading was illuminating, London to
Nnssingen (Flushingl and Breda,"
winch happened to be the quickest
ana most direct route between London
and Antwerp. Beneath it, in the Sec
ond column from the right, the pencil
mad put check mark against Queens
borough-dep-11alO.
And now he saw it clearly. bolt
that he had been not to have OWNED
1t ere this. The Alethea had run in to
QueensbOrough, landing her passen-
gers there that they might make con-
nection with the lilo morning boat
Tor Flushing, the very side wheel
steamer doubtless which he had no
tlced beating out in the teeth of the
gale just after the brigantine had
| picked him up.
third check had been placed
) against the train for Amsterdam sched-
} uled to leave Antwerp at 6:32 p. M
Momentarily his heart misgave him
|, when he saw this in fear lest Calen-
; dar and Dorothy should have gone on
from Antwerp the previous evening.
but then he rallied. discovering that
the boat train from Flushing did not
arrive at Antwerp till after 10 at night,
and there was no later train thence
for Amsterdam. Were the latter truly
their purposed destination they would
: have stayed overnight and be leaving
that very evening on the $50 On the
hv oh f.r
the latest train rather than proceed by
the first available in the morning?
, Why but because Calendar and Null
ready We're to wait for Stryker to join
them on the Alethea?
Very well. then. If the wind held
, and Stryker knew his business, there
, would be another passenger on that
, train in addition to the Calendar party.
Making mental note of the fact that
, the boat train for Flushing and Lon
, don was scheduled to leave Antwerp
2 daily at S:21 p. M. Kirkwood restored
the guide to the locker lest inadver-
: tently the captain should pick 1t up
t and see what Kirkwood had seen.
An hour later he went on deck. The
skies had blown clear. and the brigan
tine was well in land bound waters
! and still footing a rafting pace. Ant
p werp was in sight
A troublesome care stirring in his
mind. Kirkwood looked round the
q deck. but Stryker was very busy. en-
r tirely too preoccupied with the han
a ding of his ship to be interrupted with
impunity. Besides. there was plenty
n of time
Up past the dockyards, where spi-
4 derry masts stood in dense groves about
A painted tunnels and men swarmed
h over huge wharfs like ants over a
crust of bread: up and round the final
r great sweeping bend Of the river, the
Alethea made her sober way, ever with
greater slowness. until at length in
a the rose glow Of f1awless evening
). her windlass began to clank like a
mad thing and her anchor bit the river
bed near the left bank between old
Forts Isabelle and Tete de Flandre,
frowned upon from the right by the
grim pile of the age old Steen castle.
Kirkwood sought Stryker his cark-
ing query ready on his lips, but the
captain impatiently waved him aside.
Don't you bother me now, me lud
juke. Wyte until l gets done with
the custom hotiicer.''
Stryker, Sinking benignly and mas
saying his lips with the back Of his
| hand. followed the official on deck
nodded to Kirkwood an intimation that
he was prepared to accord him an au
| nAI e. - H.
waist. The American, mastering his
resentment. meekly followed. One
cannot well afford to be naughty wher
one is asking favors.
Advancing to the rail, the captain
whistled in one of the river boats
then. while the waterman waited
faced his passenger.
Now. yer r'yal 'ighness. wot can
do for you afore you goes ashoreY"
81 think you must have forgotten,
said Kirkwood quietly 81 hate tt
trouble you. but-there's that matter O.
f."
Stryker's face was expressive onl!
of mystified vacuity. -Four quid?
dunno as l know just wot you means
You agreed to advance me "a OF
those things of mine.'
u "Owr Illumination overspread tn
hollow jowled countenance. Stryke
7 smiled cheerfully. earn with you!
:. he chnckled. You will ave yer littl
~ joke, won't you, now? l declare
n. never see a loony with such affec
~ sh'nit, pryful wyes"
Kirkwood's eyes narrowed. "Stry
d kerr" ne said steadily. give me the E
!. and let's have no more nonsense o
else hand over my things at once"
ia "Daffy." Stryker told vacancy, witt
~ conviction. "Lor' luv me II sees 'oy
!. he ever 'ad sense enough to escype
r wy, yer majesty" and he bowed
# ironic, 81 ave given you yer quid."
o. "Just about as much as ! gave yo1
o that pearl pin." retorted Kirkwoo
r hotly. what do you mean
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