The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-11
SAILING IN CIRCLES

.''How?" asked the Italian. and then
the Englishman answered, With the
Telegraph key I heard no more after
that time, for their voices were drowned
BY the fog horn, ard they moved along
You're sure it was Picketzo and
Hicke that were talking?" put in the
captain
"Y IS"
did you see them?"
NO. but I recognized their voices.
1T doesn't seem possible that they
! could plot such a thing. But 90 on
| with your story, Miss Bonner. II you
please"
We'll l worried for an hour over
what / heard. 1 didn't know what was
best TO do. whether 10 go TO you, cap
! walking through one Of the corridors
to my stateroom about half an hour
( later when l saw Hicke come out Of MS
room and call back TO Picketzo, in
low voice. which / alone heard. III
meet you on the stern. It S safe there.
He passed me without noticing who
/ / was. and then l walked around for
while and finally decided that Id ind
1 out what 1 could by going out onto the
stern
FATHER wouldn't let me go out be-
cause Of the fog. but I slipped out with
out his knowing II and felt my way
through the fog to the stern. 1 moved
around slowly for half an hour without
finding anybody. There were no sailors
or walters around, as there was nothing
for them TO do back there in the fog.
! Finally I sat down beneath one OF
the big ventilators and listened. l
heard nothing for some time. then 1
heard faint voice from someoody Tar
above. I couldn't be quite sure that II
was a voice until / heard an answer
from so near me that l was terribly
startled and wished that / hadn't come
out alone.
Then l heard the voice on the deck
near me. / couldn't see beyond my nose
on account of the fog. The voice said:
Get it fxed?' and from above came
low CRY of Yes The deck was desert
ed and ] felt afraid, 50 I slipped away
and went in
I met Mr.. Nash coming through a
corridor and he told me that the wire
less station had been completed, and 1
told him that / thought l knew OF some
thing that might clear him of all the
horrible charges made against him"
DO you remember that Mr.. Nash?'
queried the captain.
Yes. sir" answered Eben. That
was when / was on the way TO ask
you % come down and witness the
trial OF the wireless
Go on, please, Miss Bonner" said the
captain, watching the girl closely.
Then. as soon as 1 recovered from
my fright at the loneliness on the stern
/ went back and took Up my station in
the two voices Of the italian and Eng
lishman. Mr.. Hicke was talking to the
other man about some message or
other.
II listened closely. Wen throw
scare into that boy all right, with this
little telegraph ticker Hicke said.
-Whatn the message be-? asked the
other Tell him that land has all dis
appeared, that you're a lost ship. Give
him the c. Q. d. and make them think
everything on the ocean Is in trouble
that land has been swallowed up. The
fog may lift tomorrow and we might
as well make sure OF this man Nash q"
At that moment there was a knock
on the captains door and a messenger
entered with the news that Mr.. Hicke
and Mr.. Picketzo wished an audience
with the captain.
SHOW them IN. " said Captain Rogers
This looks as though it would prove
interesting"
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