The Springdale news., 1909-05-04

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 No, sir Not DarroW. Only T poor devil of seal that erawled in there 10 die''
 The exploration continued Half q mile. as they estimated, from the open they reached narrow beach shut off by q perpendicular wall of rock. Skirt ing this, they returned on the other side, minateIy examining every possi- ble ereyiee When they again reached the light of day they had arrived at the certain conclusion that no living man was within those walls.
 Would I corpse rise to the surface soon in waters such IS these, Dr. Tren don?" asked the captain.
 Might, sir Might not. No telling that
 The captain ruminated Then he beat his fist on his knee.
 The other eayeis
 What other caye@ asked the sur geon
 "The cave where they killed the seals.
 Surely" exclaimed Trendon Wait, though Didn't slade say it was be tween here and the pointf'
 Yes Beyond the small beach. No cave there,s declared the sur geon positively.
 There must be. Congdon. did you see m opening anywhere in the cliff as we came along?H
 No, sir This is the only one. sir" q fyI tain grimfy. sHead her about. Skirt the shore as near the breakers as you safely can.
 The gig retraced its journey.
 "There.s the beach. as Shade deserib- ed it. said Captain Parkinson as they came abreast of tie little reach of sand
 And what are those two bird roosts on it77 asked Trendon. See emf Dead against that patch of shore weed ;
 Bits of wreckage fixed in the sand. D Don't think so. sir Too well matched
 We have no time to settle the mat ter now said the captain impatient ly. We must fad that cave if il Is to be found
 Towering just outside the final drag of the surf. under the skillfal guid ance of Gongdon, the boat moved slow ly along the line of beach to the line of cliff Ati was open as the day. fhe blazing sun picked ont each detail of jut and hollow. Evidently the poison l spread their blight here, for the face of the preeipice was bright with many flowers So close in moved the boat that its occupants could even see but teriies futtering above the bloom. But that which their eager eyes sought was still denied them. No opening offered fn that smiling cliffside. Not by so much as would admit a terrier did the mass 0f rock and rubble gaPe.
 And Slade described the cave as big enough to ram the Wolverine into, muttered Trendon
 Up to the point of the headland and back passed the boat. Blank disap. pointment WAS the result.
 What is your opinion now, Dr Trendonfs asked The captain of tho older man.
 Don't know, sir, answered the sur geon hopeessly. Looks as if the cave might have been d hallucination
 q shall have something to say to Mir Slade on our return" said The cap tain crisply. If the cave was hal Inclination. as you suggest the sea murder was fiction
 Looks Sc" agreed the other
 And the murder of the captain How about that?"
 And the mutiny of the men added the surgeon.
 And the killing of the doctor Youi patient seems to be romantic gen jus"
 And the escape Of Darrow. Hold hard. quoth Trendon Darron's 1t romance Nothing dctional about th, flag aud ledger
 "'rrue enough, said the captain and fell to consideration.
 "Anyway," said Trendon vigorously I'd like to have leok it those bird roosts Mighty like sigu posts to my mind"
 ''yery well,", said the captain. .'It'l cost Us only wetting. Run her Ill Congdon.'
 With all the eockswain's skill and the oarsmen's technique. the passage of the surf was Il lively one, and little 1riblets of water marked the trail of the officers as they shuffied np the beach
 The two slabs stood less than fifty yards beyond high water tide. Near ing them. the visitors saw that each marked mound, but not until they were closs up could they read the neat carving on the first It ran as follows;