Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-06

JOnu SIeeleb pluuct uusneu 'o"hIu
Ronsdale. The telegram. then, had
been for Tie saw an inscrutable
smile cross the nobleman's face.
A door closed quietly AZ Lord Rons-
dale went out
The afternoon ~ that same day there
arrived at the village Of Strathorn
fiom London n dis, rect looking little
man who. descending al the Golden
Lion. was shown to n private sitting
room on the second story. In about
an hour he was Joined by Lord nons-
dale.
"welr'-he spoke quickly-"l fancy
you have little something TO tell me.
I Mr. Gillettf'
"A little something! The latter
! rubbed his hands. More than a lit
tie. The special inquiry which your
| lorishIp mentioned just as he was
leaving my Office proved for time
most Elusive"
you mean the object Of John
steele's visit to the continent"
Exactly. And. the object OF that
visit solved. ! have now matter OF
greatest Importance TO communicate.
! so important II could only be impaired
1 by word Of mouth" The police agent
spoke hastily aud moved nearer.
Indeed, You have reached a con-
clusion. one that you sought TO re-
| ject perhaps. but that wouldn't be dis
carded?'
MIR, Gillett looked at him earnestly.
"You don't mean--it isn't possible that
you knew all the whileT
Let us start at the beginning"
True. your lordship." Mr.. Gillett
swallowed. AS your lordship Is
aware. we were fortunate enough In
the beginning TO ind out through our
agent In Tasmania thar John Steele
came To- that plnce IN u little trading
schooner. the Laura Dranp ~ Ports
| mouth: that he had been rescued from
T. tin: unchrrted reef. or isle. on Dec.
~. suuIe three yeats before. The spo.
by longitude and latitude. marks,
through nm odd coincidence. the place
Lcre the LOlu Nelson met her late"
"a coincidence truly" murmurgd he
nobleman Tut NJ this stage In you,
reasoning yoL recalled that all op
board were embarked IN the ships
boats and reached civilization. eA,ep'
possibly
~ few OF my charges between
decks; A Ind lot W nelly bruics The
story at john Strrle's res ne" Welt on
MI, GIllrtL ''as told Toy himself. was
r,nIl lA,,,vn "A, ruSn,,,nt,, A l,t,vya,
by profession. he Ind been passenger
| on n merchant vessel. the Mary Yer
non OF Baltimore. United States. This
vessel, like the Lord Nelson. had come
TO grief All uf those IN John Steele's
boat had persisted except him Some
had gone mad through thirst and SUI
feriDg. Others had killed their fellows
In frenzy Being Of superb physique.
hnring been through much physical
trnining"-the listener stirred IN his
cluir-"he managed to survive. to
reach the little Isle. where. ac1"s"i,pa2
To his story. he remained almost II
year"
a yearI Then he set foot In Tas.
mania about four years after the Lord
| Nelson went down." observed the no
blemnn. u curious glitter IN his eyes.
-Four years after" he repeated, nc
centing the last word.
"Such were the details gathered In
Tasmnnln." answered the police agent
Go nn," said Lord I,onsdale.
Prom the mate of the Laura Deane
the schooner that rescued him from
| the Isle. aud one OF her crew whom
managed 10 locate nj Plymouth. ms
have Informed your lordship by let.
ter" answered Mr. Gillett. These
men now furnish lodgings to seainen
aud incidentally Shanghai few Of
them for dubious craft. Both Of them.
the mate and the sailor. recalled the
nun OF line bearing and education
whom they found on the little isle. u
sort Of Greek statue. half clothed In
rugs, so to speak. who made his per
sonallty felt ut once On these simple
| ignorant fellows. Al the spring ON the
little island the seal men tillrd their
water butts. This Kept them several
days. mixing labor with skylarLing
| during with Il time one Of them picked
up something's pouch marked with
| II name"
| Which wasi"
| Mr. Gillett leaned forward. spoke
softly; Lord itousduIe stared straight
ahead ~ course liz said: "of
course!''
This, ! will cOnfess, startled. puZ-
zled me-" continued the police agent.
Il Tried 10 explain II IN II dozen differ.
ent ways Then u was that the line
OF special investigation helped. Johu
Steele's outing 10 which you directed
my attention was passed on the con.
tincnt. After II good deal OF pans we
discovered that he visited II certain
large building In Paris.
This led To an inspection OF the
tenants They proved Of all sorts and
kinds, The place WIS II beehive Hun
dreds OF people entered aud lefi every
day AZ this time ! happened ou an
Item IN n prriodlcnl about some re-