The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-22
CHAPTER v-(Continued.)

found one of the links in the chain o
my conjecture stood revealed. l hac
been less than human IL my heart haC
not ~quickened at the spectacle.
Captain" l said to the commando
who stood by my side, the men un
derstand l think, that our object Is t.
nnd out why that ship visits st. Hell
sena Bay, and where she Is bound when
she quits 1t. The rest l leave to yor
and the engines. II our purpose is dis
covered. 1t will be Immediately frus-
trated. | trust to your good sense that
nothing of that kline shall happen
Nothing of the kind will happen, sir
he said quietly; we are going dead
slow already. MIR. Benson has his in
Istfuctions."
The night would tell me the truth.
Who could wonder If / waited for the
night as a man for the rewards which
months of dreaming had promised him.
l. dined with McShanuS at s O'Clock
that night and played a little piquet
with him afterwards. He had now
been admitted to my confidence and
knew a good c OF that which l sur
missed.
''Tis your opinion, them he had
said, that the men on yonder ship are
to receive the diamonds stolen from the
mines of Africa? Man, GOULD we prove
II, 'tWould be the sensation Of tho ami
verse;
Timothy" I said, II have formed the
~ ''''N'i N'itlL AliCoO JC"Si5 dIt lltuell
upon the sea This ship we are fol-
lowing will receive a percel of stolen
diamonds between here and st. Helena
bay. She will carry them to a larger
Nesse! now ahoat upon the Atlantic.
That greater ship, could you board her,
would tell you the story of many a
famous robbery, show the contents of
many rifed safes, enlighten you as to
the whereabouts of many a great Jewel
now advertised for by the police. l
hope that the day will come when |
shall step on the deck of that ship and
that you will accompany me. Timothy.
one thing / ave never doubted. 1t is
my friends cc-rage."
Honest sen min Larry, true son of
portsmouth spite his name. came
the ship We're afire. l had but to take
one look at his bright eyes to know
that he was there to justify me and to
say that the night was eloquent.
Doctor he cried, too excited to
speak al all. please to go up. There's
something happening"
We raced UP the ladder together,
McShanus with an agility that must
have spoken OF his lost youth. 1t
would have been then about 10 o'clock /
at night. four bells of the first watch,
as the seamen have 1t. The night was
long, gentle ground swell lifted the
yacht lazily and rolled her as though
she had been a cradle rocked by a low
Ing hand. ! perceived at once that our
engines had been stopped and that we
carried no lights. The African shore
was hardly visible. but the thunder of
distant surf said that we still Rugged
II. The crew themselves We're all at
the bows. | did not fail to notice that
the machine guns were uncovered and
n :. e s g sa'fie fisttcfii uircudy removed.
1t really was wonderful how the good
fhllnyydL al A. " la ft,- n
covery. Had they been trained upon
the decks OF a British man-of-war
could have looked neither for a warmer
zeal nor a finer prudence. None spoke
aloud or gave tongue to the excitement
which possessed him. Quietly making
way for me as / came up, the great
boatswain, whom they called Balaam,
pointed with his fat hand at the scene
which engrossed their attention and
waited for my remarks. Others nodded
Their heads expressively. 1t was as
ALL l could have asked no
compliment.
n what did we see to hold us
there, engrossed? a low light flashing !
upon the water. perhaps the third Of a
mile from Y own deck other lights {
from q steamers deck plainly answer
wizard to say that a BOAT had put ]
out from some harborage near by and i
now exchanged signals with the steam- /
er we had followed all day. But this Z
was very far from being all; for as we /
stood there, one of the ships suddenly 8
a searchlight upon the boat that /
came out to her, II we saw the whole O
as in vivid radiance, EAST upon {
the black screen of the night. 8
There We're two vessels, as we had g
surlnised, and one of them had the i
shape and the of q foreign 5
Quilt gunboat; the other seemed to be !.
little more than a sea-going launch, c
speedy and snakelike, and carrying no t
pnan three men. We could plainly d
see that q rope ladder had been slung a
out from the apparent gunboat, and n
hat one of the hands from the launch s
meant to go aboard her. A great cloud
De crimson smoke above the funnel OF o
he larger vessel denoted her prepara- e
Ion for a speedy voyage and the brief Ii
aspect OF her call. Indeed, to be pre- h
Else. she did not lie-to more thar is
minutes In all. and the man who had S
aboard her had already descended
ladder, and had cast the launch off, q
before she discovered our presence andI
fnew that she was watched. s.
As@naflasll4o of light upon a dark q
iorfzon, IT happened, The quivering "
avs OF the great lantern Swimming the
impid sea, as 1t were jestingly on the a
Dart of the man who guided them. fell o
or al. instant upon our decks, and re- a
,ealed us there as ga black shape. n
threatening n undeclared. Instantly e
signal guns We're fred from the shore. g
he lights were extinguislled the after u
fell inlpenetrably and un- le
,eliereaa where the crimson flame a
above tho gunboat.s funnel.
Then for the first time a voice spoke
upon my own yacht. It was that or 81
Larry, n he uttered a truth ST
which was plain to all4 W
They're running due west, sir-to y
he open sea 1t is as you said it O
would be" n
And VIII be afterwards. Captainp. !,
Larry Full steam ahead, IL you please. :.
must not lose sight OF them again. = ),
Whatever It may cost. sire" =
1T viii cost nothing, captain. 4,
To the men l said: n,
Fifty POUNDS apiece. my lads. if Won !,
that steamer III port, :,
They answered me with d ring Z
Ing cheer and were at their places .
u an instant. White Wings heren {.
60 race through the water with ali the :,
power OF the great engines which
drove her. | heard a second signal gun !,
fred ashore but could attach no mean !.
tng to II. There was no other light I
fiY3tji1 mn tHa y, Bl,a4 ~ S ~