The Washington times., 1910-05-19
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IT may be otherwise with other men
II do not know-but my memory
Is made up wholly Of such pictures
q sort OF panorama OF tnlnsS ma
have seen and which have lu1preSsed
ne
AT any rate, the picture Of Deal IN
/ the restaurant required 10 me quite
frequently during the next day OF two
Each time il became more vivid so
that / began 10 think OF IL as some
thing bearing more than ordinarily on
our fortunes
/ could recall with wonderful dis
unctnsss the furtive glance he threw
over his shoulder as he Strengthened
ostentaLous rattle. he gave the news
paper which he pretended 20 have
dropped and recovered
It was all in keeping with the lit
tie slyuess OF the reporter
SO thinking / becaTle firmly con-
WINGED that he had seen the pawn
1 ticket fan and purDOs ely stolen it,
Eventually 1 mentioned my sus-
picions 10 Faraday one afternoon. On
the evening OF which he had promised
Us we would enter the MISSISSIPPI.
sound and 50 come to our destination.
TOLD MIN q little OF what knew
concerning Deal and mentioned IN
passing that he was a reptile Of a
distinctly loathsome type.
Il wish you'd spoken then" said
Faraday, without, however, seeming
TO think that any blame should be
( attached 20 me Tor the failure /
have been wanting that watch more
ed you concerning it. IL had just come
10 me that I'd SEND the money up
North and have IL expressed down 70
US once we Sot the Culpepper and /
could lay my hands on the funds
1t has, believe, some bearing on
/ this mystery ne added.
w hat makes you think sos
The way il was given 10 me- re-
/ Piled F'aradayp knitting his brOws and
! drumming on the rail- as he deliberat-
{ ed ''SpotswoOd gave II 10 me when /
[ told him that 1 was going TO light out
Tor a speii-handed IL over in Just
! the shape that you received IL from
me- envelope and ali, sealed
He asked me as 3. favor not TO open
I y until / heard from him had said
| that he might address me at the New
YORK pCstofnce- He said that IL had
belonged TO my mother. and that IL
concerned something which he wasn't
Z at liberty TO disclose to me until 1 at
{ tanned my majority
50 I promised, cuSsing him in
Eardly Tor q mystery loving old ass.
hddn Z any suspicion Of-of all this.
you Know Until the tine when
gave II 10 you, 10 hook, sir, / give
you my word / hadn't looked at it
/ had totally forgotten about the thing
! Now, wonder began futile
Precisely what I've been doing right
/ dlohS- Better stop Won't do you any
] good 10 wonder This thing VIII work
I out in its own v=ay-o1 il wont LET'S
/ eat suppeT's ready
! That night as he had predicted. we
/ raised the chandelier light and an hour
= or 50 lacer the Horn Island beacon and
/ 50 passed on, with the latter on our
/ staTbOard and Ship IsisI.d bUIkIng large
+ 20 port-Ike a squat behemoth taking
/ q ba+h-IEJo the Sound
Now, III admit If you like that there
are more beautiful scenes than AIissis-
1 slppl sound L mOonIght-ss 7 saw II
: that night-but don't seriously believe
Faraday had mentioned that it was
one Of the Prettlest spots on the foot
( stool: and he had casually spoken truth
Z that time surely
/ For one thing. The coast along there
3 IS somewhat dangerous or 50 one would
. judge by TIE number of lights and bea-
. cons fixed and revOlvinE-and a revOsV-
. ing light throwing its beams, like great
. yellow SpOEes IA gigantic wheel across
. peaceful. ShimmeriDE moonlight waters,
. has most sunsets tied 10 the mast, for
pure, unearthlys calm elevating beauty.
We. Faraday and !, made Zeb take
deck drinking in the gulf breeze-sweet
and soft and tender as a mothers kiss
and watching the coast line loom I'D
black and strange before our bows
7 was thinking OF what a very pure,
Z virTUOus and spotiess character / might
have been mad ] been brought I'D In
4 such scenes rather than chained 20 the
1 wheel OF that great JuggeTnaut that
Z Stewed and sveltered- eternaIlv Iab0r-
. ing, so far up in the North
I don't know but what the metaphor
. Is somewhat mixed 1 am not so sure
l that a jugEernaut steWs and sweIters
or iaborS- but you know what I mean
/ and how I felt II YOU don't Won
should. the man that can't be Gained
Z and made to feel ashamed Of himself
BY the influence Of q moonlight night IS
a pretty hard case indeed
. Faraday had been for making straight
for CulpepPer and his Esther. I sup
Z pose, but ] had an Improvement TO offer
70 that plan. 20 which. after some gum
bling that. was pardOlable in a moon
struck lover, he sssented
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