Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-20

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aone upon the owner or II. The'cf1ms
was there inside.
To overcome that fselinG, he had
worked all the harder trying to solve
its secret
His interest, now, however, in ma
king sure hat the boz had really bee
brought aboard the Aurora was not
superstitious, but wholly practical.
They were leaving most Of their stores
behind them. as there was no time
either to transport them to The Au-
rora or to destroy them. With Those
stores and with the shelter AFFORDED
by the hut and the little clump of sur
rounding out-buildings, 1t was prob
able that some members Of the Au-
rora's party, at least, would survive
the winter. II 4 relief ship should
arrive the neat summer. o. even the
summer thereafter. It would probably
find some one on this desolate shore
who could tell the story of the dtsap-
psarance Of the Aurora and form Q
more or less definite surmise - to
the cause of It. That rosewood box
had Captain relding's Journal In IT,
Journal that had been written up. to
the very morning whsn Roscoe had
murdered him. M discovery would
70 a long way toward bridging the
gap which Roscoe meant to leave In
their departing trail. In short II that
rosewood box were left behind. RIOS
coe would always feel that he wa in
more or less danger Of detection And
he didn't mean to have thing like
that hanging over him
Consequently, when he discovered
that the box was not on board, and
that his particular injunctions con-
corning It had been either neglected
or d%isobeyed, he came raging up on
deck again, q most formidable figure.
which caused his companions, harden
"a ruff ans though they were. to cover
and shrink away fron him.
In . torrent Of furious blasphemy.
he demanded to know why that boz
had not been brought aboard; and the
concentrated lees Of his rage he
emptied al last upon the two men
whom he had ordered TO do Il.
Now" he concluded. whom the tor
rent had spent itself. you 90 ashore.
you two. Yes, you. CarlsonI mean
you-and you, Rose; 60 ashore now
and get it"
Then. after q momentary silence,
he ragged out the command again.
amid a foul food Of abuse.
But still they made no move to
obey. and the big swede. In evident
terror. answered him. Il won't get
it, Roscoe. II you want xAaE box, yoa
can get It yourself"
What in hell do you mean?" the
leader stormed. But his voice, even
~ he spoke. lost it, confident tang Of
authority.
You tell him." said Carlson. nod
ding to his companion. Rose. Evident
~ 1t was Rose who had told the story
to the other members Of the party. He
was q squatly buiit man with . stub
born Jaw, and Pianck, in the days Of
his command. had always distked him
as that most undesirable pest that can
be found In q forocastlo- seq hW.
yer.
What did you leave the box in the
hut for?" he demanded. He might
not have come back II you had left
It in the cave"
Como backf" echoed Roscoe, With
. srowl.
That's what I said. We went to
the hut to get II, and there was .
light inside. and there he sat. Just like
he used to. And ho had the boz
open"
He! Who do yoa meanr There
was no trace q turbulence In Rosooe's
voice now. He spoke - though his
throat was dry.
1T was Captain Fielding: him -
tho life. And, yet, 1t vas different
from the way he used to be. We
couldn't see It very we'll. tn face was
sideways and the tight was behind It.
and it looked smaller and thinner
more-more ike . woman. III Rose
had had the word spiritual in his 70
cabulary, he would have used It. In
default Of It, he gave up trying to
express Just what he meant.) Any
way, there he sat with the box open
beside him, and that red book Of his
Omen On his knees. Go back for 1T
Well, I guess not"
There was . momsntaFy silence aft
Or he had finished. and Roscoe could
feel II, % II stretched itself out to the
length Of half . minute or 90. the chill
of their terror envsloping him. To
throw It Oh, no clustered. stormed as
and abused them for . pack Of liars.
But in tho end hs sprang down into
n of the boats. and said hs would
fetch tho box himself. Whether he
believed their story. or not 1t was
the only thing for him 70 do.
AZ he pulled shorsward he tried
hard to convince himself that he did
not believe It: that Rose and Carlson
had probably forgotten all about the
box, and had trumpet up the story to
avoid the necessity Of going back tor
Il.
He beaohsd his boa&, scrambled