The Washington times., 1910-04-29

Z wonderingly he took IT to the lamp
7 know where Forbes keeps his
Of them Tor Us. I'm Going back to
help. 1 leave my pistol in case I don
/ get back ANYHOW, guess you'd rather
! be alone tonight.
'P. Shat was a great match.-J''
Howard laughed bitterly. Then ne
turned and descended the stairs.
Jackson has gone on an erraIad TO
Mrs. Joyce he said, He left MS
pistol for you After what has happened,
he thinks. and I think. that you had
( better be armed II any man-if any
man molests you DO not hesitate TO use
IT. I believe you told me once that you
were rather good shot"
No Faith in Forbes.
It had been no part of Towards in
tention 10 spend the night upon the
Queen He had no faith in Forbes
protestations Of fair play, and felt
certain that he would hear from that
individual very shortly and in unpleas-
ant fashion While he scarcely eX-
pected any attack that night, chiefly
because he doubted whether FORBES
could bring the men TO the point so
speedily he had intended 70 take 10
chances, and 70 seek sleeping quar-
tiers on some nearby vessel But
Dorothv's fear Of himself and her very
evident nearness 10 collapse, taken with
Jackson's unexpected departure had
knocked his plans completely on the
head
After Dorothy had retired, he sat up
for some time considering the situation
He was terribly sore and Wearied from
the heart breaking struggle Of the after
noon. which had been nothing like so
easy as he had portrayed il TO Dorothy
Coming on top OF the anxiety OF nus
confinement, in ignorance Of what was
happening to the girl he had promised
to restore 10 her home. II had nearly
worn him out The question that pre-
scented itself 10 nh vas Wnether ne
should trust 20 Forbest inability 70 re-
sumo the struggle so quickly. and take
his much NEEDED rest so as TO be ready
for the probable stress Of the morrow
all night and thereby be less eIncient
the next day. supposing the contest
were put OF TIL then
Doubts and difficulties lay IN each
alternative. but he finally decided 20
sieeo while he could trusting TO his
lifelong ability to awake fully and
instantiv al the slightest unaccuston7od
sound. He did not believe that For 5
and his men could steal upon him with
ont waking him. and, in any event,
he could not hope, alone and UnaTmed.
10 keen them OF the ship
50. after stringing several ropes
across the Eangway in the deepest
SHADOWS OF the Queens deck. he slipped
into his stateTOOm, just across the cor
-fFor from DOr0thy's. and lay down,
fr1IIv dressed. with an ax-hss sole
weapon. since he had given Dorothy
Ta~Esou's ptstOI-ClOse beside k'.g- In
an instant he was fast asleep
Aroused b. Noise
he WIS aroused several hours later
Nv 2. .sound whose cause he had no diff
Guilty IN interpreting Somebody had
trimmed over one Of the ropes he had
stretched. and had fallen Instantly he
vas on his feet. ak IN hand. and was
cautiously opening his door Stiffness
now reiEned. but Howard had 10 doubt
that murder was stalking close at hand
With infinite p-ecaution he stole f-nm
the room. noted that DOrOthy's door vas
still fast, and slipped ike a shadow
along the corridor. It took him half en-
hour TO gain the other deck. scarcely
fifty feet from where he had slept But
when he had done so, he was certain
that no foes Iurked in his rear.
The moon doomed huge in the cloud
less sky as he peered from the door OF
stretched away. sllvery white except
where CrisSCrOSse3 by the black shadows
cast by the stanCh1Ons that supported
the haif-furled awnings and BY the
narrow border Of shadow cast by the
awnings themselves
Slowly he Crept out into thu black
border and made MS way forward, eager
20 front the danger whatever II might
hE
But all was stu save for a very faint.
TusLlinE sound impossible TO locate
sound like dry leaves vvhisking through
a November night. a sound that made
Towards hair stir upon Eis head. At