The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
THE ISLE OF DEAD SHIPS
By CRETTENDEN MARRIOTT

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legher Is the mate-and within week
Prudence was a widow once more II
was a big snake that Cap'n Forces
keeDs as pet that did the worruk hat
time. IL rot loose and crushed door
STROLLER 70 death. The very next d. V
Prudence was forced 10 marry Gauegher
and her with 4 rWO-months-Old baby
Cap.n Forbes, yOuH understand, had
q wife Of his own all this time. but she
died a week ago. and it's myself thaTrs
looking for soEsethin' 70 happen to Ca
leEher any day"
Dorothy gasped- You mean" she
cried
i name that Cap'n Forbes wants a
VIE mighty bad, and that Galleghrr
wants even worse 10 md one Tor MIN
name that you'd better be COnsideTin'
whether you o rather marry your yOT lG
manor Cap'n Forbes
Dorothy listened with strained at
tentiOn- This thing was too horrible
10 be true That she. Dorothy Fair
FAX, ran the slightest danger Of being
forced TO marry anybody was simply
unthinEa bic Mother joyce was eX-
aEEeratinE- This Prudence Gallagher
must be a weak sort Of woman
not one BY whom TO measure herself.
She turned TO Mrs. Joyce Have
have YOU been married more than once
she asked.
4 grim look banished the kindly lines
from Mother JOyCe's face. "Oniy once
uavourueeu" she answered 7 save
them all 70 understand long ago that Il
they did away with Tim. it's follow
him I w0ulG-after / had killed all OF
tHem ] could. AnC they behaved me-
Besides. it's an old woman / au-noL
"a pretty young colleen ike you Tc-i'd
better be after takin' my advice Man
your young man quick II you want MIN
and stay on your OWE snip TIL ne can
get away from here
But they all say We can't get away.
'.Arraht Go way wild you Tell me
tvinty men can't get away from any
Cap'E Forbes could have got US ashore
loTE ,-EO Is he'd been WaDtln. to- II s
a. * he does about EettIn' stuck in the
weed, What's a lot Of weed You
the raIe toubie IS Cap'in FORBES an
ureutIur 20 20. an he's the only wan
here with any SeafezTfn' siuSe and any
git I'D and cit about him-uniess your
vo1 ne man IS after navin' some
Mr. Howard - ID we could get away
i we could get q boat and compass
"frh- Sure. you'll have 20 be hsvin'
a bat and some instruments 20 guide
her and It's none so slCr 70 foind boats
here IT'S me own OF 1ton that the
cap has destroyed ali .le Ioune, &c i
s. As for compasses and such like
sure the Ca7'n has thin right enough
locked away IN his storenOuse, even
though he keeps them mighty secret
He don't want 20 g himself, ana. oy
the same token, he don't want any wan
else TO 20. He moigEtn' Z be sucn a
big man II he was ashore 50 n
moiehtn't, But you and your friends
can get away-if CaP'n FORBES don Z
prevent
Freed from the restraint Of Dorothy
uresence. the conversation on deck had
. crown even more animated than before
Howard a1G Jackson could hardly an
svrer one question before half q dozen
more were pumped at them Evidently
thirst fo- news Of the world had not
died ont in the members Of the colony
Howard noticed, however that FORBES
himself soon drew aside from the rest
and or EaSed in earnest talk with Joe
and Bill evidently questioning them ID
-eEard 70 the Queen and her passengers
and that Ixtor ne devoted hlmseif par
tirt1Tarlv 40 drawing out Jackson FINAL
" he came toward Howard
y guess your throats pretty dry.
Mr. Howard" he said. and II YOU j
come Gown 10 my cabin. III see = l
can't ind something 10 lrTigate II with
Howard willingly accepted the invita-
ton. From all lie had heard Il was OBJ
yious to him that this puppet king had
res0Ir1reIv set his face against any mem
be- Of his colony leaving the wreck
mack. and IL was highly necessary to
discover whether he would so 50 far
as to oppose any attempts or the new
couerS in that direction II a contest
was TO come the sooner Howard knew
il the better
(The Continuation Of This story VIII
Be Found In Tomorrow Issue
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