Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-09

AOIl6 III luC CABIN.
Gentlemen" I said, the Diamond
US as we lie, and Joan Fordibras and
lmroth are aboard her. Captain Larry,
VIII 20" give the necessary orders7'
CHAPTER XIV.
ordered supper at II o'clock and
invited both Larry n Benson, our
engineer, to my table. Hardly were
n glasses filled when / began to put
my laconic questions, and wrote upon
the slip of note at my side. the am
swers to them.
For how many days have you coal,
A(r. Benson?"
THAT depends how far and how fast
you steam, SIR"
Suppose thai we are lying drifting
here In these Gains. There is no great
consumption of coal then?"
mo, sir; but If you wish steam kept
up against a run, that empties your
bunkers."
1T will depend upon what the other
people can do, Benson. They may be
IN the same position as we are. II
our friends at home believe our story,
l don't suppose there will be much coal
going for Val 1mroth or any Of his
company. OF course, he may have
other resources. He would not rely
upon relief ships from Europe alto
gether. The American governments
are not likely to concern themselves
overmuch in the matter. Their news
ter as the police will make little. In
credulity we must expect. If we are
believed anywhere, it will be by the
men who lost hundreds OF thousands
OF pounds every year in South Africa.
mats the keynote to this mystery.
lmroth may have q hundred agents
stealing diamonds for him at Kimber-
ly. He hides the men and the booty on
this great moored ship until the dam
ger has passed. A hin to those pleas
ant people, the magnates Of Park
Lane. will supply money enough for
any purpose. l doubt their sense, how
ever. They will leave the protection
Of their so-called interests to other
people, as they have always done. We
really need not consider them in the
matter"
""Tis yourself and the young lady We
nave to think of-no Others" interrupt
ed Timothy: ''phat the divil is Park
Lane to o or to me or to any decent
man? Do we care whether their di-
almonds are safe or stolen? Not a tink-
er's curse, me bhoy. If we hunt Imroth
down.. tbs for you vanity's sake, and
not for the good OF humanity at all.
Faith. I'd be a fool to tell We tits not
sol! Ye want the glory of this, and We
want the girl on top of the glory. Let's
be plain with each other, and Wen get
on the faster"
Timothy" I said, 'you are a philos-
opher. We won't quarrel about it. The
glory of it is nothing to you, and if it
were In your power you'd return to
Europe by the first steamer willing to
carry o there. Let us agree to that"
B hanged to it! I agree to moth
ing of the sort"
"Ah. then. here is Madame Vanity
sheltered also in another human bos-
ON! Say no more. II I am serious, 1t
Is to tell you that vanity has been less
to me in all this time than the safety
Of Joan Fordibras and her freedom.
She Is on board the Diamond Ship
reflect among what q company of vii
lains. thieves, and assassins! Captain
Timothy, I have not the courage to tell
myself what may befall her. Perhaps
It would be better IL she did not live
to speak of it. You know what it may
be. You must try to help me where
my judgment falls"
ITO h last man or the Ship" said
Captain Larry very solemnly.
We should sight the ship after
eight BELLS" said l. diverting the SUBJ
ject abruptly. land then our task be-
to force a surrender By sheer bluff.
Very possibly it will fail. We nav
even lose the yacht in the venture. I
can promise nothing save this-that
while I live I will hunt Imroth, afloat
or ashore. Let us drink to that, gentle-
men, q bumper. 1t may be the last oc.
CASTOR we shall find for some DAYS to
GOMEZ
We filled our glasses and drank the
toast. When the second officer in
formed me exactly ct eight bells that
the telegraph was working again and
very clearly, ! heard him almost with
indifference. For the moment It might
be dangerous to send any message
across the waste OF waters. There could
be nj further talk exchanged between
Imroth and myself until I had def
nitely declared mysek.
'They would shift their position.
captain. We must hold them to it
and track them down. You saw that
we should sight them at two bells in
the middle watch. I'll step down and
hear what they have to say. but un-
less It ID. vital, l shall not answer
them"
I found the instrument tanning
sharply, az the second officer had said.
The words spelled out "Colin ROSS"
the name Of the officer upon one OF
their relief ships. az they had already
informed me. Repeated again and again
It rave me in the ond an idea I was
| quick to act upon. They must think
the relief steamer broken down. I said.
Such should be the erst card 1 had to
play. -
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