Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-02
! THE ISLE OF WHISPERS
ATALE OF THE NEW ENGLAND SEAS
5 &. LAWRENCE DUDLEY
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clothes. what's the trouble now-anotheI
fight with Blakeley?"
Not much sir. But I've found out
what he's been up to-
You have? In what way
| Il watched him through tn keyhole ir
III fo'c'stle door" he said. brazenly. 'Iis
! come down a bit ago while tn rest o tn
men was all on deck. SO | knew he was
up [ nothin good"
"Well?"
| We'll. he first sauinted round 4 see u
anybody was lookiu'. Then he went ovei
IT my bunk an begun fec!in' under tn
| mattress. ! couldn't tell rightly what lis
was dom as the lamp was shinin sor
TO- smoky like. But when he come bach
| to his own bunk I saw that lie had some,
| thin in his hand.
| What was it,?
There was two things. sir one !,
couldn't make out at all TIL other wa:
revolver with shiny mountngs-nicSei.
| prob bly,
silver" I corrected. 1T must have
| been mine
gun t ram it full o cartridges. 1t seemed
as il he was takin 'em from tn othet
| thing he had. Then lie shoves the re.
volver into his clothes an goes back 4
my bunk. an slips that other thing undef
my mattress again. Larabee paused.
What next?
"Nothin'. except he went back on deck.
An ! went into tn fo'c'stle 4 see what
sort o prize package I'd drawed. Hers
| 1t is
| He dragged another1 revolver from III,
pocket and handed il to me. ] examined
| 1t with interest. 1t was Colt repeater
but sadly battered and rusty. The ham.
mer had been bent: half OF the trigger
was missing. As a iirearm IL was OF no
| use at all.
| l threw open the chambers They werq
empty. but their caliber that of M
| own ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| You say he transferred the cartridges
| from one weapon to the other?" 1 dc,
/ manded, getting into my olskins.
Il said it looked as IL he did. But. If
was t swear to it
You needn't" [ cut him short 'Your
J word is enough
| The reason for the theft was made clea,
| to me. Blakeley had broken his revolvo.
and needed another, hence he had take
mine. Whether he had trusted TO luc
that the calibers would be the same
whether he had caught some chance r.
| mark In my conversation with Simpsn
was matter of pure conjecture. At al
rate, he was no longer harmless and mu
be dealt with gently. The case had
sumed an aspect which / did not Iik. .
Thrusting the revolver into my pocket. [
| returned to the deck.
A sudden squall, lying in wait over tn"
/ quarter. caught me as i emerged from
the companionway and flung me back
against the house. / tried to regain my
| balance. But the yacht gave a heavy
lurch and my feet slipped from under me.
brought up with violent jerk against
| the cockpit seats.
| The steersman laughed. / turned upon
| him angrily. Blakeley's eyes. shining in
the pinnacle lamp. were gazing down At
me with a malicious CLEAN.
Under other circumstances his appear
ance would have been providential. But.
stung by his mirth. 1 threw all thought
of caution to the winds and strobe UP To
him in a boiling rage.
| Get out Of here" / cried. Drop that
wheel and go forward, where you be.
long,
| He shook his head. Captains orders
! Damn his orders. You take you,
orders from me-
/ The smile on his face drove me into