The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-11-23
ssit looking toward her. seeming Unable

csit looking toward her, seeming Unable
to turn.
II heard" said she In n dreadful
Whisper heard every word that you
said to your father My boy is dead.
"Oh, not at air. said Willy with a
sincerity that would have removed
mountains. Not at all. | do assure
you, Mrs. Bailey Your daughter has
told me everything, and it's just what
| expected, It's exactly what happen
ed In the case of q Mr.. Rowland when
/ was on that newspaper This MIR.
Rowland was coming back under al
NEST precisely the same circumstances,
and be was afraid that something
would detain him at the pier, Some
malicious enemy might have had him
arrested, you know, and he was very
anxious to get TO his family. | think
1t was Christmas eve or something
like that And
"Bnt my sons baggage was In his
cabin. Did you not say so, prlscillaT
80 was Mr.. Howlands," Willy In
terposed. land where was he, do you
thinkg He was hidden IN one of the
officers cabins, He'd bribed him. you
see. And now that think of 1t told
the story to Granville, So that makes
a positively sure thing OF It"
''Fsut this officer would not have per
mitted Mr.. Bailey to leave the steamer
under such dreadful error said Mrs
Bailey In the same strained whisper
which she had used from the begin
ming, He would have taken him
aside and told him the truth
70 Willy Reeds imagination this
staggering consideration acted merely
as stimulus.
"But the officer couldn't know that
1t was really Mr. Bailey" said he
ANY detective might have played the
part and furnished no end Of identifi
cation You see, Granville had to keep
out of sight: he couldn't identify his
father"
A very slight trace Of color found
its way into the lady's face, She turn.
ca toward Willy with something like
ner hatural manner.
This seems possible" she said.
II know 1t as we'll as IL had been
there" he declared. "Granville may
have to lie low even until dark, for. OF
course. the officer Is doing this secretly
and would forfeit his position IL 1t
were known But we shall see the boy
before Q o'clock this evening""
But how could he brighten me soY''
my dear Mrs. Bailey, your son
couldn't know that you would have
any cause for alarm. You see, It was
all pure accident You Just happened
TO hear And of course he has arrang
cd some means to notify you in the
course of the day that all is we'll.
Then Mrs, Bailey spoke and in al
most her usual tone.
mir. Reed" she said. Il think
should have died without this hope"
shame gnawed at WHY'S vltals. He
felt that star" was branded ON his
brow. He could positively trace the
individual letters.
The telephone bell rang, and Priscil-
Ia answered 1t. ut Is man TO see
you, Mr. Reed" she said. returning
They have sent him up"
"please return az soon as you can,
said the invalid as Willy rose to go.
In the hall his visitor was already
waiting. Ii was Granville Bailey
While Priscilla was preparing her
mother for this joyful surprise the
two men waited In Reeds apartment.
what DO you suppose | got up
against 7" demanded Bailey. like man
with grievance. why, the con.
| founded monkey that shared my cabin
| with me was a detective With war
rant FOR my arrest-an old one, but
good--which he amiably designed Ia
serve as soon as we reached this side.
| got on to IL and worked disappear.
ance Everybody thought ia gone
overheard, for Id exhibited very su-
perior article OF dependency In prep
aration for my exit. In reality. I'D
brfbed one of the engineers, and he hid
me slipped ashore at quarantine