Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30

heavily his room the lee, or port, SIDE, ana,
wondering at his utterly nerveess makeup in being able
to 60 to sleep readily after fit of anger closed the
slate and turned toward the door.
T this moment hoarse cultural hair raising scream
rang out, followed instantly by another in higher
key and sprang out looking wildly about for the
steps, and reached her at bound There no blood
marks nothing show what had hurt her and caused
her to scream, and stood up, bewildered. The
forward had wakened, and some coming aft halt
ingy. called to them to question them, when out of
the companion door burst the Captain in his paJamas
whats happened?'u he asked excitedly. any girl
screamed! What is it,"
II do not know, SIR | answered. II heard her
scream from the log desk, and found her here"
He examined the unconscious GIRL then said, "She has
only tainted think Call the mate and the steward.
We must get her be,ow.'
For the first time since Mr. Butterel had joined the
ship opened the door of his and looked in. He
lay face up his berth beneath the open window with
the handle of sheath knife sticking up from his chest.
It had been driven home and looked horror stricken
at the sight, four bells struck at the Wheel and Bills
voice from aloft, -Four bells, and al's well!'
TWENTY minutes later 1 locked in my room,
charged by the excited Captain Merwin with muir
dering the mate Find the motive: find the mani! he
had stormed He had heard threaten again through
his window he undressing for bed, and nothing
that could say to another mans threatening too,
had the slightest effect. His daughter had evidently
seen, and had tainted from the shock When she
cred she would no doubt, so testify.
With the boatswain standing my watch, sat there
him, crawled into my berth, but not to Sleep The
problem would not permit it; for it problem that
would not solve. But, in my casting about for solu
ton forced to exonerate Bill the only man besides
myself with the motive" For how could Bill, whom
had the yard just before going below, descend
the lee alley knife the mate through the window, and
get aloft in time to at four BELLS
Mentally counting my steps along the alley and
down to the passage, the half-mnute while
engaged at the log slate and the succeeding interval of
time between his death and Bills call from aoft,
found it incredible Even had he been able to time
his descent by any to reach the window before
had closed the log slate still the had wakened at
the scream and would have him before
he could have got out of sight behind the GRO jack his
way aloft AS for Tom, who also had motive though
lesser one, he out of the question. There
beckets lanyards with which to the wheel,
and had he dropped it the would have been in
ribbons before he could reach the window The steward
who slept off the forward cabin had out rubbing
his eyes, papaby stupid from recent sleep; and he had
no motve-the mate had liked him. When l had
sprung deck the strong moonlight had shown it clear
of far forward the main hatch, from which
few arousng themselves The murderer could not
have run forward
Who else? asked myself. Mabel? She could have
forward by the lee alley after had gone down by
the other; but why? She had motive for the crime
and if she had why would she have chosen such
ment, when discovery inevitable Then too it
qured strength beyond hers drive sheath knife to