The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-26
CHAPTER Ilt.-ContInued.

You will stay-eh. Nat?" he cried
bobbing his head. Yes, you will stay,
and you win give me back the pack.
age for day or two" He retreated
to the trap and slid down II as quick.
iy as rat pheasant dreams to you.
Nat. and-O. walt q minutes" Cap
tain Plum could hear him pattering
quickly over the floor below. In q
moment he was back. thrusting his
white grimacing face through the
trap and tossed something upon the
bed. She left them last night Nat.
Pleasant dreams. pleasant dreams, !"
and he was gone.
Nathaniel turned to the bed and
picked up O faded bunch OF hlacs.
Then he sat down. loaded his pipe,
and smoked until he could hardly see
the walls Of his little room. From the
moment Of his landing on the island
he turned the events OF the day over
In his mind Yet when he arrived at
the end OF them he was no less mys-
titled than when he began. Who was
Obadiah Price? Who was the girl
that fate had so mysteriousIy asso-
ciated with his movements thus fart
What was the plot ia which he had
accidentally become invoived7 with
tireless tenacity he hung to these
questions for hours. That there was
q plot Of some kind ne had not the
least doubt. The councillors strange
actions. the oath. the package. and
above all the scene In the kings house
convinced him OF that. And he was
sure that Obadiah's night yisitor-the
girl with the lilacs-was playing
vital part In It
He plucked at the withered flowers
which the old man had thrown him.
He could detect their sweet scent
above the pungent fumes Of tobacco
and as Obadiah's triumphant chuckIe
REQUIRED to him. the gloating Joy In
bis eyes. the passionate trembie Of his
voice, q grim smile passed over his
face. The mystery was easy of solu-
tion-if he was willing TO reason along
certain lines. But he was not willing.
He had formed his own picture Of
Strang's wife and It pleased him to
keep ii. At moments he half con
ceded himself fool. but that did not |
trouble him. The longer he smoked
the more his old confidence and his |
old recklessness returned to him. He
had enjoyed his adventure. The next |
day he would end II. He would 90 |
openly into st. James and have done |
bis business with Strang. Then he
would return to his ship. What had
he. Captain Plum. 10 do with Strang's
wife?
But even after he had determined
on these things his brain refused to
rest. He paced back and forth
across the narrow room. thinking OF
the man whom he was TO meet to-
morrow-of Strang, the one-time
schoolmaster and temperance lecturer
who had made himself king. vino
Tor seven years had defied the state
and nation. and who had made OF his
Island stronghold a hot-bed OF poiyg.
amy, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. OF dissoiute
power His blood grew hot as be
thought again OF the beautiful girl
who had appealed to him. Obadiah
bad said that she was the kings wife.
Still
Thoughts flashed into his head
which for a time made him forget his
mission on the island. In spite OF his
resolution to keep TO his own scheme
be found himself. after a little, think.
ms only OF the Mormon king. and the
lovely face he had seen through the
ras,le window. lie know much about
The man with whom he was TO deal
-co:oilow. lie knew that no had been
,7ssl OF Brigham Young and that
Shea TIE exodus OF the Mormons TO
he deserts OF the west came he had
cd his own followers Into the north,
md that each July amid bsrbaric fesr