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which he Is not guilty. resigns from the
army in disgrace and his affection for
his friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunter. turns 70
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude. where ne
perfects a flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he picks up .
curfously shaped stick he had seen In the
aSsassin's hand. Mounting again. he dis
covers q yacht anchored in the bay. Do
scending near the steamer. he meets Q
girl on an Ice foe. He learns that the
girls name IL Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
explorer. A party from the yacht !. ma ma.
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a Gu.
riously shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. "A giant ruff
man named Roscoe. had murdered Fielding
ana his two companions, after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location OF an
enormous ledge Of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command Of the party. 1t develops
that the rufhan had committed the mur-
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
to capture the yacht and escape with q
big load of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw.
owner OF the yacht. about the visit OF the
sky,man and shows him the stick left b,
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party witch q sprained ankle
Perry Hunter 10 found murdered and
Cayley is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent. A relief party goes
to md the searchers. Tom confesses his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters An abandoned hut
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CHAPTER VII.
Apparitions.


Roscoe did not pause to investigate
the effect of his blow. nor to waste a
second one. If the man who had con.
fronted him there in the companion.
way was dead, so much the better. II
he were or'y half-dead, the Job could
be finished at any time. He was out
of the way for the present at least.
Roscoe hurried on, searching state
rooms and passageways and finally
the crews quarters. forward.
When he had satified himself that
he and his men were in undisputed
possession Of the yacht, he emerged
on deck again by the forward hatch
way. and found Captain Planck al.
ready there. He directed him to so
below with Schwartz. who had been
engineer aboard the whaler, and get
steam up as promptly as possible. He
himself remained on deck, directing
the unloading and stowage of those
precious golden slabs that the rest
of the party were bring out In boats
from the shore.
We've got It all. Roscoe, unless you
want them barrels Of whale OIL" q
man In the last boat sang out as they
came alongside.
Wen leave them to pay for this
nickel-plated ship" Roscoe answered
Come! Look alive and get aboard
Well be ready to start a. soon as we
can get little daylight"
He looked them over. numbered
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throw it on, he clustered, stormed at
But in the end he sprang down into
one Of the boats, and said he would
fetch the box himself Whether ho
believed their story. or not. 1t was
the only thing for him to do.
AS he pulled shoreward he tried
hard to convince himself that he did
not believe 1t: that Rose and Carlson
had probably forgotten all about the
box. and had trumped up the story to
avoid the necessity of going back for
1t.
ashore and set out walking doggedly
along in the direction of the hut. The
fog was still all but impenetrable, even
to his practised vision, but he knew
the shore like the palm of his hand.
and he trudged on without a pause,
until he was within ten PAGES, per-
haps. of his destination.
But there he faltered and stopped.
turned about, under an irresistible i'm
pulse of fear, and would have fed
had not sheer necessity compelled
him to stop again. There was light,
a diffused yellow glow, faint but un-
mistakale, shining out of the windows
of the hut.
He knew he could not go back to
the Aurora without that box; it was
necessary both to his future safety and
his present command of the situation.
His one hold upon those sullen follow
ers of his depended upon his being i'm
pervious alike to terror and to defeat.
If he were to go back now without
accomplishing his purpose. it would
only be question of days before they
murdered him. They all hated him.
enough for that he knew.
Yet, even under that necessity, It
was three or four minutes before, at
the command of his burly will, he be-
gan creeping forward on hands and
knees toward the lighted window Of
the hut.
And when he reached point where
he could command its interior, his
knees slipped out from under him and
he lay prone upon the icy beach, his
face buried in his outstretched arms.
For those two sailors had told the
truth.
Presently he drew himself up and
squatted back on his launches, star
ing Human or not, the figure there
in the hut seemed unaware Of his
presence. 1t was staring at the ex.
piring flame of the candle in profound
abstraction. When it stirred, as pres
emily 1t did. it was with a natural
human motion. And then the candle
went out.
In the few seconds Of silence which
followed, his terror returned upon
] him with full force. But 1t went
away as suddenly as 1t had come, and
with its recession there surged up in
him a wave Of british anger. 1t was
no ghost that had sat in contempla.
ton over the contents of that box
for it was moving now. with human
footsteps-faltering, uncertain foot
steps, at that. And when it appeared
just visible and no more, outside the
doorway, it called aloud in a human
/ yoice-a woman's voice.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER vII.-contInued.

The sight of 1t might well have
caused astonishment or alarm in the
girls mind. But 1t was neither alarm
expressed. She dropped down on her
knees beside the rude wooden bunk.
drew the chest up close in the tight
embrace Of her young arms, laid hes
cheek against the cold polished sur
face Of its blackened wood, and cried.
Every question that might have
asked itself-how the thing could
have come there. and what its coming
might pretend to herself or to the
other of the Auroras people-was
swept away in a sudden rush of filial
affection and regret which the sight
Of It instantly awoke. 1t had reached
her with that sudden spoignant stab
Of memory which inanimate objects,
familiar by long association. seem to
be more potent to call up than the
very persons Of the friends with whom
they are associated. The sight OF her
father himself could hardly have had
80 instantaneous and overwhelming
an effect upon her as the sight of this
old chest, which was one of the earli-
est Of her associations with him.
II had always stood. until he had
taken 1t with him on that last voyage
Of his. upon certain farther corner
Of his desk In the old library. 1t was
one of those objects Of a class that
children always love-smooth, pol
ished. beautiful; beautiful and, at the
same time. defying curiosity.
It was quite a masterpiece OF cabi-
net work. No hinges were visible.
and the cover fitted SO closely upon
the box inself that the line which
separated them was hard to discover.
And there was no trace Of keyhole or
lock. To those uninitiated into its
secret. it deied any attempt to
open 1t.
Presently she seated herself on the
bunk. took the little chest on her
knees and set about opening II. Be
tween the cold and her excitement she
found this rather difficult thing to
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do, though her mind never, never
hesitated over the slightest detail Of
the necessary formula Of procedure.
She knew in Just what order to press
in those innocent-looking little orna-
mental tacks in the brass binding; re-
membered the right moment to turn
the box up on its end and let the
just released steel ball roll down its
channel to the pocket, where 1t must
lie before the last pressure upon the
last spring would prove effective. She
no more faltered over 1t than she
would have faltered over her alphabet
And at last, when her numbed fn-
gers had completed their task, the
counter-weighted lid rose slowly by
itself. Just as 1t had used to. and re-
vealed to her swimming eyes the con-
tents Of the interior.
Up to the moment she had not real
lied what the finding Of the dispatch
box meant. 1t had not occurred to
her that full account Of her fathers
expedition. a narrative which would
reach, perhaps, to the morning Of the
last day Of all, was lying here. right
under her eyes.
But now when the cover opened and
she saw beneath 1t q thick volume.
bound in red morocco. she realized
that here, under her hand, was the
very object, in search Of which the
Aurora had set out upon her perilous
voyage.
The first sight Of her fathers clear,
erect. precise handwriting warmed
her with a sudden courage. But even
this new inspiration Of courage did
not make her strong enough to turn
back and read the last entry in that
tragic Journal first. She tried to do
it. but the will failed her. So she be-
gan at the beginning. Once she had
plunged into the fascinating nara
tive, the whole Of the outside world
faded away from her. She was oblivious
to the fact that the darkness outside
was no longer the mere darkness of
! the fog: oblivious to the rising wind
that poured its icy stream through the
leaky walls of the hut and made the
candle flicker; oblivious. even to the
| very sound which she had meant to
wait for-the sound Of Toms voice
calling out to her from the yacht and
the sound of other. moro alarming,
nearer voices.
They all' fell on deaf ears as she
turned page after page Of that pre-
cious record Of her fathers life. II
was written. in the main. in the scien
tific, observant, unimpassioned temper
which she knew 30 we'll. He chron
icled those days Of peril. when theii
ship. crushed in the ice. and only kept
from sinking by that very ice, which
had just destroyed her. was drifting
along in the pack to what seemed
certain destruction, as quietly and al
explicitly as he did the uneventfu
voyage through Behring strait. The
mans courage was so deeply element
al in him that he could not be self
conscious about It,
He told of the land. the strange. un
charted shore, whose discovery offer
ed them a respite. at least, from thai
destruction; told how he got his re
manning stores ashore and built the
hut, where, in all human probability
he and his companions were to spenC
the rest of their lives.
Finally she reached the record o.
the day when he had consigned to the
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the very morning when Roscoe had
murdered him. Its discovery would
go a long way toward bridging the
gap which Roscoe meant to leave in
their departing trail. In short, II that
rosewood box were left behind, Ros-
coe would always feel that he was In
more or less danger OF detection. And
he didn't mean to have a thing like
that hanging over him.
Consequently, when he discovered
that the box was not on board, and
that his particular injunctions con-
corning It had been either neglected
or disobeyed, he came raging up on
deck again, most formidable figure,
which caused his companions, harden
ed ruffians though they were, to cover
and shrink away from him.
In a torrent Of furious blasphemy.
he demanded to know why that box
had not been brought aboard; and the
concentrated lees of his rage he
emptied at last upon the two men
whom he had ordered to do it.
Now" he concluded, when the tor
rent had spent itself. you go ashore.
you two. Yes. you. Carlson-I mean
you-and you. Rose; go ashore now
and get it."
Then. after a momentary silence,
he ragged out the command again.
amid foul flood OF abuse.
But still they made no move to
obey. and the big Swede. in evident
terror. answered him. II won't get
1t. Roscoe. II you want that box, you
can get it yourself"
What in hell do you mean?" the
leader stormed. But his voice, even
as he spoke, lost its confident tang of
authority
You tell him." said Carlson, nod
ding to his companion, Rose. Evident
ly it was Rose who had told the story
to the other members of the party. He
was squatly built man with a stub
born jaw. and Planck, in the days Of
his command, had always disliked him
as that most undesirable pest that can
be found in forecastle-a sea law
yer
What did you leave the box in the
hut for?" he demanded. He might
not have come back If you had left
it in the cave"
Come back" echoed Roscoe, with
growl
That's what I said We went to
the hut to get it, and there was a
light inside. and there he sat, just like
he used to. And he had the boz
open"
He! Who do you mean?" There
was no trace of turbulence in Roscoe'i
voice now. He spoke as though hi!
throat was dry.
1T was Captain Fielding; him t.
the life. And. yet. it was different
from the way he used to be. We
couldn't see it very well. It's face was
sideways and the light was behind it
and it looked smaller and thinner
more-more like woman. Of Rose
had had the word spiritual in his vo
cabulary, he would have used it. II
default of it, he gave up trying t.
express just what he meant) Any
way, there he sat with the box oper
beside him. and that red book of hi.
open on his knees. Go back for it
Well. guess not
There was momentary silence aft
er he had finished, and Roscoe coult
feel it, as it stretched itself out to thu
length of half minute or so. the chill
of their terror enveloping him. Tt
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CIrcumstantial Evidence.
He says that he thought all day
yesterday that 1t was Saturday"
do you think he really did?"
Il guess so, he took bath"
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" " csstg ssaslaea . eslsfal sss
peesiisf lnIsfy N he stars isaf sssar
dsv mofnins IN sfeppisx ao~s. .
stots ~ss overturned sna stfu9k MIN
lusf h~iov the flsht ssee, fse,uflnx Q
blood vessel The lea esosss w. rsnfy
mseh pain ana ssaeflsr. hut lnpssvs.
ment Il noted fhis sssk.
The woodmen ~ the World are com.
pieiine Arrangements fof the snvsiiins
~ The monument N the Csthollc eeme.
terry erected BY sbs Organisation 10 The
memory of the late A. a. Deims<. Q
nsmbef. This unvsiIing will 10 held
~ . o'clock on the afternoon of SUNDAY,
JnIy ~. 70 which the pubiIe 10 invited
Hello, fIousebuildcfs and Repair.
efs, phone 40 Tor dressed lumber and
mouldings. N. N. fLECHAS
Charles A. vaiverde on Tuesday WA
appointed local agent Tor the American
National Insurance. company Of 0sives.
ton, Texas, with headquarters In this
city. Mr.. vsiverde's sgency IL under
the district management 81 George n.
Scbaffner. whose Offices are In the Van
Antwerp building, Mobile. Mr.. schan.
ner IL former newspaper man, and a
good one, with friends all over the
South
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MRS. FREM0NT's SUDDEN DEATH
Wife Of Well Known Seafaring
Man Dies During His Absence.

Mrs. Il. Il. Fremont, wife OF Capt.
Il +, Fremont, 81 years old, died
suddenly at her late residence 10 this
city on Thursday OF last week, the
Immediate cause Of death being Apo
plexy. The little boy was playing 10.
the room while Mrs. Fremont sat
on tho side OF the bed. The little
fellow splashed over some hot water,
playfully yelling as children do, when
his mother fell back across the bed,
being dead when her sister. law
hurried TO her side. Interment took
place Saturday afternoon, Rev. Father
b. O'Reilly officiating.
Mrs. Fremont, who was Miss Paul.
Inc Eden, leaves husband, three
children, a sister, brother In Vicks.
burg, Miss, and other relatives. A
particularly pathetic feature OF her
untimely death was the fact that
Captain Fremont was on board the
Nmrod on the high seas bound for
Cuba at the time. As the tug neared
The wharf at Havana, a cableRram
was handed him that told OF his be-
rcavcmcnt. Immediately upon the
arrival OF the tug at Mobile last Mon.
day, Captain Fremont hurried to this
city TO be with his mothcrless chill.
dren, the youngest being an infant
girl less than two months old.
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POPULAR COUPLE ARE MARRIED.
Mr.. Hendrickson And Miss Hand
Have A Quiet Home Wedding.

A quiet home wedding OF Interest
to a Wide circle OF relatives and friends
OF the contracting parties was that of
Miss Adlle Emma Hand to Mr.. Charles
ID Hendrickson at $3.50 O'Clock on the
evening Of Thursday, July 6. Rev. ].
G, Watt performed the ceremony,
which was witnessed by only the i'm
mediate members OF the family, Dr.
and Mrs. Watt, Miss Mary Watt, Mrs
Kate TorJuson, Mrs. b. J. Blether
and Miss Hannah Benson.
Mrs. Hendrickson is the daughter
OF Mrs. L. M. Hand, and is widely and
prominently connected Ia this city
aud on the coast. She is a woman OF
rare attributes OF sterling character
aud splendid strength OF devotion to
duty. Mr.. Hendrickson is one OF the
best known young men OF the port,
highly regarded and Of excellent char
acter and promise. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hendrickson are making their home
10 this city.
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MOSS POINT
DEPARTMENT

Mrs. ALI WEIGH spent several days
or this week Ia New Orleans.
Misses Ella and Mamie Holloman
q Mobile, are visiting Miss Nellie
McInnis.
Mr.. Winston Partridge Of Mobile,
Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. q. w. Jackson
this week.
Miss Ina Thompson left Friday last
10 visit relatives 10 Troy, Ala. She
will be absent about three weeks.
Miss Nan Mayors. who has been Wis.
iting her aunt Mrs. J. l.. DantzIcr,
left Monday for her home In Brandon.
DR.. Andrew Price OF Gulfport, and
Mr.. William Kennedy Of D'Lo, spent
Sunday with Rev. J. T.. Barnett and
family.
Mr.. Bertram Wood left on Monday
for his home 10 New Orleans, after q
Two weeks stay with his sister, Mrs.
Ed Woods.
Miss Louise Cowan entertained the
younger set Thursday night with a
party, and on Friday night boat ride
was given In honor OF the guests.
Miss Grace McElhenney, the popu.
lar milliner at j. w. Rogers, left
Monday for Townsville. Ala, to
visit her sister, Mrs. j. J. Wynne.
Mr.. J. Mclnnis, who has been yis-
Ting Mr. Alvin Wood, left on Thurs.
day last for Birmingham, Ala, where
he serves a Presbyterian church this
summer
Miss Louise Conan entertained as
her guests last week the Misses
Dorothy Mcintosh and ruth Lott 0i
Mobile. They left Saturday to spend
the remainder OF the summer at the
Sea Shore Camp Grounds.
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cavncH sfAvIcts,

nsffift Services nesf sundsg ~ N
. ~ and fiup m
san5sy sehsoi ~ 4ips M
Ffsgsf meeting services IN Wsdnss.
dsr nlxhts ~ 20 o'eiSek
REV. A. .. wsfmfss. PASTOR.
tsfg0hff Oar Issdy n Victories
Church - Masses each Sunday ~ N
o'sIock snd piW D'cipek, except the
second snndsy ~ esrh month, rfsn the
one msss wilf he stpip q. m vespers
and brnsaietlon Sundays ~ 4 .. NJ.
Week dsy frssses ~ Al ~ q m
snndsy school ~ piI5s m.
Hyv. u. OHrfh6y, Pastor.
AfrHobfsr Services next snndsy 81
10 ~ q, m. and 7 40 o. nv.
sunday school ~ bia0 q. m.
REv. H. A. DkHssy. Pastor.
Services on the flfst
and third Sundays 81 each month ~
10 " y. M. and 7ss5 .. m.
Sunday school every sunday, q. 10 am.
Prayer meeting services on Wsdnes-
day nights at 7:f5 o'clock.
RFv. J. q. WATT. Pastor.
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PAscAeouLA NATIONAL BANK
Semi annual Statement DiscIoses
Most Gratifying Showing.

Elsewhere 10 this issue Is published
The Official semi-annual statement Of
the Pascagoula National Bank OF this
city and Moss Point. This statement
IL made by #. q. Horton, an expert
accountantand auditor OF Mobile, who
has just completed the annual audit
OF the books OF this institution.
The statement, which shows the
bank to be half.million dollar insti-
tuition, Is an excellent one OF which
the officers and directors, as well as
the individual shareholders, should
well be proud. The total Of deposits
is shown to be s30S, $40 30, and loans
and discounts amount to 1922, l55.50
The bank has a capitalization OF $751;
900 with surplus and undivided
profits OF 2,196 80, while the four
per cent semi.annual dividend, de.
cared out OF the earnings for the
past six months, totals $4,000.
The officers OF the institution, to
whose management the excellent
showing Is chargcable, are: II. q.
Herring, president; A. +. Dantzler,
vice.president; A. N. McInnis, second
vice. president; J. W. Barrett, cashier,
and o. J. Krebs, assistant cashier.
The board OF directors, whose enc0ur-
agement and cooperation with the
officers is an important factor In the
success OF the bank, Is as follows: A.
II. Dantzler. r. A. Farnswortt, a. N.
Cowan, w. II. Kell, w. H. Ladnicr, J.
W. Griffin, f. l.. Clinton, II. u.
Herring and J Bounds,
Ro atIra votir wife will f1nd vOtl mt.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. W. Collie is In Louisiana visiting
her mother.
Mr.. Il. B. Dunten was business vis-
ttor to New Orleans early In the week.
Mrs. Charles H. Delmas lie visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. b. Il. Clemens, in
Biloxi.
Mrs. NJ. L. Pol and her grand daug ter,
Miss Inez RIOS, have gone to Boston for
the sumner.
Mrs. U. q. Ravens and daughter, Miss
Laura Ravens, OF Gsutier, were Satur-
day visitors TO this city.
Mrs. John Macheca and four children
OF New Orleans are the guests OF Mrs.
Krebs, on the river 'front.'
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Taylor and baby Of
Gulfport were the guests OF relatives in
this city early In the week.
Mr.. George l.. Vautrot OF Mobile, spen I
tuesday In this city As the guest Of his
father, Mr.. George s. yautrot.
Mr.. Harry Burke expects to leave
shortly on his vacation, which will be
spent 1t Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Grant and children
Of Biloxi, are In the city ~ the guests
OF Mr.. Grants father, Mr.. X. B. Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Cowles Of New Or
leans, arrived In the city last Saturday
" rPonu WYNN WIN nci motuofs W r.
A. q. Deimas.
Mrs. y. J. johnson and children Joined
Mr.. johnson ct Laine during the psst
week and expect TO spend the summer
In this vicinity.
Mrs. X. b. Donavan and son OF Citro.
nellie, AIs., who have have been visiting
relatives In this city, returned 10 their
home on Saturday.
Mr.. H. l.. Mowrey OF Battle, Creek,
Mich, has returned 10 his home, after {
trip Of combined business and pleasure
TO the coast resorts.
| Mrs. NJ. A. Reeder leaves today fol
Crawford, Miss, on visit 70 her brother
Mr.. James b. Brooks and family, 70 bG
gone about two months.
1 Mrs. J. W. Darsey and two children
OF Birmingham, Ala, after . visit 81
, three weeks with the family Of Rev. L
A. Darsey, left TUESDAY for home.
Prof. X. p. Linfleld, who has charg,
Of the chair Of history u the TuIsn'
Summer Normal school 1t New Orleans
|. spent last Sunday In the city with BIZ
family.
II Nj. and Mrs. w. Omar Taylor hav,
tskoh up their residence 10 this citys y
: ing domicilsd with Mr.. and Mfs. O. Mel
son. Nj. and Mrs. Taylor spent Sunday
/ ID Gulsp0rt visiting relatives.
Mr.. Lamar Russell and young son
who bavs been visiting her mother >
Z Franklin, La, have returned home
} Mre. Hueooll'1 eieter accompanied thosz
/ back W this city and u the house gues
Of Nj, end Mr.. Huseell.
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In Memorian1.

Whereas, In the fulflllment OF the
destiny Of al mankind, our Supreme
Noble Grand, In His initiate goodness
and mercy, has seen fit to call from
the family association the worthy
and much beloved wife OF our brother,
Capt. X. r. Fremont; and
Whereas, In the death of this good
and true woman, Captain Fremont, an
esteemed brother member OF Scranton
Lodge No. As, Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows, sustafns . heavy bereavement
and irreparable loss, and his children .
loving, tcnder and true mother;
Be 1t resolved, That Scranton Lodge
No. As, l. 0. o. f., express our sincere
regret 1T the demise OF this estimable
Christian woman, and that we ex tend to
our bereaved brother our sympatb v, and
that copy OF these resolutions be pre-
scented Captain Fremont and his family.
ARTHUR ALLEN, Noble Grand.
8. II. BUaGE, Secretary.