Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-15
:. Mackiin." She added with apparent

MIR. Macklin. she added with apparent
difficulty.
For the sake of my sanity. please
Crittenden begged. laughing. explain
yourself-yourselves, for that matter.
II don't wonder you're hewildered."
Macklin commented. stepping to Gym
thia's side. courteously TO take and place
over her shoulders the light. ankle-ion's
silk wrap she had removed from the par
cel-with sigh OF gratitude for Nine.
SavaranS forethought.
Not great deal to explain. either.
added the lieutenant Your message
was picked up night before last by
United Fruit boat and passed ON TO US
by wireless OF course.
''Thurlow lied 10 save his neck" Mack
lin interposed. "Lobb and Perez would
have killed him if he hadn't invented that
excuse for sending out that message.
even though YOU had him covered.
Oh. didn't Miss Grayce tell YOU he
broke of in Difference to Crittendens
blank expression. Never mind. then:
only Thurlow did pretend he'd cut down
the wave radius To nothing-or something
of the sort. l don't know enough about
wireless to say whether IL was possible.
ana the Others were equally ignorant
too stupid To question his statement. Any
way, he got away with it,.
we were about half way between here
ana bermuda when We got the message
Gathorne-B Bell resumed ''the squadron
was on practice cruise. YOU know. The
Admirable Was at once detached - and
made the mouth of the channel here
about this morning. 4 message OF in
CURRY our wireless sent ont. for word OF
you, was picked up bv the CYnthia's op-
orator "A little earlier. IL seems. and gave
them the alarm. So they tried to beat
us To blue water. and walked right into
our arms shortly after daylight. We
have orders to take both VESSELS with
their crews TO Bermuda. there 10 await
instructions-whcther TO ship the prison
ers to England for trial or eNtradite them
to America. It's a nice question. I'm
afraid, whether or not the Cynthia and
Orion were taken on the high seas or
within British waters: and OF what. pre-
cisely. you'll mean the ringlcaders-are
guilty.
Criminal conspiracy on the high seas.
j fancy. Macklin volunteered. I'm that
case. American Jurisdiction
And | presume we-Miss tirayce and
]. suggested Crittenden. with wry
face. ARE To consider ourselves under
arrest. like all the Others"
I'm afraid So Mr.. Crittenden." the
Englishman assented. But you'll hardly
notice IL, ] promise you and Mr. Mack
Inns standing and testimony pretty
sure to get YOU of i'm the end. scot-free''
But who the d-deuce-l beg pardon
is Mr.. Macklin, anyway Crittenden ex-
ploded. TO that gentleman's amused face.
''Pinkerton sleuth,'' said Macklin, with
his quaint smile. Mime. Savaran got
suspicious enough to apply To US for pro-
lection. and | was put on the job. We
failed to fix on anything definite enough
TO warrant stopping the Cynthia before
she sailed. so l had to scrape acauain
tance with Rhode and get the stewards
job So you needn't wonder any longer
why she trusted me with the jewelry.
You've got them safe. I see,' he added.
with a nod to the lifebelt over critten-
denis shoulder; ''and such being the case
I'm sure we've no further excuse for de-
tanning Lieut.. Gathorne-B Bell. It's good
long sail back to the Admirable, and a
hot one. We'd better be moving along"
The Englishman turned to Cynthia,
offering a hand to help into the boat.
If Miss Grayce is quite ready said
he. May 7 be privileged TO assist the
bravest lady l ever had the honor OF
meeting?"
Go be continued tomorrow