The Tupelo journal., 1912-10-11
<Cepyrisht. 1870. By Lsuis Joseph vsnesl

must surely elapse before Appleyard
could return; indeed, Coast did not
expect him till the evening. And UNI
in trust to me, but / was to receive
nothing until / divorced my husband,
or he died. The house is mine, but
not to rent or sell, nor may | live In
1T except alone or with a woman COM
panion only"
Il Notwithstanding of the sort.
Your private fortune wasn't
large, was it,"
Not large-between sixty and sew
enty thousand dollars"
And you let Blackstock take care
of it?"
"Of course. He was my husband. |
loved and trusted him-then." The
last word fell with a bitter accent.
And while abroad-he gambled
pretty extensively"
I'm afraid so. After he had con-
suited specialists in Berlin we spent
some time at Monte Carlo and later
at Ostend and Trouville. Douglas
went frequently to the casino with
friends. He spoke once or twice OF
winning, but"
But never of losing
She shook her head. But what has
all this to do"
Don't you see, Katherine? .
The man pretended to be we'll to do;
in fact he had nothing. He married
you for your money, and what you
were to inherit. Disappointed in the
latter, he took the former and gam
jbled 1t away. That's why you're here,
why he's making this desperate at
tempt to recoup. Appleyard guessed
dt down to the last detail!"
! Bewildrement clouded her eyes.
But, Garrett, I'm afraid l don't I'M
derstand. What desperate attempt
to recoup? Who Is this Mr.. Apple
yard, and why should he concern him
self with my affairs"
"Ill tell you" In few phrases Coast
sketched s%uccinctly Appleyard, his
connection with the secret service III
Teau, his theory as to the smuggling
conspiracy and the part Blackstock
played therein. together with the Sc
lection of No Mans Land as a STRAIT
egic base and distributing depot.
1.-THE things plain as a map" he
wound up In a glow of triumphant rea-
soning, himself ~momentarily unmind-
rful of their greater and more intimate
trouble. "Appleyard was right in
every guess he made. The To-
cation of the island is ideal for the
purpose, just far enough north off the
main-traveled lane to be convenient;
the steamer has only to Ewfns q few
points off her normal course to find
herself in lonely waters, where she
a make a transshipment without de-
lection or noticeable loss of time.
The wireless station 10 essential, en-
abling Blackstock to pick up the
steamer on her approach and pass on
the news to the schooner, which sets
out, meets the steamer, takes of its
consignment of dutiable goods, re-
turns to No Mans Land under cover
of darkness, the better to dodge the
lookout on Gay Head, and leaves be-
fore morning to continue her innocent
&iohiuS Zip. OtACl OOdto, Sludll UOdlo,
call by night and remove the goods
piecemeal, landing them at this small
harbor or that-just as Appleyard fig
ured it out. And so we have
them"
you have them?" the woman re-
peated, perplexed.
Its a practical certainty the
schooner left New Bedford night be-
fore last; we saw her go, unless APP
pleyard is greatly mistaken. .
And hasn't there been an unusual
amount of wireless signaling going on
the past day or so?
That is so. The day of the fog
either Douglas or Mr.. Power was
constantly in the operating room. l
remember now that as the fog con-
1inued Douglas seemed to grow more
and more irritable :"
Because 1t was keeping the vessels
from finding one another. Since then
schooner OFF shore. Most probably she
will try to make a landing tonight"
The woman moved a little away,
as If suddenly sobered and brought
back to realization of her position;
again her e sought counsel and
consolation of the sea.
And since then-he has been
busy" Coast pursued, needless.
"Yes-and more irritable. That
might he had been drinking more than
usual; attributed his bad temper to
that. Almost all that evening he
spent with Mr.. Power In the wireless
room, the door closed. 1t was
stupid Of me, but ! attached no espe-
cial Importance to it. Now and then
their voices sounded excited, but 1t
wasn't anything unusual for them to
quarrel, especially when Douglas was
drinking. I interrupted once, and
Douglas caught my arm and put me
out of the room. 1t was then he hurt
meas you saw. After that they
quarreled more fiercely than ever
I think partly IN account Of the way
Douglas had treated me. MI. Power
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