Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-06-07

perturbed attention between noisy
lot Of lascar stewards, deckhands, and
native third-class passengers in the
bows below and the long lines Of
Saugor island, Just then slipping past
on the starboard beam.
Up to the day that the Poonah had
sailed from Tilbury dock, London
from the time he had left Quain
among the sand dunes Of Long Island
he had not been conscious of any sort
of espionage upon his movements.
But from the hour that the Poonah
with its miscellaneous ships com
pany. white, yellow. brown. and black,
had warped out into the Thames he
had felt he was being watched-had
realized 1t instinctively, having moth
ing definite wherein to base his feel
ing. He was neither timorous nor
given to coniuriDg up shapes of ter
ror from the depths of nervous inn
agination; the sensation of being. I'M
der the surveillance of unseen. prying
eyes Is unmistakable Yet he had tried
to reason himself out of the belief
hIttI iahAA6 dAl SfuSA1iE
such as never letting the photograph
of Sophia Farrell out Of his possession
and keeping the Token next his skin,
In a chamoi- tag frat nestled beneath
his arm, swinging from a leather cord
round his neck 1t was quite con
eeivable that that jewel, intrinsicaily
invaluable, was badly wanted by its
former possessors, whether for the
simple worth of It or because 1t play
ed an important part in the intrigue,
or whatever 1t was, that had resulted
in Rutton's suicide. For his own part,
Amber cared nothing for IT,
Such, in short. had been his frame
of mind up 10 eight O'Clock of the
previous evening. At that hour he had
made a discovery which had diverted
the entire trend of his thoughts.
Doggott. ever a poor sailor, had
been feeling i'll and Amber had excused
him early in the afternoon. About six
o'clock he had gone to his stateroom
and dressed for dinner, unattended.
Absorbed In anticipations Of the NOR
row, when first he should set foot in
Calcutta and take the first step in
pursuit Of Sophia Farrell, he had
absent -mindedly neglected to empty
the pockets of his discarded clothing.
At seven he had gone to dinner, leay-
ing his stateroom door open. as was
his habit-a not unusual one with
hrst-cabin passengers on long voyages
and his hannels swinging from
hooks IN the wall. About eight, dis
covering his oversight through the
absence OF his cigarette case, he had
hurried back to the stateroom to dis
cover that ne had been curiously
robbed,
Ills watch, his keys, his small
change and his sovereign purse, his
silver cigarette case-all the articles,
IN fact, that he was accustomed to
stun into his pockets--with one ex-
ception' were where he had left them
but the leather envelope containing
the portrait or SOPHIA Farrell was
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| strrcted theory DC ~ INC evtent Of
Tho Enenv,c Lpowled1o was in an In.
slant overthrow. "They" had seized
the very first relaxation of his vigil
lance to rob him of that which he
valued most. And In his heart he
feared and believed that the incident
indicated their" intimacy not alone
with his secret but with that which he
shared with Colonel Farrell.
Since then his every move toward
regaining the photograph had been
fruitless
In the end and in DESPAIR. Amber
posted a notice on the ships bulle
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