The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
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Agatha Redmond. opera singer. starting
for an auto drive in New York. nnds .
stranger sent a. her chauffeur. Later
4 he auto ana s' sef
Hambleton Of Lynn. Mass.. witnes:ss @ the
yacht He secures tug and when near
the yacht drops overheard. Alsck Van
S aTsnd of h Ses ee.inx ean HAM
ssssn. ?: and fxf: M:. Msian,e sn ssgner
yacht, the Sea Gull. Hambieton wake.
up on board the Jeanne D'Asc. The M w yaens ats
. mar, who Introduces himself as Mon
sieur Chatelard: Who is AEatha.s a6dpc, hS
the sinking Of Il the vessel. jimnsy and
Agatha are abandoned by the crew. VINO
take to the boats. Jimmy and Agatha .hnla
covering siiehfiy. the pair hnd Hand. the
duetion. He nH agrees to help them: Jim /:
delirious and on the verge Of death Hand
for help psvixs. He Ts.urn5 nna Weh she party
tha's property is located, Van camp an. and
port and get tidings of the wreck OF the
ysrss Of death and Asaths In despalsf .pas:
dafd. Is the only one who can save Jim.
She Is q woman Of strong religious con.
Of her profession. She refuses to nurse
Jim. Agatha pleads with her and ,ne me
consents to take the ease ;n ch Mand fRonRs
duetion; Liz.ie; AFatha'ss maid H. arrives Tiy,:s
life G goes @ on. Van Camp hears Asatha's >
story and gets on the track Of chatelaT5d. sah5d
who escaped from ,1 q me aarres wreek chambes-
chateiard. AEathe. in her relief at Inns
meets Meiaine Reynier and both are sur
prtsed at their remarkable resemblance
CHAPTER xIx.-continued.
1t was not difhcult to get on his
track, even though the village people
were constitutionally reluctant to let
any unnecessary information get away
from them. A mile or 80 farther up
the shore, beyond the road that ran
like q scar across the hill to the gran
ita quarry, Chamberlain came upon
q saloon masQuerading as grocery
store. A lodging house. seaman's
bethel and the reading room were
grouped near by; the telegraph once.
too, had been placed at this end Of the
town, obviously for the convenience
OF the operators OF the granite quarry.
The settlement had the appearance OF
easy-going and pleasant industry Pc
culiAr to places where handwork Ii
still the rule.
Chamberlain applied iirst at the gro
Gerry store without getting satisfaction.
The foreign looking boy. who was the
only person visible, could give him no
information about anything. But at
the reading room the erstwhile yacht
owner was Known. Borrowing money
lis a sure method of impressing ones
personality.
The Frenchman had been in the
neixhborhood two or three days, lat
terly becoming very impatient for .
reply to his New York telegram. A
good deal Of money had been applied
for, was the opinion of the money
lender. This person. caretaker and H.
brarian, was tall, ineffective indi-
vidual, with eyes set wide apart. His
slow speech was = mixture of DR..
johnson and judge in chancery. 1t
was grandiloquent. and 1t often took
long to reach the point. He informed
Chamberlain, with some circumlocu-
ton. that the Frenchman had been
extremely anxious over the telegram.
II tried to persuade him that 1t was
useless to be impatient over such
things," said he. "And l regret to say
that the man allowed himself to be-
come profane." l
II dare say"
"But it would appear that he has re-
ceived his telegram by this time," con-
tinued the youth. "for It IL now but a
short time since he was summoned to
the station"
Chamberlain, thinking that the soon
or he got to the telegraph station the
better, was about to depart, when
the placid tones Of the librarian again
casually broke the silence.
IF mistake not, the gentleman in
question II even now Fastening to-
ward the village" He waved a vague
hand toward the open door through
which, . little distance away. a mans
figure could be seen.
why don't you run after him and
get your money!" asked Chamberlain: /:
but he didn't know the youth.
What good would that dot" was the
surprising question, which Chamber
lain could not answer.
But the Englishman acted on diff
ferent principle. He thanked the
Judge In chancery and made after the
Frenchman, who was casting furtive
eye In this and that direction. as II