The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-19
CHAPTER xXVII,
The Tortoise and tho Hare.

htnoubh MAss SiementS interesting
chapter Of disclosures was by no
means ended with the name of the
steamer and It's date of sailing. II
there came, 20 far as was concerned.
at least, to an abrupt intermlssion.
For. as though the delay and inaction
or the past month but served to swell
the flood Of my eager energy, the tide,
so long checked but now set free.
careering like an unleashed spring
freshet, overrode all barriers. With
scant apology, I sprang to the tele-
phone, and II Miss Clement continued
her conversation with DR.. Addison. I
was deaf to what she said.
What sought, first of all, was cor.
roboration. Did q steamship. named
the Glamorganshire, sail for Hong
Kong on October 28th? In less than
five minutes, the facts were mine.
Such q steamer had sailed for the
east on that date. Her agents were
Bartlett Brothers. Their Offices were
In the Produce Exchange Building.
Another minute, and Bartlett Broth.
ers were on the wire. No, the Glamor.
ganshirs did not take the South Amer.
lean route. Her course was through
the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.
She carried no passengers. She was
British. She was very slow. She had
called at the Azores ana then at Glib
raltar. where she had been delayed
in coaling. Yes. she would make sey.
eral Mediterranean ports. II all went
we'll. she would reach Port Said about
December 9Th. Certainly lot before
that. Probably day or so later.
/ dare say It was exceptional that
secured all this information with go
little trouble. and without giving any
hint as to why desired It. but mer civ
on the statement that was Mr.. Clyde.
Of The Week.
SO far as / could Judge, the Glamor-
ganshire would call at Algiers in q
few days; and for a while considered
the advisability Of communicating
with the United States Consul at that
port. through the State Department at
Washington. But knowledge Of the
tortuous involutions OF oGlci.I4..t...
deferred me. After all, k-,,...
that II Cameron was to be res,n,d
from the gruelling slavery OF seryHade
on this British freighter, the work
must not be intrusted 10 the personal
ly disinterested.
lhereupon l consulted calendars,
steamer schedules, and Continental
timetables. BY the fast transatlantic
liner sailing on the morrow. could
make Paris In six days. Forty.eight
hours later l could be in Brlndisi. II
good fortune followed, less than four
Gays more would land me at Port Said.
II was now Monday. November %.
Twelve days hence would be Decem.
Der 9th, and the Glamorganshire, her
agents had told me. could not possibly
reach there before December 9th. The
margin was not wide. but It seemed 70
me surcient. and the thought OF fur
ther inaction. now that the trail lay
bare, was nothing less than unenGur-
able torment.
wisdom. l suppose, would have &C.
tated the advisability OF securing some
badge or authority from my own gov
ernment before setting forth on a mis-
sion involving 80 delicate a point of
international maritime law as that
which was here embraced; but the
saving or time was with me, Just tlcn.
the paramount consideration. The loss
or day meant the possible missing
not only OF connections. but OF the
main object OF my Journey; and so.
armed with nothing more potent than
good health. strong determination, and
"ell-hlled purse | boarded the Kron-
prlnz Wilhelm and started on my dag
onal race TO head off n quarry which
already had twenty-five days start OF
me-
speed being all-important, my wish
was TO travel alone and uncncum-
Derod, but at the last moment | was
persuaded to consent TO the company
or both Evelyn Grayson and Dr. Addl.
SON. Realizing the brave. unfaltcring
assistant" which tho young woman
had anordcd me from the first, / could
haroly refuse TO crafty her wish 10 be
present at what we both hoped would
be the victorious end. Moreover. the