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| please tolioW my reasoning When l
| arrived OF board ssrolied about.
amused myself taking stock. not only
| y the passengers. bat OF the sailors.
Shen | came across . man with
| very dirty facr-one o. your Ktokers
-sho had curious Say Of naTrow-
| nag his eyes To a slit when be spoke.
| I also noticed he had a silEht limp
That's comtAt. said StAniSlaa.
Had | been in harness ihis peculiar
~ might have presented Itself To the
n a way OF a problem. but here. rssi-
| ,ng from my lAbors. I confess ] did
| not even give IL thought Yesterday
morning however. after Re made that
| awful discovery. and you and | went
| Town TO the engine room ghia man
Eomtat Sas leaning half doing.
| against the wall and. seeing me. he
started. II vas net the normal start
of a person suddenly awakened from
= slumber. IL was Just a triae more:
enough TO rouse my suspicion. The
problem being now thrust upon me.
had 10 solve IL. and. having made Ger
| tain that | had arrested this man
some years ago for attempting TO muir
der one OF his fellow workmen felt
convinced 1t was he who Killed the un.
| fortunate Gonzales In tho belief he
was dispatching me. No landsman
| could have performed the deed In such
| businesslike manner during that
| gale IL could only have been saiL
| or-and your Comtat is the man"
/ He was wreaking vengeance on
| your"
Vengeance? No. my friend A
| discharged convict will turn on one OF
his former pals who betrayed him
But have you ever heard OF n criminal
wreaking vengeance, as you call IL. on
| the Judge who sentenced him. or on
the governor OF the prison who kept
! him under lock and key? ! know OF
only two such cases and both times IL
was proved the assailAnt was mad.
| And now, please. send for the chief
! engineer"
M. Seguier." I said TO that gentle
man. Il want TO talk with you about
/ Comtat How long has he been with
your"
About eight months. He came 10
! me from Dutch steamer. and brought
an excellent certificate"
But he drinks. suppose7"
All, there's the trouble. I heard
| from the other stokers that Comtat
had struggled several bottles OF alb
sinthe on board. and, although
searched everywhere. ! cannot detect
the place where he secreted them
When he is on duty he IL sober; but
after he retires 10 his bunk he alb
serbs. l am afraid, a quantity Of
liquor"
Il quite agree with you. NJ
Seguier." | replied. In the mean
time beg OF you to keep a careful
watch on him.
| Il understand. NJ. Coron. Do you
want TO see the man nowr'
| NO. Send him TO me at midday
An hour later I was sitting In the
smoking room thinking Of my com
ing interview with Comtat, when some
one shouted my name:
You are wanted at once In the en-
| CINE room, sir"
AS / climbed down the iron ladder.
sinister ghrieks came from below. Tas
captain and our young doctor were
bending over the PROSTATE engineer,
bleeding from an ugly cash In the
forehead, while half a dozen men were
holding Comtat. who was foaming al
the mouth and uttering mccarthy
| yells.
u. Seguier, IL appears, had dIscov.
cred where Comtat hid his absInthe
and had taken possession Of the stock
whereupon Comtat. In a violent pas
sion had hurled an empty bottle az
the engineers head and had tried &c
grab his throat
u. Seguier's wound fortunately vas
not dangerous. and the doctor took
his arm to conduct him upstairs The
moment Comtat caught sight again Of
the engineer his frenzy returned
| You hound" be howled. You
thief.-Fll be quits with you I'll cut
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