The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-03
arms, buried his face in the angle OF
my neck and shoulder
CHAPTER XVIII.
A Final probI,enn.

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lowed the bringing Of Cameron to the
little hotel in Port Said. am in
clined to question, too, whether in the
space Of single waking day four per-
sons ever talked more, or with more
mutual interest, than did the four Of
us there gathered. The heat, the flies,
the poor food, and the miserable ac-
comodations, generally, were not
merely gladly tolerated, but absolutely
disregarded In the eAuberance Of our
rejoicing. annoyances which had
doomed large on the preceding day
dwindled to the imperc.lvable; and
from early morning until late night ex-
periences were exchanged. adventures
told and speculations INDUCED In.
Washed, scrubbed, shaved, shorn
and clad In raiment put at his disposal
by the indefatigable Hartley, Cameron
appeared wonderfully well-lOOking. In
deed was amazed by his appearance
and by his condition. had feared to
find him mental and physical ruin.
! had feared even for his life. And
no had come to us, IL we might Judge
by outward seeming, stronger, more
robust, less neryously relaxed than
when he disappeared.
AT first" he told us, as We sat at
breakfast in a little upper room OF 4he
hotel, Evelyn close on his right, Dr.
Addison at his left, and | opposite
him, u suppose did suffer, whenever
! was conscious, which, fortunately. |
think, was comparatively seldom.
They dosed me almost continuously
with what believe to have been some
attribute OF opium, so that even in my
waking moments was not wholly nor
NAL. In this way, of course, ! lost all
count Of time. And so, too, am UNI
able to give events in sequence. My
first conscious moment after being on
the deck Of the Sibylla found me
strapped In narrow berth on rapid,
but rather rough-riding craft Of appar-
emily much smaller dimension than
the yacht, and with a Chinese boy sit
ting beside me- You can fancy my
startled amazement at the sudden
transition. In vain l asked questions.
In vain struggled to rise. Then l
shouted, and the Chinese boy lighted
what appeared to be an ordinary joss
stick on a stand at the head of my
berth, and Withdrew from the tiny
cabin. Insensibllity followed quickly.
After that | have a vague. dreamy
recollection Of eating something with
strange, spicy flavor. which seemed
only to add to my stupor. Once l
dreamed-at least think 1t must have
been a dream-that was In dark
box, so cramped that my bones ached,
and that far away above me were lit
tie holes through which the light
came In luminous fan-like rays that
glowed against the black"
'I'm inclined to think it was no
dream" put In, recalling the news
paper story had read in my brokers'
office, in Wall street. "The probabill-
ties are that you were shipped In
that box from Fall River to New York,
and certain influential Chinaman,
called Yup Sing, knew all about it."
TITS quite possible" Cameron went
on. II know that 1t was very difficult
to distinguish, in those days, between
dreams and realities. Eventually, how
ever / awoke to and myself on the
Glamorganshire, quartered with the
men in the forecRstle, beard well
grown and my clothes the coarsest
sort OF mariners outfit. For a while
was far too I'll for labor. The reae-
ton from the drugs which had been
caused me the keenest
suffering But, gradually, / came
about, and was set to work with paint
pot and brush. The humanity shown
me at this time was surprising.
couldn't comprehend 1t. But l realized
eventually that my strength was being
lostered for future torment"
why didn't you explain. dear, to
he captain?" Evelyn asked, with one
Of those bursts Of naivette that con-
trasted so charmingly with her usual
y Astounding good Judgment.
Cameron smiled. 81 couldn't get
near the captain. my child" he re-
turned, indulgently. ut wasn't be-
cause didn't try. The officers ridi-
,uled my assertions as pipe dreams,
and when, at each port, pleaded to
DO allowed to communicate with our
consul, was only kept under stricter
guard"
And 80 his story continued, inter-
rupted at intervals by questions from
one or another Of us, until we had the
whole wretched tale of cruelty, in
Guiding the Anal chaptsr which pre-
ceded the rescue.
When he learned that every stoker
and trimmer, save himself, had been
ordered on deck, still hoping against
hope that the outside world had at
ength been moved to intereession In
his behalf, he demanded to be allowed
70 go with the rest. And when his. de-
nand was refused he. rebelled, fight
ng his way to liberty with an iron
bar from cinder-tub, which he had
concealed for such emer-
sency. /
have no inclination to test patIence
BY detailing all the events and record
ng all the dialogue Of that happy day.
uueh that hannqnad and much fhat |