The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-10

nave come at D0Lter tlmo, SAID tne
local man eagerly. -u,. d..
"Ah, but you see. I had planned te
swim out to the eddy, and make some
personal observations"
I You was going to swim into Dead
Mans Eddy?" asked the other. aghast
why, Perfessor, you must have
turned foolish. They amt a man on
this coast would take a chance like
that"
Superstition" retorted the other
CURLY. "On still day such as this
there would be no danger to an ex-
perienced swimmer. The conditions
are ideal except for this crowd. What
| is it? Has the village gone picnick.
ing?"
Not sca'cely! Amt you heard l.?
Another ones come in through the
eddy. Lies over yonder."
Professor Kent's eyebrows went up.
as he glanced toward the indicated
spot; then gathered in a frown.
Not washed up there, surely?" he
said.
'Thet's what" answered Jarvis.
"When?"
Sometime early this morning."
"Pshaw!" said the other, turning to
look at the curving bulwark Of rocks
over which the soft slow swell was
barely breaking IF it were the other
end of the cove, now, l could under
stand it."
YES" agreed Jarvis, they mostly
come in at the other end, on this tide"
Mostly? Always" The professors
tone was positive. Unless my charts
are wrong. But this-well, it spoils
at least one phase Of my theory"
"Theery!" exclaimed the liveryman,
his pale eyes alight. You got
theory? But I thought you didn't
know anything about the body, till 1
told you, just now"
"Oh, my ruined theory has refer
ence to the currents" sighed the 9TH
er. ut has nothing to do with dead
men, as SUCH"
Neither has this" was the prompt
response, delivered with a jerk of the
thumb toward the dark object.
mo? What is it then, If not a dead
MANI"
"a dead woman"
"Oh! All the same, it shouldn't
have come in on this section of the
beach at ALL"
Tibet ain'thalf the strangeness Of
it, the way 1t washed In. Lonesome
Cove has had some queer folks drift
home to it, but nothing as queer as
this. Come and see for yourself"
Still frowning, Professor Kent suf-
fered himself to be led to the spot.
Two or three of the group, as it parted
before him, greeted him. He found
himself looking down on a corpse clad
in dark silk dress and stretched on
a wooden grating, to which it was
dashed with small rope. Everything
about the body indicated wealth. The
dress was extensively made. The
shoes were of the best type, and the
stockings were silk. The head was
marrad nv q friohff,,I hr,,ica u,bioh
had crushed the right side and extend
ed around behind the ear Blood had
clotted thickly In the short close-curled
hair The left side was unmarked.
The eyes were closed and the mouth
was slightly open, showing a CLINT of
gold amid very white and regular
teeth. An expression of deadly terror
distorted the face. Professor Kent
bent closely over it.
That's strange; very strange" he
murmured. ut should be peaceful"
But look at the hand!" cried Jarvis.
Here, indeed, was the astounding fea-
SNAS VI IAO bAo6CuyJ bhC dopCNL Iudt
brought Kent to- his knees, the more
closely to observe. The body lay
twisted slightly to the right, with the
left arm extended. The left wrist
was enclosed in light rusted hand
cuff to which a chain was fastened
At the end of the chain was the com.
panion cuff, shattered, evidently by a
powerful blow, and half buried in the
sand. AS Kent leaned over the corpse,
a fat, powerful, grizzled man with a
metal badge ON his shirt-front pushed
forward.
'Them's castiron CUFFS" he an
nounced. THAT kind amt been used
these forty years."
What kind of ship 'ud be carryin'
'em nowadays?" asked some one in the
crowd.