The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
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What have you done with HIM"
Hes in the seamans quarters, for.
ard sir"
See that he's kept there, Mr. Mac.
Lecd.' | told him. I'D feel better II
you put watch on him tonight, To,
morrow we'll run In TO Gloucester and
look up his people and friends"
Very good, sir"
Thank you"
thought CT having look at Peter
Johnson, myself, for | was somewhat
curious 10 study that face again when
It vas sentient, and had eyes open,
but on second thought ! decided 70
walt until morning. 1t seemed silly
to suspect this seemingly honest but
unfortunate fisherman.
We had not been speeding so well
during the afternoon: there was some
trouble reported from the engine
room, and II was n question whether
We had made over fifteen knots an
hour since two o'clock | l@ow that
AZ ton o'clock that night. when the
moon went down, we were somewhere
| east Of Nantucket, and directly III the
path OF the transatlantic liners.
The night was balmy as a night in
| springtime, and Cameron and in
| liSht OvcrcCats sat on the after.deck,
| watching the moon slide slowly below
the dark horizon line. Our chairs were
close together facing the lee rail: his
the farther astern. We talked OF
many things, remember. lie was al,
ways interested In my work, and es-
! pecially In my ambitions 10 make The
! Week power for national good and.
! remember that We discussed several
projects ! then had in mind for bring
lug about reform in high places. But
n" subject which then interested me
most and regarding which l still eX
p"rIenced vague, unreasOning uneas-
mess, he had avoided throughout the
day and evening. with what seemed
to NE studied intent.
The sudden cessation OF hosilitics
on the part Of those whom he had
been given every reason TO look upon
aa his impacablc enemies, was cor
t..uly strange enough 10 have invited
endless debate; and | marvelod that,
after having accepted my falsahood
as truth. he had not chosen to 20 over
with me the whole marvelously per.
pI"ying business.
Ills mind. knew was relieved by
what | had made him believe, or he
would not now be the man he was
but despite that, It appeared to me,
Il would be most natural for him, on
this day Of all days--the twenty,nrst
OF The mOnth-to question. at least,
my previously omphUtIcally stated
conclusions.
There had been moment Of silence
between us, aud these reflections were
dominant with me, as six bells, ring.
ing out unsteady. announced that
midnight was but an hour distant Al
that instant. while in time TO the
bells strokes, there echoed in my
brain the words: Know then, that be |
fore the morning of the eighth day
hence" Cameron, lowering his CT. !
gar. turned to me with:
Clyde, ! wonder IL you hRvo for |
gotten what day this is"
| don't know why, coming at just !
that particular juncture, the question
should be more upsettIng than II It |
had come at some other time OF day. |
but know It seemed 80 to me.
For little space my tongue refused
Its office. There was o lump in my |
throat which demanded to be swal.
lowed, and | made a protonce OF
coughing to hide my plight. At length
answered. a bit lamely:
NO, haven't forgotten It's
Wednesday, tho twenty-hrst OF Octo.
Der"
lie returned his cigar to his lips and
smoked in silence for a full minute
Then. he said, quietly;
IT'S seven days since that empty
envelope came"
Yes" / returned.
There was another slight pause and
he went on:
II have been thinking that possibly
you were wrong about the significance
of that empty envelope. Possibly
those enlgmatlcal persons intended
that absence OF definite threat to
imply the incouceivably terrible"
Now that he had started to talk
about II, ! wished that he had contin.
ued his silence. could not under.
stand how had convinced him be-
fore. knowing all tho while that was
without truth to support me. Ger.
tainly, now. pervaded as | was with
that grim disquletude. 1t would be
even more difficult to carry conviction
with my words.
whatever they intended" | ven.
tured, yielding n fraction OF a point,
1T seems to me that they'll have some
difficulty in carrying It out. There
are no portraits here TO mutilate and
no mirrors TO smash. For the previ-
Gus performances there must be some
more or less simple explanation.
Neither you nor believe in the su.
therefore the things that
happened at Cragholt were brought
about by natural means. seemingly in.
applicable as they we're Now no nat