The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-03-27

"Over and over again. 1t was Is
who learned of the intention to taks
cruise. At first they thought they
would have to change their plans and
carry their enemy off before he had a
chance to take to his yacht. But Soy
that that would be too
crude a method: whereas to let him
think that he had escaped and was
safe away, and then, at the very mo-
ment of his triumph, to snatch him
from seeming security, would be the
very refinement of cruelty the avenger
so much desired. And so the proper
ties We're secured at some fabulous
tsure-l forgot just what they paid
for that fast power boat-the scene
was set, and the great act Of the
drama, with Soy still the star, was
carried to a successful climax
But" l made question, Il don't see
how Soy could take such a risk. Ifeit
had been McNish instead Of Cameron,
he certainly would have recognized
him, when he was brought aboard
from the disabled dory."
He thought of that, but you must
remember that in all those sixteen
years McNish had never once seen
Soy. He thought he had persisted
with the rest when the Sable Lorcha
went down. And so Soy decided that
in oilskins, apparently unconscious, IN
an open boat off the New England
coast, there was not one chance in.ten
thousand that McNish would connect
him with the cook he had left for dead
in the South China sea-"
"But McNish did recognize him as
soon as he laid eyes on him in this
house. l saw that myself, you know,
Miss Clement. He recognized him and
was terror stricken"
Miss Clement smiled t~olerantly. She
was armed at a.! points.
"You did not know, 1 suppose. Mr..
Clyde, that that was not their first
meeting" she explained. "Soy met
McNish on the night you found him.
1t was he who assaulted him, some
where about Seventh avenue and Fiji
tleth street, and would have killed him
then had not the police arrived at the
moment. The officers probably thought
McNish was intoxicated and let him
go, seeing that he could stand, and SO
he staggered on to Fifth avenue; and
there you discovered him."
mo, I did not know that" l admit
ted, a little crestfallen. What fol-
lowed?"
'You remember l told you that
Chinatown was in a state of frenzy,
toe next day? You can understand
row, why. Soy, Of course. reported
hat McNish had escaped from the
steamer"
What steamer" 1 cried, suddenly
realizing that the one really vital piece
of information we should have OBJ
tanned, had all this while been de-
layed. what steamer? Did he give
you the name of it?"
"1n just a moment, Mr.. Clyde" she
said, with a smile that | confess exa
perated me.
Pardon me-" I returned, insistent-
ly, "but you do not realize, l fear, what
minutes eve may mean in this mat
ter"
NO" still very calm. II really don't.
The steamer has been at sea now
twenty-five days. 1t is bound for Hong
Kong. If there was a chance of over
taking 1t, L"
There's every chance of %overtaking
it." l interrupted once again. "Tomor-
row, or next day, or even today, 1t
may put into Rio. We must telegraph
the United States Consulate at every
possible port"
And then, for the first time, appar.
emily, Miss Clement seemed to appre-
ciate there was a real urgency.
THE steamer is the Glamorgan-
SHIRE" she said, quickly: "a freight
er; a tramp, I suppose: bound for
Hong Kong. She sailed on Wednes-
day. the twenty-eighth Of last month.
and Mr.. Cameron was put aboard. half
drugged, as one of the crew."