The Washington times., 1913-07-29
TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
THE GOLDEN GATE By VIM BROWN nrIosEr

, nttul lady forn!nst me-we'd taken
her husband aboord cause we'd seen
him sick about tn decks-says she. II
We must die, we'll die thegither. Jawn.
An all round was Bedlam."
With shudder he lay back. Emily
Granville knew that 1t was of her
mother and father that the derelict had
Just spoken. But even in the stress OF
feeling which possessed her there
formed in her mind a high, practical
purpose She knew that II this man
could but reach the ears of the world
w!.i this tale it meant the vtndication
OF Paul Lavelle.
II meant all that was dear to him-his
g Oh name, his honor restored. The
sailor must not die. He must live. She
would fight death for him, and in JUS
tice she must conquer. II she could do
this thing for her love she would have
nothing else 10 ask OF life.
But OF sudden. dread seized her
Perhaps II was only the tale of a dis
ordered brain that she heard. Why had
not this man come forward at the in
quiry which had sent Paul forth brand
ed a coward? Why had he not told this
story then? II he had been on the va
kutat that night. how was Il that Paul
did not remember him? Could it be
that this mans weakened mind had
found suggestion for the tale in the
force OF her own mental desire?
But what became OF you after that
night-after the Yakutat was lost?' she
asked.
Il don't know. nurse. I don't know.
II was just year ago that woke up.
The last anchorage of her hope went
with that 1t was but a maundering
tale. after all. Or else her senses were
t"'cking her and she had imagined that
/ had said these things about Paul
her mother and father and the
1T all came back to me-" the dere-
lict went on wearily-"twelve years of
my loife. l was in the seamen's bethel
In Hongkong, just year gone. An out
av n Frisco paper l spelled that tn
Laveile av tn Yakutat. tn princes boy.
Like tn lightnin' sthr!kes. twilve
lost year come back. Says, l. I'm Dan
iel McGOveru.' Whin was afther teIlin'
tn sky pilot he wint and toll tn doc
ed It. Whin tn Yakutat's boat had
gone over somethin' struck my head
A whale ship picked me up. TIL princes
boy niver knew Id served with his
father.
''AIl tn trubble in nv head shtart-
ed before / FINED tn Yakutat | was
afther fallin' from tn tawpsl yard av
some ship. Her name-I can't remim-
Der where twas, or what ship twas.
tould ElstOn about it-fine lad he was
an he laughed at me till give him th'
piece out av tn HOngkOng newspaper.
He laughed-Ill be afther shIeepin',
shleepin. nurse. Ill be
Daniel MacGovern's eyes closed He
seemed very weak. For a second Emily
feared that he was dying Then her
abiding faith in the Justice of things
renewed her.
He mustn't die, God-not yet, not
yet" she pleaded In a whisper
She ran from the derelict's room into
the mates. Earlier In the evening she
had found on Elston's desk a book-a
half-flled diary, from which she had
torn 2 page upon which TO write. She
carried this book. and pen. an ink we'll
beck to MacGovern's room. She would
reduce MacGovern's story to writing
and make him swear to ii.
As she spread the book open upon a
chair and knelt beside II 10 write. a
clipping futtered out front
its pages. A glance confirmed the truth
OF all tho dereliCt had said about his
strange lapse of memory: