Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-07

| self eXcitedly on one arm.
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t$&-@gB again without delay. IF
this is a ship | must have come aboard.
| How did | do it? When? Where:'
''You came on with two men, or,
rather, between two men, about $50
this morning. They put you in here,
gave your ticket to the purser and
went ashore. The slim fellow was
crying. and one Of the deckhands had
to help him down the gangway.
THAT was Higgins. all right. Now,
doctor, granting just for the sake of
argument that this is ship and that
| am jefferson Locke, when is your
next stop?"
"One week.
'What?" Kinks eyes opened wide
with horror. II can't stay here q
! week."
You will have to-
But l tell you | can't just can't.
/ bought a new car the other day, and
it's standing in front of the New York
theater. Yes, and l have two rooms
and bath at the hotel at SIS a day"
The physician smiled heartIessly.
You must have been drinking pretty
heavily, but | guess you will remem-
Der everything by and by"
81 can't understand it." groaned the
bewidered invalid. What ship is
this-if it is really a ship?"
THE Santa Cruz. Belongs to the
Sc,
one of the bridal suits. 1t is II 30 p.
M, Nov. q. We are bound for Colon.
Good night. That capsule will make
you Sleep"
When the officer had gone Kirk turn
ed over and fell asleep. Morning
showed him the truth of the doctors
information. He awoke early. and. al
though his head still behaved queerIy
and he had moments of nausea he
dressed himself and went ON deck.
A limitless. oily sea stretched out
before his bewildered eyes. He touch
ed the rail with his hands to verify his
vision. He felt as if he were walking
in his sleep. He realized that a great
fragment had suddenly dropped out of
MS lire S pattern.
Although Anthony was a youth of
few responsibilities. he awoke sudden
ly to the fact that there were a thou
sand things that needed doing, a thou
sand people who needed to know his
whereabouts. a thousand things that
were bound to go wrong. For in
stance. there was his brand new
French car. standing with motor blank
eted beside the Forty-ffth street curb.
What had happened to it and to the
urchin he had left in charge of it? He
owed $1,000 on it's purchase, which he
had promised to pay yesterday. That
remittance from his father had come
just in the nick of time Suddenly be
recalled placing the check in his bill
case. and he searched himself diligent-
ly. but found nothing. 1t was simply
imperative that he get some word
ashore
He let his eyes rove over the ship in
desperation. Then a happy thought
came to him.
1.-The wireless!' he said aloud. Bone
head! Why didn't you think of that
long ago?" A glance at the rigging
showed him that the Santa Cruz was
equipped with plant, and a moment
later he was hammering at the oper-
ator's door.
awayw he cried excitedly. But the
wireless shook his head. with
smile.
We're installing new system. The
old apparatus wasn't satisfactory, and
it's being changed throughout"
Then you-you can't send a message
possibly"
Nothing doing until the next trip"
Kirk strobe forward and stared dis
consOlately down upon the freight deck
in a vain endeavor to collect his
thoughts. He recalled the incidents
Of that wild night and began to have
disquieting doubt. Did that chance
meeting with the chap from st. Louis
have anything to do with his presence
here or had he really decided in some
foolish. drunken Whim to take a trip to
Central America? He recollected that
jefferson Locke had not impressed
him very favOrably at the start.
The sound Of a bugle, which Kirk
interpreted MS an invitation to break
fast, reminded him that he was fam
ished. and he lost no time in going be-
low. Upon his appearance the stew
ard made it plain to him III some
subtle manner that the occupant of
suit A needed nothing beyond the
mere possession of those magnificent
quarters to insure the most considerate
treatment. Kirk was placed at the
captains table. where his hunger was
soon appeased, and his outlook grew
more cheerful with the complete res
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