The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-08-29

ger would make his attempt az
night. Indeed. he made IL in broad
daylight. with Barnes not a hundred
yards away. calking n dory whose
seams had sprung a leak. Braine
had Florence upon the chartered
yacht before III. old man realized
what had happened. He never saw
Florence again. but one day. months
later. he read all about her escape
In a newspaper.
Florence fought: but she was
weak. and 30 the conquest was easy.
Braine was kind enough. now that
be had her safe. lie talked TO her,
but she merely stared at the reced-
Ing coast.
All right: don't talk II you don't
want 20. Here" 20 one OF the men,
take her 10 the cabin and keep her
there. But don't you touch her. III
break you II you do. Put her in her
cabin and guard the door. at least
keep an eye on II"
Even the temporarily demented
are not without a species OF Gun
ming. Florence had never seen
braine I'LL he appeared at the
Barnes cottage. Yet she revolted al
the touch OF his hand; hated him
with a violence which would have
stirred the scientific interest OF an
alienist She wanted 10 hurt him.
torture him. beat him down and
uample on him. But as this vas a
physical irnpossibility. she did the
next most agreeable thing 10 her
disordered mind. On the second day
out toward New York. she found a
Dor OF matches and blithely set fire
10 her cabin. walked out into the
corridor and thence 10 the deck.
when the fire was discovered IL had
gained too much Roadway 10 be
stopped. The yacht was doomed.
They put off in the boats and for
half a day drified helplessiy.
Fate has everything mapped out
like n game Of chess You move a
pawn. and bang goes your bishop,
or your knight, or your king: or she
lets you almost win game. and
then checkmates you. But there Is
one thing TO be said In her favor
rail at her how we will. she In al.
ways giving odds 10 the Innocent
Mike hammock was In the pilot
house. looking over his charts, when
the lookout in the crows nest sang
out: Two boats adrift off the port
bow. sir" And Bannock. who was
n firstclass sailor. although a rough
one, shouted down the tube TO the
engine room. The freigh,er came TO
n halt In about ten minutes. The
castaways saw that they had been
noted. and pulled calamity at the
oars.
There are some things which sci
ence. well advanced as Il is. cannot
explain. Among them In the shock
which cuts off the past and the
countershock which reawakens
memory. They may write treatise
after treatise and erpound. but they
never succeed In truly getting be-
yond that dark wall Of mystery.
At the sound of Jim Norton's
voice and at the sight of his face
for subconsciously she must have
been thinking OF him all the while
"A great binding heat-wave
seemed TO burn across her eyes.
and when the effect passed away
she was herself again. A wild
glance at her surroundings con.
vinced her that both she and her
lover were in danger.
Keep back" whispered Jim.
Don't recognize me-"
They believe that I've lost my
mind, and I'll keep that idea In their
heads. Some time tonight I'll find
a chance TO talk TO you"
II took good deal OF cautious
maneuvering TO bring about the
meeting.
They shanghaIed me. And |
thought you deadl II was all
wrong. II was trick OF that Peri.
goff woman, and II succeeded. Girl.
girl. love you better than life!"
Il know II now" she said: and
she kissed him. Has father APP
peared yet7'
NO"
DO you know anything at all
ABOUT him." sadly.
Il thought | did. It's all jun
BILE 10 me. But beware of the man
who brought you here. lie is the
head OF all our troubles; and II he
knew ! was on board he'd kill me
out OF hand. He'd have to"
Braine offered Bannock thou.
sand dollars TO turn back as far as
Boston: and as Bannock had all the
time In the world. carrying no per.
ishable goods. he consented. But
he never could quite understand
what followed. He had put Flor.
ence and Braine In the boat and
landed them; but when he went
down 10 see n Braine had left any
thing behind. he found that individ-
ual bound and gagged In his bunk.
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