The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

found. At the turning point there was
n larger stain.
II was decided that the steward
should 70 forward to call the men.
The steward went forward. pointing the
first mates revolver. the first mate. stll
obsessed with the mutiny idea evidently.
begged him:
you will look out for me. steward.
won't your lie also said THE cap
tain was Freemason and / am Free
mason"
The passenger told him to brace up.
The steward ordered all the men. cx-
cept the officers. to go down into the after
house. They went and saw the door of
the second mates room open and his dead
body on his bunk. bloody, covered with
CHASTITY wounds. The sight OF the dead
body sickened the passenger, who had
never seen a dead body. lie went back
on deck.
They went into Mrs. Nash's room. She
also was dead.
In q way the plot of the After House"
10 the story OF the Herbert Fuller When
. I first went over the trial | was in de-
spair. II seemed impossible to add any
thing TO II by turning II into fiction Ii
was the most thrilling thing ! had ever
read. and I still believe that the simple
narrative OF fact Is bigger than the story
l have made from IL.
uiduc tbS iHbbNau VI
q cargo schooner a private yacht. This
enabled me to put party aboard
and to bring In love story For
Monks. the Harvard student. | subs,i-
tuted young medical graduate just re-
covering from typhoid fever and craving
the sea. In the original story I made
him eat an infected oyster and contract
| typhoid fever. but I received protest
| from the oyster Growers Association Of
china nhaitipu frianfl
OF man. SO just gave him typhoid. I
did not even attribute IT to the milk Or
I might have had the Dairy Association
also after me.
While I changed the atmosphere of
| the ship completely retained the crew
| In its original numbers. Bran, the
| first mate OF the Herbert Fuller. becam me
| Singleton. the first mate OF the Ella.
Charley Brown. the stecrsman on the
night OF the crime. became Charley Jones.
I made the after house "A little larger.
hut retained Its general characteristics.
those At least that had any bearing ON
| the crime. For instance. I placed a
window near the wheel, where the steers
man could see into tho chart room. pm.
Jones at the wheel during the time tho
murders were committed and Singleton
on watch. But whereas In IN" original
| story the second mate was killed with
an axe. ! sent him overheard night or
TWO peloTe tlt MS II ~ u On
well known to all writers OF detective
stories. a sort OF preparation for the big
mystery.
As in the case OF the Herbert Fuller
had tn. student take charge OF III"
ship and bring her back into port !
had the three bodies placed In the jolly
boat and towed astern: ! had the crew
kept together on deck and not allowed
below. and ! had them all sign a de
| tailed account OF what happened on the
night OF the murders.
But there were "A great many differ
ences. Singleton, for instance, Ia a
drunkard in my story and on bad terms
with the captain. The owner. whose
party IL on the boat, II also under grave
suspicion; party OF women in the
after house are In state Of semi-sieGc
and even suspect tho student himself,
and whereas on the Herbert Fuller the
mysteries ceased with tho commission
Of the crimes. on the Ella, night after
night, curious and inexplicahle events
take place until the vessel is fairly back
into port again.