The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-01
CONTINUED from yesterday.)

one OF the DEtuhI SUITS. IL Is 44soO y.
m. Nov. 81. 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 .lwoke early. and. al
though his head still behaved queerly
and he hnd moments of nausea. he
dressed himself ana Went an deck.
a limltless. oily sen stretched out
before his bewildered eyes. He touch
ed the rail with his li:tldS To verify his
vision. He felt as if he were walking
in his sleep. He realized that a great
fragment lad suddenly dropped out of
his Hfe's pattern.
Although Anthony was IL youth of
few responsibilities. he :twoke sudden
" to the fact that there We're Il thou
sand things that needed doing. Il thou
sand people who needed to know his
wherea bouts. n thousand things that
were bound 70 go wrong. For In
stance, there was his brand new
French car. standing with motor blank
eted beside tire FOfty-fifth 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 tat. check in his bill
case. and lie searched himself diiigent-
ly but found nothlng. II was simply
imperative. fiat lie get some word
lshore.
lie let his eyes rove over the ship III
desperation Then a happy Thought
came to him.
The wircless!" he said aloud. Bone
head. WINS didn't you think OF that
long ago. \ glance Mt the rigging
showed him that rhS Santn Cruz was
equipped With :, plant. and a momen1
later ~, WAS hammering ut the oper-
ator's ,;opr
II want Ia Scu - message rigli
| away" he cried eScitedIy. But the
/ wireless shook his head with q
smile
We're installing !, new system The
old apparatus wasn't satisfactory. and
its being ,,lrinScd throughout"
Then yoil-yan can't send message
possibly"
Nothing doing until tile next trip
| Kirk strobe forward and stared dis
consolatcly down uRon the freight deck
| IN vain endeHvor tn collect his
Thoughts He recalled the incidents
of that wild night and began tn have
n iisquietinS doubt. Did that chance
meeting with tile chap FROM st. Louis
| have anything TO do with his presence
4 here or had he really decided in some
| foolish drunken within TO take trip to
Central Americ,? He recollected thai
Jefferson Locke had not impressed
/ him very favoIbly ut the start.
The sound of Il bugle. which Kirk
| Interpreted as an invitation to break
| fast. reminded him That lie was fam
ished. and he lost no time in going he
low. Upon his appearance the stew
ard made it plain TO him in some
subtle manner that the occupant o.
suit A needed nothing beyond the
| mere possession Of those magnificent
quarters to insure the most consideratc
treatment. Kirk was placed ut the
| captains table. where his hunger was
soon appeased. and his outlook grew
more cheerful with the complete res
toration of bodily comfort.
"Getting your sen legs. Mr.. Locke?
inquired the man at his right.
My name Is Anthony"
81 beg your pardon. The passenger
list said
.'That was n mistake
MY name is Stein. May I ask
where you are bound for"
II think the place is Panama.
.ssoing to work on the canalP
what canal3 oh, of course! Now
l remember hearing something about
1 Panama canal. Is that where it is p
That's the place." Stein replied
dryly.
"Oh. I've heard it mentioned,
We'll, you won't hear anything else
mentioned down here. It's the one
and only subject of conversation. No
body thinks or talks or dreams about
anything except the canal. Everybody
works on it or else works for some
body who does. See this fellow COM
| ing down the stairs ?" Anthony be-
held a slender, bald headed man OF
youthful appearance. 'gThat is Ste
phen Cortlandt You've heard of the
Cortlandts?"
Sure: One of them pitched for the.
Cubs"
az mean the Cortlandts of Washing
ton They're swell people. society
folks and all that BE broke or to
bow effusively to the late conner, who
seated himself opposite. Then he in
troduced Kirk.
Mr. Cortlandt impressed Anthony as
cold biooded. highly sciooled person.