The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-09

ITS practical" commented Hicks. but
owen protested At last il was decided
that fourth man was necessary to do
the shooting, and the pirate volunteered
10 produce him
There's an old shipmate o. mine down
IN tine stoke hole working like niger.
He'd be glad to do the trick for ten dol
lars but We'll make it fifty because the
poor fellow has q wife and children and
needs the money He's mighty good 70
them children, Mike is. Kindhearted old
beEgar III go to get him"
Owen and Hicks went on deck while
Boyd descended TO the fiery yitals Of the
steamer II is not an easy matter to
smuggie a grimy stOEer from his furnace
10 the upper passenger decks, but the
pirate managed it,
Meanwhile the old man was not losing
time. He had taken dictagraph from
his baggage, borrowed a few dry batteries
and coil of wire from the wireless
operator. He carefully installed the in
strument in his stateroom, and led the
wires out under his door to the passage
way. From there it was an easy task TO
carry them along the edge of the carpet
to the door of owens stateroom Arrived
at the point, he was compelled to leave
pliers wire and the receiving instrument
under chair
Like many another staternom door,
Ovens could not be locked easily from
the outside, SO when tho th~ea -onsnirators
went ont they left it unicc.ei The old
man slipped in a moment lat5 and quickly
placed the dictagraph under the lower
bunk
Returning to his own the old
man took up his instrumer listened
But he was not q very e% eCtrician
and the dictagraph for a long time failed
to give anything but roars and crack
ling sounds though he was convinced
s1ere were several persons talking. At
last he got the thing adjusted in time to
catch the last sentences Of the CONVEX
sation He recognized the voice Of the
pirate" 1t said:
"An then we lowers you down the rope
to his portfolio. You sticks your gun in
and shoot the old fool Don't forget to
throw the gun in afterward, so they'll
think he killed himself. See?'
Sure, I got yer, matey," replied q
strange voice.
After this the dictagraph got out OF
order or the speakers left the room, as
nothing further came over the wire.
After closing the portfolio Harry started
to take off his disguise with view Of re-
vealing himself and having owen, Hicks
and the pirate arrested Then 1t oc-
Cured to him that he had not heard
owen or Hicks talking and very likely
they were not in the room at all.
1t was probably a crazy, drunken
scheme OF the old sailor whom he had tor
mented with his interruptions. Neither
Owen nor Hicks had any suspicion, so far
as he knew, that behind the whiskers and
eyeglasses was Harry. owen could have
no object in shooting him. In fact, he was
rather ashamed of himself for letting the
thought enter his head.
Can it be that l am jealous Of this
man Owen?" he wondered, and can it
be that l have any cause? Polly has been
taking his advice against mine lately.
What can that mean?"
Peace reigned at dinner and during the
evening while the old liner plunged and
rolled past wicked old Cape Hatteras.
While the passengers listened to the sad
orchestra in the saloon Harry, still ia his
whiskered disguise. sent a wireless 10 a
lawyer in New York requesting him 20
telegraph Pauline at Nassau soAct5 Z
that would make her come home as s,1L
as possible Then he entered his state