The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-21


lish with such 3 marked French accent.
Did he ever speak OF any enemiss?'
asked the captain.
Never"
was he acquainted with any OF the
other .passengers?'
only as h~ had been with her
through the circumstance OF casual
meeting Is fellow shipniates."
"Er-was he. In your opinion. Mis-
Strong. a man who drank to excessr'
II do not know that he drank at all
he certainly had not been drinking
up to half an hour before I saw that
body fall overheard" she answered.
for was with him on deck up to that
time"
ut IL very strange" said the captain.
lie did not look TO me like man who
was subject to faintlng spells. or any
thing OF that sort. And. even had he
been. IL IL scarcely credible that he
should have fallen completely over the
rail had he been taken with an attack
have fallen inside. upon the deck. n
he Is not on board. Miss strong. he was
thrown overboard--and the fact that
you heard no cutlery would lead 10 the
left the ships deck-murdered."
The girl shuddered.
II was a full hour later that the mat
officer returned to report the outcome
of tho search.
"Mr. Caldwell n not on board. sir.'
he said.
II fear that there Is something more
serious than accident here. Mr.. Brent
~" said the captain. Il wish that you
would make n personal and very care
ful examination Of Mr.. Caldwelrs ef-
fects to ascertain n therp IL any ciew
to a motive either to suicide or murder
-siit the thing to the bottom"
AYE, ave. dr. responded Mr..
Brently, and left to commence his in
vestigation.
Hazel strong was prostrated. For
two days she did not leave her cabin.
a nd when she finally ventured on decl,
she was very wan and white. with
great. dark circles beneath her eyes.
Waking or sieeplnx. Il seemed that She
constantly saw that dark body drop
ping. swift and silent. into the cold.
grim sea-
shortly after her nrst appearance on
deck following the tragedy. Monsieur
Thuran Joined her with many express
sions Of kindly solicitude.
"Oh, but Il Ii terrible, Miss Strong"
he said. "I cannot rid my mind of It."
"Nor T." said the girl. YEARLY. Il
feel that he might have been saved had
/ hut given the alarm
"You must not reproach yourself. my
dear Miss Strong" urged Monsieur
Thuran. at was In no way your fault.
Another would have done "a you did.
who would think that because some
thing fell into the sea from a ship that
st must necessarily he a mani Nor
would the outcome have been different
had you given an alarm. For = while
they wdaid have doubted your ssory.
It hut the nervous halluoina-
ton OF a woman--had you insisted IL
would have been too late 10 have res
cuesi him by tho time the ship could
have been brought 10 q atop. and the
boats lowered and rowed back miles In
search of the unknown spot where the
rraeedy had occurred. No. you must
not censure yourself. You have done
more than any other Of us for poor Mr..
Caldwell-you were the only one 30 miss
him. II was you who instituted the
search"
Tho girl could not Aielp but feel crate
full to him for his kind and encouraging
words. lie vas with her oftsn-almost
for tho remainder OF the
she grew to like him very
much indeed. Monsieur Thuran mad
that the beautiful Miss Strong
Of Baltimore was an American hsiress
n very wealthy girl in her own risht.
and with future prospects that quite
cook his breath away when he contein-
plated them, and since he epent most OF
mis- time IN that delectable pastine II 10
a wonder that Ne breathed At all.
II had been Monsieur Thuran's inten-
ton to leave the ship at the first port
they touched after the disappearance OF
Tarzan. Did he not have In his cost
pocket the thing he had taken passaSe
upon this very boat to obtain? There
was nothing more to detain him there
He could not return to the Continent
fast enough. that he might board the
first express for st. Petersburg.
But now another Idea had obtruded
Itself. and was rapidly crowdins MS
original intentions Into the background.
That American fortune was not TO DC
uneexed at. nor WAS Its possessor whit
less attractive.
"Sapristi. but she would cause sen
"a tion In 81. Petersburg Ana he
would. too. with the assistance OF aer
After Nons!eur Thuran had squan-
iered few million dollars he discov-
cred that the vocation was so enureay
10 his liking that he would commune ."
down to Cape Town. wnere no sun
denly decided that he mao pressihs GU
gagements that might detain MN '"ere
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