Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-26

Will und the man who locked you In. :
Unless" reminded her. 1T few out
when ! broke the lock-"
''In that case IL will be on the door
But nn exhaustive search OF the
cabin floor discovered no key Jones
seeing us searching. helped. his revol'
yer In one hand and lighted match In
the other. handling both with an aban-
don or ease tbat threatened us alter
uately with 6re and bullet. But
there was no key.
ut stands to reason. MISS" he said,
when we had given up. that since the
KEY isn't here. IL isn't on the ship. That
there KEY Is n sort OF red hot give
away. No one is going to carry thing
like that around. Either it's here I'm
this cabin-which IL isn't-or it's over
board"
Very likely. Jones. But I shall ask
Mr.. Turner to search the men,"
She went toward Turner's door. and
Jones leaned over me. putting a hand
on my arm
shes right, boy" he said quickly.
Don't let 'em know what you're after.
but 20 through their pockets. And
their shoes-' he called after me. "A
But, after all, 1t was not necessary.
The key was to be found. and very
soon.
Exactly what occurred during Elsa
Lees visit 10 her brother-in-law' s
cabin | have never learned He was
sober. I know, and somewhat dazed.
with no recollection whatever of the
previous night except n hazy idea that
be had quarreled with Richardson.
The voices from Turner'S cabin came
steadily. Miss Lees low tones, Tur-
ner's heavy bass only now and then.
Once ! heard her give a startled ex-
clamation. and both Jones and leaped
10 the door. But the next moment she
was talking again quietly
Ten minutes-fifteen-p l grew
restless and took to wandering about
the cabin. Mrs. Johns came TO the door
opposite and asked to have tea sent
down to the stewardess. l called the
request up the companionway, I'M
willing TO leave the cabin for mo-
ment. When | came back Jones was
standing ut the door OF Wallis cabin.
looking in. His face was pale.
Look here," he said hoarsely Look
at the bell He must have tried to
push the hutton"' ..
stared in. Williams had put the
cabin 10 rights as nearly as he could
The soaked mattress was gone. and n
clean linen sheet was spread over the
bunk. Poor Wallis clothing. as he had
taken II of the night before. hung on Il
mahogany stand beside the bed. and
above. almost concealed by his coat
was the bell. Jones eyes were fixed on
the darkish smear. over and around
the bell. on the white paint
measured the height of the bell
from the bed. IL was well above and
to one side-a smear ruther than
print. too indeterminate to be OF any
value. sinister. cruel.
He Didn't do that. Charlie" I said
He couldn't have got mp to il after
That is the n:urdPrer's mark. He
leaned there. one nand against the
wall. To look down at his work. And.
without knowing II he pressed the
button that reused the two women"
He had not heard the story of Hen
rietta Sloane. and as we waited | told
him Some OF the tension was relax
ing. He tried. in his argumentative
German way. 10 drag me into IA dis
cussion as 10 the generalization of
death that resulted from an accidental
ringing Of hell. But my ears were
alert for the voices near by. and soon
Miss Ice opened the door
Turner was sitting on his hunk. he
had made an attempt tn shave and had
cur his chin severely. He WIS in n
dreSsin. gown and was holding Il
handkerchief To his face He peered
at me over N with red trimmed eyes