The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-08

my mind drifted Into better humos., Besides, my head ceased to ache.
 It was fully an hour after the com ing of darkness before I was disturb ed. Then the door opened, and thef entering gleam of light swinging in the passage revealed the grinning ne. gro steward bearing a we'll filled tras This he deposited in the berth, while applying match to the lamp over head. saw no shadow of any guard outside, but the fellow made no eE- fort to close the dOor, and did not move, confident he was not alone.
 "Says George, what boat is thlsP' E' asked.
 ''A6ah name is Louis, sah."
 "An right, Louis, then: what's tla' name of this vesselT'
 ''she am de Sea Gull, am a mighty fin boat, sa1."
 "so judge. What is she, fruiter or private yacht7''
 T reckon don't just know.' and hergrtnned.
 Perhaps then you will inform ms. where we are bound I suDPcss you know that9''
 ssNo,, sa1a; de captain he nebteF deDe tol' me, sah, no<h4n' bout his peHon- al plans. All he done aaid Vgus Ter me to hustle sum grub in yars.
 The shadow of a man blocked the doorway. He was one of those who had been in the snaall boat. aud El- ticed a revolver at his waist
 That's enough, boy. Come, po9s out with your' he commamded eI.r V. Never you mind the door. I'll attad to that"
 He pulled the door to a6ter Ga- treating form of the. negro. ana heard the sharp cItek of the llth and then hisSvo2ce mnGled bE dutee-. veuing wood, ordering fha Gte aft. There was. no .appesEE11ce 1fsCsg lock on the door. Probably G1eEo none, as otherwise it would not h beennecessaryeo post .eSna1t- ever, this was clearly no tiEne Co err pertinent, and was hungry enoE to forget all else an the apps4i9g fragrance of theamea1 waiting. fall to eagerly, convinced there Wog a good cook on board aglt e1 rs-l cry norseI- This dzd not ieoE ael though I pgas desttned 4o g1eEs and merely being confined 1n tl1es alaEEcs quarters for a few hours saA no Es1. hardship. Probably the girl Wa ceiving very similar
 as soon as the Sea GuilssEaa7s ever port was aimed at wa rould both be put ashore and Lett Co pro ceed as we thought loas Ihssa peo- pie were IaRless enough without doubt-the murders a1ready commit ted were evidence Of that-but 1ll they desired, so far as we were per sonalIy concerned, was Co get us safe-  longer interfere with their pIane What those paans naig3zs be ! could merely conjecture, with Ettls enough to guide my guessing. They might 6e hRfbusterS, connected with some 1eFc- lution along the Central American coast, smuzg1ers@ ors'1l lle.Is of even less reapecEa1laity, uaing the Henley place for a rendezvous. Thee 4eIlosgs were dozbt7ess the gkosz which haunted Ghe place aud had given it so unca1ny a reEJutatbon throughout the ne1gkE50lrzl0od. E71y Voald nat uraIHy resent any intereeGeces any change in ownership or conrol Fq1- sibly if they were thieves, as ! more than half suspected. they had bot buried near by and WeEes anxtoug @ get us Cut of me way sacng enough to remove t unobsorEed ThIz appelled to me as by far the mOst proballle eK- planation The door cpeneG aEain and the guard stood revealed helcta me in the glare of light
 'sThe old man wants you" he eX platned brusquely, waving his sk1nd aft as though specifying ths diraee .'Come on, now''
 preceded him along the napC7 passage The cabin waa un0ccurLed the table swung up against the beams of the upper deck, the heavy cL1iFs moved hack, leaving a Eride open, space The furnfshiAgs were Eieh tn eIeellllt taste. It was a yachtbke 1ntaoEe There was but one door, evidence that a single cabin occupied the eHllEe space asteEn, and stopped beeore 4, my companion applying his knuclllas to, the wood. but without removing his vatcteuI eyes from me. A mum voice asked who was there. anasAf fhc resoonse renlie7.