The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-02

th0 udThcst OF Tine
night that precedes the early dawn
of summer. Adams. from the crows
nest called down. in n panic. that
there was something crawling on all
Tours on tho deck below him.
Burns. on watch at the companion
way. ran forward with his revolver,
and narrowly escaped being brained-
Adams at that moment hinging down
marlinspike that he had carried
aloft with him.
heard the crash and Joined Burns.
and together we went over the deck
and both houses. Everything was
quiet; tho crew in various attitudes
OF exhausted sleep. their chests and
ditty-bags around them: Oleson at
the wheel; and Singleton in his Jail
room. breathing heavily.
Adams's nerve was completely
|, Eone. and. being now thoroughly
| awake. l Joined him in the crows
pest. Nothing could convince him
that he had been the victim Of q ner-
vous Authorization. lie stuck to his
story firmly.
1T was on forcastle head first"
he maintained. II saw 1t glea ming"
'Gleaming?"
sort of shining" he explained. 1T
came~up over the rail. and at first It
stooV up tall. like q white post"
You didn't say before that 1t was
white"
ut was shining" no said slowly.
trying to put his idea into words.
Maybe not exactly white. but light
colored. 1t stood still for so long, l
thought l must be- mistaken-that 1t
was light on the rigging. Then l
got to thinking that there wasn't no
place for a light to come from Just
there
That was true enough.
First 1t was as tall as a man. or
taller maybe" he went on. Then It
seemed about half that high and still
still, and II took 10 crawling along on
its belly. It was then ! yelled"
looked down. The green star
board light threw a light over only q
small part OF the deck. Tho red light
did no better. The masthead was
possibly thirty feet above the hull.
and served no illuminating purpose
whatever. From the bridge forward
the deck was practically dark.
,. "YSSy9Gysll'd' and then what hap
His reply was vague. troubled.
TN not sure" he said slowly. ut
seemed to fade away. The white got
'smaller-went to nothing, like a cloud
blown away In a gale. flung tho
spike
I accepted the story with outward
belief and mental reservation. But
l did not relish the idea of the spike
Adams had thrown lying below on
deck. No more formidable weapon
short of an axe could be devised,
said as much.
I'm going down for It," said; "if
you're nervous, you'd better keep It
by you. But don't drop II on every
thing that moves below. You almost
got Burns"
I went down cautiously and struck
a match where Adams had indicated
the spike. 1t was not there. Nor
had Burns picked II up. A splintered
board showed where 1t had struck
and a smaller indentation where 1t
had rebounded. but the marine spike
was gone and Burns had not seen 1t.
We got a lantern and searched sys-
tematically without result. Burns
turned to me a face CHASTITY In the
"Somebody has IT," he said, and
there win he more murder! oh. my
God, Leslie."
"When you went back after the ,
alarm, did you count the menu"
"No; Oleson said no one had come
forward. They could not have passed
without his seeing them. He has the (
pinnacle lantern and two other
:xn q, no on. cam. from tn. altar
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