Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-04-25

e9ss1y again without delay. u
this Is ship must have come ABOARD
How did l do 1t? When? WhereT
"You came on with two men. OF
rather, between two men, about S:3
this morning. They put you In here
gave your ticket to the purser an
went ashore. The slim fellow wa
crying, and one of the deckhands ha
to help him down the gangway.'
THAT was Higgins, all right. Now
doctor. granting just for the sake o
argument that this is ship and tina
/ am Jefferson Locke, when is you
next stop?"
Zone week."
"What" Kinks eyes opened wild
with horror. II can't stay here ,
week"
"You will have to-"
"But l tell you | can't just can't
! bought new car the other day. ant
it's standing in front of the New YorE
theater Yes. and | have two rooms
and a bath at the hotel at SIS day
The physician smiled heartlessly
"You must have been drinking pretty
heavily. but guess you vii! remem
Der everything by and by
81 can't understand it, groaned the
bewildered invalid. What ship Is
this-if 1t Is really ship2
1.-The Santa Cruz. Belongs to the
Consolidated Fruit company. This is
one of the bridal suits. 1t Is IL 80 p
m. Nov. Il. We are bound for Colon
Good night. That capsule will make
you Sleep"
When the officer had gone Kirk turn
ed over and fell asleep. Morning
showed him the truth of the doctors
information. He awoke early. and, al
though his head still behaved queerly
and he had moments of nausea. be
dressed himself and went on deck.
A limitless. oily sea stretched out
before his bewildered eyes. He touch
ed the rail with his hands to verify his
vision. He felt as If he were walking
in his sleep. He realized that great
fragment had suddenly dropped out Of
his life's pattern.
Although Anthony was youth of
few responsibilities. he awoke sudden
iy to the fact that there were a thou
sand things that needed doing. a thou
sand people who needed to know his
whereabouts. thousand things that
were bound to go wrong. For in
stance, there was his brand new
French car, standing with motor blank
eted beside the Forty-fifth street curb.
What had happened to 1t and to the
urchin he had left In charge Of 1t? He
owed $1,000 on its purchase, which he
had promised to pay yesterday. That
remittance from his father had come
just in the nick of time. Suddenly he
recalled placing the check In his bill
case. and he searched himself diligent-
~. but found nothing. 1t was simply
that he get some word
ashore.
He let bis eyes rove over the ship In
desperation. Then happy thought
came to him.
1.-THE wirelessp' he said aloud. Bone
head! Why didn't you think of that
long agor A glance at the rigging
showed him that the Santa Cruz was
equipped with plant, and a moment
later he was hammering at the oper-
ator's door.
II want to send message right
awayw he cried excitedly. But the
wireless shook his head. with
smile.
Were installing new system. The
old apparatus wasn't satisfactory, and
It's being changed throughout"
Then you-you can't send message
Nothing doing until the next trip"
Kirk strobe forward and stared dis
down upon the freight deck
In a vain endeavor to collect his
thoughts. He recalled the Incidents
Of that wild night and began to have
4 disquleting doubt. Did that chance
meeting with the chap from st. Louis
have anything to do with his presence
here. or had he really decided In some
'oolish. drunken within to take trip to
Central America? He recollected that
Jefferson Locke had not impressed
him very favorably at the start.
The sound of bugle. which Kirk
Interpreted as an invitation to break
fast, reminded him that he was fam
shed, and he lost no time In going be-
ow. Upon bis appearance the stew
lrd made it plain to him in some
'ubtle manner that the occupant of
Iuit A needed nothing beyond the
mere possession of those magnificent
quarters to insure the most considerate
treatment Kirk was placed at the
aptain's table, where his hunger was
DON appeased, and bis outlook grew