The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-11-30

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From the rings Of the silent com
pnny rose the shrll, rasWug accents
| Of Jenkins I. Chase The Amuriciiu
multimih,onairo was fragile and dy,
! pcptlc and nervous u mere shred Of "a
man physically, but given sufficient
pruyoCntIon he had the aggressive
courage of terrier Nor hud his cur
/ mics IN the world of commerce and
finance ever called him "a coward This
situation rNaspcatcd him beyond
words
You're II fuldlc.hcndrd liar. you
Dragging, anuuhislc ~roundrrl hn
cried, shaking his flst at the spcnkr,
4 "Cut ont all that hot air and hallcr
dash We can read II IN books G,t
/ down 10 business What do yuu pro
/ pose 10 do with u~f Hold me for
ransom, Your Communal lnoruu
hood hr hanged"
The eyes Of llr hoeu, Professor
GcrHld Wilhelm Noudcrhoz were un
! pleasantly malcyolrul as hc mlmly
answered
1T Is an accident that you Yourself
are ou hoard. Nuu were mot included
In our plaus do not intend to hoId,
You for mnsom. II will be- doing u'
great scr,lcc to mankind 10 throw
You into the sen
quite mduuntcd, for bis blood wa.
up jenkins T.. Chn~r flung nnrh 900
him
You're q mauc, | presume ,uu
are after TN" Two million In gold coiI.
signed to New York bankers, which
Is In the ships treasure room Yuu
have the upper hand why don't YOU
take the plundcr aud lcnyc us alone
/ I'VE require no advice from yuu
And the rOptor showed his teeth IN 20
mlrtGlrsS ,m.lr Il wish 10 inform the
passengers thai they viii be fed a-
long as they behave themselves They
also have permission to Use part ur
the promenade deck witch will hr
roped off aud guarded. ANY person at
tempting 10 reach other parts Of The
ship viii be- shot II Is possible that
| you Will suffer no harm What tu du
with You has not yet been decided
That Interested observer. Captain
Michnel 0'Shea, swiftly whispered Ia
johnny Kent
Tuck your gun under the cushion
Of the scttcc behind Us The passen
gers will be searched for arms. The
professor knows his business"
The acute mind Of jenkins p. Chase
had already concluded that these two
men were readywltted aud unafrald.
lie marked their bearing and he WIS
impressed with the fact that O'Shon
had been aware of trouble aboard the
ship before the other Passengers Su-
pected It, Inviting them into his nN
nrlouS rooms, he brusQuely demanded
What's your opinion? Have you
any suggestions"
Il am n shipmaster by trade, ard
my large friend here has been chiri
engineer Of good many steamers
answered O'Shen. But we never
bumped into anything like this. III
our duty IN find n way out, this hc
Ing n JCh In our line of business. ns
yC might soy"
O'Shca rubbed his head ana Smllol
with a slightly sheepish air as he
added:
We have knocked some holes In tho
laws OF the high seas ourselves. Ing
ye cun set uN loWn y amateurs along.
side his rampagcOus chemical pro.
tC>sOr 'Tis the biggest thing of the
on the kind that was ever pulled off
This Nonderholtz has brnlus and nerve.
And he IL as cOld-bloOded ~ fsh.
The man Is bad clear through. Ana
he IL crammed full Of Concrit, which IL
his one weak point, the flaw ln hi4
system"
Call him all the names YOU please.
but how does that help us" snapped
jenkins Z. Csasc.
"Go easy my dear man. Twill do
no good 10 hop about like nm ugitntcd
flea. What | nm getting at " this.
ondcrholtz is So well pleased with his
Ilnns that he thinks they cannot be-
upset. We may catch him OF hls
gunrl"
But what n we dOG' demanded Mr.
Chase. These Williams have captured
the whole crew ~ the steamer off
GERS, sailors, stewards"
Twas not hard TO take them hy
surprise I'm the night and lock them
In their quarters under guard. sir"
explained O'Shca. Half Of them were
OFF watch and asleep, ye must remem.
ber. Nonderholtz hns near hundred
and fifty men, and no doubt every one
uf them came aboard with II gun In
his clothes. Aud they were amazing
we'll organized I'll say that for him.
There ARE enough Of them 10 work the
ship and 10 spare, and suppose tnerc
ARE naylgntors aud engineers among
them
Il can believe all Tint" irritnhly
interrupted jenkins L. Chase Now
that the Internal piracy has succeed
ed, Il Is easy enough to se how n
gang with n capable leader can take
possession NJ any Atlantic liner. DO
You think these scOundrels can be
bribedW
"'Tis not probable vonderholtz Il
n fanatic, with his wild Ideas about
society and he hns recruited men VI
his own stamp. Besides, they have
the two millions In old In the strong
room 10 divide for the good Of hu.
mnnity."
How viii they get away with the
goldG It's nightmare. The whole
thing Is prepoStcro,s," snOrted the
millionaire
Il have read In the newspapers that
Mr.. Jenkins T. Chase once stole ruil
rood, pleasantly returned OShcn
Maybe yOu can figure II out better
than uS two snilormen how Wonder
's hOltz stole steamship"