The evening world., 1915-02-26

riding clothes which had, e. . nnish-
Ing touch, . military collar which but
toned up 10 the neck. A pair q long
soft leather hip boots, buckling above
the knee. completed the outht and
when saw Longuehaye . little later
thanked him again for 1As thoughtful
ness IN providing me With such warm
and useeul apparel: Then Get eut to
look over the island.
Dvelins, warsawsa1, TrochwaisS
and the others, Who had been desig-
mated a. the crew OF the Crown OF
were summing themDelves on
the deck Of the schooner when ! came
down the path to the cove, evidently
pipe smoke into the early morning
sunshine. They hailed me. pointing
to little sailing craft which was
moored to the projecting root Of .
cypress tree. and asking me II I
knew how Il had como there. I told
them had no megaphonio voice. and
II they wished to know they could
get into the dory which was floating
at the stem Of the schooner and come
ashore. Eveling. Warsawski and
Paks accepted tho invitation. and
whom they had beached the dory I
gave them the information that
Longuehays had II in" for them for
keeping no watch and permitting peo-
pie to land on the island. Briefly I
told them Of the occurrence, then ex-
amined the sailboat.
It was the usual small craft of
that particular district, the sort that
even the poorest might own. It was
nirnsy and nat-bottomed. the sort Of
craft that takes the wind readily
enough. but In which one must be
careful never to move after once her
sails are filled. She was six or seven
feet long and had two sails.
For the Same reason that speak of
the boat, II IL necessary to tell of the
trip to the Red Reef Lighthouse which
We made that day. Do not think that
! attempt to delay tho revelation Of
future happenings. The lighthouse,
although / did not know It at the
time. was one Of the prime factors In
the events 10 follow; but wnen
Longuehaye proposed. after had told
ham Of the calling craft, that we take
our way oyer there and pay the keep
Or visit, ! was surprised that he was
80 willing to give this man knowledge
OF our presence on tho island, when
he had 90 ruthlessly condemned to q
dismal hole . couple Of innocent coun-
try-folk who had stumbled upon our
secret by accident.
ALLOW me to be the Judge, Cousin
Bobby" he returned, whom had
voiced these sentiments to him. "It
does not follow that because I visit
the lighthouse that the keeper v TO
have any Idea Of the presence Of .
band OF men here. It means only that
Charles L. Gibbons, owner Of the isi.
and. has come down for . littls-duck
shooting. We win say. Do you under
standf And. by the bye, I want you
70 meet an unfortunate friend Of
mine this morning. He 10 paralysed
IN both legs. ! don't think you have
soon him-ehr' .-'0
I replied that Jones had spoken Of
him-knowing that Longuehays was
aware OF this fact.
rooms. whore one Of the black Serv-
ants was dressing the man We had
spoken Of a. Calamity Creechurch,"
that sentimental rascal who stole
cargoes and put up clocks TO remind
him OF his wife. l found him unpless-
Ing. and all the moro 90 because,
strive ~ I might, could not get my
sense of the pathetic under control,
feeling continually sorry for the man,
for set around the room were Q num-
ber OF clocks. not then running, and Q
packing case that seemed to Indicate
that 1t contained moro OF them. The
OF . monomaniac-And should have
had sproper soorn from me. Instead
felt myself feeling sorry for the man.
He was cautiously insignificant Of
nose. mouth and eyes: but he had
what appeared to be. from q front
view. the forehead Of Q genius; but
viewed from the side one saw It
lacked breadth entirely: and the sup
posed height was partially due to the
fact that hair grew only about the
sides and back Of his head. hair GIN
the scalp pinker by reflection. He
spoke In . whlspery little voice and
with the snunciation OF . psalm
were goins to take you for q trip
over 70 the lighthouse this morning" !"
said Lonsuehays. after he had pre-
rs the 80 quiet enough for the
dory7" he asked. looking out Of the
corners Of his httls, blinking syss.
Wsve Eot scmsthanS better than 2
Of the dsad-riss batteau that had
and when We had eaten soms break.
fast that the other BLACK brought in,
he was carried by the two servants
down 70 the beach.
''De careful how you put HIM In
hera let 80, you two" said. for they
showed signs Of rocking tho boat.
Nov. Longuehaye, take hold Of him
and put hun right over the we'll Of
the oentroboard-pull that boat
around there, 6a3nbo. bring her right
about to the sdde. you woolly haired
anhction-there nowl"
When we had successfully placed
the old man on q cushion in the prop
er centre Of gravity, looked at
Loneuehaye
who else u gofngr
'Well-A ugustus here for onei~
The negro addressed rolled his ons
good eye and gr1nned.
And WHO else7"
Il am-and you oan sail tafs boat.
can't your
'well-yes." I sdmittsd 4 don't
know anything about larger boats.
but I'm tolerabay familiar With these
little fellows. But four = q pretty
big load for this fiimsy arttole."
''Wili II hold us7-that's the Ques-
ton. II not L ~ the least useful,
Will have 10 say behind" said
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