The evening world., 1915-08-05
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Sinister island
By CHARLES WADSWORTH CAMP
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uncomfortably.
What was wrona7 ~
Stiffness reisned everywhers; MOI
a cry. not a sound. came TO my ears
lay in my berth puzzled and mys-
tined. What had caused me 70 aws
10 suddenly and so thoroughly
With cry 1 sprang to my rect -
The truth flashed upon me;
The Minerva was no longer IN mo-
toni
The throb. throb, throo OF tns
mighty shafts that revoived the pro-
peilers was stilled. and tho Dig snip
noated, hstless mass OF IRON on
the swelling bosom OF the moonht
gulf.
1 made my way 70 tne deck' ps
a. stumbled out OF the companion
way was stopped oy oorU ir'sn
man, one OF the poatswains.
mo one allowed on oeok' ne 'o'"
me, barring my way WIN ors"S
arm.
What In the troupieT ASKED.
What uouoier IL was
who spoke ana wnom l now saw to'
the nrst time. ne was On oooA'
ing against the rail- S'noNins.
why mas the snip s'oppoo'
mandeo.
rhlrsty anu "sn'eu e
replied.
Ignored Larkinss nhppanoy'
IL IL I'm not allowed on oeoA s'nee
II
boatswain.
Larhns chucked. fou Sec ne
said, Tive showed the ofncer my nS
badge ana police cara; pesides' war
correspondents can go anywhere
war correspondehts-wh
stammered. What do you meanr'
''s-s-s-shi" the reporter warned
and, motioning me out on Deck No
whispered: There Is trouble In the
engine room-the Cubans are de-~
manding that tho boat put to shore.
inc thing we reared SuperS'i''on
has them all In its clutches
"Then Won thing
.-rh.r. ,vu ha biooa.bsa" ,p,s,.
iheo WI" 20 o'oo''
posed Iarkins. Captain Lloyd 10 a
wise, level headed man. and instead
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e -.,--
smashing rev skulls no u pursuing
a more modern and tactful policy
reasoning with his mutlnous crew."
800. .,,aaar,y na.rad aovr ~
deck. There comes the captain
nov" ...t
,o,., .r -, en-. -n,,.-
oo"e. a"N s
uniformed figure OF Captain Loyd
striding along the deck He was fol-
,o.,oa IA, na,s ao,o, Cuhar .,orsr.-
'o~oe w ma. soAe" NNoaia ~
nearly all OF theh oesriheo trosn
coal dust. and stripped to their waists.
their swarthv skins aiming n dull
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yshow uhaer .ne pa'e hiun''ha.'on u
the deck lights. MCDONALD ana
woodruff brought I'D tho rear.
They turned In the companionwsy
where We stood. going to the door OF
stateroom A. The first officer. after
NnH wv .'"e
carried. unlocked and threw open the
door or the mysterious room where
Forbes met MS death, ana In mont VI
which Hallaron. the deck steward. was
killed.
At the doorway the Cubans halted.
Woodruff stepped inside. and. pressang
an electric button. flooded the place
with light.
in ye 10. W lubbers. and look Yer
blasted eyes outl" beloved MCDONALD.
a. the stokers hesitAted On the
threshold
Easy there. Mr.. Mcdonald" eaad
Capt Lloyd sternly. Il want no drfv-
ing. l promised these men that they
could enter this room and see for
themselves that nothing II hidden
here. NOW, you men. look with your
own eyes" t. 20,
l rH0ved around near Larkins 70 gst
. better view Of the mutineers, ana
found the reporter leaning careless1y
up against the white-painted wall Of
the stateroom, his hands thrust In his
trousers pockets. bored and unints:-
ested, u seemed.
Well demanded the captain Of
the six covering stokers. do you ~
anythinEr
81. senior ell CAPTAIN. piped up one
OF the nair dozen, In q very small
voice. we see the death!
tou see rupblsh! beloved the
captain: The room has been locked
since the removal or the body, and