Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-01

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mot as fit as I might" ! said.
"HOw would you like Whit of salt
air this EVENING""
First rate. How will ! get itT"
"The Savoie will get to quarantine
about o'clock. I'm going down on
our boat to meet her. want to have
a talk with Inspector PigOt. the French
detective Will you come along?"
evil Ir' | said. where shall |
meet your
"At the foot of Liberty street at 5
o'clock"
'T'n be there" promised. And
was.
The boat was cast loose as soon as
we got aboard. backed out into the
busy river. her whistle shrieking shril-
". then swung about and headed
down stream. There were two other
men on bOard-the regular ship report
ers. | suppose.
Godfrey and | stood for some time
looking at the harbor in silence
Its a great sight. isn't it?' he said
at last Hello! Look at that boatP'
|
bay drew abreast of us and then SLOW
ly forged ahead 'She can go some.
can't she? This boat of ours is no
SLOUGH. you know. but just look how
that one walks away from us. wonder
who she is? What boat is that. captain?'
he called to the man on the bridge.
Don't know, sir" answered the cap
4 Aosx crlo
Private yacht-can't make out her
name-there's a flag or something
hanging over the stern. She's flying
the French flag. There come the other
press boats behind us. sir" be added.
"And there's the Savoie just slowing
down at quarantine"
Far ahead we could see the great
hull of the liner. dark against the hori-
zon and crowned with row upon row
of glowing lights.
The Savoie had slowed down until
she was just holding her own against
the tide. and one of her lower ports
swung open. A moment later boat
pulled up beside her, made fast and
three or four men clambered aboard
and disappeared through the port.
There go the DOCTORS" said Cod
frey. And there is that French boat
going alongside"
The tug from quarantine dropped
astern and the French yacht took her
place. After short collOquy one man
from her was helped aboard the Sa-
vote. Then it was our turn. and a
moment later Godfrey and | and the
| other two men were aboard the liner.
! My companions exchanged greetings
with the officer in charge of the open
port, and then we hurried forward
along a narrow corridor, smelling of
rubber and heated metal. then up stair
after stair. until at last we came to
the main companionway. Here the two
men left us, to seek certain distinguish
| ed passengers. Godfrey stopped in
| front of the purser's Office and passed
| his card through the little window to
the man inside the cage.
Il should like to see NJ. Pigot of the
| Paris detective force" he said Per
haps you will be so kind as to have
steward take my card TO him?'
THAT is unnecessary. SIR" replied
the purser courteously. THAT is NJ.
Pigot yonder-the gentleman with the
white hair. with his back to us. You
will have to wait for a moment, how.
ever. The gentleman speaking with
him is from the French consulate and
has but this moment come aboard"
could not see Inspector Pigot's
face. but I could see that he held him.
self erect. in a manner beSpeaking
military training. The messenger from
the legation was 'ungish man. with
waxed muStache and wearing an eye
glass. He was greeting NJ. Pigot at
the moment and. after word or two.
produced from an inside pocket an Of
fetal looking envelope. tied with red
tape and secured with an immense red
seal.
| NJ. PigOt looked at it an instant.
while his companion added a sentence
In his ear Then. with a nod OF assent,
the detective turned down one of the
passageways. the other man at his
| heels.
Official business. no doubt" CON-
mented the purser HE will. no doubt,
soon be disengaged"
"Yes. but meanwhile my esteemed
contemporaries will arrive" said God.
| frey, with a grimace. '"They are on
my heels. Here they are now"
In fact. for the next twenty minutes
reporters from the other papers kept
arriving, till there was quite a crowd
before the purser's Office. And from
nearly every paper special man had
been detailed to interview NJ Pigot.
Evidently all the papers were alive to
the Importance of the subject. There
was some good natured chatting. and
then one OF the stewards was bribed