The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-08-06

o osna, You say that the Yacht ~.
black funnel" ''u gray with
mel" '''e' Win yellow full
tbo An! Of course" he remarked ,
Enough to himself Thew ''' wn",a a
80. r".n, and alter her Appearance p
c cas aln'ng saloon. Was there q ,o ON
corn;a u oak buffet with a big, heav
cen1 sre with three gilt dolphins in tn
i n ss,. we're there not dolnb,n
an az snt on the backs of the cbajrsD
On armorial devlcee" N"S''s-
Yes" cried. "You are r,ns,
remember them. You've sura ,s" too,
on board her." surely peer
The captain, who gave b;s y, ~ . :,
,ou as Macintosh. is an undersi.a, ',
M, of a rather low,down type q
took him for a Scotsman
centn, put on q Scotch &C
'eu'' he laughed. Hes a man wh,
.aa speak a dozen languages brolenlv
ruu pass for an Italian. a German .
'ieuchman, as he wishes"
ana the-the man who gave b,s
name as Philip Hornby?"
Durnford's mouth closed with .
suap' tie drew long breath, his ewes
s's" herce, and he bit his liz.
.n, An! | see he is not exactly your
'''eaa'' | said meaningly.
lou are right, Gordon-he is mot
my TREND" was his slow, meaning re
Spouse. ''e 'e'
Then why not be outspoken and
,en me all you know concerning him .
rank Hutchinson is anxious to clo.r
up the mystery"
well to tell you the truth, I'm mvs.
''uea myself. IAN: get discern their
motive '11'''
Out at any rate you know tbs mem"
l argued. You can at least tell us
VINO they really are"
de shook his head, still disincljned
tof some hidden reason, to reveal the
truth to me.
lou saw no woman on board?" he
aslea suddenly, looking straight into
mI eyes.
no. Horribly told me that he and
Enter were alone"
And yet an hour after you left a
ilia and a woman came ashore and
disppeared! All If we only had a
inscription of that woman it would re-
Veamuch to us"
ne was young and dark haired, 30
.heaetectlve says. She had a curious
nxe look in her eyes, which attracted
Hfa out she wore a thick motor veil,
80 nat ne could not clearly discern
heteatures."
nd her companion?"
iddle'aged. prematurely gray.
WIZ small, dark mustache."
OK Durford sighed and stroked
hishin.
o! Just as l thought" he ex-
Glazed. And they were actually
he' In this port, a week ago! What
a tier irony of fate!"
don't understand you" said.
n are so mysterious. and yet you
Will me nothing!"
s'1ne police, fools that they are, I
ve allowed them to escape, and they
u never be caught now. All! you
nt know them as l do! They are
cleverest pair in all Europe. And
" have the audacity to call their
'ft the Lola-the Lola, of all names!
Idon. let me be frank and open
70 you, my dear old fellow. | would
you everything-everything-if | q
'ed. But l cannot-you under
nd" And his final words seemed 9
choke him.
stood before him, open.mouthed in Il
Iou really mean-well. that you )
In fear of them-eh?" whis. II
ed. Il
e nodded slowly in the affirmative, e
Ing: ITO tell you the truth would q
TO bring upon myself a swift. re- y
less vengeance that would over. =.
I'm and crush me. All! my dear u
w, you do not know-you cannot
m-what brought those desperate ~
into this port. can guess-I can %
IS only too well-but ! can only ~
you that If you ever do discover ,.
terrible truth-which fear is un. a.
YOU will solve one of the -
lgest and most remarkable mys- on o.,
8 OF modern times" va
That does the mystery concern"
led, in breathless eagerness.
concerns a woman" .n'