Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-05-15
Continued Chapter N.

been provided Tor HIM, and he hur-
riedly selected fresh linen and suit
of tweeds. The change made, he grew
impatient for Cornish to appear, and
crossing to the cabin door, listened
carefully. There was no sound out
side, and opening the door, he put his
head out into the passageway. No
guards were i'm sight, and with sigh
of relief he stepped out. At that mo-
ment, however, he saw Cornish's tall
form coming from the deck, and he
advanced angrily to face him.
The American cut him short abrupt
ly, refusing fatty to return to South
ampton.
"Harcourt," he said, not unkindly,
"come into the cabin and sit down,
l have great deal to say to YOU"
Meanwhile we are getting farther
away from the coast" Harcourt re-
minded him.
go back into the cabinw Cornish
directed and he forced the earl to do
as he bade him.
"This is unwarrantedw Harcourt
protested. 1T is the most highland
ed
perhaps it is-but I'm doing it,"
said Cornish calmly. "Last night
Scotland Yard sent man to arrest
you for completely in Towneshend's
murder. I knew you would not go
away willingly, and I knew-after the
fool statement you made to all Of us
that you would have no chance if you
stayed. Hence my little plan to alb
duct YOU"
"And do you imagine will remain
away with such charge hanging
over me ?"
"Not willingly, no." said Cornish.
"But whether you like it or not, you
will remain aboard this yacht until it
pleases me to set you on shore again.
/ didn't believe you when you said
you killed Towneshend, but I do be-
lieve you know who did it. You are
a fool to make this quixotic attempt
to shield the guilty person, but since
you are determined to do so, / adj
opted this means of preventing your
carrying out your idea. With you out
of the way, the police will have to
find someone else to pin their suspi-
cions upon, and / believe they will
discover the real culprit-or at least
prove that you could not have been
the murderer"
"But have said that | am the MUIR
derer."
NONSENSE
"Do you mean to say that | lied ?"
"I mean to say that you are crazy"
"Mr. Cornish-I-"
"Now look here" Cornish said with
a gesture of impotence. II own this
yacht and the crew would do exactly
what / directed even though we had
the king himself on board. You may
not be able to understand what | am
doing now, but when you're in diff
ferent state of mind, you'll thank me
for it. Anyway-whether you ever do
or not-I'm going to carry out what
I've started to do. / don't want to
make things unnecessarily unpleasant
for you, and if you'll promise not to
attempt any nonsense, III treat you
just as would any other guest. If
you don't--I'll put you in irons"
"You can't be serious" Harcourt
pleaded.
Think of my promise to MacBee-
think Of" But he bit his lip and
ended abruptly.
Cornish smiled. IF you go on talk
ing now you'll confirm my suspi
cions," he warned. "As to your break
ing your word-you're doing nothing
of the sort. You can't help II if l keep
you a prisoner, can you? Of course
YOU can't. None of the crew know
who you are or why you are here.
They don't care, and even if they did,
nOI Oitt VI bntll MOulu HutSblOI Whab
| choose to do. They take my orders
and obey them-and it all ends there.
suppose you have number of
names-most Englishmen of family do
have. If you haven't, it doesn't make
any difference, but you'd better pick
out couple that you'd like to wear
and can remember easily, and use
them for the present at least. 1t may
save trouble later"
Speeches., Harcourt gazed at the
man, and read the determination in
his face. He felt powerless as baby.
and the fact made him furious. Yet
he realized that he could not hope to
change Cornish's mind.
"You absolutely refuse to set me
ashore-to permit me to do as /
wish ?" he asked, still hoping.
"I do" said Cornish. Breakfast
will be ready in half an hour, and if