, 1915-04-01

were small crosses in red ink and over.
lying 1t all from bow to stern a red a6
Around the border not written. but
printed In childish letters. were the
words: Not yet. Ha. ha." In a cor
ner was a dra wing of q gallows or
what passes in the everyday mind for
a gallows and in the opposite corner an
open book.
you see," she said. lit was mailed
downtown late this afternoon. The
hotel got it at z O'Clock. Marshall
wanted to get n detective. but /
thought of you. / knew-you knew the
boat, and then-you had said
Anything in all the world hat | can
do to help you / will do" | said. look
ing at her. And the thing that | could
not keep out of my eyes made her drop
hers.
Sweet little document" said Me.
Whittier, looking over my shoulder.
Sent by some n with a nice DISPOSE
ton. What do the crosses mark 2"
1.-THE location OF the bodies when
found" ! eXplained-"thes three. This
looks like the place where Burns lay
unconscious That one near the rail |
don't know about. nor this by the
mainmast-"
1--WE thought they might mark
places, clews, perhaps, that had been
overlooked. The whOle-the whole
document is u taunt. isn't 1t? The
scaffold and the ak and not yeti a
piece of %bravado!''
Fright you are" said McWhirter ad
miringly. "a little escape of glee from
somebody who's laughing toe soon.
One-thirty-it will soon be the proper
hour for something to happen on the
Ella, won't it? If that was sent by
some member of the crew-and it looks
like 1t; they are loose today-the quick
er we follow it up the better If there's
anything to follow"
"We thought If you would go early
in the morning before any of them
make an excuse to go back on board
I'VE will go right way; but, please
don build too much on this. It's q
good possibility. that's all. Will the
Waterman let us on board?"
I'VE thought of that. Here is a note
to him from Marshall, and-will you
do us N more kindness"
II will"
"Then-tf you should find anything
bring it to us; to the police later, If you
must, but to us first"
h held OIL her hand, first to Nc
Whirter, then to me kept it a little
longer than | should have. perhaps,
and she did not take 1t away
ut is such a comfort" she said, ito
have you with us and not against US!
Fol Marshall didn't do it, Leslie
mean-it is hard for NE to think OF YOU
as Dr. Leslie. He didn't do 1t. Al
first, we thought he might have. and
he was delirious and could not eassure
us. He swears he did not. think.
Just at first. he was afraid he had done
1t, but he did not ! believe that. and
you must"
l believed her-I believed anything
h said. ! think that II she had
chosen to say that | had welded the
murderer's AK on the Ella / should
have gone to the gallows rather thar
gainsay her. From that night, | was
the devils advocate, If you like. / was
determined to save Marshall Turner.
stood In the street, b~areheaded
watching her taKicab as 1t ratified
down the street McWhirter touched
me on the arm.
wake upr' he said. 1--WE have work
to do, my friend"
We went upstairs together, cautious
ly, not to rouse the house. At the tor
Mac turned and patted me on the
elbow. my shoulder being a foot or SC
above him
/ Good boy be said. And If thai
shirt front and tie didn't knock into
eternal oblivion the deck washing or
the Ella, I'll eat themp"