Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-18
CcoDyright lSlS By William Hamilton osbornel

IAN Hamilton OSoornn
ders for a search. The search was
made, but without avail. for at mid
night on the night before something
else happened. Hernandez and his
two companions, together with his
, cargo of cocaine and heroin, had
slipped quietly overheard into a bor-
rowed rowboat and had disappeared.
Neal, chagrined, went back to An
nette.
The bird has hown," he said dis
gruntled.
Where do you go, Neal?" queried
his mother.
Its an open secret where we co."
said Neal. but why we go nobody
knows. We go first to Martinique"
Annette sprang to her feet. Mar
Unique" she cried, that is where my
father came from-where you picked
me up. go there, too, Neal. It's the
beginning point. 1t is there l can find
trace of my father"
Inez shrugged her shoulders. eft is
fate" she said.
I'VE will all CO." said Mrs Hardin,
I'VE will stick to Neal But how?"
Search me-" said Neal, but can
find that out-there must be some ves-
sci from this port for southern wa
ters."
I Inez rose and placed a hand on
! Welcher's shoulder. Leave it to Joey
here and me-" she said.
They secured the town, but Inez
Castro was looking for something
other than boat for Martinique. FL
nally she saw what she was looking
I fora grimy hand thrust from behind
a window shade.
Pausing before the door of dis
reputable-looking habitation, she
glanced up and down the street, then
dragging Joe Welcher close behind
her she entered the low doorway and
passed into the gloom beyond. A mo-
ment later she faced Hernandez and
his crew.
so" she said airily, pushing Joe
Welcher into a chair, so my flash
friends, where do you think we go to
now?"
"Where?" demanded Hernandez.
ITO Martinique" said Inez Castro.
Hernandez smiled and slapped his
thigh. so you go to Martinique" he
| cried, with a note of triumph in his
voice. How very fortunate. go to
Martinique myself"
! The governor OF Martinique glanced
/ gravely at the pretty girl who faced
him. He laid down the piece of tat
tered parchment that he had Just in
spected and took up the locket that
she placed before him.
Il knew your father we'll fifteen or
sixteen years ago-even before that.
/ remember him. This resembles him,
! this picture, it does indeed" He
smiled. Il remember something else
, I remember also YOU"
"You remember me-" cried Annette.
You must have wonderful memory,
SIR
The governor held up his hands.
"One remembers everything that hap
pened in year like that" he said, "a
1 year that wiped out thousands upon
thousands of our people"
rs there any clue to my father?"
/ queried Annette.
Little one," said the governor,
there was no clue to anything or any
body, or any place"
Annette rose. There's nothing else
that you remember of my father?" she
I queried.
"The governor searched his mem
( ory. YES" he said. Il think a mys-
/ tery-there was a tang of adventure
/ about him. He, too. was a rover
: always restless-always on the move
But for his child one might have called
4 him soldier of fortune-honest, per
haps too honest. but fearless"
And true" said Annette.
Fearless and true" repeated the
/ governor nodding.
What is past is past, he said. "Old
/ Pelee is ashamed of himself The
/ Isle of Martinique grows green. We
sing, we laugh, my people and myself.
/ Even all this week we celebrate. You
/ must join u.s. He signed half dozen
cards of invitation and handed them
to Joe Welcher, who sat quite as
usual, sulking in the background. THE
/ governors levee," he went on airily,
and you are all invited"