Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-15

Author Of
BRASS ROWL

Sevrance himself interrupted me, blustefs
ing into the room. redolent of the sweet, cold
air of the downs, red as TO his cheeks and
with swapping eyes-for all the world like
a whiff of the gale itself He flung across
to my window, slappng me on the shoulder
with brief. exultant laugh-and stopped
stockstill, with wondering eyes.
"The deucer' he cried breathlessly. How
did you learn"
Learn what?"
Enough to get those glasses" he said.
They've been in my mind ever since
by Jove! There's telepathy for your
"If your moderate trifle." I suggested.
"and try to act like a gentle spring zephyr
Instead of a brute of a March blow-per-
haps youIl become a bit more coherent"
Perhaps" he agreed, SOLDERING. But
you know. It IS a coincidence. Tell me- how
did you get the glasses? Landlord, Or
81 bought EN-" interrupted.
81 knew IT, Well, I've been thinking OF
buying a pair ever since had word with
Thompson, Gordon, old chap" he cried,
slapping me on the shoulder again. and
with heartiness that made me vince,
we're not on false trail. after all. Thomp.
son met me halfway this morning, big with
news"
lie paused tantalizlngly. nor continued un-
til threatened to do him a hurt. Then:
"Saltacres is being prepared for the re
ception of its chateaine." he declared.
Thompson says that the housekeeper got
wire this morning, dated from Ports
mouth, to the effect that Lady Herbert aud
quests would arrive on the Myosotts today
or tomorrow We have only then to walt
and"
watch" 1 took the word out of his
mouth and suited my action to 1t. putting
the binoculars Immediately to my eyes and
sweeping the circle of the horizon,
IT'S hardly to be expected that they
.I,.I,a
"Still. there's a chance-and we must not
fail to see the yacht. one of us-you or l.
or Grady-must stand watch with the
glasses every hour of the day until she
arrives"
You know the vessel from any other?"
1 doubted.
Man. / was her passenger for six weeks
In the Mediterranean, the winter before
Sir Henrys death; 1 know her like the
palm OF my hand"
But i"
''YouIl know her by the fact that she's
a yacht the very appearance of such
vessel off shore here at this time of the
year would be sufficient evidence to Identify
the Myosoiis. | can inform you that the
North Seas not popular for pleasure yacht
ing at this season. There is too much
chance of such n storm as seems to threaten
now. l shouldn't like to be out there this
night"
He pointed to the lowering distances.
and as he spoke n sprinkle of rain and hall
ratified upon the window pane. In the east
the sky had become sullen and lowering
and the horizon presently vanished in q
shroud of haze. Heavy gusts OF wind set
the easements a-shver, and at times the
very inn itself seemed to rock upon its
Sevrance took the glasses. but he no
more than had them to his eyes than the
slate -coored waste of waters was obscured
by curtain of rain so heavy as to seem
almost opaque. The thunder of it's fall
upon the tavern roof became deafening.
and its myriad lashes whipped the nearer
waters till they seemed to boil, steaming.
out of this came the gale full-winBed. In
all the might of its fury, screaming ter
driving the rain before 1t at an
acute angle, wcll-nigh horizontal.
God help those a.sea this day and
night" !" said Sevrance fervently. putting
down the binoculars
But the Myosottsf" I asked anxIously.
will she be out there?"
1T depends upon the time of her start"
he tod me. THE ships stanch and safe,
equipped with turbine engines she has a
record of over 20 knots. With favoring
conditions the run from Portsmouth should
not take n full "a hours. But you can't
tell. You can make your mind easy, how
ever" he added; mo one in his senses
would attempt a landing tonight II the
MyoSois is off coast now, she'll stand on
until the sea has gone down. Should the
gale subside during the night. they might
make landing late tomorrow afternoon.
Wen get a rest and possess our souls with
patience"
We did both. so far as lay within our
ability Toward evening Grady staggered
In. drenched to the skin and chilled to the
bone, with. he protested, no more than a
nouthful of wind in the body of him.
He had however, been successful in his
mission, and produced, in proof thereof.
hree shiny, able-bodled revolvers, Colts.
believe, and Sevrance pronounced them
'orty -fours, In this connection / may as
we'll make a clean breast of it and confess
hat my acquaintance with firearms. up TO
hat time, was not extensive. 1 had never
leen much of hunter, and beyond know
ng that 1t was inadvisable to look down
he barrel OF an unloaded weapon, knew
,ut little of guns-and cared less.
CONTINUED TOMORROW