Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-07


member, sir" said Morrissey, "just
about the time the Southeast island
light went out. It seemed, some
where to windward of u.s."
"Yes," said Hope, II remember Il
now. 1t must have been the explo-
sion on the Sea Hawk that we heard
can't imagine what could have
caused it. though. It's another un-
solved mystery of the sea"
We'll, here's another mystery Of
the sea for you to solve, Jarvis" said
Cleo, who, during Hooks recital. had
been standing with her hands behind
her, and she suddenly flashed before
the unbelieving eyes Of Hope and
Fitzmaurice the very books which
Satsuma had thrown over the cliff
Hope emitted a long whistle Of
establishment. r,
where on earth did you get them,
Cleof" he asked, staring at the
water-soaked volumes as though his
eyes were deceiving him.
"They came in the same way Hook
did," she answered. They were
washed up by the sea-"
did you find anything in them,
Miss Burke?" inquired Fitzmaurice,
who had been listening with absorbed
interest to the conversation.
Il haven't examined them yet" she
replied. They are so wet, you see,
that the leaves are all stuck together.
Pm going to put them in the sun
and let them dry"
tive better plan than that" said
Fitzmaurice. why don't you bring
them up to my shackl" Wen start
fire and while the books are dry
ing you can lie down on my bunk
and get some sleep. You must be
nearly dead after last nights expe-
rience."
That's a good idea" agreed Hope.
Miss Burke is very much in need Of
rest, though she won't admit it. But
we must make some arrangements to
get back to the city. I'm afraid we'll
have to trouble you, Fitzmaurice, to
take US over in your sailboat to Mid
die island. From there | can send a
radio message to San Francisco for
a boat to come out and get u.s."
Excuse my making the suggestion,
sir" said Morissey, but why don't
you let Hook and me 60 across to
Middle island with Mr.. Fitzmauricc
and get some gasoline-they'll surely
have some at the radio station-and
bring it back In the sailboat."
We will now, in the parlance of the
motion-picture people, "cut back" to
Mahlin and Satsuma. After the Japa-
nese had been rescued from the water
by his co-conspirator, instead of head
ing for the mainland, they landed un.
observed on the island and, taking
every precaution not to be seen, they
made their way to the summit of
brush-covered knoll which overlooked
the shack. From here they saw the
return Of the party; they saw Hook,
Morissey and Fitzmaurice descend the
path leading to the cove where the
latter's skiff was anchored, and they
saw Cleo and Hope enter the shack.
They saw, moreover, to their intense
astonishment, that Hope was carry
ing the books which Satsuma had
thrown into the sea-
"By making a big detour," said
Mahlin, we can creep along the edge
of the cliff and get up to the shack
without being seen, because it has
no windows except at the front and
back. Then, by crawling underneath,
we can hear everything that goes on
inside, They're evidently going to ex-
anime those books -. heaven only
knows where they got them! If they
find the formula we'll hear them say
so, in which case" He concluded
the sentence by significantly drawing
his forefinger across his throat.
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