The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-10-05
EIGHTH lNSTAlLMENT

owing TO n delay in obtaining the
gasoline. darkness had fallen before
morissey and Hook again reached the
iSiahu where Hope and Cleo were
awaiting them. Just as they beacbed
their SKIN on the shore of the little
cove they were startled to hear, from
somewhere on the cliff above tbem IN.
roar OF an explosion. Thoroughly
alarmed they raced up the steep and
winding path which led TO the plateau
morlssey' reaching the top ahead OF
MS ponderous companion, dashed TO.
ward the shack IN which they had Ief,
Hope and Cleo
Mr Hopel" hailed Morissey. with
sinking heart. "Mr. Hopel Where are
your"
That you. horissey7" came Hopes
voice from the darkness
Aye. aye. sir" In tone OF profoupd
reief What's happened. sir7
Where's the shack7"
hardly know myself what has hap
pened' said Hope, appearing out OF
'he darkness with Cleo. but strongly
suspect that someone has tried TO mur.
der ,us.
nave You any idea who did H. sir1"
asked Morissey. DO you think n
could have been the Jap7"
es'' said Hope. thoughtfully. "it
may have been Satsuma
By the way. Morissey," he ndded
uid you remember to send that tele-
gram from Middle island?" !
! did. SIR" was the answer.
What Was tho taIagr,u, -, .,. | I
asked Cleo. c
iou remember that Fitzmaurice =
told us that he had bought three Of
your fathers books at the auction. but
tnHt ne had lent one OF them 10 a y
lrlehd, a Doctor owen. who lives at
oanusDoroy IL struck mo that IL was =
just as well not to take any choncas "
VI someone else getting there ahead of -
us' i hau Morissey send wire from :,
"iuule Island TO the doctor that We ~
were leaving for Sandstone and asking -
hiin not to let the book out of HIS nos. ~
session until we arrived Now Nor. -
ssey' IL you have gasoline we had ~
started" "'' eo' pl
Ihe Sea Hawk was barely n mile of ~ a.
hiudle island, toward which II was \.
'eauihg' when IL struck the floating A.,
nihe, so that only few minu,os a.,
lapsed before the sailors attached 10 oa
ne radio station, attracted by the gssb a.,
hu roar OF the explosion. had launched 70
poat ana were pulling toward the bo,
Gene OF the disaster. or the Sea ,.D
lawk all that remained were a few ~.
wen timbers. Clinging TO one Of those
ihpers the rescuing party found a eve
IAN ana woman. both in tho last mi
ages OF exhaustion. They were Ger. bu,
10 Morton and Olga lvanoff. There a
as no sign OF the captain and the two ton
.ilors All three had evidently per. "i
he'd '0
olSa and Morton. though badIv "a
'ulsed and suffering from shock. were .r
herwise uninjured. but not until the =, .
moving morning were they sufficient, dou,
recovered to give a coherent ac. yo,,,
unit OF themselves % %'o
nciuded hts sNu Morton as he hydl
lurice here?"
NO. was the answer. "He left yes. Iena
"' noIhIhg IN his sailboat for one uI
the North Farallons and he hasn't hoo,
urned "ooh
when Fftzmaurice returned a few :, 80
lrs later he was considerably sur. how,
SEQ TO learn that two visitors were "I,
A INV ,ha ama 'ne cottage occu' For
10 station W ie
The Countess lvanou and bave ''o" .|
n given to understand" said Nor. a..
after Fitzmaurise had introduced uoe''
self, that you recently purchased a,~ sA :,
auction three scientific works from "'S ,,', =
library OF the late Doctor Burke !, ~
pens that we are interested in , pns 81
'e books and. II they are for sale s' poen'
would be glad to make you an ofTer eau
them" Dr.
.ou are not the only ones who ara C
rested in those books" said Fit. A
-t0a ''N- A.,