The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-31

that he did not suppose he was follow.
ed, or he would not have taken the
risk Of going ashore unless disguised
This theory turned out to be wrong, as
will appear later.
/ looked for a week among the is.
lands Of Casco bay for the Muller with.
out getting any trace of her whatever.
Then one morning when l went up
from below 1 saw a boat anchored in
cove that answered to her except
that the latter was a lead color, while
the Muller was white. It happened
that We had for two days had one of
those fogs that float in from the ocean
in that region. This put me on to a
train Of thought. My father had been
In the volunteer navy during the war
between the states, and he had told
me that ships attempting to run the
blockade Of the Confederate ports were
painted a light gray, this being the
color best adapted to concealment, es-
pecially In the gray Of the morning
This, together with the resemblance In
all except color between the Muller
and this boat was looking at, sug-
gested to me that the fugitive had been
repainted. During a two days fog
there had been ample opportunity to
do this.
at once ran over every point had
noted when the Muller was lying at
Philadelphia, and this gray boat before
me corresponded with her in every par
ticular. l at once gave orders to steam
for her. We were lying at anchor at
the time, and the fires were banked.
Before we could get the anchor up and
sufficient steam on the gray boat got
off and disappeared around a point of
the island.
She had evidently been waiting for
the return Of boat that had gone
ashore and started without any appear
ance of haste as soon as 1t reached her.
did not believe-if she were the Null
ler-that she suspected we were after
her. In order that she might not know
that we were l avoided all appearance
Of haste, though I was immensely i'm
patient. When we finally got off pur-
posely went around the island on the
other side from the suspect. When we
next saw her she was steaming along
deliberately.
Looking eastward l saw a low bank
Of fog on the horizon and feared that
we would be caught in it before reach
ing the suspect. l ordered on full
steam, but the fog bank rose rapidly
and we were soon enveloped in 1t.
That was the last glimpse we got Of
the gray boat for another week, when
In passing a narrow inlet in the main
land saw her at the further end part
ly concealed by overhanging trees. I
at once ordered our course altered, and
we entered the cove. I now felt easy,
for she could not get out Of the inlet
without our intercepting her. As we
sailed, on drawing closer and closer, 1
noticed that she was lying at anchor,
but no one was on deck. No move was
made to get away from US, and when
we drew up within a cables length OF
her we saw plainly that no one was
aboard Of her. got into a small boat,
was pulled alongside Of her and got
aboard. Every entrance to her cabin
was locked. There was reason to be-
lieve that those who were cruising in
her had gone ashore and had left her
under lock and key to avoid losing what
she contained
On pulling toward her l had noticed
the name on her stern. 1t was the
Seminole Of Jacksonville, Fla. My
suspicious Of her were lulled by this
till remembered that no such small
craft from Florida would be likely to
make its way up to Maine Besides,
the letters had been evidently fresh
painted.
felt such confidence in her being
the vessel was looking for that l |,
sent to my tug for implements, broke
open the doors to the companionway
and went below. Everything indicated |
that the crew had gone ashore. There
was no steam On-indeed, no fires In |
the furnaces. l searched her for evi- |
dence as to what she was or to whom |
she belonged, but could find not a |
scrap of anything to give the informa-
ton. l was reluctantly forced to the
conclusion that she belonged to a par
ty who were cruising for pleasure. So !
fixed up the door as well as l could !
and got back to my tug.
The captain, after hearing what |
had to say about the matter, said that |
he would go aboard the Seminole and |
have look for himself. l concluded |
to go back with him. Having obtain /
ed access to the cabin, he led the way
straight to the furnace and opened the
door, All was dark within the fire
box. The captain scratched a match
and held it inside the box Then he
took out package. snatched it from
him, unrolled it and exposed a large
package of bank bills. On being
counted they turned out to be the
amount l was after, lacking about
$4,000, which had evidently been paid
for the boat and other expenses.
I asked the captain how he had /
come to suspect that the money had
been hidden in the firebox, and he said
that when an examination had been