The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-13

Gracefully to the ground Her auSterc
escort followed her. lie carrl'u '"o
satchcIs She taking one OF tleS'.
they ran to the yacht and clnmbcred
unccrrmonioualy aboard. lh'ro
seemed to be some discussion WIN
the one man in charge Then he went
ahout his duties and the pretty 'crai'
made for the otling
We were getting SO near now 'la'
could read the name of the yach'
in gilt letters at her stern: 'Ihe AT
row" The little pursuer of the auto
mobile lpaped toward the yacht as hho
pushed off, but Colonel Aloa Gaaparo,
a revolutionary South American, ana
presaut convoy of Miss taTrar ltfted
4 stake from the bottom OF the ydch''
dealt him Il blow and sent MN huIlhb
back into the water.
II was done so quickly that by the
time we came to the spot where the
/ craft had been moorcd she was lost III
! the dim sea mists. and the Wlry lot
| rigner stood rubbing his aching hcad-
! Marvel gave me a quiet direction 10
return to the hotel and took the StrahR
er in tow When he put IN an ap-
/ pearancn at our rooms several hours
! later he briefly stated:
The man who got the ducking was
! a Venezuelan spy, who it seems mas
/ been watching Gaspard and our young
/ lady for a week, and, learning this, ne
! was my selected pilot, with the de-
nouncement as you have seen. Again
/ he asserts that those two satchelS
! carried by the parties VINO nave SKIP
ped us contained dynamite.
/ Marvel did not seem to worry any
over the uncertain shape affairs had
taken. He kept busy in his own
way. | knew he did lot of cabling
and even used the wireless. The sec
ond morning he ushered into our room
a stranger.
This is the gentleman who took
charge of our friends on his yacht,
The Arrow" explained Marvel. We
bowed. and | saw that the man was
gentleman.
The promised story, my friend,
minated Marvel in his effective way.
Why, when that young lady and
her military escort bounced aboard
my boat two evenings ago." stated
the man, Il had just taken a queer
commission from the police authori-
! ties of Galveston. Know me as Adam
Butler, unsuccessful business man, IN
valid Of good repute and mild habits.
combining the quest of health with
moderate income easily earned
through running a pleasure yacht,
and you will discern that nothing
could be so far fetched as piracy, or
police Interference. or affiliation with
anything criminal or revolutionary.
And yet you will soon see that unwill-
ingly I was made an agent in STIR
ring episode that may turn out SAN
culinary. sensational and fairly inter
national in its scope"
The speaker chose good language,
! and was clear and direct in his mar
rative.
The sky was dull and lowering,
i the bay chopping and streaked with
yellow splotches, when fiat boat
! came creeping along the shore in a
way that told me she was crippled in
some part of her running gear. This
was the afternoon of the day you
gentlemen saw me. There were four
men in police uniform aboard. One
of them | observed wore captaincy
button, and as the unwieldy craft
came nearer l recognized him.
Hello he hailed, I know you,'
and he smiled and waved his hand in
a friendly fashion. Remember
"'Captain Discoll, I believe
Father Of the bride whose party
you took down the coast last week.
added the official. You not only
know your business, my friend, but
you take such good care of your pas
sengers that they have none but the
pleasantest memories BY the way
"A sudden idea seemed suggested 20
my official friend as his eye rested
on my trim and natty craft. He spoke
some words to his companion and the
police boat was soon alongside
"'See here, Mr.. Butler he said to
me, drawing me to one side. you
would guess long time before you
fixed on what we've got in the hold
of that old tub
"'Yes?'
81 think so. Contraband expresses
it, in way. We have four big boxes
loaded to the brim with fire arms,
weapons and burglar tools confscated
from prisoners. Once a year we load
them on a boat, run out few miles
and sink them. We started TODAY.
but the boat has gone afoul. Again,
we are ordered past the ten-mile linn
it this time, as some of the plumber
has been fished up in the past
81 see,' I observed.
at would be speedy job for you.
What do you say-would you let us
transfer the rubbish to The Arrow
and take our task off our hands-for
consideration, of course?'
i Gladly l answered
3" i know l can trust you. Just at
tend TO it right and come to head
quarters tomorrow with your bill and
I'll o. X. it.
To make a long story short, l was
all ready to start on my cruise when
that man and girl came aboard Her