The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

VIII HplfAt IAlfis
] looked for a week among the To-
lands OF Casco bay for the Muller with.
out getting any trace Of her whatever.
Then one morning when | went up
from below | saw a boat anchored I'm
cove that answered To her except
that the latter was lead color. while
the Muller was white Ii happened
that We had for two days had one Of
In that region. This put me on TO q
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 light gray. this being the
color best adapted TO concralmcnt, cs-
pecially In the gray OF tho morning.
This. together with the resemblance In
all except color between the Muller
and this boat | was looking at, suR-
gested 10 me that the fugitive had been
reprinted. During two days fog
there had been ample opportunity to
do this
at once ran over every point l had
noted when the Muller was lying at
Philadelphia. and this gray boat before
me corresponded with her In every par
ticular. Mt 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
of and disappeared around 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 It reached her.
did not believc-if she were the Null
ler-that she suspected we were after
her. In order that she might not know
that we were ] avoided all appearance
OF haste, though / was immensely i'm
patient, When we finally got of 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 n low bank
Of fog on the horizon and feared that
we would be caught In II before reach
ing the suspect. 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 I'm the main
land ! saw her at the further end part
ly concealed by overhanging trees. ]
at once ordered our course altered, and
we entered the cove. l now felt easy,
for she could not get out Of the inlet
without our intercepting her. As we
sailed, on drawing closer and closer, ]
noticed that she was lying ut anchor,
but no one was on deck. No move was
made to get away from us, and when
we drew up within cables length Of
her we saw plainly that no one was
aboard Of her I 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 ! had noticed
the name on her stern. 1t was the
Seminole Of Jacksonville, Fla. My
suspicious of her we're lulled by this
till remembered that no such small
make its way up to Maine. Besides,
the letters had been evidently FRESH
painted.
/ felt such confidence In her being
the vessel I was looking for that I
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. I searched her for evil
ience as to what she was or to whom
The belonged, but could find not .
Icrap Of anything to give the informa-
hon. l was reluctantly forced to tho
conclusion that she belonged to q par
ty who were cruising for pleasure. 30
fixed up the door as well a. could
Ind got back to my tug.
The captain, after hearing what !
had to say about the matter, said that
le would go aboard the Seminole and
nave look for himself. concluded
o go back with him Having obtain
ID access to the cabin, he led the way
straight to the furnace and opened the
loor. All was dark within the fire.
)ox. The captain scratched match
md held 1t inside the box. Then he
ook out package. snatched 1t from
lin, unrolled It and exposed large
,ackage OF bank bills. On being
ounted tAey turned out to be the
mount was after, lacking about
z 800, which had evidently been paid
or the boat and other expenses.
! asked the captain how he had
ONE to suspect that the money had
,een hidden In the firebox, and he said
hat when an examination had been
made Of the interned German liners at
foboken at the time the break was
nade between the United States and