Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-18

/ of understanding. Clearly ne perceived
the indiSputablc fact that he WAS sober
amt the one sane man aboard the AStra.
! That this was so WAS proved 10y the
| fact that the others TO = man refused
TO believe that lac was haunted. There
was, then. no hope whatever that they
would help him in his light against the
supernatural. There remained but ono
thing for him 10 do.
With furtivc cunning he addressed
himself to the concentration Of his
| scheme.
| Barr. he we'll understood. WAS no.
aboard the yacht as those fools
| imagined. but lurking over the side. In
the water just beneath the surface.
whore he had been when lRamon had
| first cspicd him. two days ago.
| y bold man, like the Prime Minister
| TO King Simon of Alania. alone coulu
| put an end TO this persecution. 1t
meant going overheard to Tight it out
iii the water hand-to-haud with the
! dead man
rail. peerins over. In the milky wash
| that swept away from the side he dis
covered what he had thought to see.
| lie was almost over when tho first
/ officer seized him and dragged him
I back.
philip"
i y moment later there was a heavy
/ splash az the first officer was thrown
\ over the side.
Down in the stokehold. Philip and
Juan Lopez were applying. themselves
\ diligently to their tasks when tho cap
! tain and Victorinc SavatZ entered
Before Juan could slam shut the FUR
mace door. the face Of Philip was ALI
7 too Enthusiastically revealed in that hot
I glare
" Nictorine lifted denuncia,ory
a lay ell, IL
+ them
Wan Overheard
There followed an Instantaneous rush
from the stokchold: even the stohers
abandoned their task-all hut Philip
and Juan. These huns, back bidiur
their time. The Savatz crowded un
ccrcmoniously aside from the entrance
sought Eaiuly some way Of c:scapc
} There was none other than the way by
! which she had come. AS the last S;ok-
o. disappeared. Philip seized her and
plnlonc6 her arms while Juan hastily
secured her wrists with 6 ropes end
/ Then, leaving the woman i'm a corner
Of the hold. they followed their fell
lows up to the deck.
So quickly had they worked tnat
they arrived III time - sec coun; Ra-
mon the center OF a thronG ;tmidships.
screaming his explanation of tho acct
dent.
ing with nuuiacal intensity lie left
me in the saloon. | came on deck to
see nm fighting the ghost Of Prince
lhi!ip. was too late--ss appeared
they went overheard. locked In each
others arms
4 The captain ztormcd MIN into whim-
/ pcrins silence. ur.n barked orders to
/ lower 4 boat. .NIc.,dy the engines mad
heen stopped. anG II, Astra Was mo-
mentarily losing Way.
ealing tc Sc. anything OF the prin-
( cess JIiia III the groups upon the Geek
J Philip and Juan Lopez took advantage
! OF the confusion - slip down the after
/ corlpanionway
\ knock ana guarded call IT her
state Groom door brought the sir! out
y INTO tic saloon. Few words were 20
9uirei TO acau"int them ;"iia the sit
naiioh. with the immiucuca Of their
! neii' no" that tho SarajZ lad rcras--
niz"d ih"m boti Without pause for
second thought She motioncd toward
( her stateroom.
In thcre-tn.yll never search ro,
/ No. III there"
Nh"n. half an hour later IL. ltfc-
boat returned to the yacht without the
i i!fst officer. and the screw b, Kan again,
10 i"EolNe. Ni"torinc SaVatz was uis-
/ covered in tn. s,okchoid and hnr a.
count OF how she had been overpowcr-
\ ca there led TO a search Of the vessel
4 'hai "ould have discovered a los; mir
u pm No nook or corner OF IFS fabric
i but was investigated. GraIunily III,
sc'ich n"arcd the statcrooms opening
L on The main saloon In tl. rud ali
\ these but that OF the Princess Iulia
/ ma" been thoroughly eAamimct Al tbe
y ihSist"hi Instance OF the SayatZ rho
captain called upon tho princess ten,
porariiy 10 vacato tho room. She de-
INJURED hut ultimately unlocked her
! door ana let them in.
Tho s"archers found there ma tr,co
or the missing stokcfs
I permitting at length To r.,urn :,
hcr statcroon. the princess uuic,iv
boiied the door, turned ait 10 - LARGE
"ihdo"-port in the stern. opened i;
and looked out.
| The lifc-boat employed ~ ~. =,
tempt 10 rescue the FIRST officer was
towing IN tho wake, at tie end OF :,
stout painter which, securing Ia q cl.,t
/ IN the deck immediately above tho
SPOT "hrrc the princess stood. hun.
within easy reach OF tho port,
| In The boat, crouchinG in the
| shadows Of tho ihwar,s, nhilip ana
| Juan Lopez wore waiting
With her heart in hcr mouth the
princess took her life in her hands
ciamh"rod out of the. window, grasped
I tho painter and with infinite trouble
lowered herself by ii. hand over hand.
tn 80 near tn" bows of tho lifc-b boat
lh"' lhiilD was ahlc 10 hclp her ahoa rd.
As soon as this WAS accomplished
I II" sawed through tie painter with
I his sheath knife.
( I; was nearly dawn before tho loss
OF the life boat WAS discovered hy tho
! ships company or tho Astra.
Another was launched Ia perform
I'll" service for which the MISSING. boat
mad been required In IL, ~ the sun
rose, count Ramon de Zoba and Nicto-
]
adrift by the mutinous scamcn Of tho
! yacht---their captain yielding per-
I force to their mandate:
Them -- dagoc* has got to 90
before that murdcrin ghost IT theirs
/ viii leave this ship.
ITO he continucd.D