Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-01
SINISTER ISLAND |
BY /.
CHARLES WADSWORTH CAMP
Coz. right
podd Mead 4 Company Z
CHAPTER
The DANGEROUS Habltstion

nc OdHJSt oN5 'hab'fNNiN'
Captains Island is not far from CIV
lizatiou as one measures space Deal
III. with the less tangible medium Of
custom. il H. OF was practically m
vond perception,
Jane. Miller didn't kuoW his WI.
ii, had tEou.ht ut III OF ms TREND
Ander.o u's new winter home he iai
pictured the familiar southern resort
with hotels and cottages shcito'ihI
Nammon's peerase, and seductive
bathing beach o iri,ate lh. conso'@'
at.Ec.
rlat hacl round indeed Was gwen
Gc all BY his own do>iloa. For J." hrd
received AudcrsonS lcucr concerning
he new move While SIN in hvd with
= wcatisomc illness Now. aitf no
r,onIhs' coutaicsccnCc IN Quict water.
WAYS, ne was ready 10 snare pleasure
where it WAS most alluria" before le
turning 10 the North and Nall street.
20 he sent Il telegram nom NialAAt'.
;nstuiciing Anderson to meet lam I'D
Mart!nsburg and couduct him to ttt
Ycycls oi his tropical resort As q ma
Ter OF fact il was this wire. q pacli.
cd with such smiling anticipation, Ii,
became tho leash by which he vas
drawn into the etratlc. tragic, aaI 40
narenliy .unaccounyable occurrence
which at the time sddeo. immearafaw>
to he lonely lslalda cyIl tame.
san Ne L ..u 'lill.r gnomn'
81 wh, IL ttt err gl'er Il q.
QUickh t i eould Ta. va WIFI
The sneed e. snail. /, '.H. ~ ma .
crrisine Iauach Tony ,icbt huas IN
Guiding a minimum of rest, 10 conqn' !.
tae filly miles between Al!1lNlilc dnd
Nurinsburg. Because of this 3YorSon
al his hoa to anything approximations
nastc he had caused the name DAT
Ia he painted across the stern IN ar
resting lcltcrS
s. A. the droIl craft loaled down into
the m.y roadsicadS Of the southern
!, metropolis this warm May mofn'n2,
Miller in perfect conSonance "ith l'~
,Io,1 ;nliffn,anoe Law in u steamer
hal p, tho unnor der,. CIoihrd in
white flanncls and smoking It plpe Ar
Surveyed with gentle calm q pr'uaII
unreasonable world. llr nllci pta@
xntly at onraseI tue-boa .'d bar
aptans. Cr Wing thra-h the t''.
'd ,,,o,. b,idon no waved. aror,jt,
- e...,, ,,..,ico =.t tho Lc,n.,. who
.,,n. .li,nbo chm unified hsyiea
,.I 1,,.o,,,,ion. ,f :, t.,in b,. mid
n,oh, and his reasonable an hilton 70
1e,.,,o d,au, he,orn ,h,i hour
Ma. An. no natNo Icauine aoaire
,,a ,..hoo, forward ro> nond even -.
.,.roo IN these s,ndicd inacli, iiir-.
=, ., .,o,,,od IN No oceuni.d n, no
,.;no,. oon,in;ooe4 e,,nni,ms. his
o,os H., HI. aoal Al last Within view
~, h,nd. ~. ,l,a whonI -. no co,<,J
~ nn,u - Tho urooncio. of traf,ic
.unlo, owed H., i, llov punroyiua,y
Nv rare GOOD lGoE he had hired him
Z, at ~
mis- boa, a. nc firt Ingredient OF hc
donto,,g nroccrinlioa eni a long rcst
,,.,,o o,,b A,,,bn .,.,r, lhn man hp1
,,o,cd hi. ri,ne.a Il, o,I.,sine m AL
,o,.,,o, orrcclion ia. diseased Gasoline
,na,or. Sine, thea ne had served
,t,,o. occo,iaI,,,. ~ cont.jn engineer.
d.t.lood cnol and in y skolchy
on.c ,ai,t Moreover he knew oh
.crrc unchariod channels He had a
..oecal intuition 70, The h. unts Of fish
.,41 ynmc IN lhe villages whore They
,,a.,cod for sunnlies he o,tbareained
mo sto,o,,eoners almost without words
Miller appreciated that it WAS due on