The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-04-26

as1eA the Unfy sEasEFo1SaA b%tE& Hkf.
IA bright hHssf rug rsTsrsd ths foor.
aud tasss were leather divans cndsr
sha ports The table La this center was
feily s~s for d meal. covered with d
white cloth. and. gsssseaing braveiy
with china and Etass There was food
Ia abundance. partially eaten. and
insglasses half niied I saw all These
details; 1 recalled thrsu AFTERWARDS.
yet 10 that nrst instant OF horror, the
impression Left upon nae was merely Ut
these silent. motionleas figures sitting
upright In their chairs II was grew
some sight, A great monster Of q
man faced me. his white, CHASTITY face
appearing above q shaggy gray beard
his sightless, open eyes. staring full
sata mine A wtnsgiass had fallen
from his opened fingers. and lay bro
ken on the deck. Indeed. everyone
bad apparently dsd az by stroke.
retaining exactly the posture last AZ
sumed In life
To the right Of the broad -shoaltsred
GIANT was O thin, young fsllow, %asre-
| ly out Of his teens, but with hard
r~palhvc face. and at his left a DARK.
faced man almost "A negro, gyinaed hor-
ribly. ~ though death had stricken
| him even as he laughed Nothing
could be- more awful TO look upon than
I the CLEAN IT his teeth. beneath the
/ fantastic curl Of his mustache. There
wer. six altogether. i've sitting upright
In swivel chairs, screwed to the deck.
or leaning forward With heads resting
on the table. The sixth. gray haired
and partially bald, had Tafirn sade-
wass, and lay la A shapeisss heap on
!. tse rag.. Thsy hnAs ths Is4a& ut ssa~
men. and were roughly dressed, three
I ~ them plainly foreigners. one with
rings in hts ears, The big uian alone
possessed thu appearance Of leader
ship.
saw all this In thn, one swift
glance. breath had not come sohhing
back Ia me. when Leayord's hand
crushed my arm and his vDiec rufnhied
Ia my ear
"see. captain they're dad; they're
all i.adf''
Yes" answered. choking over the
wartis. there IL no doubt of that.
Something terrible has occurred here.
Call~~cail the other men"
heard him stumble on, through the
companion door. and the roar OF his
voice AS he shouted to ,hose forward
| could distinguish the sound u their
feet en- the deck. hut could net remove
nv gaze from that a@fa, sight IN the
cuhln The eyes II that giant dead
NAN, staring az me So hxcdly scross
the table hts me rs Ia q wise there
was something So CHASTITY. so terrible,
ahont thrir vypr"sslon, rs 81 rub me
IT all s~nSe. all courage. The men
Iojnrd ne. Liverpool catering IN al
vance. end pushing past where !
stood. lhAve no recollection ~ s.etAg
the others. although | fcl, nnd heard
their pre$eacs Hut saw him
marked hts sudden Ster the quick
bleaching cf his face. aaa 'ba sharp
oath which Nurst frugn his lips, the
swift. ,ncrrdulous lock %, surprise uf
reeNeal'!on. which leared into hts eyes
lie VAS staring straight toto the Shss,
" face 81 the giant opposite doubt
II he even saw any ~ tho others,
Heart Of the devil he shouted
~ Il isn't CASTOR Ne iys' 50 you've
sot II at last you old hound"
lie lcspsd forward. clrried the table
with single stride hate. memory,
whatever the Impulse might BE-, con.
qusring all fear and srippcd hts hand
hard On tho dead man's shoulder, And
then he sssr~a~d. .s.ry saa&s'i~ ef his
body stricken. | COULD see death strike
hlH,. his Jaw set, hls eyes hxe1~-an
instant he sto.,d rigid; thea his whale
tNrm seemed ~ contract and he fell
iIteless % the deck
spranS toward him. but Masters
fg~trp%,a me. anil karieyi mr rsek (,
Hands co all II you :" ne
screamed. swat, pNn't lay Eager
Oh any Of them; you are dead men 4
you do"
what DO yru meau' What s ~
The most Rseolleal Dir OF hrv!l,ry
ever c,ntr'ved" ~ ans1~rea These
men have hecn kplsi hy electricity.
the currcn. Is stu en- | heard the
whtr ~ the dynamo ne came AFT
nea, move un'tl fnd the switch aud
ttscconect for COTS saSe stand where
you are
Perhaps ac was rane fve minutes:
I could never tell saw nethlnS hs.
those dead men heard aething bat
the heavy bevsth.ns ~ my mates In
ne tssorwsv ~ one spoke; bot Gce
II SEEMED ~ re. caught the ,hsch If
,ha, d1ity dynamo. yet even rs
secEard 80 distinguish the tslrs sarad.
I, ceased abruptly. Masters pushed Ia
past me.
~Ay, that Vas the truth he sal.
'Nrt rs safe ernrra DOW. Lord: ~
roo ever hear Of scch q d.. cold
hl>os'~i crime. Sea here. usn. the vi
lain planned bis 500 uesl--ae-~ are
the wtrvs a',,eg he deck pressed ia,c
sssrs. snd >,uas,tesi 20 ssch s~tvel
chni-. See, the c'rcplt IS sNNranlste En9
no eas would e~er suspect All he had
- IN IVES stsad hack their IN ne stew
srd's pantry ard press the switch
TN.sse xtx srs..n lth.t h.sssnra thar s.,rl.s