Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-17
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
Bolton on the Track

island mad picked solitary llVlng sea
man out of the scum of OIL blackened
Il by 1t like a negro and without a stitch
of clothing. Some Of the dead had
been found. but not in condition to
q be discussed, and of course many frag
ments of debris. And now a number of
patrol boats were on the scene, he had
handed over his patient to a naval doc
Z ,tor, and that was all the news of the
Tragedy up till 8 o'clock.
! knew that John Whiteclett would
certainly be in one of the patrol boats.
and l spent the morning in looking out
3 for him. Thus by an apparent accident
when the commander did land about
hoon he very soon walked into Mr. Hob
house. My cousins face was grave and
set, and there being no witnesses,
neither of us luckily had to act.
well, Jack?" I said.
"Did you see it happen?" he de-
manded
Il happened to be at my window"
Tell me what you saw said he
/ told him and he nodded at inter
walls.
4 ''Just what couple of their wit
hNcoNS hdNt lolu ut cdiu
Submarines o. I asked,
He shook his head.
The odds against a torpedo sending
ship straight up like that are enor-
nous. And one would have heard two
explosions-which nobody did Besides.
the one man who was picked up has
luckily been able to talk a little already.
i am certain there was no torpedo at :
tack"
''She simply blew up them
That was it.
Accident or design?"
God knowsn# Perhaps no one else
eyer will. 1t may have merely been
he ammunition. AS you know, that
has happened before now. But it's a
\ very curious coincidence that it should
have happened off Ramsay, knowing
what we know. / hear lot of the men
We're ashore buying things. l wonder
what they brought aboard with them -
can tell you what one lot brought
Eggs. poultry, cheeses and large par
eel in newspaper which l took to be
butter. But that was only one party
happened to see. They were all over
the island
He thought in silence for a few mo =
ments and then he glanced at his watch.
Look here, old chap he said. ''I' N
afraid must be getting off again now.
Walk back with me as far as it's safe
and I'll tell you something that you
must know. We can discuss the evi
dence later, when little more has been
collected. The point that concerns you
is that Bolton has been sent for again
''The devil he has Do retire then?'
mot at all. You see nobody in these
parts is in the Hobhouse secret, so they
sent for Bolton at once to make his
own kind of inquiries while we make
ours. You, Of course, go on making
yours in your own way just the same
All the same think 1t would be tact
full to stand aside-with your eyes open
Of course-while Bolton is on the job.
'Tactful," I agreed, but little an
noying.'
"Well, Roger, it can't be helped. In
afraid. I'm not the boss here and tn
man is on his way now as fast as n
can travel. And now what about tellln
him who you really are? I've bee
thinking it over and if you are agree
able / think l ought to-.
saw that this meant that he ha
decided he was going to, so ! merel
said:
..If YOU think it best, certainly te
him. Only swear him to secrecy.
'sCertainly. And I'm sure the maj
himself will see the point in that. Bu
you see if / didn't tell him who yo
really were. he'd very likely put yo'
down as a suspicious character an
recommend your removal.
you re quite right" | agreed.
sBesides what you know may hel
him. and it would be a dog in tn
mapger kind of game to keep back any
thing. now that he has taken up tn
business.
"Right again. Well, I'll keep m
nose out of the business till Bolton ha
had his innings.
.,Good man. said Jack. "Wel
we'd better separate now. Good luc
TO you both -
I trust | am not of an unduly jeal
ous disposition, but being thus aske
10 take a back seat just as somethin
really definite had happened was
strain on my philosophy. The TRACED
~ the Uruguay might not have any
thing TO do with the secret agency !
The island-though ] felt in my bone
Il had, and Mr.. Bolton might come an
=, and leave me possibly with littI
Information TO help my own quest. Still
Il was annoying.
Al the same time. my cousins argu
q ments were absolutely sound and ! sa
parfectly that it would have been bot
foolish and ungenerous to play Hot
house with the man. SO 1 went paC
aud picked up novel and tried to dis
miss the whole business from my min
IN the meantime.
For the next twenty four hours II
island was full Of gruesome stories an
the widest rumors, but for most {
IS. time Nr. Hobheuse stayed at hom
INA dniehed HE novel II was onssh