Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

~ A&40I 8&&H 8A8 k1S83s III WIFE,
every night- h.. father and Gunm
turned the key ana To ehains ras-
tied On the doors NJ thsy fnstensd
them.
re raised hIs bard and passed it
across his eyes In startled way. How
wildly it came back 90 him. that night
Las shnnxk O. wsrs 5uzk happening
now. as, though he we're n tia very
oct Of living 70 againi
A crash IN TIE dad Of night
through that silent house. ana he had
sat up. trembling. In bed. Thsn err.
the report of 4 pistol shoe. ana ths
echoes Of the shot rumhasd and re-
verberzsed lthroush the heusss STRIKING
terror Into his young Asazts Ana NJ
was crawling ost a his I'D. and ont
into the hsll ard down thu, stssrsTin
his nighfshirt.
And halfway down. IN stopped In
horror.
Below. In the hallway, seood sha
giant form o. hfs father holding .
candle. and on the 1oor lay stretched
q huddled form, and Gungn. WIN Z
revolver. was bending over IL Thing
that did not move. Tien came - far
theirs voicss In q strssgss auserznote
Of tense eagerness.
'Eoek aGain. 0nngA,e Hes hss one
finger ON the left handfs
And Gunsn had shaken his head a
he had answered.
Il have looked. sshib. and the hand
IL whole"
speElbound ne had stood there on
tire stairs. q Ind Of fourtsen. and
0unga. had lifted the Thing I'm hIs
arms and gone away with It ard thu
great figure. Of his sfaxhsr.s dressed Ia
pajamas. had steed metionless Tor q
long stilne. then turning had faced thu
stairs and caught sight % him-ans
suddenly had sent q VIVID. unnatural
laugh ringing through the house.
"You there. eh. Staeeyr' he had
laughed out. a. though UNNAMED
'well. TIL tell you something now
Never 90 TO the East. Remember thai
never 20 to the East"
And then he had pulled, himself 60
gether. and his face hsd SCI sternly q
he had poinfedo upa thai stairs. 'G<
back 20 yonr beAi" hss had command
ed sharply. Go back to syons. bed in
stantlyI I"
yes" said wallen -aloud 70 .himsslf
THAT'S what he said: Never % b
the East-never 90 10 the East
But he had come to the East and
six Cinnamon had shipped aboard ths
Upoio to KIM him. His fxther had
been quite right In telling him not q
60 70 the East. How waa % that ID
had come there9 He had run away
from that gray house after that night
and he had never heard of .his fathel
since.
That was In California
He had gone to Frisco. and gons d
sea. He had been &C sea. ever sines
In all kinds Of ships, and he had done
pretty wen. He had his masters Ger
tfficate already.
Bat that did not account for his DO
Ing here In the Java sen. and for those
six Chinamen. He had been fourth
olz3cer Of the Tokamaru when they had
touched at Shanghai q few weeks
ago. She was. q .nne ship. tia Toka
maru. the biggest passenger liner u
the fieet-only q fourth officers pay
was very small.
he had met Captain Mitchell Of thu
Upolo ashore there. and Captain Nit
cheli had persuaded him 20 ship a
FIRST mate on the Upolo for double the
pay he had been getting. The. Upolo
tear. What were those shapes there
He began to humble to himself, end
Suddenly shrieked out aloud. II wal
o horror ship.
He shraeked aloud. rushed 20 IN
rail-. and In the delirium Of hi; MIND
crouehed low to hide himself from fhis
esad throagl that raved. like demons
for medicine ran screaming forwart
10 whers' the ships boat bumped me-
notonously I'm its rise and fan aeains
the vessels hall.
He hurled himself over tho sids
cast the boat looss. and enatchine al
the oars begant, pull IKE ,maamaz
away from the ship. Two hundret
yards or he Stood up and shook both
lists and yelle'l tauntingly-they eoult
not reach him now. But why noe'
Suppose they sh0uld swim after himl
He flung himself 20 the seat aeaia an
piled the oars furiously.
And then slowly the strskes Leo
sened. and. presently m oar fen frou
his grasp. and after that. with a moan
ne pitched forward into the botfou
or the boat-and all was blackness.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK..