Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-30

with your sedat1veA Il = snecesu
ITO quiet her ct times, 7 know, -
there - nsysr my nsedsfo3 this nsst
81 thing. sa
Brooke listened, interested. ara i.
G way amused. This, then..sswas tbs
pretense. The >so-called Mrs. Mum
ford was . sufferer, supposedly from
hysteria or snfne kirdrsd Malay,
and on occasionS she Ssbecane2 vfolent.
For that reason she required ! purse:
and this little woman, Ared-faceA.
plack-haired and looking the .
opposite OF the part, save that she
gagged to play the role. s
Now she WAS placing q pillow BE.
meath her patients head. which Mum.
ford had carelessfy let lie nat. Rut
neither the thick veil which ~envelon-,
ed her features nor the cloak which
wrapped her did the; nurse make ~
Immediate move to take Oh.
There's q key. to this door, I q
pose" Mumford 3~ugsested, turning q
Brooke. 81 var to lock g on the out
side. And there's bell Mere, Of
course. Then II Miss Murphy re-
auires anything she a. ring. and IN
.Yes, there's : key, ssir,"a Brooke !.
uSAe EEO , ~ AkAS lD08nt
mislaid; and as for the bell, It rinrS
in my quarters instead OF yours, which
are the next adjoining. /"
Mumford's annoyance was evident
What kind OF q yacht Is this?" no
demanded angrily.. what right haye
you to give. me q room that can't Is
locked. It must be locked. Look
about man, and find the key. or ana
some other that will IT."
There's q bolt on the inside
Brooke ventured. How will that dot
Then, IL Miss Murphy wants you, she
can rap on the dividing partition. ,As
I said before, the key cannot Be
found, and each room has q distinct
ly different lock-"
Mumford bit his Nip In Irritation.
"I'll see about this. he rrxttered.
''In the meantime, Miss Murphy, wen
have to accept-Mr L. Brooke's sueees-
tion. Bolt the door and see to 1t that
Mrs. Mumford does not open It. And
now" he added speaking to Brooke
again, 'Iyl have a few words with
that agent, II heshasn,t g>Se ashore:
which, seeing that he hasn't been paid
yet. I don't suppose he has,
On deck they found Moore, sitting
in the cane chair which Brooke had
occupied, and to him Mumford made
strenuous complaint. But Moore
evaded all responsibilities. He was sor.
~, but it was the province Of tho
chief steward to look after such mat
ters. When Mr.. Mutnford had agreed
to charter the, yacht there wa no
stipulation regarding locks and keys,
He had put the yacht at Mr.. Murr-
ford's service, and there his -r%esponsi.
bility ended:
J "And now" he ended. when you
have paid over 1--WE hundred good dol
lars Of the coin Of the realm you may
give the order to UP anchor and
away"
'IIl not pay a. cent until that key
is found" Murnford declared stub
bornly.
"Thep the Amaryllis will lie just
where she Isl" returned Moore, with
equal stubborness.
Mumford walked five steps aft and
then walked five steps back again.
This Is an outrage, he snarled.
II know bally well there's a key
somewhere that will fit that door,"
Then you'd better bally we'll find
it." returned Moore calmly.
For half a farthing,' shouted tho
Englishman, stirred now to the boil
ing point. .''I'd break your blooming
head. young man."
And for angood deal less than
that" said Moore, with irritating
calmness, az he deliberately got to his
feet, ~"1'd..chuck you yer that rail in
to the river.,,,< 1854 af'te
At this .juncture Mumford'ss COM
.ipanion, still. wearing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
suit n Panama hat, doomed out Of
the shadows.
"Oh, I guess not" he murmured,
II guess not.t I don't think there'll
. hn a ~ ~ h 4 a E11in--~4 L. i,,-h
yet, you know
Brooke, who had been quietly lis-
tenins, took this as his III Without
so much as a word, he placed himself
at the speakers side and his hand fell
upon the fellows wrist, gripping it
hard and twisting it until it's owner,
thus taken, by surprise, squirnyed in
pain.
..vYill you, Keep out OF it?" he NUT
tered quietly, almost in a whisper.
Cor do you want a swim, too?"
flashed out straight for the Chi
cagoap's jaw, but Moore, stepping
back lightly, and parrying al. the same
] moment, evaded 1t. Back of the at
tempt the .Englishman had thrown
the whole weight Of his body, and his
blow failing to land he staggered a
step forward, his balance threatened.
In that instant he lowered his
guard. and Moore, awaiting himself Of
the opportunity, swung first with his
right and then with his left for the
fellows face. The double impact
& sounded almost as one. so close were
the blows, and Mumford went reeltng
back. dazed and blinded, against the
rail.
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
sMiddlebury, vt.-Four Sons OF, tho
late Yuan Shihkai, second president
Of China arrived here. to become stu-