Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22

takes him up. sensat tionaily winning:
sn SSS IN wRah R sSc iss Gf
her her hatred q Rios and ask. Jim to aid
a voyage for some mysterious Mexican
6le tub with a quaint cutthroat crew.
Jim has II premontlon that the woman
tlemar. has wrought her threatened spell
| on him.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
They roundcdeSan Lucas one morn
ing, turned north into the gulf and
steered into La Paz, where Barlow said
he hoped to get line on Escobar and
where they allowed custom officials an
opportunity TO assure themselves that
no contraband in the way of much
dreaded rifles and ammunition were
being carried into restive Sonora. Loco
| Gringoes out after burro deer" was
| how the officials were led to Judge them.
Barlow, gone several hours, reported
that Escobar had not turned up at the
waterfront dives to which, according to
the murdered Juarez, he reported now
and then TO keep in touch with his out
law commander. Steering out again
through the fishing craft and harbor
boats. they pounded the New Moon on
toward Port Adventure.
Then came at last the night when
Barlow, looking hard mouthed and
cnger. announced that in u few hours
they would drop anchor and go ashore
to see what they would see. Niger
Ben and Filipino Charles were in
Structed gravely. They were to remain
on board and were to maintain n sus
picious reserve toward all strangers,
denying them foothold on deck.
The gents who d be apt to make you
| N ppl1 ~ IlorIo,y toll than IN
would cut your throats for side of
bacon. You boys keep watches day
and night When we get back into San
Diego Bay. if you do your duties, YOU
both get $50 on top of your wages
It was shortly before they hoistcd the
anchor overheard to wait for dawn that
for the second tine Kcndric felt again
that oddly disturbing sense of hidden
eyes spying at him. Again he was alone,
standing forward. pecring into the dark
ness. trying to make some sort Of detail
out of the blnck wall ahead which Bar
low had told him was n long line Of
cliff. AS before Charlie was at the wheel
while Niger Ben was listening to in
structions from Barlow aft of the cabin.
The voices came faint against the gulf
wind to KCndric.
The words he did not hear. since nll Of
his mental force was bent to determine
what II was that gave him that un-
Canny feeling of eyes, the eyes of 10
raida CaStelmar, in the dark
This time he was guarded in his ac-
tions. He stood still moment. his
jaw set. only his eyes turning to right
and left. As he had asked himself
countless times already so now did he
put the question again: "Ilow could
n man feel thing like that?' At his
age was he developing nerves and insane
fancies? At any rate the sensation was
strong, compelling. Making no sound
he turned and stared into the darkness
on all sides. He saw no one.
Suddenly. startling him so that his
taut muscles jumped involuntarily. came
an excited shout from Niger Ben.
"Ua'nts. Cap'n Barlow. Oh, my
Gawd,. save me now. Looky dar
I.ooky dar. It's lady g.,g g-ghost. Oh
Iny Gawd save me now
Kendric ran back. Niger Ben was
cutching wildly at Barlow's arm.
You superstitious old fool, groWled
Barlow. ITS only that piece Of torn
sail happin' that Charlie was gsin' to
sew. Can't you see? I thought you
weren't afraid of the New Moon
ha ntS. any way
Niger Ben Shifted his big feet I'm,
easily and little by little crcpt forward
: to look at the flapping bit of sail cloth
Slowly his courage returned to HIM
lie hadn't been afraid ~ all, he de-
clared, but just sort of shook up see
ing the thing all Of Il sudden that way
KGndric passed on as though nothlnG
had happened, as he reasoned perhal'
nothing had. But just the same nc
made his second quiet search, IN the enc
, finding nothing. But as he went bach
| hn .
tor over and over in mind StubhornlE
Coincidenccs were all right enough. Du
reasonable explanations lay back o
! them. II man could only see JUS
, whore the explanation lay.
He sought to reason logically II ~
truth some one had been standing look
! inc ot him. if Niger Ben had seer
/ something other than the 1apping can
) vas. then that some one or something
had gone aboard the New Moon Il
San Diego and had made the 'h'ir'
cruise with them. That c"n!d haraS'
have been done without Narlow's knowl
odgc. Two points StrurT MN 'Hrn T
! First. Barlow had demanded VINO ~"
u roidn Cnstrlmnr was had not BnrloV
. oven learned the name OF the. g!ri o
Tho ncorlst Second. It rCcurrcd to nm
J. thot Harlow had followed her TO tn
: hotpl In the border town. had ever
boJ word with her. since he had 6rough
KarGric I,"u message. Why had BarIov
+ coma 70 the hotel ot all? Ills cxp0n,a
ti"n ot tho time had been rcaSonabI
: enough: he had said that he had Gon
10 get a room. But NOW hrndr!' re-
mombcred how Barlow. on tnat S.tn aia,
t,l7h ~ he riGing by moonrisc! What woul'
ho have done with hotel room? .,
Bnt slowly the dawn was coming, tn
,oagoh .horc was revealing itself. Bar
low was calling for help with the Sma'
hoot. Kcndric shrugged his shoulder
and kept his mouth shut.