The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-30

but I was old enough to feel the shame
and horror of it all. II has always
been said that my father stole all the
securities and fed. 1t is not true. II
was his belief that if he were given
time in which to realize them, ali
would be well and every creditor paid
in full. He started in his little yacht
for Norway just before the warrant
was issued for his arrest | can re-
member that last night, when he bade
farewell to mother. He left us a list
of the securities he was taking. and
he swore that he would come back
with his honor cleared, and that none
who had trusted him would suffer
Well, no word was ever heard from
him again. Both the yacht and he
vanished utterly We believed, my
mother and |, that he and it, with the
securities that he had taken with him
were at the bottom of the sea. We
had a faithful friend, however, who is
business man, and it was he who
discovered some time ago that some
of the securities which my father had
with him had reappeared on the Lon
don market. You can imagine our
amaZement l spent months in trying
| to trace them, and at last, after many
doubings and difficulties. l discovered
that the original seller had been Cap
tain Peter Carey, the owner of this
| hut
Naturally, l made some inquiries
about the man. | found that be had
been in command of a whaler which
+, was due to return from the Arctic
| seas at the very time when my father
j was crossing to Norway. The autumn
| OF that year was a stormy one, and
| there was succession of southerly
| gales. My fathers yacht may We'll
have been blown to the north, and
there met by Captain Peter Carey's
| ship. If that were so, what had be-
come of my father? In any case, if I
| could prove from Peter Carey's evil
| dence how these securities came on
| the market it would be proof that M
| father had not sold them, and that
he had no view to personal profit when
he took them.
| i came down to Sussex with the
| intention of seeing the captain, but it
| was at this moment that this terrible
| death occurred. | read at the inquest
| a description of his cabin, in which it
stated that the old log-books of his
vessel were preserved in it 1t struck
| me that if | could see what occurred
in the month of August, 1889, OF
board the Sea Unicorn, l might SETTLE
the mystery of my fathers fate.
tried last night to get at these log
books, but was unable to open the
door Tonight I tried again and sue
ceeded, but find that the pages have
been torn from the book. 1t was a
that moment I found myself a pris
: oner in you hands"
rs that ALP" asked Hopkins.
Yes, that is all" His eyes SHIFTED
as he said it.
You have nothing else to tell US I?
| He hesitated
| No. there is nothing"
You have not been here befor'
: last night?"
: No"
| Then how do you account 70
that?" cried Hopkins, as he held u
the damning notebook, with the I'M
= tials of our prisoner on the first lea
, and the blood-stain on the cover.
The wretched man collapsed. H
, sank his face in his hands, and tren
: bled all over
Where did you get it?" he groaned
- Il did not know. | thought l hat
: lost it at the hotel
;. That is enough" said Hopkins
= sternly. Whatever else you have t
say. you must say in court You wi
= walk down with me now to the police
r station Well, Mr.. Holmes, l am yer
much obliged to you and to you
friend for coming down to help m,
=. AS it turns out your presence wa
unnecessary, and would have brougf
the case to this successful issue witt
out you but, none the less, am graf
full. Rooms have been reserved fC
you at the Bramble tye Hotel, so W
can all walk down to the village t
gether."
Tommorow-The Adventure of Blac
, Peter, continued.