New Britain herald., 1921-09-17

l old Chinaman in a white coat half Up the stairs. regarding them with | stolid countenance. Westward laughed. ''Sinbad, the sailor! Who are you" Me cook he said. with trace of a smile. Mecca bonn bom." | Tea for four" said Westward. | I've got to look after those Chinese right away"
 Mrs. Wade uttered an exclamation and ran toward the stairs. She had heard a peculiar scraping and tapping in the direction of the social hall door. As she looked upward, a hand holding a revolver Imply came over the coaming. and then a white arm. The elbow gripped the inner side of the board. and a hand and shoulders lifted slowly inch by inch-a yellow head. a face grimed with dirt and distorted with pain,
 The form rose with great effort, and Strang. half over the coaming, fell forward into the social hall. He dropped the revolver, and groped for it an instant, until his head sagged down to the carpet as he tainted. Eleanor gave a low. poignant cry and sped up the stairway. Juliana screamed, not knowing what had | happened. and as Westward came running back at this new alarm, his revolver ready. he saw Mrs Wade leaping up the stairs.
 Whats up?'' he shouted. mount ing the steps three at a time, to see Eleanor bending over a white figure lying across the high threshold talk ing and crying in an incoherent bab ble
 Here's S.rang" cried Mrs. Wade.
 Dead? Good Lord, he'd been bad ly winged, anyhow" He stopped and picked up the revolver.
 Not dead!" cried Eleanor. liar riet: Do something! Quick! He'll die if We don't hurry"
 "He wanted to take a shot at some- body mighty bad. to drag himself about in that shape" said Westward.
 Westward picked him up by his middle, and with Mrs. Wade laid him on his back on the carpet just inside the door. Eleanor threw down a cushion from the seat.
 Get water, professor" said Mrs. Wade. Look at his shoulder, He bled enough to be dead! Find some wine or spirits!''
 Harriet! We've got to keep him alive, I'll never forgive myself-to think of his lying out there all this time!"
 We've got to work like the dick ens," said Mrs. Wade. My husband wasn't a doctor for nothing, Sinbad. Water! Juliana-bring a cup-tea, anything! Eleanor. there ought to be a medicine chest"
 Westward was going to the bridge to make a survey of the shore. when he heard an uproar on the saloon deck, and as he hastened down the 1l open the door of the social hall
 "Juliana's in there" said Eleanor. She's holding the door inside!"
 Westward threw himself against the heavy teak and burst in, sending JuIiana sprawling. She sprang up and fled to the saloon.
 The mattress was doubled over, and at one end the strings which lashed the cotton cover had been torn away. Westward plunged down after Juliana.
 She threw something under the table as she saw she was overtaken and turned on Westward, reaching behind her for the stone teapot.
 Get that!' he commanded. taking her arm. She struck him in the face. but yielded readily enough when she saw he was in earnest and drop ping to her knees. brought out the
  of some soft substance. which she had thrown under the table.
 Westward ripped it open, and as Mrs. Wade and Eleanor came down the stairs he unrolled a ball of cot ton and held up an iridescent mug get gIeaming with gray and silver and pink-a great sea jewel. It was one of Fat Yuen's pearls!
 
 "Rattray's pearls" said Westward in a whisper, looking at the defiant Juliana.
 Did Nickelsen have them?" asked Eleanor. as she drew near to look at the cocoons of cotton, some of them still wrapped in the varicolored bits of silk, just as they had been taken from Fat Yuen's basket in the Cristobal by Rattray-
 These mean danger" said West ward. stuffing them back into the sack hastily "Nickelsen and Satterlee'n never give up as long as they know the loot is here. But, by George, we've | got some news for Manila-and Strang!"
 Do you think he knew?" asked Eleanor.
 "strang? No. I don't. If Strang had been in with the captain on this | he'd never start trouble himself-not | to save you and the steamer. And | Juliana knows more than we realize" |
 They put Strang on the mattress | and carried him to the captains cab in. which made an ideal hospital
 Wen go question Juliana," whisp- | cred Westward. with look at Mrs. | Wade, as they got the mate in the | bunk.
 I'll stay here," said Eleanor.
 Keep an eye out toward shore" said Westward as he went out.
 Juliana had been so thoroughly frightened that it took only a few