Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-01-13
CHAPTER Xlll-continued.

Il minute later the %"Npcctant Ne.iS
stepped upon her deck. A tall dark
man. wearing an ancient pa!mlcai
hat, sat smoking on the hatch coam'
ing. and him Neils Ilalyorsen adj
dressed.
AVE bane want to see Capn
ScrargS," he said.
The tall dark man stood erect and
cast "A quick. questioning look at Netls
Halyor>em He hcsitatcd before he
made auswc
"What do You WANT he asked de
lihcratcly. and there was a suhtI"
menace in his tones. As for Ncils
Halvorsen, thinking only Of the sur
prise ne had I'm store for his old EN-
ploycr, he replied cyaSiycly:
AYE bane want Job
well, I'm Captain Scrargs, and
haven't any Job for you. Get on my
boat and wait until you're invited be-
fore You come aboard again
For nearly n minute Neils Hnlvor-
sen stared open-mouthed ut the spuri-
Gus Captain Scraggs, while slowly
there sifted through his brain the 10
ticn that he had happened across the
track OF a deep and bloody mystery
OF the seas. There was something
rotten in Denmark" OF that NellS
Halvorsen was certain. More he could
not be certain Of until he had paved
the way for A complete investigation,
and az n preliminary step toward
that end he clInchcd his fist and
sprang swiftly toward the bogus skip
per.
ave tank you bane d-n liar" he
muttered, and struck home, straight
and true, to the point Of the jaw.
The man went down, and In nm In
stant Nells was IN top OF him. on
came the sailors belt. the hands OF
the half-stunned man were quickly
tied behind him, and before he had
time to realize what had happened
NeilS had cut n length Of cord from
Il trailing hnlyard and tied his feet
securely, after which he gagged him
securely with his bandanu hnndkcr-
chief.
A quick circuit Of the ship con-
WINGED Neils H~alvorsen that the re-
mninder OF the bastard crew were
evidently ashore. 81 he descended to
the cabin In search Of further evil
dence Of crime. He was quite pre-
pared to find Captain Scraggs' mas
ter's certificate In It's familiar oaken
frame, hanging on the cabin wall, but
ne was dumfounded 20 observe, hang
Ing on the wall In n similar and
equally familiar frame, the certificate
Of Adelbert =. Gibncy MS first mate
Of steam or sail, any ocean and any
tonnage. But still n third framed
certificate hung on the wall, and Neils
again scratched his head when he
read the wording that set forth the
legal qualifications of Bartholomew
McGurey to hold down n Job rs
chief engineer Of coaStwiSe vessels
w to 200 tons net register.
1t was 2atcut, even to the duh
wittcd Swede, that there had been
foul play somewhere, and the Schoon.
er's log, lying open on the table,
seemed to offer the first means NJ
hand for n solution Of the mystery,
Eagerly NeilS turned to the last en-.
try. II was not In Captain Scraggs'
handwriting, and contained nothing
more interesting than the Stcreotyped
reports Of daily observations. eur.
rents, weather conditions. etc, In.
Guiding n notation Of arrival that day
nj Honolulu. Slowly IlalvorSer
turned the leaves backward, until al
last he was rewarded by, II glimpse %
n different handwriting, II was III,
last entry under that particular hand
writing, and read as follows
June q, 70. Took an observation a
noon, and md that We are in N-N $.
IS-4 W At this rate should MT TIJUANA
tholo early This afternoon. An hand.
well and looking forward to the fun a
Tuvana Bent a new living ih his morn
ing and had the king and Tahu-Tab,
hnlystone the deck, A. =. GlRNEY."
Neils HalvorScn sat down 10 think
md after several minutes Of this IN
usual exercise IL appeared 10 IN,
Swede that he had stumbled upon
clue Ia the situation. The last entr,
in the log kept by Mr., Glnney wa.
under date Of June 2lSt-iust elevc,
days ago. and on that dntc Mr.. 9Th
ney had been looking forward TO Som,
fun al TuyHnu.tholo. Now where wa
that island and what kind Of
place was III
Neils searched through the cahIr
until he came across the book that |
the bible OF every South sea tradin.
yessel-the British admiralty reports
Down the index went the old decP
hands calloused finger and paused +.
"Friendly islands-paCe III" where
upon Neils opened the book nj pap
177 and after a 1ve-minute scare
discovered that T%uvana-tholo was
barren, uninhahited Island in latitud
2l-2 south. longitude l7S-49 west.
Ten days from the Friendly island,
the paper said. That meant unde
power and sail with the trades abaf
the beam. II would take nenrer NJ
e days for the run from Hnnolul,
~ that desert island. and Ne'ls Hal