The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-28

| Then 20 begin at the begin.
| 40 i've known Whit Monk
: "a long time. Years I've known
-. we've sailed together off and
:. aver since We took TO the sca
s,xs gone thru some nasty serapcs
,,ssthsr. and done things that don't
| - telling. ana always shared the
.s,rk and thin Of everything. Re.
f,rs thls n anybody had ever told
~ whit Monk would DO a pal dirt.
"A We punched hts head and
,ssurhs no more about u. hut now
:"
rbs muster faitercd. Lanyard
~seersed q ssmpasheslc siienee--a
silence. az least. which no hoped
vcuh PASS as sympathetic In re.
.n,v. he was struggling 20 suppress
| INV betrayal % the exulfatien that
r.s BEGINNING 20 take hold Of him.
premature this Nigh, prove 20 be.
pus Il seemed impossible To rnisun'
s~rxsxnA the emotion under which
ne chief engineer Was lahcrinx or 10
k,r3errss,msse - potential value 10
AWARD. surely Il would seem that
4. fassh IN his star had been well.
.,nred: was " not now--or all signs
ni!ed---dciiyerlng into his hand the
fcrr>a tool he had 50 desperately
pe>d>a FOR which he had 90 varness.
ly pr~yed'
A heavy sigh issued upon the
rillneu. frc,ghtrd with deep and
se>ohtsnx melancholy. For. u ap
~areA IKE all cynic-. Mr. Mus~sy
-. A sentlmentaiist a. heart. And
q the darkness that disemhodied
vu,<e scck up les tale anew.
Il don't have 20 tell you what's
ec,ng on between Whit Monk ana
~: lot he's 80 thick with nowadays.
~, know. or you wouldn't be here"
-fsny that conclusion what you
AMERICANS would call n little pre-
/ siouss"
~Presious.'' The muttsr took a
nmsnt 10 con the fun significance
q that adjective. NO: wouldn't
e.a n that. You see. On a voyage
lxs this-well. talk goes on. things
al about. thlngs arc said aloud that
sassbdn't hs and get. overheard and
psssed along: and the man who sits
ba<k and ilstens and Sits what he
k<nrs Is pretty likely 10 set toier.
sbly rood tine on what's what or
.~xrse there's never bean any secret
/ nheut what the owner means 10 do
VIA III this wine he's shipred We
slI know we're playing risky game.
Ut we're for the owner--he isn't
bad sort. when you get 10 know
- --end well so thru with II and
a. what's coming 10 Us win or lose.
sfsFsiy. 81 course. because it'u mean
nafhinx handsome for every man
Gvs make Il without getting caught.
~ 4 you want to know what I
max III tell you something
-Duf truly am All attentior..'
Z think whit Monk and Phinust
| ~ mzm'sefie have framed the own
= bstwsen shem.-
Can't say 7 quiss follow =
= think they cooked up this SNUG.
/ 61nx business and kfdded him into
~ 10 get the use Of his yacht
F ~ her own purposes and a. the
49, tine get HIM where he can't
- up . howl n he finds out the
ou<h- Suppose he does !" Ths
ns.ser became momensarfly . deep
nruated chuckis Of malice -He's
\ - dep on tbs boone snuRxiinG
~ b. dsssent say = word. ana that
pets him In worse yet. makes him
Accessory before IN. fact OF criminal
Practices thatd make his hair stand
en end. Then. suppose they want 20
~ On with the game. iootinx IN
Ezrops and sncnkinr the goods into
America with the use of his yacht;
Mats he going TO say. how's he
ruanx 20 stop thern7"
Accepting these questions a. purely
fhstoricaI Lanyard offered no com.
bent. After moment the muttsr
resumed:
Web what do you Think Am I
night or am wronR7's
Y Who knows. Mr.. Mussey One can
nly say. you seem to know some
sklns-
III say know sornsthinri A
szht more than Whit Monk dreams
] know--as hc1i ind out to his sor-
NV before he's finished with Tom
Massey
~But"-obliqueiy yLanyard struck
again at tho heart Of the mystery
which he found 70 baffllnr-'you
sesm 70 wen satisfied with the bona
fies Of your informantT"
There was a sound Of stsrtorous
breathing as the intelligence behind