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1T would seem safe to assume I
am the man gossip says am" Ian
yard said cautiously.
Then TO begin at the be-
ginning" whispered Mussey in the
darkness. 1--WE known Whit
Monk a good long time. Before
this. If anybody had ever told me
Whit Monk would do a pal drrt, I'd
we punched his head and thought
no more about it, But now o"
In the darkness that disembodied
voice took up its tale anew.
4 and you are both in the same
boat in manner Of speaking.
We're both on the outside-shut out
looking in"
you propose. then, an alliance 20
That's the answer. 1 know you
can get that tin safe OF Whit's open,
when YOU feel like II, get the jewels
and all. but what show do you
stand 10 get away with them ? That
-. unless you've got somebody work
ing in with you on board the ship.
see here
The mutter sank into a husky
whisper.
We'll. go 20 it: make your plans.
consult with me, get everything
fixed. lift the loot; I'll stand BY, fix
up everything SOS your work will
90 through slick. see that you don't
get hurt. stow the jewels where they
won't he found; and when it's all
over. well split hfty-ffty What
d'you say? %
Extremely ingenious monsieur
zen have 10 be pulled of tomor-
row night or not at all" the mutter
urged with an eager accent.
My thought. precisely Now 70
do what I viii have 90 do, I must
have ten minutes OF absolute dark
ness Can that be arranged ."
Absolute darkness 2" The NUT
ter had a rising inhexion OF dubiety-
why. by nightfau We ought 20 be
off Rock Island. an traffic as heavy
as on Fifth Avenue. Isn't there
some other way7"
Not with lights 20 hamper my
operations. But II come temporary
accident were 20 put the dynamos
out OF mission-'igure TO your
self what would happen"
The engines would have 20 be
slowed down until oil lamps could
Zee substituted for the pinnacle,
masthead. and side-lights, also for
The engine room"
And there would be excitement
and confusion. eh7 Everybody would
"a 20 n "a
would leave his cabin unguarded
long enough
81 get you"-with sigh. -It's
wrong. an wrong, but-well, I sup
pose i-'s got 10 be done"
LANYARD treated himself 20 a smile
az triumph. there In the darkness.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Trap Is Sprung.
ON their last night. a heavy fog
settled down 90 aid the work OF
Lanyard and his volunteer assistant.
Ar NIussey. AT 1880 D. m. every
light went out.
Mr. Mussey had not failed 20 keep
his pact OF treachery.
Lanyard was out OF his chair be-
fore the first call OF excited re-
n,onstrance rang out on deck-to be
echoed III c,amor.
And in that time OF Stygian gloom
violence was done swiftly, surely,
and without mercy: with pity, yes.
and with regret. Lanyard was sorry
for the man az the wheel But what
was 10 be done could not be done N
any other way.
The fellow offered barely a SHOW
~ opposition. Swung bodily away
from the wheel. ne went over the
raj 20 the forward deck Ike bag
% sugar. Immediately Lanyard
turned 10 The pinnacle
Thrustiug a hand into the open
.rg lanyard CROPPED for the adjust
able magnets in their racks. and one
ry one removed and dropped them
90 the grating az the foot OF the
pinnacle
The compass ought now 20 be Just
as constant 20 the magnetic pole as
a hummlng- 20 one especial rose.
Guiding himself by a hand that
lightly touched the rail. Lanyard re-
gained his chair. carefully compos-
ing himself In the position IN which
he had been resting when the lights
went out.
The next instant, however. he was
Cu his feet again. A beam OF light