The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30


49, conduct Of careful man. &C
custolncA 20 mind hls eye. And In
dlsputahly correct one never knew
who might be watching. what slight
Is, sign Of secret understanding
might not be selzed upon and read.
FURTHERMORE. Mir. Musaey had not
stllled his mutter In the night until
their jolnt and individual lines Of ac-
ton had been mapped out and agreed
upon down 20 the smailes, detail II
now remained only fer Lanyard to
fil In somehow tho waste time that
lay between breakfast and the hour
appointed. thcn take due advantage
OF the opportunity promised him.
lie found the day making good Mr..
Musxcy's forecast. Under q dull
thick sky the sea ran In heavy
swelis greasy and grey. The wind
was In the south. and light and
shifty. The horizon was vague.
Captain Monk. encountered on the
quarterback. had an uneasy eye. and
cursed tho weather roundly when
Lanyard made civii inquiry as 20 the
outlook. Ca va bieni
Lanyard killed an hour or two In
the chartrootn. aoquatnting himself
with the coast they were approaching
ana tracing the Syharitc's probable
course toward the spot selected from
tho smuggling transaction. Ills no
tlcn Of the precise location Of the
owners estate was rather Indefinite:
no had gathered from tho gossip that
Il was on the Connecticut shore OF
Long Island Sound. between New
London ana New Haven. where a
group 81 small isisnds--aiso the prep
erty OF Mister Whitaker Menk--pro-
videt fair anchorage between sound
and shore a. well as good screen
from cffshorc observation.
II was not vital 20 know more;
Lanyard had neither hope nor fear
Of ever seeing that harbor. II was
tho approach alone that interested
him; and when he had puzzled out
that there were only two practicable
courses for tho Syharite TO take
both bearing In general northwest
erly direction from Nantucket Shoals
Light Vessel one entering Rock
Island sound from the east. between
Point Judith and Block Island. the
other entering the same body Of
water from the south. between Block
Island and Montauk Polnt---and had
lie 10 navigation hedxed about both
courses. more especially their pro
ionration into Long Island sound by
way Of Tn. Race; Lanyard told him.
self II would be strange indeed N his
plans mlscarried always pro
I.idlng that AIR. Musscy could be
s.sfusted 10 hold 10 bis overnight
But as 20 that. one entertained few
fears. One felt quite surc tina, Mr..
Mussey would perform duly to the
letter OF his covenant II had re-
CURED only an hour OF weighing and
analysing with n clear head his over.
lures and utternnccs as a whoia, 20
persuade Lanyard that he himself.
20 less than the chief engineer, In
me- phrase Of tho Ia:ter's boast.
'sknsw someshfng.-
II seemed unbelisvAbiy stupid and
childish. what he imagined was be-
bind ths Eratuitous interrne6dling Of
Mr.. Afussey; but then. he reminded
himself. II there Is anything more
stupid than 20 plot a criminal act.
n y 10 permit oneself 20 be infiu.
snc>d by that criminal stupidity
whose other name Ia jealousy.
Well. whether he was right or
wrong the night would declare n:
and In any event there was no ex.
euse whatever for refusing TO profit
BY the stupidity OF men whose minds
are bent on vicious mischief.
Tho weather thickened a. the day
grew older. Towards noon the wind.
as n weary and discouraged with
vain endeavor 70 make up It's mind
70 blow from this quarter or that.
died away altogether. Al the same
time the horizon appeared to close
IN perceptibiy: what little definition
Il had had In earlier hours was
erased: and the sybarite. shsarfng
the oily and iIfeless waters Of a
dead calm. seemed less to make
progress than to struggle suiieniy In
N pool OF quicksilver AZ the bottom OF
slowly revolving sphere Of clouded
glass. mutinousiy aware that all her
laboring wrought no sort OF gain.
After an hour Of this Captain
Monk. on the bridge with Mr.. Swain,
arrived at decision Of evaporation.
Thru the engine-room vcntilators a
long Jingle Of the telegraph was
heard: and directly the sybarfte's