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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

AUGUSTA CAMP No. 74oo, M. W, 4
Regular meeting first and thlrd Thur
, day Of each month at G.. A. r. hall
CLARENCE E. MADDEN, Consul
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
tu-th-sat,tf
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slipped swiftly along. the deck. keep
ing close to the shadow Of the deck
house The crescent moon was Just
dipping into the sea as he sneaked
around a corner and reached the head
of the stairs.
He was halfway down the steps
when a glimpse of a slowly moving
figure caused him to pause.
Just beyond the foot OF the staircase
was a barrier, extending crossWise
from port to starboard. and in the
center of the fence was gate, closed
and guarded by deckhand. Trask
suddenly remembered that steamships
separated the sheep from the goats,
according to the amount OF passage
they paid There was a STRICT rule
that the second cabin folk should not
pass the boundary into the first CABIN,
likewise. 1t operated for the beneht
Of the goats. protecting them from
an invasion of sheep.
And the guardian at the gate was
there to see that the line OF denarca-
tion was strictly observed
Trask was in no mood to risk argu-
ment over n violation of the ship S
rules. He retraced his steps to the
head of the staircase, where he paused
10 consider the situation. His resolu-
ttOi uld not WaNeT, plt HeitiiCi Niu I'D
caution desert him. The second cabin,
where they lived like humans, was
stil his goal, but he had not the least
intention of being caught III the act or
visiting It.
Then he remembered the break in
the upper deck. whittier the goddess
had wheeled him that he might see
the dancing below. Twenty steps
would take him there. He made the
journey swiftly, passing only two per
sons, couple in deck chairs.
who were so deeply engrossed In
low conversation that they paid no
attention to his furtive figure. His
flight, punctuated with an occasional
glance backward to see If Keeler or
the dragon were near, brought him to
the spot from which he had viewed
the gayeties Of the afternoon.
There was no dancing now, but the
deck below was well illuminated, and
several persons were In sight. He
could have swung himself over the
rail and dropped, for the distance was
not formidable, but Trask was court
ing no publicity. Obviously, this was
not the strategic point for an attack.
He fled aft, walking briskly and un-
concernedly, although this sally car
ried him past numerous persons. But
the deck was only dimly lighted, and
he risked the possibility of recognition
without apprehension.
Not until he had reached the very
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stern of the Gulf Stream did he pause
again. There was no stairway here,
but there was another method of COM
munication between decks, vouchsafed
only to the venturesome. There were
iron uprights, like the columns sus-
tanning balconies in old-fashioned the
aters, running vertically from deck to
deck. To reach one it was necessary
to climb outside the rail.
He made a swift reconnaissance,
concluded that he was unobserved. and
then swung a leg over the rail. drop
ping down behind it, with his hands
clinging tightly to a crossbar He
craned his head sidewise and down
ward, looking for the nearest support.
1t was several feet to his left, and he
edged his way crablike, careful to lose
neither footing nor handhold. AS he
reached the selected spot, he took a
final peep over the rail. An instant
later he released his legs from their
perch and, supported only by his
hands, groped beneath him for the
iron upright
He found it. and simultaneously
with the discovery came cry from
somewhere above.
Man o-o-verboardr'
Trask fastened his flight, and in so
uoiiies Hdil O"lS IlloSeu NululCdtIllS Tie
startling announcement.
His hands slipped from the edge of
the upper deck and his body swung
outward, saved from the sea only by
the grip Of his legs, which were
twisted about the deck stanchion.
Lucky for him, he swiftly reflected,
that his legs were neither bullet pune
tured nor nerveless. They clung to
the slender support in desperation as
he swayed out over the rushing water
beneath.
Then, with a grim effort, he twisted
himself upward until one hand reached
the stanchion. The rest was simple.
He slid swiftly down to the deck be-
low, stepped inboard across the rail
and Topped quietly into the vacant
chair.
Now. as he listened, there was a
rush of feet overhead, a mingling of
voices and again that long-drawn cry:
"O-o-overbo-oa ard"'
Something thudded into the sea with
a splash. He leaned forward and
glanced down. A yellow flare came up
from the water and he understood that
buoy had been dropped.
An instant later the vibration of
the ship ceased and Trask knew that
The engines had been stopped. An
other instant, and the Gulf Stream
shivered from hurricane deck to keel,
as her screws reversed and labored
heavily to check her momentum.
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Trask left his chair and sought a
more secluded spot. His nerves were
tingling with excitement. yet he had
no desire to mingle in the doings OF
the moment. They had stopped the
ship-for him.
Whether passenger or deckhand,
some lynx-eyed person had witnessed
his diSappearance over the rail- or the
deck above. Whether he had been
recognized was a mere matter or de-
tail. For the purposes of the sh1ps
crew he was simply a man overboard.
He heard rafting OF tackle
through blocks. a heavy splash ahq
suspected that a boat had been low
cred. A few seconds later he saw its
white outline against the dark sea and
listened to the swift play OF oars. "A
quarter of a mile astern the mare OF
the buoy alternately rose on wave
crests and then seemed blotted out as
it dipped into the hOllows, making an
intermittent and ghostly illumination.
The headway Of the Gulf Stream
was checked and now she began 10
move sternward, slowly.
Then came a rush of second-Cabln
passengers, crowding in far aft to
watch the dancing boat as it headed
for the light in the sea. Their voices
were low pitched and tense. save Tor
that of a woman, who cried hysteri-
cally. He heard somebody whisper
hoarsely that there had been suicide
from the first cabin.
After that there was a hush, Wnlle
all eyes followed the progress OF the
boat, now pitched out in halo OF
white light as searchlght was
turned upon her.
Trask ventured from his retreat in
a shadow and moved to the rail, where
he edged his way into the crowd. The
spectacle that he had unintentionally
staged was holding its audience
breathless. Only moderate sea was
running, yet it seemed, in the harsh
glare of the searchlight, to magnify
itself into ponderous billows, behind
which the small boat and the flashing
buoy disappeared with appalling sud
denness and for narrowing intervals
of time.
They've got it," gasped a voice
near him.
AS a wave 200 yards astern lifted
it's crest Trask saw that the blazing
buoy had been overhauled and that
two oarsmen were graphing with it..
He alone, of all who watched the
drama from the decks Of the Gulf
Stream, knew they would find the
buoy empty. There was no swimmer
out in the dark seas; there had been
none.
There was a waving of arms from
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the boat, a sharp blast from the ships
siren and n suppressed sigh OF awe
from the crowd gathered at the rali
The white boat, under the impulse or
it's rowers, began to circle slowly. the
searchlight now playing directly upon
it. now rowing the black waters on
either side and beyond it.
To and fro went the boat, cutting
across sections in the wake OF tne
ship. now cleaning in the glare or the
white beam from the upper deck, now
sliding off into the blackness. where
she disappeared for minutes at time,
until the nervous tension OF the watch
ers on the Gulf Stream was at the
swapping point.
Half an hour passed, and then came
series of quick, shrill blasts from
the siren. The searchlight picked up
the tiny boat. nearly half mile dis
tant now. 1t was headed back toward
the ship.
Trask felt a light touch OH his arm
and looked down. There was a small
figure at his side, face upturned. He
recognized her in an instant. 1t was
the girl with the chestnut hair-the
girl who danced.
Did they get-whoever it was?"
she whispered.
II believe not.
"Ohr'
The exclamation was low, and in a
tone that mingled awe and pity.
1T is almost impossible to find any.
body in a sea at night he said. And
perhaps there was nobody, after all.
But the alarm-there must have
been!'
Sometimes mistakes are made"
The dancing girl ShiVered.
1.-The boat is coming back" said
Trask quietly. There is no use re.
manning here. Shall We go forward?''
She submitted mechanically to the
guidance Of his arm, and Trask drew
her out of the crowd.
Don't let 1t get on your nerves,
he counseled. Things like this hap
pen every day. ashore, and we think
nothing of them. At sea they seem
to become intimate and personal, al.
though there's no real reason, except
for the restricted environment"
81 didn't come for tragedy" she
said in a low tone. "Id like to for
get it had happened. Would you mind
very undertaking to me for lit
tie while about anything-except
that?"
at is exactly what I propose tc
do" he answered, as they made their
way along the deck. Lets get as
far. to the bow as possible. And my
name is Trask-William Trask."
He said it as automatically as the
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gentleman from Table Mountain, who
announced himself as Truthful James.
He said il, also with a distinct feeling
of elation: for on this deck there was
no need to wear the alias OF Spencer
Trumbull. lie was glad to be himself
again.
mine is Sands" she volunteered
quietly. "Sidney Sands"
Keeler had prepared him FOR the lat
ter half of her name. But not toy
Sidney" Perhaps keeler did not
know: Trask hoped he didn't.
They were forward of the deckhouse
now. where he found a chair for her
and another for himself. Not pas
senger was in sight; the crowd was
still watching the return OF the boat.
IT don't think I've seen you BEFORE"
she said, frankly. studying him in the
light.
mo. I've been in my stateroom
good deal. I'm a poor sailor"
IT was afraid I would be. It's my
first voyage. But I've surprised my
self"
But you're enjoying It,"
"Until-just little while ago. I've
always been looking for an adventure.
But not that kind"
Now that Trask was close to her,
he found his first impressions verified.
She was pretty. yet only in distinct
ly personal way; not pretty according
TO standard, or rule of any of the
multitudinous laws of beauty. The
goddess Of the upper deck was diner
| ent. She confOrmed to the regula-
| tions; she could be exactly classified
and placed upon her proper pedestal.
Continued in Tomorrow's starr
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arc,~ Tur STORY HERE.

Spencer Trumbull, son of a wealthy father.
a. ordered to take a sea voyage to Galveston
Tor his health when he'd rather a. go TO 3,ar the
Adirondaeks because OF the presence = 'here ,
iese and war-days chum.. Billy Trask. to
make the sea trip in his PLACE and promises
place % under under The the eye and care of a, male
nurse who is a stranger TO both; and thus
sician and by his imperson alton ward on
any displeasire which said stern father
might ace fit to visit on defiant AND dis.
obeCiicnt son Trask starts aboard the
steamship Gulf Stream in wheel char and and
nurse than he beholds a girl ct the rail
the goddess. he dubs her.
fContinued from Yesterdays Starr
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Fancy ribbons and braided lacing
for ankle straps are being succeeded
in Europe by plain shoestring.
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SCIENTISTS BORE HOLES
INTO KILAUEA'S CRATER
DR.. Jaeger Expects to Learn More
of Subterranean Heat by
Experiments.

HONOLULU, July LR.-Scientists
who desire to know more about vol.
canoes and especially about the Xii.
auea Volcano, on the Island Of Hawaii,
are boring a network Of holes around
the vast crater.
The holes are being bored with COM
pressed air drills, and are 10 feet deep.
There will be one every 1000 feet.
DR.. Thomas A. Jaggar. in charge
of the Kilauea Volcano observatory.
who is directing the work, expects to
learn something about subterranean
heat in its relation TO volcanic &C.
tivity.
The holes will be encased around
the top and capped so that tempera.
ture tests may be made at any time.
1t is thought that rise in tempera.
ture in. the holes may presage an erup.
ton and thus serve as log of the life
Of the volcano. ,~#
Experimental holes previously drilled
disclosed wide variation in tempera.
ture, seemingly without reference to
the proximity of Halemaumau Vol.
cano. This convinced scientists that
systematic temperature observations
would be valuable.
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BY Louis Tray
SYNOPSIS.

Moose Lake. is greatly disturbed by a news
item in an English paper announcing the
TO Eileen Grant and referring to the pros
pective groom as heir presumptive Of Lord
ION. disappeared some years ago and whose
death j. about to be presumed by rd a w
IN the meantime Eileen Grant Is married
" LorS.n to astalT Pa acton Inn, Iobn :
= lnh;r,anss EFT him BY hl ;, aunt: LORD e q
his son had been dismissed from the army
for cowardlce under FIRE and drunkernn,e es.
planned but she tells him that she viii rot
about John is settled to her satisfaction.
John. ACCOMPANIED by his dog. Spot: ar;
introduction t TO Mr.. Leslie. a lawyer living at
Wimbledon The Leshes invite him to stay
While walking through the streets Of, Lon
don John meets an OLD army friend: S SIR
ovidence that he had been dru ll by one
Of his men on the fatal day. he refused to
lead Obi his men out ( the trenches a Inflammation -
Mr.. Leslies and the latter calls a meeting
a. his house of Inspector Winter Of SCOTLAND
Yard: his assistant. Furneaux; Mr.. Mount
ford. Judge of the Probate Court and Fren-
- his father and tt Alistar. and she ls
son frmed in her belief of Johns innocence.
She auarrels bitterly with Ahstair and writes
to John. asking him to come to lnverlOchtie
On his arrival there he discovers that Con-
ninEton one of the men of his former regi-
ment. has lust arrived. presumably to
Ahstalr, and his suspicious are again aroused
against his cousin
John meets Eileen in the village and she
tells him her faith is mistaken. That night
after Inner Alistair walks down to the lake.
and he Is hardly out of sight of the house
when police whistle disturbs the neighhor-
hood. Alistair is found dead on the boat
house pier. and presumably has been muir
hered
Conntngton is suspected of the crime. and
after a long search he is found wounded
and near death
U'nntinued from Vest prdaV'S Starr
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quiet landing. and reached after
him, intending to pull him back by
main force. at the same time lifting
the automatic out of my pocket. /
felt the hook catch. and thought 1t was
in his collar. so / jerked 1t hard. He
fell backward and | knew in a second
| had made the biggest mistake of my
life. He gurgled something. but he
was done for. so / scrambled into the
boat. thinking that perhaps no one
would associate me with the affair If
l could reach Mallaig without attract
ing attention. l may as well admit,
too. that I believed Mr.. John here
would be the first to come under sus-
picion. OF course. he might be able
to clear himself, but at the moment
I didn't care whether he did Or rot.
I was only a few feet away from the
boathouse, and hidden by it, when a
light fla shed on the landing stage, and
l heard voices. Then police whistle
was blown, evidently to raise an
alarm. and in minute or two a gun
was fired. That broke me up. lost
my nerve and crossed the lake instead
of going back to the bridge, as I had
intended. Oh, I remember now. A car
came along the road at the wrong
time for me. While l was still trying
hard to recover my wits and decide
how to act for the best | set eyes on
that damned dog. He finished me.
went almost out of my mind. / sup
pose. All through the night l
ina gined l was being followed by the
devil. Even now | can't guess how he
got on my track so quickly. Dogs
don't swim across wide lakes"
This deg does" said John, not even
trying to repress a smile, because Spot
fr, all lc4o i,.
Pantons and Ferdinand Conningtons
in creation. HE and | watched you
disappearing in the mist and l sent
him after you
well. wellAwas that the way of
it? 80 I'm sorry, Mr.. Lawyer, If
we gallop ahead of your pen, but be.
tween you 1t will be easy to put to-
gether what ! have said, and I'll sign
if I can. I've told you the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth-so help me. f~--,
the Deity passed his lips. Betty Bridg-
north was not at all flurried. She
watched his eyes and felt his heart.
He will die before the day is out"
she announced calmly. but he Is sure
to recover consciousness soon. Leave
him to me. Please send in the nurse,
who is sitting in the garden at the
back. I'll warn you when he is At to
receive you again. Mr.. Dingwall."
An hour later the procurator fiscal
read what he had written, Sheldon's
notes supplying the full text. Con-
nington listened in silence to the end.
Then he took the pen given him by
Betty and added brief sentence be-
fore signing his name. His hand
writing was shaky but clear. The few
inserted words were much to the
point. They ran:
Il am sorry for all the mischief
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nal as final settlement it is giveL
now. fully and freely. You may even
recover. If you do. and you win
through the present scrape. come to
me wherever I am and you will find
that / shall remember our four years
of comradeship and forget that one
day of evil"
Their eyes met. Connington's face
twitched dreadfully. He uttered no
word, but 1t was evident that he un.
derstood.
Leave us now. john" said Betty
hurriedly. "He must be allowed to
rest"
Copyright. 1925. by Louis Tracy
Concluded tomorrow
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have caused. ask my old company
commander to pardon me-"
DR.. Dingwell showed that pathetic
scrawl to Panton, who was waiting
outside, leaving to the detectives the
task of attesting the signature.
What are these initials after the
name?" inquired the puzzled lawyer.
John swallowed hard before he an.
swered.
&c. S. M. Company Sergeant Major!
Dash II all. Why couldn't things
have turned out differently for each
one of us?"
Betty and the hospital nurses were
trying to persuade the dying man to
drink some beef tea. He sought for
and held a trembling hand.
"Connington." he said. 'if my for.
giveness Is accepted by the final tribu.
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INSTALLMENT LNvI.
John FOrgives COnnington.

NH assert himself.
V IAN this must he most in
4 teresting to Mr.. Panton and
other members of his fam
ily," he broke in, with a little cough
of excuse for interrupting story
which did not bear directly on the
crime under investiga ton. but in
your present state. Connington, l
think you ought to husband your
strength. Therefore / must ask you
II YOU are prepared now to tell us
what happened the night before last. y
NO need to make a long yarn Of
that" came the muttered reply. Get
your papers ready and take down
what I say. All right? Well. there
/ travelled through from London and
fell in with Capt. Panton both at Fort
Williams and Mallaig. What is more.
I saw the young lady whom Abstain
Panton had married. | fancy l know
a bit about women, but I'll have to go
to school again in the next world If
that nice looking girl cares two straws
for any one on earth except Capt. John.
Yes, put. that down. It's i'm
portant. becauSe-dont you sect
gave me another hold on Alistair, So
l went straight 10 the CdStle anu Sellt
In nv name. The major came out in
towering rage. but that didn't furry
me at all, and he was becoming trifle
more reasonable when an old gentle
man. Lord Oban, | believe, Joined us.
He had heard enough to make him
suspicious, but l didn't mind that-it
was really score for me---so the
major hurried off to the village. and
we ARA nged to meet that night. He
supplied all necessary directions, as
to the boat and the landing stage. l
mean, and made such a show of con-
cealing my movements that I'm pretty
sure he meant to push me into the
lake and keep me there till / crooked.
Not being exactly that sort of fool.
I wrote the whole story and put it in
a sealed envelope, which l sent to my
hank in London, with the request that
II my death was reported the inclosed
letter was to be sent to Scotland Yard.
As I'm going to. die now, Mr.. Fur
neaux, my written confession will
reach you by the next post"
The man chuckled dreadfully when
he noted the establishment on every
face.
Yes. that's o. K he said Whats
the good Of lying now? Well, we met
as planned, and the major offered me
80 pounds. which I just pushed back
at him with a grin. Then he pulled
a revolver, but ! stopped any excite
ment by telling him about the letter
safe in the mail bag. At that he swore
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Building Great Aoqueduct.

ATHENS, July / @.-Over the
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