The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-05-23
By WYNDHAM MARTIN
COPYRIGHT IN THE U. 8.
WNU Service

father OF these Unwin children, as
they can find out if they put ME to the
test. He would recognize me as How
ard Bettington."
"He did before they buried you,"
Bob broke in. tri1mphantly. He re-
membered how broken up his father
had been at the sad death of his old
friend. Was this man never to make
q likely statement? There's nothing
will make us believe you even If we
wanted to-"
Mary looked at him with deeper
horror in her eyes than Bob had
shown. She remembered how he had
led her to talk of her father; he had
seemed so interested in him that she
had chartered all sorts of intimate de-
tails which he had treasured up to
bolster this attempted imposition.
Bettington looked at them YEARLY.
They were willing to believe him
guilty of almost any crime, but to all
that was true they turned deaf, un-
friendly ears.
He shrugged his shoulders and
moved toward the door.
"All right. I'll see you get enough
food. | suppose no advice of mine is
welcome, but remember your ultimate
safety depends almost entirely on my
efforts and l don't propose to be ham,
pered by any childish actions of young
heroes like you. You two are to re-
main here until ] tell you otherwise"
You're taking whole lot on your
SELF" Todd said angrily. "Where do
you get your authority"
"By the right of being the strongest
man on this ship and the most des-
perate." Bettington glared at Crosby
Todd in such way that the younger
man felt the element of personal fear
possess him. 81 am engaged, single
handed, in an effort &c bring you to
Savannah and won't have any more
scenes like these. I've stood enough
from you all. When give my signal
three double raps-let me be adj
mitted instantly. See that some one
is on guard night and day."
His heart was full of bitterness.
They would not even give him
chance to explain. Evelyn Railway had
changed utterly. He had imagined
that from her spirit OF fairness
might be expected always.
ave ought not to nave let him co."
Todd said, when they heard the bulk
head close. "We ought to have held
him as hostage"
Mrs. Railway, thought she had come
to the popular way of thinking, was
not reconciled to her new leader.
"You would be child in his hands,"
she said CONTEMPORARY. "Can't you
understand that YETI"
eff you still believe in him." Todd
said, "there is a new chance to prove
you are wrong. This boy Slivers ought
to be back if he didn't meet Orme
I'll put him through the third degree
and you can ask what questions you
like"
1t so happened that the furtive
Slivers missed the surgeon and came
rapping at the steel door. There was
no necessity to put him through
severe cross-eXamination. He had
that d-amatic sense when finds it's
meter in publicity. What he had not
heard, and what he did not under
stand about the motives of the crew,
he amplified and hardly guessed he
was lying.
Sure he's one of EN-" said the boy
eagerly. Him an the steward was
the bosses. His names Orme. He
was a murderer and forger who broke
San Quentin md killed prison
guard. They say he was big doctor
in New York once. The ponies was
his ruin-them an the wheel"
Evelyn Railway was the only one Of
them who remembered the trial Of a
celebrated surgeon OF brilliant parts
and good family; he had killed the
man who was threatening to prosecute
him for foi ging a cLeck. And this
was the man who had just gone from
them promising safety
"We ought to know how many men
there are on board" she declared,
land how their sympathies are. Sure
ly they can't all be bad"
Slivers shook his head knowingly.
They're a pretty hard bunch. The
steward he picked 'em cause they
were tough and he'd got the goods On
EN-. They're afraid to go back"
"Who killed Captain HallettT Todd
demanded. He saw Evelyn Railways
face grow whittier as he asked it.
"Sam," said Slivers instantly. "Sam
is some shot. Say" he added, "do
you know why the steward stood
there and laughed at the Cap like
he did. He'd made Hammer frisk
him first. Hammer got the gun the
Cap had in his hip pocket, but he
never thought he'd pack another. Car
ried one up on his chest. That fooled
Hammer"
81 want the names of the rest Of
the crew." Mrs. Railway said.
Slivers was ready and willing to
help.
"Metzgers the first. Then there's
Pereira, the cook. KenZie makes
three. Grammar, Hammer and
Krau Sc; that's six, amt it. Mike, the
deck hand. is seven, and Doc eight.
There are two men down there with
Kenzie or somethin like that. Just
foreigners who don't know no United
States. They're scared to come up.
Countin' me, there's eleven against
you two fellers. Swell chance you've
gotI"
"Why should we reckon you as one
of them" Mrs. Railway asked. "Can't
you see the danger of being associated
with men like that? When we get
back to New York"
"But we amt" said Slivers sagely.
That's the difference. We're goin'
to some place in Central America.
told the Doc | was a Eeutral"
"Tell me about KenZie," Mrs. Rad
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