The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-28

this conference on the Golden
Gull, yet he seemed to think that
by going on board he would be
taking his life in his hands, and it
was such statements as these
which made me consider him to
be off his mental balance at times.
We could have joined the yacht
in New York, but Blame jibbed at
the last moment from this fear
that his life would be i'm jeopardy,
but he pulled himself together Il
few hours later and | cabled Mr..
RockSavage for him that we
would fly down to join the yacht
at Miami.
Just before z o'clock we came
out TO the yacht in a tender and,
on being told that Mr.. RockSavage
was on the bridge, went straight
down To- our suite with the chief
steward. The cabin steward came
along and asked if he could un-
pack. but Mr.. Blame was so ner-
vouS that he would not allow the
man inside his cabin. The yacht
got under way just about then
and Mr.. Blanc told me to change
at once and, when left him, he
was starting to unpack his things
himself.
Directly ] had changed re-
turned to the drawing room and
found Mr.. Blame had only UNI
packed a few things from his suit
case. lie was sitting staring out
of the portfolio window. After a
moment he sent me up to Mr..
Rocksavagc with Il message that
he wished to get some cables off,
and so would not appear before
dinner. and told me ut the same
time that ! was To get the latest
market prices which had come in
by radio and send them down to
him.
That was at 1880. went
straight up to the lounge, and,
finding Mr.. RockSavagc there, in
trOduccd myself to him. He in
troduced me to Mrs. Jocclyn and
Count PoSodini, and gave me
drink. took down the closing
prices in which Mr.. Blame was in
tereStcd. These were sent down
at TAO by the lounge steward,
who returned to say that Mr..
Blane'S door was locked and that
he could get no reply, re-
marked that Mr.. Blame would be
changing and was probably in his
bath, so the steward was in
structed to slip the note under his
cabin door.
Mrs. Jocelyn and Count Poso-
DIM left Us just after that and |
remained in the lounge talking to
Mr.. RockSavage. The Bishop of
Dude came in and then Lady
Weltcr. Mr.. RockSavagc remarked
shortly after that it was ten past
eight, so he must change at once
or he would be late, and if he
was we were TO go in to dinner
without him.
After he had left us Mr. Inosuke
Hayashi came in, then Count Po-
sodini. At 80 Mrs, .Jocelyn, hav-
ing changed, returned to the
lounge with her husband, Mr..
Reggie Jocelyn, to whom she in
troduced me. 4
1t was just after the dinner
bugle sounded that the cabin;
steward came up to the lounge
and handed me the note that Mrs.
Blame had left for me. &
-
Having read it | hurried below
with the cabin steward. We found
that Mr.. Blane'S suite was empty
and the window of his drawing
room wide open, so it looked as
though he had thrown himself out
into the sea. 1t was then that
the steward picked up a piece of
paper from the writing table.
which / recognized at once as the
leaf from my pocketbook with the
share quotations on it. and | saw
the line of writing in Blane's
hand containing his last message
on the back Of it. 1t read, "You
see! Argus has gone under 40, So
the game is up" | sent the stew