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Show PAGE SEVEN yoo rather forced your brother on Mm. I quite understand why yon did, but he mar keep him there, because he doesn't" The Mutinu of the J Albatross by Wyndham Martyn COPYRIGHT IN THE 0. . WNU ServJe "rte knew she was living over again tjjV1 days when it seemed the world bad placed its all at her feet "We were talking of Mr. Gibbons, weren't we?" There was more of reserve in her voice now. It was as though she realized she had, under the strain of the last few hours, disclosed too much of herself. "He has hated Elgar for years. About a year ago a group of men who had suffered from Elgar's activities, promised to join. Mr. Gibbons If he could prove himself capable of giving battle and gaining victory. The test was to be the Memphis and Toledo road. Mr. Gibbons by enormous bribes succeeded when no other means could have been In Itself, the loss was victorious. The road had never paid. nothing. But It showed these men that Elgar could be beaten. They are vultures turned Into eagles and they will pull him down. It is very pitiful. He doesn't know it. lie can see only victory. He has always been victorious before." "I see." There was a pause. "1 hope you know that if I can do anything, little or big, to help you, you have only to ask me." She looked at him curiously. It was as though this scrutiny were to determine his status once and for all. was unaccountably nervous. Yes," Fhe snM. nt Inst. "I see that J When. Ht midnight, word wun brought Mm that the IJ,s desired to see him, Bettlngton was still on deck. He was In a mood of elation that was unusual. He was conscious that the chance meeting with Evelyn RaMway had brought new forces Into his life, taken away the old ambitions and given him new and better ones and finally wought a change in hlra wulcu would be permanent. He was freed from all nervousness now. When he looked Into her eyes on the morrow it would be with the certain knowledge that he loved her. As he followed the messenger to Clement's big stateroom he knew the.t on this interview miht hinge the rfoiv of the two women and, perhaps, his own life. It was quite possible that already by some trick of speech, some failure to catch an allusion, some newly discovered physical characteristic, he might have convinced Clements that his first excuses were genuine. Even now he might be 'oing to a tribunal which had already con", demned him and was prepared to carry out a sentence. Alone, he would have no chance against them. Man for man, he feared none of them. In a d leather chair sat the Ross, looking fragile," remote and eternally smiling. Bettlngton took a chair, which gave him a full view of the others. There were three of them. Sam was the only one he had met before. Metzger, the chief engineer, was a swarthy man of middle stature, whose age was not more than thirty-five- . There were many knife wounds on his face. He had bold, dark eyes, and for all his disfigurements was handsome in an Insolent fashion. This was the Metzger who had already declared himself enamored of Mrs. Radway. The third man was Leary, the first officer, whose stateroom he had occupied. Leary was a brokendown bully of the higher seas, a relic of the day when the buckaroo mate beat his way through opposition and commended himself to the baser type of shipA tallisli man, owner. and heavyset, with only one eye. lie was a good seaman, as even Hallett had to admit. The Boss bowed pleasantly to the newcomer. "Now," he said, when had lighted a cigar, "let me introduce you. No doubt you will be curious to know who and what these gentlemen are, that they have commended themselves to me." The Boss turned in his swivel chair and looked them over. "Sam, you already know. He is the type of murderer one hires at so much an hour. I cannot recommend him for any subtle work." Sam moved uneasily. He was of that simple type, never wholly at ease unless in a conversation sprinkled with obscenities. Both Bettington's manner of speech and that of the Boss alarmed him. So had dignitaries of the law been used to address him. When the Boss bent his eyes on Metzger, the engineer leaned back In his chair and sunk his yellow teeth in the cigar. Metzger had sworn to unmask the riddle he was compelled to call the Boss, the man wlio had tapped him on the shoulder, disclosed his power and commanded him to become the engineer of the Albatross. Metzger was sitting in the corner of a West street saloon not far from Fulton street. He had more money In his pocket than his appearance indicated and was afraid to spend it. He was wondering to what town he should go and dissipate It. It must be some town where he could he wire of not meeting certain detectives who had their suspicions concerning him. The entrance of a stranger, a small, man, put an end smiling, The stranger had to speculation. whispered In his ear certain charges against a man whose name was certainly not Metzger. Yet the man, who had engineer's papers calling him Metzger, dared not deny. He rose, followed the stranger and was now engineer. And that promised holiday was still afar off, and the gold Its avoidance had saved was still in his money belt. "This is our chief engineer, Herman Metzgoj. Metzger is not his name. There1 was a Herman Metzger, but his life went out as a knife went In, at Macau, where the Portuguese opium dives are. It was our engineer's hour. He killed a man, took his woman and became a chief engineer all In the same evening. This fondness for women may yet. be his undoing. "Next, Mr. Leary commands your atWhen I suggested tention, Doctor. that he should accompany us as first officer he refused. Then I spoke of the sad wreck of the Pendennls on the Manacles, when so many were lost Without a word, Leary reconsidered the situation. As a murderer we must reckon Mr. Leary In the wholesale way of business.' Leary's confusion was not due to any heart pangs over the ship he had cast away for a share of the Insur-aoc-e money. It was Inarticulate rage that he dared net beat Into pulp the smiling face and still that sneering voice for ever. Leary pointed to Bettlngton. At any rate, he was not afraid o'f Bettlngton. "What's the Idea of letting him In on all this?" Metzger nodded vehement approval. "It's putting a weapon In his hand," said Metzger. "He, too, has his history," said the Boss. "Gentlemen, this Is the celebrated Andrew Orme, once of Yale and later of San Quentln. You have done murder; so has he. Ills use here on board Is a double one. First, m well-padde- stoop-shouldere- d Bet-tingt- 1 KI Jiji 2fetiTV trust HfiAfTfiA mat She said at Last, "i see Are a Man to Trust." ures,"You you are a man to trust." She held out her hand. "Good-night.- " As she entered her room she saw Clements coming from her husband's stateroom further forward. He had a tray, on which were some glasses and an emptied decnnter. It occurred to her to wonder whether this small, silent man were not plying his employer with drink for some purpose of his own. In her own room she wondered why it was that she had been led to make these unusual confidences to a stranger, when for years she had withheld them from her intimates. She looked up with a smile as Mary, after a timid' knock, entered. "Why, little pale Mary has a color tonight," she said. "Is it the wireless?" "It was simply fascinating," Mary declared quickly. "I have been learning so much up there. Mr. Todd Is interested In my brother1. Captain Ilal-le- tt says he's a member f the crew and not allowed on the upper deck at all. Couldn't some exception be made?" "I will speak to the captain about It." She hesitated n moment "I'm not sure it would be wise to speak to r. Itadway about It You see, dear. Fruit Trees Peaches, cherries, apples, apricots, plums, prunes, grapes, and sour cherries of the best varieties for canning and commercial Strong trees from the most reliable nurseries at low prices. par-pose- s. Roses, shrubs, vines and shade trees. Drop us a card and ur agent will call. Anderson Produce Company Phone 506 Brigham, Utah well-dresse- d ship's surgeon and, second, as a forger of first rank." Metzger looked at hlra with respect He remembered the trial years back. No wonder he looked coldly on crooks like Sam. In all thin? Jlrtr.ger liked class. Reiiington was vastly relieved that the mistake In his Identity remained undiscovered. Tills Interview had ban- h i;ed for ever the hope that the Boss was insane and had begun an adventure which would end in failure. Assuredly these three men were not to f;WI because of lack of brute courage. Ami there were others whom be had not jet met, subordinates of these three who would stand or fall with them. He was wondering if the tasks demanded of him might not jet litray him as an imposter, when the 'Boss rapped cu the table. "The main reason why we are here tonight," he said. "Is to correct certain impressions which are held by some of my men. You. Leary, were gratified that 1 allowed you to take one of the guest rooms from Bar HarMr. Hallett was bor to New York. scandalized, but knows better than to try conclusions with me. The same thing applies to you, Metzger. You used the room the doctor has now." Metzger looked at Leary. What did the Boss mean? They were already In their usual quarters. "You probably were not aware that those rooms were planned by a former owner who placed dictagraphs In so that he might overhear what was said about him by ,two guests whom he suspected." The Boss took from his pocket a pad of paper. "Metzger said on many occasions that there was no reason, because I commenced a voyage, I should ever finish It Leary said that It would not take hlra ten seconds to pick me up, break my neck and dump me Into the ocean." He turned to look at the two men. Their confusion was Intense. They knew denial was useless. "Don't give yourself such concern," the Boss admonished ; "it was a perfectly natural thing to say. Is the first law, one is told. I could put you each one In danger of. your life and you know it. I am not in the least offended. I have no (ioubt the doctor here has his own plans for my sudden death, and that Sam, although he has resisted temptation, will eventually fall into it." Bettington looked at the man with amazement He was calm and cool. His smile was unabated. He looked at four men, whom he believed to be murderers, and unrepentant, and defied them. With what weapon, Bettington wondered, was this to be accomplished. "What a fool I should have been to come into a ship like this without safeguarding myself first! In my home city there is a lawyer who attends to my business. Recently he made my will. When this voyage is over I shall go back and destroy a letter on which It says, 'Not to be opened until one year from date." In that letter Is an account of the Ufa and works of each of you gentlemen. I have also given myself the trouble to pen memoranda concerning our cook, Kenzie, the second engineer; Graumann and Ham-ner- . I shall talk to them tomorrow, but I think you will find It advisable to watch over my health very carefully. If I am killed you go back to prison, all of you." Leary iTsked anxiously. "Do your duty without giving Hallett cause for offense. I don't want his suspicions to take such shape as will make Radway distrustful." "That d n boy, Bob, is in the way," Sam grumbled. "We're all like one happy family down there in the forecastle and we have to keep mum because of him. I believe he's been planted there for a purpose." The Boss shook his head. "Mr. Radway told me all about It. ne is the girl's brother, sent on board as a sort of chaperon." "She may need one," Sam sniggered. "She's sure a little beauty!" "one of that," said the Boss sharp"We are here to make money ly. and not to fool with women. Don't stare at her, Sam ; I can see you frighten her. I'll break any man here who disobeys my instructions." "A man has l is rights on sea as well as land," Metzger observed Impartially. "If I see a pretty woman on shore I stare at her, and if I see a pretty woman aboard I do the same Sam likes chickens, I don't. thing. I'm all for class. Radway's wife she's class." The Boss was Impatient for them to be gone. He waved them to the door. "I only insist you disarm suspicion, and God knows, with faces like you three carry, that's hard work. I don't want you and Sam fighting over a girl." and Sam?" said Metzger. "We're not rivals." Metzger had decided by this time he did not like the doctor. He remembered what innumerable occasions there would be for hlra and Mrs. Radway to meet and it made him exasperated that his duties were not of a different sort "The Doc here and I are the ones that would get "Me scrapping, ain't we?" Bettlngton turned his back on blm. When tbey bad gone, he looked at the Boss. "If those two brutes got loose, to pay." there'll be "I keep them chained," said the other. "I'm glad you seem to he getting on with those women. I'm keeping Radway quiet Find out wlmt h 1 women friends Mrs. Radway has. You may have to write to them later and the use of any pet names Is always It should not be difficult advisable. for you to find out what I want" "Why not?" Bettlngton asked coldly. Notes "Because Mrs. Radway Is a woman School and women always trust the wrong man. as their history proves. She Our school paper, The Searchlight, thinks you are the soul of probity because your face masks your soul so appeared this week. It containes many of interest to the student body. well. Those men who have lust gone items In addition to the usual news, The advertise the seven deadly sins whenpublished interviews that ever they look at one, and are less Searchlight the Juniors have been getting from the Seniors. We learned many interdangerous." t "I like Mrs. Radway," said Bettlng- esting things concerning the future of ton, "and no matter what I have done, the Seniors after graduation. Do not forget to reserve April 25 according to your Ideas, no woman need be afraid of me. You were right for the most thrilling evening of to warn Metzger. You may as well entertainment you could wish for. The are presenting their mystery tell him that If he tries to force him- Seniors "The Cat O'Nine Tails." Do not play, self on Mrs. Radway, I shall give him miss a beating." The student body was favored with The Boss leaned over the table and an interesting musical program at looked the other man full ia the face. assembly, Wednesday. Otto Nye, who The hands were clenched and the plays the trombone, and Dr. Blake, of voice that spoke was sharp and Salt Lake City, who plays the cornet, and Mark Nichols, furnished the metallic. "You heard what 1 said about quar- following program. The Coeesins, a duet Otto Nye and reling over women? You risk a great Dr. Blake. deal by taking that tone to me." The Song of Otto Nye. "Less than you think," Bettlngton A Carnival ofSongs Venice Dr. Blake. He his answered. knew remark would Selection from "11 Trovatore" Otto puzzle the other, and he was right Nye and Dr. Blake. "Do not let us misunderstand one (a) A Lullaby, (b) Love's Old Sweet another." said the Boss with a more Song Dr. Blake. cordial manner. "You and I stand to The Trombone Otto Nye. secure enough money out of this to The Circus Otto Nye and Dr. Blake. The operetta, "Sunny of Sunny-sidemake ourselves for Independent is to be presented by the stu life. . . . The others here are pawns on 'the board and can be sacrificed when the time comes. We must not Imperil our success by misunderstanding. I do not want Mrs. Radway insulted and I don't want Met.ger in one of his Jealous rages to go to Hallett or Radway and talk. . . . There Is always such a possibility In the air." course, even a com1 High it ," dents of the Garland Public School ia the Bear River High Schol auditorium, It is a-- , Friday evening, April 18. clever operatta and the students are doing some exceptionally good work, so come and see Sunny and her friends on April 18. The freshmen and sophomores held their class meeting together, Tuesday, at which the following program was given: Reading Marie McDowall. Song Frances Bourne, Kea and Fay Standing. Reading Dorothy Anderson. La Von Spencer. Reading The Bear River track team went to Malad last Friday, April II, and met in a track meet Malad put up a good fight but Bear River carried off the honors. The meet ended with the high score of 70 for Bear River and 44 for Malad. The seniors led by Tan Ashby and Wayne Jensen made the largest number of points of any class in the track meet held on the campus, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8th and 9th. Afton Schofield has been elected to give the address at the Seminary graduating exercises this year. Lots of girls think the dishes wash themselves. It is rather difficult to judge the social status of the new neighbors until you smell their dinners cookings Candy for Mother "And if It happened?" let loose, as you observed. "II In that case, your Mrs. Radway Is In real peril. Now she may possibly have to endure Metzgers staring at her. Make up your mind which Is the more real danger?" Unquestionably the Boss gave good advice. Bettington felt thnt a man had never been In a more difficult position than that In which he found To tell Radway what he himself. knew was only to precipitate mutiny. And to wait until the plot matured, seemed almost criminal. Unfortunately Hallett was one of those honest and obstinate men who Imperil undertakings very often by their suspicions of what they do not fully understand. It would he very difficult to explain the situation to him and prevent him from disclosing that knowledge by nn accusing face and a greater severity of demeanor. The Boss broke in on his reflections. There was in his voice no longer the sharp assurance of the commander. Almost, Bettington thought, he defected an air of diffidence. 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