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Show The Gift of the Emperor WIIEV the k ng of the Cann bal slands made faces at Queen V ctor a and a European n onarch set the cab es t ng 1 ng w th h s compliments on the ex plo t the nd gnat on n Englan 1 was not less than the surpr se for the th ng was not so common as t has s nee be come But when t tra op red that a g f t of a pecul ar s gn flcance was to follow the congratulat ons to g ve them we ght the nference prevaile 1 that the wh te potentate and the black had taken s m ltaneous leave of the r four teen senses For the gift was a pearl of price unparalleled p eked aforet me by Brit eh cutlasses from a Polynesian sett ng and presented by Brit sh roy alty to the sovere gn who se zed th s opportun ty of restoring it to its or g inal possessor The qcident would have been a god send to the press a few weeks later I was myself driving a poor but not d s-honest s-honest quill at the t me and the top c of the ho r goaded roe into sat rie verse wh ch obta nod a better place than any th ng I had yet turned out I had let my flat in town and taken nexpens ve q arters at Thames D tton on the plea of a d s nteroeted pass on for the r ver T rst rata old boy said Baffles (wl o m st needs come and see me there) ly nc back n the boat wh le I sc lied and steered I suppose they pay ypu pretty well for these eh? Not a penny Nonsense Bunnyl I thought they pad so well G ve them time and jou 11 get your check Oh no I shan t sa d I gloom ly I e got to be content with the honor of gett ng in the editor vrote to say so m so many words I addel I 1 new that ho was think ng of other th ngs I had stooped to and I thought I knew what ho was go ng to say He had sa d it before so often he was sure to say t aga n I had my answer ready but ev dontly he was t red of asl ng the same quest on H s 1 ds fell he took up the paper he had dropped a d I sculled the length of the old red wall of Hampton court before ho spol o aga n And they gave you noth ng for tl ese My dear Bunny thoy re cap tal not only as verses but for crystalliz ing your subject and putt ng t n ft nutshell Certa nly you ve taught me more about t than I knew before But is t really j worth fifty thousand pounds a s ngle hundred I bel eve but that 0 ldn t scan V hun Ired thousand pounds! sa a aff les w th 1 s eyes si ut And again n ade certa n what was coming but ;a n I was n staken If t s worth 1 that he cr ed at last there ould be no gett ng r d of t at all s not 1 ke a d amond that you can ibd e But I beg jour pardon unny I was forgett ng ' And we sa d no more about the em Sror s gift AVo were both a 1 ttle s nf a 1 ttle constrained each preocc ,od v th h s own thoughts It was onths s nee e had met and as I i V him off toward 11 o clocl that inday n ght I fane ed t was for more ouths that we were say nc good by But as we wa ted for the tra n I saw ifise clear eyes peering at me under ie stat on lan p an 1 when I n et the r anee Baffles shook h s head Yo don t look well on it Bunny piTTEa d he I ne er d d bel eve m th s V Thames valley lou vant a change of K ft r Kk, I w shed I m ght -et t What jou rea ly vant s a sea vov age I -want a change myself andyou t shall con e w th me as n y guest We 11 f spend Julv n the "Med terranean W 11 "jou come? L 1 e a shot f jou go nd I shook 1 s 1 and and waved l ne n farewell w th the perfect y food humored conv ct on that I should ea no n ore of the matter I was mak ng noth ng I co Id but subs st on, the d fference between the rent I 1 a d for my flat and the rent at wh ch I had sublet t tu n shed for the sea son nd the season was near ts end and cred torn awa ted me n town Was t noss ble to be ent relv honest? B t from Raffles of co rse I heard oth ng more a week went by and half anotl er week then late on the second o Ines lay n ght I found a tel egran from h m at n lodg ngs Arrange to lea e Waterloo by Aorth Cer an Llojd spec al he wired 9 '5 a m Monda) next, w 11 n eet you Southampton aboard Uh an w th t ckets an wr t ng And wr te he d d a ! ght hearted let ter enough but full of ser ous sol ci tude for me and my health and proB pe ti a letter almost touch ng n the 1 ght of o r past relat ons n the twn 1 ght of the r complete rupture He said that ho had booked two lerths to Naples that ft were bo nd for Cap wh ch was c earl the iland xt the loto eaters that we would bask there together and for a wh le forget It va a char n ng letter Raffles wrote as he had telegraphed from Bremen and I gathered thai the personal use of some 1 ttle nfMence with the a thont es there had resulted in a mater al reduct on n our fares Imagine ny exc ten ent and delight! My heart was as 1 ght as my purse on the "Monday morn ng when the spec al wh rled me through the sunshine to The sea A tender awa ted us at Southampton Raffles was not on board nor d d I really look for h m 1 11 we reacted the liner s side And then I looked in vain I climbed aboarl n a sudden heaviness I had no t cket nor the money to pay for one I did not even know the number of my room Mv heart was in my mouth as I wa la d a steward and asked f a Mr Raffles was on board. Thank heaven he was But where? The man did not know, was plainlv on some other errand and. a hunt ng I m st go Why he h n self kept in the ba kground howe e I co Id not conce e and onl s ster reasons would suggest themsehes n ex planat on So there jou are I ve been look Ine for you all o er the sh p Desp te the grave prohib t on I had tried the br dge as a last resort and there ndeed was K J Raffles seatei on a sk 1 ch and ean ng over one of the off cers long cha rs n wh ch re cl ne 1 a g rl n a wh te dr 11 oat and sk rt a si p of a g rl w th a pale sk u da k ha r and rather remarkable ejes Why Bunny? cred Ratfles Whore ha e you sprung trom? 1 sta nmered something as he p nihed my hand And are you coming n th s sh p? Anl to Naples, too? Wei upon my word M ss Werner may I ntroduce h m And he d d to w thout a blush de scr b ng me as an old schoolfellow whom he had not seen for months w th w llful c rcumstances and gratu tous deta 1 that filled me at once w th confus on susp cion and revolt All I could do was to mumble such words as Raffles actually put nto my mouth and that I doubt not with a thoroughly evil grace So you saw my name in the 1 st of passengers and came in search of me? Good old Bunny I say though I wish you d share my cab n? I ve got a beauty on the promenade deck but they wouldn t prom se to keep me by myself We ought to see about t before they shove n some al en In any case we shall have to get out of th s ' For a quartermaster had entered the wheelhouse and even wh le we had been speak ng the p lot had taken possess on of the bridge as we descended, the ten der left us with fly ng handkerch efs and shr 11 good bys ana as we bowed to M ss Werner on the promenade deck there came a deep Blow throbb ng under foot and our voyage had begun It d d not begin pleasantly between T?ftf flu find n p. You id ot he snarled you ve g v en n e away aga n How have I g ven you away? How ? I should have thought any clod could see that I meant us to meet by chance After tak ng both t ckets yourself? They know noth ng about that on board bes des I hadn t dec ded when I took the t ckets Then you should have let me know when you did dec de How was I to know you had anyth ng on? I had turned the tables w th some effect Raffles almost hung h s head If you were af ra d of wr t ng I pursued t was your bus ness to give ne the t p the moment I set foot on board I would have taken t all r ght I am not so v rtuous as all that That sa d he was the very th ng I meant to do to lie m wa t n my room and get you as you passed But You were better engaged? Say otherwise The charm ng M ss Werner? She s qu te charming Most Australian g rls are sa d I How d d you know Bhe was one? he cr ed I heard her speak Brute! Ba d Raffles laugh ng she has no more twang than you have Her people are German she has been to school m Dresden and s on her way out alone Well I sa d it wasn t for M ss Werner you wanted us to play Strang ers was it? You have deeper game than that eh? I suppose I have Then hadn t you better tell me what t is? Raffles treated me to the old cau t o s scrut ny that I knew so well. It won t send you off in the pilot s boat. Bunny Not qu te Then you remember the pearl you wrote the I d d not wait for h m to finish h s sentence ou ve got itl I cried my face on f re for I caught s ght of it that moment n the stateroom m rror Raffles seemed taken aback Not yet sa d he but I mean to have t before we get to Naples Is t on board V Yes But how where who s got it? A 1 ttle German officer a wh pper snapper with perpendicular mus tAcnes I taw h m m the smokeroom That s the chap, he s always there Herr Captain W lhelm von Heumann if you look n the 1 st Well he s the spe c al envoy of the emperor and he s tak ng the pearl out w th b ml " You found th s out in Bremen? No. in Berl n from a newspaper man I know there I m ashamed to fell you Bunny that I went there on pur pose I burst out laugh ng You needn t be ashamed You are do ng t)ie very thing I was rather hoping hop-ing you were go ng to propose the other daj on the r ver y ' You were hop ng t? sa d Raffles with h s ej es wide open Indeed t was h s tu?n to show surpr se and mine to be much more ashamed than I felt les I answered I was quite keen on the dea but I wasn t going to propose t 'Yet jou would have 1 stened to me the other day Certainly I would and I told h m so w thout reserve Then you don t st 11 th nk it too re markable to sell? I asl ed We m ght take a fishery and haul t up with smaller fry It would come after months of 11 luck nust as we were go ng to sell the schooner by Jove t would be the talk of the Pa eft Well we e got to get t f rst Is th s on What s h s name a form dable cuss? More so than he looks and he has the cheek of the devil! As he spoke a wh te dr 11 sk rt flut tered past the open stateroom door and I caught a gl mpse of an upturned mus tache beyond Then we have only h m to deal with? He answered me without a word Something wh te fluttered past once more and Raffles stepp ng forth made the promenaders three I hated the voyage It was no fault -of anybody connected w th the sh p t vtas no fault of the weather wh ch was monotonously ideal Not even n my own heatd d the reason res de consc ence and I were d vorced at last and the de cree maa$ absolute W th my scruples had fled all fear and I was ready to re el between bright sk es and spark ling sea with the 1 ghthearted detach ment of Raffles h mself It was Raf ties h mself ho prevented me but not Raffles alone It was Raffles and that colon al m nx pn her wav home from school y Thev were alwavs together It was too abs rd After breakfast they would beg n and go on hnt 1 11 or 12 at n ght there was no Infer en ng hour at wh ch ou n fht not bear her nasal laugh or h s qu et vo ce talk ng soft nonsense nto her eft I would not be unfa r for the world I th nk I have adm tted t at the jo ng person had po nts Her eves I suppose were reallj fine and certainlj the shape ot the 1 tt e b own tace was chd m n o tar as ne e onto r can charn 1 ontess to so el ttle prejud ce aga nst her I re ented her success w th Rat ties of who u n onsequen e I saw less and le&s each da Jea ousy the e as n another quar ter c ude a pan und gn bed jea ousy Lapta n Von Heun a n would tw rl h s n ustache nto twfyi sp res shoot h s wh te ufls o er h s ngs and stare at n e nso ent y through h s rn ess ej eg asses we ought to have ouso d each oth r b t we ne e ei chang d a sj lable It was not as though Von Heu uann ne er had h s n n ngs Raffles let h m go n several t n es a daj, for the mal ous p easure of bowl ng h m out as he was gett ng set those were h s words when I taxed h m d singenuojsly with oonox ous conduct toward a uermas on a Orer man boat lou II make yourself d si ked The w sest th ng1 I ever d d To have chummed up w th h ra would ha e been fatal the common dodge I was consoled encouraged almost content I had feared Raffles was neg lect ng th ngs and I told h m so in a burst Here we were near Gibraltar and not a word s nee the Solent He I shook h s head w th a sm le Plenty of t me Bunnj plenty of t me We can do noth ng before we get to Genoa and that von t be 1 11 Sunday n ght m It was after d nner on the promenade deck and as Raffles spoke he glanced sharply fore and aft. feav ng me next moment w th a step full of purpose I ret red to the smol ng room to smoke and read n a corner and to watch Von Heumann who ery soon can e to dr nk beer and to sulk n another On the Sunday afternoon I was asleep n my berth the lower one, when the curta ns were shaken by Raffles who was n h s sh rt sleeves on the settee I swung n y legs over the s de of my berth and Bat forward as he was s t t ng all attent on The nner door a grat ng, was shut and bolted and cur ta ned 1 ke the open porthole We shall be at Genoa before sun set cont nued Baffles It s the place where the deed s got to be done It must bo done at Genoa or not at all On land? No on board tomorrow n ght To n ght would do but tomorrow s better n case of m snap If we were forced to use violence vo could get away bj the earl est train and nothing be known 1 11 the sh p was sa 1 ng an 1 Von Heumann found dead or drugged 'Not dead I excla med Of course not assented Raffles or there would be no need for us to bolt but if we should have to bolt Tuesday morn hg is our t me when th s sh p has got to sa 1 whate r happens But I don t ant c pate any v olence I asked h m how he proposed to enter Von Heumann s stateroom unobserved and evon through the curta ned gloom of ours h s face 1 ehted un Climb Into my bunk Bunny and you shall see I d d so but could see noth ng Raf fles reached across me and tapped the ven lator a sort of trap door jn the wall above h s bed some e ghteen nches long and half that he ght It ppened outward into the vent lat ng shaft That sa d he is our door to for tune Open it if you 1 ke. you won t see much because it doesn't open far, but loosen ng a couple of screws w 11 set that all right The 6haft as you may see is more or less bottomless you pass under it whenever you go to your bath and the top s a skyl ght on the br dge That s why th s th ng has to be done while we re at Genoa because they keep no watch on the bridge in ort The vent lator oppos te ours is Von Heumann s It aga n will be only a couple of screws and there s a beam to stand on wh le you work But if anybody should look up trom below? It s extremely unl kely that any body will be ast r below so unlikely that we can afford to chance it No I can t have jou there to make sure The great po nt s that ne ther of us should be seen from the t me we turn n A couple of sh p s boys do sentry go on these decks and they shall be our witnesses by Jove t 11 be the b g gest mystery that ever was made If Von Heumann doesn t res st Resist He won t get the chance He dr nl s too much beer to sleep liht and noth ng is so easy as to chloro form a heavy sleeper I shall Crawl in over h s body Bunny my boy And I? You w 11 hand me what I want and hold the fort n case of acc dents and generally lend me the moral support you ve made me requ re He said that Von He mann was cer ta n to s eep with a bolted door wh eh he of course would leave nbolted and spoke of other ways of lay ng a false scent while nfl ng the cab n Not that Raffles ant c pated a t resome search The pearl would be about Von Heun ann s person n fact Raffles knew exactly where and in what he kept t Of all the mere feats of cracksmen sh p wh ch I have seen Raffles perforn at once the most delicate and mo t d f f cult was that wh ch he accon p shed between 1 and 2 o c ock on the Tuesday morn ng aboard the North German steamer Uhlan ly ng at anchor n Genoa harbor Not a h tch occurred Everyth ng had been foreseen everything happened as I had been assured everyth ng must Nobody was about below, only the ship s boys on the deck and nobody on the br dge It was 1 2o when Baffles without a Bt tch of cloth ng on h s body but w th a glass v al corked with cotton wool between h s teeth and a t ny screwdriver bel nd h s ear squ rmed feet f rst through the vent lator over h s berth and t was 2 41 when he returned head f rst w th the al still between h s teeth and the cot ton wool rammed home to st 11 the rat tling of that wh ch lay 1 ke a great gray bean with n He lad taken the screws out and put them n again he had unfastened v on Heumann s vent lator and had left t fast as he had found t fast as he instantly pro ceeded to make h s own Ab for Von Heumann it had been enough to place the drenched wad f rst ou h s mus tache and then to hold t between h s gap ng 1 ps thereafter the ntruder had cl mbed both wa s across 1 s sh ns without el c t ng a groan And here was the pr ze th s pearl as large as a f lbert w th a pale p nk t nge like a ladv s finger na th s spo 1 of a f 1 buster ng age th s g f t from a European emperor to a South sea ch ef We gloated o er t when a was snug We toasted t n wh sky j in miii - "- 'Hold him Bunny' he cried 'Hold him tight" and soda and water la d in over n ght in view of the great moment But the moment was greater more tr umpiant than our most sangu ne dreams On the whole I Io not think that anyth ng was d scovered or s spected before we we ghed anchor, but I can not be sure It is d fficult to bel eve that a man could be chloroformed in h s s eep and feel no tellta e effects snuff no susp cious odor, n the n orn ng Nevertheless Von Heu nann reap peared as though nothing had happened to h m h s German cap over h s eyes and h s mustaches brush ng the peak And by 10 o clock we were qu t of Genoa The last passenger had come aboard at the last mon ent- a fussy graybeard who kept the b g sh p wait ng wh le he haggled w th h s boatman over half a 1 ra But at length we were off the tug was shed the 1 ght nouse passed ana names ana i leanea together over the ra 1 watch ng our shadows on the pale green fqu d veined marble that aga n washed tie vessel s s de Von Heumann was having h s nn ngs once more t was part of the des gn that Raffles should rema n n all day and so postpone the ne table hour, and though the lady looked b red and was for ever glanc ng n our d rect on he see ned only too w 1 ng to a ail h m self of h s opportun t es B t Baffles was moody and 11 all east He had not the ar of a successful man I could but op ne that the mpend ng part ng at Naples sat heav ly on h s sp r t We shall be w th n a ten n les swim of the shore most of the day he sa d What on earth are you driv ng at Rafflos? Noth ng only I shall swln for t f the worst comes to the worst Why should the worst come to the worst? I wh spered We aren t found out are we? No Then why speak as though wo were? V e n ay be an old enemy of ours s on board Vn ola enemy? Ma kenz e Never The man w th the beard who camo aboard last Are you s re? Sure I saw h m go nto the cap ta n s cab n twenty ni nutes ago But what can have brought hml I cried m erablj Raffles shook n s head I begin to w sh I d taKen your ad v ce Bunny and left the s p at Genoa But I ve not the smal est doubt that Mac was watch ng both sh p and sta t on 1 11 the last moment That s why he ran t so fine He ook a c garette md 1 anded n e the case but I shook iy head mpa entlj I st 11 don t nderstan 1 sa d I What s vour own theory? S niply that he s been on my track for some t me probablv e er s nee 1 end Crawshav si pped clean through h s fingers last No ember There have been other nd cat ons I an reall not unprepared for th s But it can only be pure Buspic on I 11 defy h m to br ng anyth ng home and I 11 defy h m tq find the pearl Theory my dear Bunny? I know how he s got here as well as though I d been nB le that Scotchman s sk n and I know what he 11 do i ext He found o t I d gone abroad an looked for a mot ve he fo nr1 out about Von Heumann and h s m ss on and there was h s mot ve c t an dr ed Great chance to nab me on a new ob altogether But he won t do t Bunnv mark my words he 1 search the sh p and search, us al when the loss is known but he 11 search n vain And there s the sk pper beckon ng the wh ppersnapper to Is cab n the fat will be in the fire n five m nutes! There was someth ng s n ster n s lence unfler such a Joss and the s lence was susta ned for hours durm" wh ch Mackenz e never reappeared But he was abroad dur ng the luncheon hour he was n our cab n! I had left my book n Baffles s berth and in taking t after lunch I touched the qu It It was warm from the recent pressure ot flesh and blood and on an nst net I sprang to the vent lator as I opened it the vent lator oppos te was closed with a enap I wavla d Raffles All r ght Let 1 m f nd the pearl He turned on h s heel and at subse quent ntervals I saw h m maim" tht most of h s last afternoon w th the n ev table Miss Werner And I saw h m next n the capta n s cab n They had summoned h m f rst, he lad gone in sn ling and sm 1 ng I fo nd lim when tley sumn oned me Tie stateroom was spac ous as befitted that of a commander Mackenz e sat on the settee h s bea d n front of h m on the pol shed table but a revolver ay in front of the capta n and when I had entered the ch ef off cer who had summoned me shut the door and put h s back to t Von Heumann com pleted the party h s f ngers busy w th h s mustache Raffles greeted me Th s is a great joke! he cr ed You emember the pearl you were so keen about Bunny the Emperor s pearl the pearl money wouldn t buy? It seems t w as ntr sted to our 1 ttle f r end here to take o t to Canoodle Dum and the poor 1 ttle chap s gone and lost t ergo as we re Br t shers they th nk we e got itl But I know ye ba e put n Mac kenz e nodd ng h s beard But yo recognize that loyal and pat ot e vo ce sa d Raffles Mon t s Scoteland 1 arrd an Scoteland tsel I Dat is enough cr ed the capta n Ha e you subra d to le searge or do I vorce you? What you w 11 sa d Raffles but t w 11 do yo no harm to g ve us fa r play f rst You accuse us of break ng nto Capta n " on Heun ann s stateroom dur ng the small hours of th s n orn ng and abstract ng from t th s confounded pearl Well I can prove that I was n my own room all n fht long and I have no doubt my fr end can prove the same Most certa nl I can sa d I m d gnantly The sh p 8 boys can bear w tness to that Mackenz e laughed and shook h s head at his reflect on n the pol shed .mahogany That was very c e er sa d he and ke enoug; it wou d ha se ved e had I not stepped aboa d But I e just haj a look at the ven ato s and I th n I know how e worrked t Aaywy cao ta n t makes no matter I just be c app n the darb es on, hese joun spa ks an en Bj what rj t roared Raff es n a ringing vo ce and I never saw h s f a e in such a b aze Search us f you ke search every scrap and st ch we pos sess bat you dare to ay a f nger on us w hout a wa an I wou dna dare sa d Mackenz Era e y as he fumb ed in h s b east pocket and Raff es d ved h s and in o h s own Haud h s wr st shouted the Scotchman and the huge Co t that ha 1 been w th us man a n ght but had never been f ed n my hea ng c at ered on the tab e ard was raked n by the capta n Al r ght ad Raffles e mate Yo can t " won t rv aga n w e s se ou wa an e no m shand e W good wo d ha i me see a d Raffles . 'X and he dele e obe ed Me--s Wu I a do fo ye , enz e "Mrs-It "Mrs-It rra I ong atu a , kenz e s a ong hand " Two b g a es a d s i ' Bunns and e urned tom.? fu sm e rae H To nk ad the apu fu y hat m s b shou d k."" den of h efs it 3bi V J ; agreeab e madde I ha v to pud you both n ron to Nab es ns Sure y not exc a med R n an we cant escape bu , hush it up for he Etl ',' he e s everyth ng I ha J you empty yours too Bun?' ' sha 1 str p us s ark f thev if. 141 weapons up ou s eaves Webbons you may not h . capta n but wad abou 3. you were sdea ng? e i: Tou sha have It . You sha have It h s m , -gua antee no pub c nd en 1 That I see to mTm,V ong as you beha e ourse V now where ts On ho ab e unde you Bn. My eyes fe wi h he." ta was here on y the con cn ets our watches pocke book penkni es c ga ette ases-S; ' sh y tab e along w t he i 1 read men oned w' Mackenz e opened he la.( and shook each if1 Thereupon Raffles p ayed ob..5 smoke one and when h, heard observed tha the i , v on t e ab e much onge th. l arettes Mackenz e p 5m ' theot and opened the coamtj,: NQt there not the e Bu , but you re getting ho tv, ' t dges itI Mackenz e empt ed them noh, and shook each one at ha result M Oh give them to me And in an nstant. Raffles h,i the rght one had b Tn w a., and p aced the empe or n , Sou sh in the cen er of he ni After that you w 1 pe tap, such I tt e cons de a on as li i power Capta n I have be at J van as vou see and as m ready and w ng to e o irons, f you deem t requ s e o h of the s p A I ask s ha n one favor fit. 1 That shal debend on wad d has been Captain, I ve done a rt aboard your sh p than any o cn I have become engaged o b and I want to say good by I suppose we we e all equ II but the only me to exoesahuj ment was Von Heumann whwt ches ed German oath was a mar first contr but on to the n o edi was not s ow to fo ow t b it a v gorous p o est aga ns th t, farewe but he was ovemied. mas e fu p soner had h s way i to ha e fl e m nu es w h th gl the cap a n and Mackenz e s d range but not ea s o wi h o ve s behind the r backs As moving f om the cab n nab stopped and gr pped my hand So I e let jou n at last F last and afte a But you x much I don t see why yoa any h ng a a Can you or?" T s may be for vea s and fo e e vou Know Tou w rt pal a wajs when t came o th 1 some day or other ou mayn be; 1 to emember you we e a goodp. ! last There was a mean ng n hi , I understood and my tee h w mj nerves trun? readj aslrr 1 strong and ufin ng hand for ti t me n m fe How that ast scene s ays with : w stay to my dea h Th cab n opened to sta boa d and the board promenade deck she edmt shine and scored w th shadow t serted but for tl e g oup of wh one and for the pa e slim bar fu her aft w h Raffles Sudden y an ins an and ft was done a t ng I ha e n er whether to adm re 0 0 d es caught he ne k ssed he be re: then flung her f om him o tha mo t fe I was that action t a o d the next T e ma e spracj h m and I sp ang af e he na Raffles was on the rail, b : Ho d h m Bunny he criedi h m ti0ht And as I obeyed that atlne a 1 n y m eht w thout a thoug e I was do n" a e that be bad c I saw; h s hands shoot up and t bob down and h s 1 he, spar t e sun et as cean.5 and p-though p-though he ad plunged at his ad er s board (Copjrght 1914 by he M Ctor paper Synd a e |