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Show f ly, he replied, In surprise. "It's the north coast of Arm, where Mao Knights station la where I was brought ashore after I was picked up," Layntou snorted savagely, and pick Ing up a pair of dividers indicated the position with exact precision. To the nor'ud a hit, among those You know fust Islunds I he snapped. enough what I mean I" Wallen shook Ills head. Dont you!" I.uynfon rasped. Well, how about tills'" He pulled u piece of paper from l,ls pocket, and flattened It out on the chart. They tnrrespond, dont they? You dropped this out of vour pocket. I had a Kanaka aboard then, who ) ticked It up and gave it to WiG(T mu," CHAPTER VII Continued. "It you know wluit's 10 And then he was conscious Hint lu muh looking Info the muzzle of Gup-lal- n youll drop the blufl, good fur you, I know hiumed ' y .Jr X i fT ".V-- 4 jtu . .,v1 FUND X nVqroJtXZ;' 4 S Hfi SW2L , JwiftCAjftpr " W . t , He smiled at Wallen unpleasantly. I haven't got that Kanaka now. He disappeared, There's something damned queer about It and about those shots last night, wouldnt yon say? jiye think Im a fool d'ye think I wouldnt stake my oath that Indian you brought aboard with you didn't fire 'em? Hut I still though! you were Wallen then, and I was still for giving you all the ropa yon wanted. Well, heres the latitude and longl Hide on the paper and here's the po sitlon on the chart, and I guess In a on the mealy-mouthe- welt wlmf you're masquerading as Wallen for. As for the killing in Laynton'a revolver; and flint Mott, Singapore, Im not worrying about It too, the second ollleer, wus there. one way or the other, it's no limit of We were Junt going to send for mine; but when young Wallen died on you," observed I.iiynton in mi ominous-l- (lie Upolo you got a secret out of him, velvet voice. Come In I" And then, and that's where I come In. Wallen obeyed niochii ideally : Well, You thought you saw jour chance CORNELL BOYS PARADE FOR ENDOWMENT d "IVoil i lie Coi n, 'll in,., i body tiel In Profs Iiiiiwrsin 10M.I w 111. a "piii.iile" ",! s n i will iosl a professor and his family for ii million years," is the slogan adopted ht Indents who arc helping the Cornell alumni In their national campaign to raise a I'Msmou,, will lie used to Increase the salaries of the faculty. The foothall squad tttul the Utah rgnniu11ii. foothall game at Ithaca In the Interests of the drive. tin- !y Ii 1 - Coniell-WIIIiam- s HOUSE BEING GERMANYS TREASURE DEMOLISHED details that there that you were may he lacking when we for tno murder at Wallen by saying that they were look-- ' Im asking you to supply.. getWhat?" nit sailors boarding house, and 1 vc pig for him ; and It was a moment before Wallen afterward, seeing It f v.vc r- ' told Miss MiicKny here to tell em Itll gave you the run of this ship, you spoke. give us a great deal of pleasure to put si tick to It, amt The position given on that piece of youd have been a fool t ight hack with you." If you hadnt ! had come, Gunga had said, ill paper For an Instant, stunned, taken h.v "Now, then, I put It to you, all we reet from Hum Guluh Singh. There surprise, he stared from one to the ask Is our share. After that, well were many islands urottnd Sine other und then, with understundlng, land you anywhere you say, or, If you Knights station, and among them, evl ciime u cold, angry composure. It vas like, you can have u berth ahourd I'm dcntly enough now, Itam Gtilnb Singh as Gitnga hud said Inst night the kind of sick of standing watch laid his lair, getting devils of this ICum Golub Singh were myself, nml a third ollleer wouldn't Do you mean, he asked abruptly, ut work again. come noways amiss." that you are going there?" There Is some mistake," he said Wallen looked first lit Laynton, then think theres any doubt about Dye culmly enough, at Mott, who wns glowering nml sullen- It?" returned Laynton cnnstlcnlly. Is there?" sms-reLaynton. "What -faced, then hack at Laynton again. 1 Then, said Wallen earnestly, about you being so anxious to go to "Look here!" he burst! out, almost warn of head the you, youre running Singapore and getting ashore alone, Insanely. Kit Iter youre crazy, or I every one ubonrd this ship Into a and telling me to keep steam up and mn. noose. If you wnnt the truth of the he ready to get away the minute you Oh, no!" retorted Captain Laynton whole business. Its this: Years back . cuine buck? What about those wiiurf-rat- s easily, Neither of us Is! You ain't my father had trouble with a powerof yours? Whut about that Idoml willing to give up gracious like while ful native named Bain Guluh Singh, you had on your clothes? Theyve got you think theres n chance The fort f Spaiidnu, In nmirdtince with the terms you dont who was and is the bead of ninny oi by the armistice, is being demolished by the Geyou dead to rights u shore, and you have to split the all. Mebbe the Malay pirates that Infest these rmans. Women are doing most of the work, the stones when loosened being piled tqi with care for later use In the thats pot, might os well make a clean breast of you think Im Mulling? waters. The man swore revenge. The emtion of dwellings. Spiunlau is the famous treasure house of Germany. In this great fort were kept tons of It. Ive just sent a couple of men to Don't fool yourself! We made up feud still gold collected for Just such a war as has been lately dec In ml ended. exists. draw the fangs of that Must Indian our minds from about the minute this It wns to save me from a plot Haro snake of yours In the shape of any hooker was chartered Hint there wns Guluh Singh had hatched to murdei he may have. I dont know a lot more behind this , firearms n NOTED FRENCH SCULPTOR me on the Upolo that my father char , whether you picked up any weapons business. QUEEN AND KIDDIES AT SANTA BARBARA And now were sure of If, tered no was there ashore or not, Mott, have a look und Ill take Furthermore, you. you into uty cabin and show accident aboard here when liund em over, If be has. iny fathei you why in a minute. But first, to let died. It wns iTeT this Kanaka, that you Mott, with a vicious grin, stepped you know I mean business, you enn say has disappeared, who murdered forward, and, under cover of the cap- take a look at my hand. started this tains leveled revolver, took the autoWe wasnt saying anything till old him the man about treasure because story matic from Wallens pocket. Wallen got killed, for whatever he was he is In Itnni Gulnb Singh's pay, ant Youre a rare bird, you are!" afler he was hound to lead us to along that paper he gave you was to lure the grunted Laynton us be pocketed the with him, el? w eapon. . Then lie shuffled out, and there ship Into his masters claws if he was unsuccessful In doing away with mj Wallen's eyes went again to Ilelen wasnt anything in his papers that wns father himself. MacKay. Her head wns still turned any good to us except that money He did away with my father, bul away, and she was tapping nervously w llh a he still gave you the paper for the on a writsheet of closely pencil same purpose, except, of course, that 1 ten paper the message, presumably, am substituted In my fathers place. that she had just received. Who Is the message from?" Wallen 'There was an incredulous sneer or the fares of the two men. put the question to tnc girl, but she Sounds almost as fishy as yoc ignored it. "The authorities," Laynton anwriting yourself down dead In the swered curtly. And while youre diglog!" commented Laynton, with ar Of course, you dont ging around in your mind for u bind on ugly laugh. want us to go there, eh ! Well, tlmtg the murder count, dig for something all right, and thanks for the warning; else as well, you damned Impostor! We kuow you now! A proper fool but dont worry about us coming to you were to try and palm yourself od any harm, though it does credit to us Wullcn ashore last night. Johnson ll your heart! We don't scare aboard lie nearer your name thuu Wallen this ship. Mebbe if there was the eh?" prospect of a bit of a scrap It wouldnt "Johnson I What do you mean? stand In our way none, either. Have cried Wallen sharply, you by any chance taken note of the crew?" "What I say! Muynton flung buck. A sort of savage anger came upon Whut everybody in Singapore knows Wallen. since the Upolo was picked up. It's all I grant you they look like cutthere In Ihe message There were three white men on the Upolo; eh? Captain throats, he said evenly. Mitchell ; Wallen, ihe first mate, and Youre wrong!" rejoined Laynton with evil smoothness. You aint half Johuson, the second. looked at em, and you dont do em The bodies of two white men were oredlf. Fallen angels are saints alongfound aboard the third unquestionlec llllahelli ,,l Belgium a oa the beach at Sunt talking with ehildiH-side of em; and there aint one of it.irlt.ii i. Cal ably left the hark, for vine of the boats em hut has been aboard here with nt was missing. Thatll he you, right M. the I'rem Ii for the matter of a good few years famous for Ids statue, "Aux Moris enough I Ilut you forgot the log, my Indicated the Posit.on. which proves that your yum about the ("To the Dead"), vvhhli hucko I stands In the DE VALERA MADE CHIEF BY THE CHIPPEWAS Kanaka and this ere friend of yours Here l.nelmlse Wallen evidently kept It, for the that I turned over to kind of woo cemetery In Paris, ms yottr Ham Is another lie. been selected to make a captains death Is recorded; and the confidence, if you get the Idea! Hut of this Tain't likely youve ever heard of statue to he placed near replica last entry is In quite another lamd we figured that what he knew the son the statue of which could only he Johnsons," Cap- would know, so mebbe you can figure the Monleigh before, because weve got Liberty. tain Lnynton's eyes narrowed. Ho out why we started to follow the a superstition ahourd here that keep Ing the same name too long Is bad you remember that lust entry John- Upolos Itinerary. Subscription Rates to Suit. luck, son? 'Died today, S. Wallen, first A Malabar newspaper has devised we in Well, luck we found played When we carry cargo Its because a novel and mute.' " you. So long us we thought you were f subsuggestive Oh, my God, is that It!" Wallen the son we let you have your head, times are Internally poor and the pickrates. Public officers, readscription cried out wildly. It had burst upon just ns wed done with the old man. ing thin the crew has got a prefering rooms, zemindars, "rajnlis and ence for private pearl beds, or mebbe geulleiiu-ii, Mm now In n flash. That was what without with monthly Incomes r trying to force your hand, the opium trade, or I've even known 400 rupees, are considered ns class he grinned wickedly Sums they had meant In Drink-Hous- e were 'em to horn In on n bit of hlack-hirdinlast night J That was why they had a patient lot. one, and pay a subscription of of variety. Weve been living IS rupees for yearly by way culled him an impostor there too! now Hut (fie paper. that I find were birds of If your , k . 8 of righteous restraint, monthly Income exceeds ion He turned to Ilelen a feather, my lad, we aint playing that I. rupees S J,an' wut of deference to "ho we and does not exceed 4(M, you are He was reaching out towuid her. game any more In 1 an'1 00111,1 . ttu"m SW! ym the class two, and pay only 12 rupees we know you were on lending toward her and then he drew Now, tlu-nif ehullag under it ; but yearly. If. however, you are in slowly back. Could a womans face he the Upolo with young Wallen, and ;T,W neither a better idea of of the two classes mentioned, or are a you so pitilessly hard! She was standing whut I want to know in what ho toht mnv from on, and by the time student, then you are let off with a up, for nn Instant her eyes swept him you before he died that started you things y. v ' A. we get down oif Arru : '' ? again you wout subscription of nine rujncs. The padisdainfully and then she walked going. You come across with that, to need lie told what to expect If you per is appropriately named The lie- and well piny fair on the divvy; If past him out onto the deck. ' dont come around to our way of think former, and It would he And Mott laughed Jecrlngly. you dont, youll wish to whatever Interesting to ing." know how this particular piece of White to the lips, his soul ullie, Wal- saints you swear by that you were in He turned suddenly and flipped thn reformation Is received len whirled upon the man hut l,njn-to- u the hands of the authorities answering subscribers. .1 II I, otn was between tnem in an Instant. for that throat-slittinlaper to the job hack i ott! 8tt a'vuy ,witl ym- - ,m' Cut that out!" he snarled. Jocular Magishate. Mott, Singa parre, Instead of In mine! Thats ! mi shut that door! Ten days or So." said the magls- And you, Wallen a plain statement eh? Well, whut "olk ui'that course weve lmdenough vv 4 pleasure cruising toward Sumatra 1" trete, and the prisoner, a sullen whatever you want to nil your- dye say? looking JV ? J And then It 4 seemed that for the first fellow, paid the fine and was ills v self you sit down! He resumed Ms I say that Im Wallen, suld Wallen i 6 t time the full significance of the situa own seat, fingering his revolver with a Nteudily, He walked chnrged. That I committed no mur- thin moodily out of the r dawned Wullcn upon and it was courtroom, but when he reached the sort of suggestive carelessness. A der In Singapore, and that this treasureas though a cold thing was at his door he turned and showered "I got orders there" he Jerked his -hunt a wholeIdea Is pure imagination heart. hand toward the wireless table "to sale tirade of prnfnne abuse upon the Captain I.aynton scowled. "You coax Walt! he cried hoarsely. lilef What magistrate. Then he ran to the cor"I1 Hie Irish stick you in Irons und put hack to n mule first," he said significantly; republic," being made a tain bv the'rii'it I've told you Is the truth. Hut if ridor, but before lie could remit the Singapore, and I told em I'd do It, "uftt-- r that you slam h out of him. i, .hut" he grinned suddenly unit slipped However, I ulnt through coaxing yet. youre bent on your own destrm tion, s' reet the officer gave elmse. He was then for God's suke Miss get MacKay captured and stood again at the bur. his revolver buck into his pocket I Come along to my cabin." off the ship first land her Five dollars more," said the magsomewhere, aint going to I" They entered the captain's cabin; anywhere." FLASHLIGHTS Talent Is one thing; tact Is ever? Wullcn came holt upright in Ills seat. and Laynton, spreading out u chart on istrate. was It Mott who Uliig. answered but with The money wns paid. You mean you believe me, then? the locker, stubbed ut It with his fore- the About mi snnm locker between them, penpfi, u,r ni.r t(, How eloquent Is the silent lady '"t If you hud used more rhaste and others Is he demanded quickly, finger. Not by tt d sympathv. d sight!" he an silver dollar. the orrefined cut too!" conlanguage." that magistrate Now, you out, Self "Anything familiar about that?" he nounced with n leer. ami "jmpnthy A fool cun answer any queslh'i1 ,0 have Ill take cart tinued, waving the fellow nwny, "you nothingInterest dered Laynton threateningly, with tin grunted, In of the girl. coninnm. Ills own satisfaction. would not have been chased and Wallen lenued forward, It Is never too late alt npr return to tils former luuuuer. Certain- to break your (TO BE CONTINUED.? PiiictU-makes perfect, hut t'1"'1 self of n habit. of ns halo to practice. . you In Singapore v j d scarch-for-n-so- cock-and-bu- isa&Sac im-tie- g Mm-Kny- ' "s "T v a -' : g se-on- t ir - ii .- w |