Show v J- J L 4 FOUL PLA PLAY Y Reade and aud Dion By Charles Chres Diol a. a Continued from front Yesterday Morning I g But nut at al this moment the tho brig h hoist hoist- cd a vivid 13 Hag all al stripes and ant stars star star p ct and all altered aNI her cour course e a u point or tw two She Sue crowed crossed the boats boat's track Tack a mIle mil mie mien looked over th the n ahead and anti her people bulwarks and waved their hats t to encourage e those tossed and desperate 1 men Having Having thus given Iven them the weather gage n c the tIe brig brig hove to for Cor them tiem They hey ran rait down to n to her and ant crop crept S her hea Ice lee down came ropes ti to toS them held by friendly hands am and S hants ant friendly faces shone down at them eager easel gro grasps ps seized each as he wont won up the ships ship's side and so in a 9 very vcr S short lime they sent the woman up sJ and the tho rest b being ing all al sato sailors ant and clever er as cats they the were safe on board boari tim tho whaling brig Maria Captain Slocum SIo cum cuin of ot Nantucket U. U S. S and Instruments instrument The log compass Instrument were also saved sved The he boat lOat was ca cast t adrift am and was soon eoon after aCer seen bottom upwards orthe on or the crest of or a wave The good Samaritan In command ol ot the Maria faria supple supplied them with dr da dry Clothes Ioles out of the ships ship's stores good goot food fot and medical attendance which was much needed their l legs b and ant feet being in a n deplorable condition antI amY their own surgeon crippled S' S A SS southeasterly gale Induced the American merIcan skipper to give Capo Cape Horn Hoan Horna t a wide berth an anti ami the Maria farla soon foon I S found fount h herself three e degrees south of r that perilous coas coast There she en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered Held field ice In this labyrinth I V they dodged and worried for or eighteen ant V VV V days ta until a sudden chop In the wind gave gave- avo the captain a chance of which 1 he lie promptly availed himself himsel and In Iny y- y forty hours thc they sighted Terra Term del p. p r.- r. Fuego t. t k DurIng During this time lime the rc rescued crew V V f-V V V ln ha having recovered from froni the effects o of V V their har hardships fell fel Into the work of or the ship am and took tool their turns wih with V the Yankee seamen The Tho brig was wa V short handed but hut now trimmed and andr ant t full and the Proserpine's r handled by a n ful crew pines pine's men who were cas class seamen sea sea- 4 V men an and worked with a awill awili will I because work was no longer longel a dut duty she exhibited ex ex- VV a speed the captain had almost forgotten was as In the craft Now ow L speed at sea means economy for everyday every c V day Jeet added to a o voyage a e Is so much off of V the lie profits Slocum was part owner of the tho vessel and ant shrewdly alive alve to lo the V value of f the seamen When hen about c three hundred mItes miles mies south of Buenos ATeS 31 CS Wylle Jle proposed that they should V be landed there from Crom whence they V V might 10 he transshipped to a vessel vesel V V bound for home homer r This was objected to lo b by Slocum on ont V t the ho gi a that by hy t such uch a deviation V from his course he ho must lose three l' l I ta days s and zuid the time port dues at Buenos Ayres were heavy ha V V Wylle Wylie le undertook that tho the house oCI of oC Wardlaw Son hould indemnify in the S. S brig for lo nil all al expenses cs and ant lo losses cs in in- in I r cu V V Still the American he hesitated at lost lat 1 ho lie 10 honestly told Wylle Wylie c he lie le wished to lo V V leep keep the men nen ho them they tH V liked led him lie He had and V l they hail had no objection to tu the ship and nn sign I n article for iu a n three thre years years' whaling voy ge I. I pro provided they did tid not V thereby forfeit ti the wages to which V they t Ic WinEd be LV Jt entitled on reaching V 1 Wylle Wylie le went Jr fOI forward and andaI aI asked the men If they would tal take Vico Q the Yankee captain All AllS Al three expressed e theIr desire to do doto O. O S t-o t fO th these three had families in England Eng Ens- V V land lall and refused The mate gave the V others ther a release and an or order er on V Wardlaw Co for Cor their theli full fun wages V Jle rt I Ii ey sr 1 ari nr- nr i He I cs with wih Captain Slocum and entered en en- the American Amerian mercantile navy nan V f Two days after this the they sl sighted V J the th-e high lands at the mouth of the ants V VV AIlo dc la Ia Plata at 10 If p. p in m. and Ja lay 5 te S. S to for fot a n pilot piot After three hours hours' hour delay dclay de- de lay they were boarded by ly a pilot boat boat piot-boat s and antl then be began an to creep into the port V The night was vas wa vei very y dark and a thin V V V V white fo fog la lay on the water Wyllo sitting on the Je was wn V A an and conversing with Slocum when Wien the S lookout tit forward sung un out out Sail San ho Another nother voice aln almost t simultaneously simultaneous simultaneous- I ly by yelled elet out of or the fog rog Port your our V V Suddenly out of the time mist and close co e V aboard the tIme lt Maria aria appeared the hull hulland hul and amI canvas of or a large large ship The Tho brig brigS V was 8 crossing her course and the tho S V great harel missed the brigs brig's s 's V lall mainsail a It luot for fil a moment over head He lIe le looked up and there was the lie figurehead of o the ship loomIng loom loom- V Ini Ing almost within his reach rench It I was wasS wasa S V a colossal green woman one arm cx- cx S V t tended S grasped rut a n golden hal harp the theother thep p other was pressed ed to lo her hel head in tho the V of holding back bacle her wild and V flowing hair hah Time The face Cace seemed to glare giare down the two men In another another an nn- I other uther mOI the monster gliding on V Jutt just missing the brig bilg was lost in the theS S fo fog V VV V V That was vas a narrow squeak sll al Kald Slocum V Wylie le made no rio answer but lut looked S the time darkness after anel the vessel He lie le had recognized her figurehead VV V It I was the Shannon V V f V V CIL XI XIV V. V V Before the thc Iuria IHla sailed called et again with I V t the he men who formed Corme a part of Wyllo's los crew he hc made the them l sign a declaration declara declara- V tion ton before the En English consul at V I Buenos nos Ayres res This TJ document set V V forth the manner In which the I Proserpine roser- roser V pine foundered oun It was artfully made V of up-of fac facts enough to deceive e decel a careless careless care care- less listener but whim when Wyllo le read V It ltV I over O Cl to them lie he 1 slurred over o certain thin tain t ln parts part which he took care also in tl ss In language above e abo tho the comprehension comprehension com coin V nf tiC such men Of or course coun V V V th they y assented cag eagerly to what they V lid did not understand and si signet signed lel the time statement conscientiously V So Wylie and his three thre men were on board boar the Boadicea bound hound for fOl Liverpool In Old England while S V V tho ho others sailed aed with wih Captain Slocum V for Nantucket In New England Tho Time Boadicea was a laden I a with hides and miscellaneous V a cargo earo 1 V V V For FOl seventeen c da days s 's she flew few before a n southerly V gale being on her best f sailing balling point and amid alt alter atter onu of or the V V shortest passages passages' she had hud ever cr c made male S she sho lay hay a to lo out side the bar oft off or the V V j V r It I wanted but one hour to toV V daylight the tide tte was tho the thoI I t 11 pilot lol sprang prang ruan aboard V V V What do you draw he ho le asked 0 dr df tho V master f V V Fifteen feet Ceet barely was the t reply v SV r That I hat will wH do and tho thu vessels vessel's i head was waR laid for fa the river V m They fh y a large largo bark with he her 1 1 lacked backed A Ay remarked d the pilot piot sue she hc ha has r V V waited since the half ebb there aint aln t V more than four hours In the twenty twenty- V foy four fou r U at such emU craft as as that can c ge get sel J In n. n J V What Is fhe the she Aa An n American liner IV V n asked Iid Wyllo peering th the tho V IO th V V V ll ald the tho pilot an Aus Aus- V V llau Abe's Abes h th the th Shannon Cr n nt Sh Sidney ne I t V V The h m mate te started d look looked d at the mat man man tV t lui Jt it t the Iho thoc c vessel 1 vic T Twice s tho Um Shan I. I V non h t him as If IC to satisfy him t that his object t had beon been attained II I I r. r and each ach time she he seemed to him hini not noi an Inanimate Inanimate- thing but a silent Ilent ac- ac i A chill of ot fear Cear struck struel through the mans man's frame as he lie look looked ed eti at h lice her a Yes there sho hio la lay ami antt ant antIn In her hold were wore safely stowed pounds in gold marked el lead lend and copper S Wylle had hat no luggage nor effects to detain him on board he landed and having having bestowed his three companions companions com coin in lii a nors boarding house he was hastening to the shipping n agents of or Wardlaw v Son to announce his arrival and the fate of or the Iho pine He ite ha had reached rached their li Th Water Vater street before he recollected that tha It I was wa barely half past 5 1 o'clock and though broad daylight ht on that July morning merchants' merchants offices S are noi not open at that hour The sight of the tho Shannon hn hail had so bewildered him him that that he had not noticed V that the hop were all al shut the streets deserted Then Thou a thought occurred to him why him wh not b be a lear bearer r of oC his own news H Ho did not require to lo turn the Idea IIa twice over o but resolved for many man reasons to adopt It It As ho he hurried lo to the ra a railway station slaton he ho tried to recollect I the hour at which the early carly train started start start- cd ed but his confused and excited mind refused to perform the function of oC memory The Tho Shannon dazed him At the railway staton station he found roun that thata a train had hal started d at- at at 4 4 a. a m. m and anti there was nothing until 7 30 This ched check sobered him a a little lle and he lie went vent back baci to the docks ho walked out sut to lp the tue f farther end of that noble line Une of berths and sat st down on the verge with wih his legs leJ dangling over the tho water vater Ho lie waited wailed an hour it i was wasI 6 I o'clock b by the tho great dial Ual at St. St Georges George's doe dock Ills Ils eyes ces were verc fixed on n the Shannon which was moving slowly up 11 the tim river she came caine abreast to lo o ho imo sat al The few Cew sails ls ro- ro 10 lul to give her steerage fell Cell Her anchor chain rattled G nid she swung round with wih the tIle tide The Tue clock cloel struck the he halt half hour a boat left lef tile le side of oC he the vessel el anti and ant made straight for the steps near where he was seated A Aall Atall tall all nobl noble looking inan sat in the stern tern sheets sheet beside the tho coxswain ho lie hovas was vas put mit ashore and anil after aHer exchanging a few words with wilh the boats boat's crew he mounted the stops slops which lei led him to toV V lies lie's side followed by one of or tho the sailors who carried a portmanteau I H He lie stood for a n Dingle in lc moment on the qu and stamped his foot root on the broad ston's ton then heaving heaving a deep sigh of satisfaction ho he murmured Thank God V Ho turned towards Wylle Wylie Can Cnn you OU tell tel me moo me my IY man at what whal hour homo th the first tl train ln starts for Lon Loni don V tOI There Is Js a slow Ilow train Iraln trin at 7 30 an anan and an express at 9 3 V V The express w will serve me and anti breakfast the give lve Ic me ale time Ume for fOl at Thank you OU good anti ant the gentleman Jl p passed set on un 10 ol- ol S I low t by hy 1 time he sailor Wylle yle looked 1 after him hint he noted that erect military carriage and amid crisp crl ll gray my hair and ant thick white moustache I he had a vague ague Id Idea H that he lie had seen sef that face faco b before forc ansi and the tho memory troubled him bun V At 7 3 Wylle Je started tart d for Cor London V the military man followed him In tho tilO express at 9 0 antI and caught him up at Rugby together the they arrived t at the station staton at Euston Buslon Square It was Wn a n quarter to three Wylle Wylie yle hailed haUet a cab Cal but bui before he could st str struggle Jle through the Uio crowd to reach It It a r railway liway potter porter threw a portmanteau au on Us Its Is roof and hi hisS acquaintance took tonk possession pos jo- session of n itAH it I Alt AH Al rl right hl said the thu porter What hul V sir V Wylle WyIle did noL noi hoar hear what Iho UlO gentle gentle- nian Bid Hl hut bill hit time Porter purler V II I tb tk hear the time It cabman and I then hen ho lit 10 Ud mutt No O V VV V 0 nUI t Square It I was the thu house of Arthur Ward Ward- t hu V V V W Wylie Uc toOk off of hl Ma his hat rubbed rubbe lila Ula frowzy hair end And gaped utter after Ce the the- cab V He lie entered another cab cl antI and toW told driver to tim go to Iso No No Street V VJ I Iv It was v the tho t to onice m ot t Wardlaw Son X Our Our- lr conc ol urn Oa changes ince i nce from 11 WI wild oce ocean and d t Hi perils to a o snug I S J 1 rOOI Iu In I ii Fr Ilch street sh pt Iho t I h lie inn I i ome ollic f Wardlaw f S Son a large panelled s 's One flue old 01 mello mellow mellow mel mel- oak and all the furniture i low lo Spanish ant al in keeping the tue tie C carpet Hp t. t a n thick Ax- Ax I Ax-I of or soh r color coloal the the chairs chah's ol or oroal oak oal and morocco very vcr Aub substantial o n a large ant olilee table with wih oaken n legs e like substantial two M liner Vr very column Miner safes a globe glob of or unu unusual ual size Iz with witha a handsome tent over It it made of ot roan leather I figured tho walls wals hung with long bug oak oale boxes about eight inches broad containing containing- rolled roiled maps of or high quality and anti great dimensions to lO consult con con- suIt sult ul which dlen sceptres sceptre tipped with brass braS hooks stood ready with these could be drawn down downa the time great maps coull hl a and Ul Inspected and anon on being released lien Hew up into their an wood wooden n boxes agin again Besides Besides' thrle these wore swore hun hung humig up a afew few tew drawing representing outlines and amid Inner sections of or vessels an and on a smaller tab table lay models mo almanacs etc 1 The great cut om e table was covered covered cover cover- e ed wi with h writing materials and ant papers all al but bul a square space enclosed with WILl witha wih a n little littie sliver silver rail rai and inside that space pace lay a purple morocco case ce about ten inches square It i was locked and contained an exquisite portrait of or Helen Rolleston This apartment was so o situated and tin the th frames of the plate glass q windows so well wel made and substantial that let a storm blow biow a n thousand ships ashore 0 lC it could not noL be felt felt no nor noi heard in l Inner office But Dut appearances are deceitful and who can wall vali wal out a sea of or troubles and the tempests of or the mn mind The inmate of or that was battling bat bat- lat lat- LUng Un for Ol his commercial existence under un un- un- un der dm ac accumulated and nt dan dan- gers Like Lice those who sailed saied the tle Proserpine's lies lie's boat long upon that dit dirty night which so nearly swamped h her a hit his eye had lal now to be bo on every overy wave wave and anel the sheet she t forever S In his hand His measures ha had been heen |