Show THE MYSTERY by BD STEWART EDWARD WHITE TE and SANUEL SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS COPYRIGHT 1907 BY mcclure NIC LU R E PHILLIPS CO J u i i c al I 1 I 1 1 11 I daliz i rall thole thoc 1 I e 11 1 11 hi a I 1 lev brous lil III HI cit rt i l 1 I 1 I 1 li 1 s l n 1 lot of n ilmi alii ti nil ilits st of if ae fen than bl luit could coil I 1 J jonii il it iv ci hired d N hisil I 1 lon P po 01 mod iv li thil that let man limn after nar vie ic had built a lon ong low ion garill at dona vore noire taI t il eq sinks forges burn burnas rs kill 11 cut out bitted find leller to put loce liler elili mith Us its cioper n inglis nl dallies or p plies pus lenth to 1 our oil when no io had finished vc me tied constructed na is te a on a small scale ns as iou could ond on oil a college efti oring to lo the stone millir down done to loi bed roth for ibelli dechille del hille alo experiments sell hat att nini cold mater loil ell from thy lilt springs aud and ne e were mere utterly un skIll oil eil it nag all percy D I 1 walt me tile the last engaged in screwing on oil a fixture for tin the genera tion of lie gus gas Dar darcol cow said 1 I theres one tiling TOU youve Q 0 ci looked you forgot to bring a cupola find and ft a gilt cook cock for this concern after the laboratory was we ne put vp up sleeping quarters for the ano th 0 men nigh v ath nade TI ide porches lor clies anell ft dl screened aud and a lion heni storeroom by lilt aliu end of tile hie thaid neck vc lie land had bilto little eil rr riv n had tinned ft ith to lo tile the of his hib cho talent almost nt at tile the close cle of the froli freight ht car rj ln lie lind lie tippe nied lagging ins his precious chest tills little suu tho the assistant c or dinio and ind hit calop eil C 1 a ila allot kt we not induce hill to lo leave lit bi ve me put up nil a 0 tont tent for bitu dimow remained with bills by uny of sagely against tile inon illon measure I 1 believe bo lieo be had tilgou now that nil hn flu ft maik aik oik nub finished lul shod the hie doctor put 1 in I a percy buld lio be now no c ft ill have bine it ian e defense built ile he thagget us its feitli hlin hills to the nor row part inart of the arroo just beaole it rose robe to the lei el of thy the volley talley here vo ne it mill M build the stockade ile dc bense lie announced daltow bunnow and I 1 nt at ench each other bleakly for or d aue assist rut nut 1 I bar lu conic come to be lied an in mounted the ductor doctor at lilt on owl I 1 like huc teti ten bade grail frailty ty ond bad 1 I 1111 not lot be dis lla inched dairen holded to tile nio mid anti tile liew his bis principal asah jhc thc tucy y conversed tomp ear gentl y for ueral several minutes 1 I 1 lit buu this assistant returned to tile me no ube the hg he bcd in fu complete iu a to its manner Mock nde it Is in better wake it of fourteen teon foot logs 10 blunted out ilg it tr idress afi eliut sour logs log thice or four feet bind blied ot at the top his ba for it go nt at it but I 1 uk ty postulated m hats the use of ll it 7 if the men mole dnn dan berous that mould just make then think ott on did have w e boim thang to kuliu 1 I know that orders ordera replied per cy durrow darrow e built tile stockade lit iu a ties day when it ns vc me marched mar to tile the beach licu cli and rotor WMS gane to lu tile tha three instances or mitch nelch I 1 beall la did I 1 see tin valley again llie next day w m c e washed our nor clothes tind and tro mo ed cd ashore bilth nil all our but 1 I 1 m not galog to be hui c e this bis crew a aboard ard stated staled captain selover post lively 11 1 I tit m going iclean lo 10 clean her lie he staged homeer liow eMr k we in a lately la replace our blou blau j NJ 3 C CC C I 1 id I 1 I 1 mathei malici round tile the cape prow grom lei led hopelessly cinc tol lle nov non it cau can t lie MS as had bud ns gis till nil lint I 1 tiled to bee it cant ant IK ie more kimn it meek cek or teu lou do duys ag job jet con ir if wo no careen her I 1 oil too doo t know m vlot hat 3 ouie lalk lu in nebout said its worse tatu the vellow M allow jack its six st weeks nooks ot at ivall I 1 llad aln M anu in we last cleaned beff bior lie he inquired of hand solomon Su lonion jon call fists the boul bouk on kill it re tilled 11 d lie LOWD by the ibe line lit in tint thit of a send island my C cc C 1 but or ont dont I 1 remember I 1 on scented bated my 37 1 I 1 ikea lie smoked lu in silence Ili its a again coutil vance of lic pots peres sors ts illint stockade like ilke moreau after a little lie ile ment auy any intrusion I 1 at bald III these scientific uc to doiy jr dell egic quite ilke bu be commented loncoln W we hept ou oil tile blound that hint ailigh I 1 not mid I 1 clis ewt t tank ning under cit atala g sol el oters vc a commenced coin in dicea diced the alil task of lightening the ship lie he ile dc titled tilled the th jigget and fur for tim flail ill duty ill just see sea to shoich quarte ii lie he you yon empty her bar all do lun ion wo we back bach nil anil foith fialli flung f i oin the ship to the cove lead laud ins ing the content cou of oc tile hie bold these by KI good fortune ne did nut not have to carry over the neck of af land for just abone the gimel beach ma as ft a bitle liu iad 0 o it blitch v lilal me v 0 could till allo we nic etc otc to abaid nod and so ind bid no of seeing ft hat captain and lib his men note nde about until evening 1 then lion us that the lind collected cleil and loo lono icil it to the beacha I 1 of doors f frodi ro a alif 1 I froik red find bad handled tile ilio gall blaic blo e to the edge here it awaited our we n cn ble to it nud lil let it idowu U 0 1 1 11 alie fl e niger me n bele 1 1 1 11 arter SOUK goine lie hl sot got it t to 0 dian d nn suit nud bo be coolies ua out our supper a on it after supper captain selover row grov od ed 6 bick let to tile llo ship Un angell gell lie be had too ine libido illi going to ionic sou on alth them its better that one cue of us usi I 1 as on iter I 1 to lc N or of course sir gold 1 alts the ou ly II pok ainee e for aou ou im ign gand tard so lie he rejoin cit cd ay iy groll relieved eved anti anil any any lie elfa ehlt A burst of fee fed ins in 1 I little tile the gritty feeling llin or it ing ac dor mv kay ati ruled aa odys ILs the ibe only I 1 k ing for a wili he left rue nio Ingua lly ns its though a triflis lla inca I 1 thought lie do robbed eon een a little furtive anti yet yd on analyst I 1 could discover nothing definite on abich to bno such euch it con 1 claon it was vaa rather tt a fealing or of diffor eno enic broin the man I 1 had bigi leone in ill my it seemed hardly need thin klag obort i abc men DICU ind called themselves lis in their blankets limit nigh tho the long ion day next morning ln captain was ashore caily lie he lial had quile big spirits and offered me a draft of of brench brandy millet I 1 we corked hard bard again tile toaster returned at night to lite libi vessel tills this time without fl a norl nord to any of us ui again the mon inen drugged by toll la in early and filepp like tho the doald di id wo we became in A mch of doys days uke like these burh velch inglus mere arc accomplished hot du N blell was ans no space for anything the aisil lails ki upon us ua file to for abis abc lit most it part lind had little to r ra u then milc di cd the illuce that followed fattened slid ond the mill u illi icidora Ici dosa sli read 1 illeen lic bcd it b oc r to ties his men ns gig sl elligh ii Kli or if captain Se lovers orf past telitha rs math tile men inen ami liens bon me 0 o did clean her we b ripped lar of if arii glitch find and sliver uncil site lir high tin in empty hull anen cit lipi bei inis slid 1 gigging ion if 11 lioio 11 I 1 e I 1 aoi I 1 the crew a ae e illegally went cut nt at her ter n I 1 illi it ile last cuntala tool took charge of us ua vi lien ben it 0 o P had ii achel till tills tickled nc ile dil the niger sia nil irl Perd lind had long hince annl lied tile installation of the per n linear c e oil they had bill built I 1 ua jig I 1 tats lilt from li the to reck s to t e luom loam doors foi fog the sides anti batches rot foi tile bors huge anif c ni and solio solid with nigh lion iton ilaa illi in them the bronze unit iron lilligh i to tile doors its of if tho the const coast through fret w M 01 k the I 1 he i aleli inlaying of woods ns its wo we set up lilt on oil a solid lack iok the balove iab its ralls to hold the cooling poti poll from upsetting in it feanny iu in it me buinda tho the of the areck ull till sorts of load some kneet sal cot anti and aromatic arid apley QS as an iu consel cathe cathedral dial I 1 have seen the inggerd la illing beaus ver over 0 a blaze of sandal sandalwood nood flagrant a aa 9 on nil eastern shop birst is e scrubbed tho the laughing less thun the ft 0 her flat ibid resized and earled in hir r standing rigging re tied and love ber running gear slush oil cd let careened her and III her lalow 1 hen ve me had little finished ve me bid the anali nir thing tanni dealt out to us in nid and scraped pounded nud nod lied that those huc bere ore indeed ilaya full of latter dahl alln busy bin y from iu lining until night NO n lite but bill little of TV lint let it fans as about I 1 t fam mill jn III the using ux tec ui lit ft a big baillie bo illie ut aike ac han au lie bu upon sea and the be aenes tu tumbling labling arr lit the leer outside we e haw the headlands nud and tile how bow of the bay and the half nigh Us its matching goals aind the ure curve of ellon sands we ve saw be snoop of onit const anti the towns lowus and the stiano e lots hut ve ne had bad betit out of departed ud hit vas mis oil fill that constituted our I 1 arid lu in the ciculli cic vo no lit a big guilior just at the edge or the isiach there we sat bill lit at case cam filid our lillies in silence too tired thred to lo talk even handy sulo solo song houg mas aa still outside the ibe circle circie or of light mere cre akk things stran 0 O 1 8 jogs of 11 blin hands bend in nd likes or of figures cull lug of voices rum rui tile of feet we knew them for the duif nud the mind and lu in the grasses but they nuro ere not the less lesa mysterious for that jogl I cally captain selover and I 1 should have bitto pushed most of our even logg lags together As ft matter of tact fact we so go few fe early in the dusk the captala la rowed romed himself aa out to big beloV 71 schooner what hy be the ire I 1 do that know wo cou b s light T tia th v W figr in oue one I 1 wa I 1 f the t lir gr b they hoy cared him to his back never captain selo or 11 ile he bas bag to clean up after his jovn on n feet hes bes so dirty sagely proffered handy solomon and n as true the 1 be beRUIL IDS prophecy prop becy livid held good seven weeks held its at that infernal Jobb cien weeks necks of solid gi grinding ludIng vork nork the worst norst of it aits nits that hint tte ne were mere kept nt at it so br breathlessly eathle set 1 us as though our cry existence were to depend d ou on the bend bendlen lon rush nish of our la bor bar and thon then we tied bud full fully y b 0 if to the be star stores to put sulky agalla again a and ad the oth it or er half to transport painfully pali fol ck oer the nock neck of land from the cone coe to the beach so accustomed had bad I 1 become to the routine rout I 1 no lu in N aich we N c were involved so habituated to anticipating the coming day an exactly like the day that bid bad gone that abat the completion of our job me quite by surprise I 1 ilind halil thrown myself down domn LIT bv tile fire pre pared for the same old half hour of drovillo dro drow villy sy nicotine to be follow rationed ed by the accustomed beny sleep and the usual early hole to toll the en citing tina men barrig arm I 1 half closed toy luy c acs cs handy solomon nit was coming in last instead of dropping to his big place lie straddled the tire lire stretching his arms over his head bond ile he let thern them fall with ill a sharp 4 lay aloft lay aloft the iho jolly bob bes n erkd blow high blow low what mris care wo we look ahead look as torn look a wand ward rd look alce a it leal down don on tho the conat of tho the high bar bare bar c e 1 the effect was wag electrical we till nil starting to our feet and fell to talking at once by god were through cried aubi id clean forgot it the piled on more wood we drew e loser closer about the fire all the interests in life so BO long held lu in the background leaped forward eager for recognition we spoke of trivialities trl almost for tho the chist time since our laud ing fused into a temporary but corn core joad good fellowship by the relief wonder how the old doctor Is get ting oar ventured Th ruckles Thra cUca elites awhile the viloula its a 1 I preacher Pre acherl I 1 n I 1 cried handy solomon lets I ctr make eug em a call suggested pul pal dont believe appreciate tile the compliment I 1 laughed better let them make mahe unit first call the longer established this was lost a on 11 them of if course courbis but wo we fill all felt kindly to one another that evening I 1 carried the glow of it with me acs ON er until the next morning and was there fore somewhat saloon list dashed to meet captain selmer with clouded brows bromis and an all certain manner ue ile quite ignored my greeting he be squeaked can ou on think link t of anything more to be done donca I 1 straightened my bock back and long laughed avent II you w corked us bard enough I 1 inquired unless Un letis YOU gild the cablas I 1 dont see what else I 1 there here can be to do captain mover stared me over and ou on a naval man be marvel cd C dont you see that the only aing thing that keeps this ere crew from get tin rootless restless Is keeping them busy live ive sweat anent more with my brain than you have with mith your bock back thinking up things to do I 1 cont banit bee ooM binn ahead and then well mell hae bae troubles ott oh A sweet toll lot I 1 whittled m nad and my crest foll fell ll IJ was nal a new point of view and else new captain ezra where was nas ill thoi 0 confidence la in the might of hla big two hands lie he seemed to rend read my thoughts an and I 1 went nent on OIL 1 I 1 dont feel sure hero here on this cusi ausy cusy ed cd land it aint like into a deck whore m here roan man has some show they coin can get ECI ter they can hide it aint rigl r put a man ashore alone with sv or crew im doing my beat but 1 gain to bagood enough I 1 wl were safe la in frisco harbor harbora 1 lie lere would woula have dered 0 ou I 1 seized his bis arm and and led id I 1 alm autis at t D possible hearing of 0 f tho the men sy here buck upi api I 1 bald bah to him star ly theres Th prea nothing to ta de be scarp it if it coates to a row I 1 f us and we ja got gu ev en vig u sell sail the inc schooner 4 leave mhd th here yow to weri abey dout dont IN that don dan bit ifa teem re se ee youve lost hiir this thin any NO lie did not even aluce the accusation put up a front lie shook his hid head the sand genii I 1 completely run out of him yet yd r f convinced that if he could bab the heave ond nod roll of the deck him ho he mould have ficco t times ge in the ho he now feared ion nott ever I 1 could see readily enough the he vitia logn of keeping the men nt at work you can wreck the golden horn I 1 1 I dont know n bother thores theres anything left worth north salvage but be something to do he clapped vie me on the shoulder I 1 good he cried 1 I neier thought of it r another thing so an te give them a day oo off cont cant hurt them and that maris tame all right agreed another thin ael 5 el not lazy so it alet aint t dodge work mork but acu jo ii oft off I 1 lie e ho be much others that 8 true sald said lie 1 I 1 could cant d not roco meo sule gulie abat w hat I 1 knew him to lw be y as one in the dark or as it sea aill taken inken out of ls its element clement and placed picc tile the hands bands courage had bad glen pin pine fear |