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MYSTERY
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By Stewart Edward White
And Samuel Hopkins Adams
Copyright, 1907, by McCJore, Phillips & Co.
[CONTINUED.]
take enough stock In my report to tell
me to withhold anything,” said Ed
wards, with a trace of bitterness in his
voice.' “It’s nothing that I believe my
self, anyhow.”
“Give us a chance to believe it,*'
said Ives.
“Well,” said the ensign hesitantly,
"there’s a sort of atmosphere about
that schooner that’s almost uncanny.”
“Oh, you had the shudders before
jou were ordered to board.” bantered
Ives.
“I know it. I’d have thought it was
one of those fool presentiments if I
were the only one to feel it. But the
xneQ were affected too. They kept to
gether, like frightened sheep. And I
beard one say to another. *Hey. Boney,
d’you feel lll^p pproe one was a-buzzin’
your nerves liiie a string?*
Now\" demanded Edwards plftifltlvely,
“what right has n Jackie to hnve
nerves?”
^ “That’g strange enough about the
compass,” said Barnett slowly. “Ours
Is all right again. The schooner must
have been so near the electric disturb
ance that her instruments v/ere perma
nently deranged.”
“That would lend weight to the vol
canic theory,” said Carter.
“So the captain didn’t take kindly to
your go-look-see?” questioned Ives of
Edwards.
“As good as told me I’d missed the
point of the thing,” said the ensign,
flushing. “Perhaps he can make more
of it himself. At any rate he's going
to try. Here he is now.”
“Dr. Trendon,” said the captain, ap
pearing. “You w’ill please to go with
me to the scbooncr.”
“Yes, sir,” said the sur"Gon. rising
froiii his clir.ir v.ith such ak’.t-ilt:; as
from T’^;: '^om-
menl;
“Wfiy, 1 actually believe old Treii-
don is excited.”
For tw'o hours after the departure of
the captain and Trendon there were
dull times on the quarter deck of the
Wolverine. Then the surgeon came
back to them,
“Billy was right,” he said.
“But he didn’t tell us anything!”
cried Ives. “He didn’t Olear up the
mystery.”
“That’s what,” said Trendon. *‘One
thing Billy said,” he added, waxing un-
osually prolix for him, “was truer than
maybe he knew.”
“Thanks,” murmured the ensign.
**What was that?”
“You said ‘Not a living being
aboard.’ Exact -words, hey?”
“Well, what of it?” exclaimed the
ensign excitedly. “Y"ou don’t mean
you found dead”—
“Keep your temperature down, my
boy. No. You were exactly right.
Not a living being aboard.”
“Thanks for nothing,” retorted the
ensign.
“Neither human nor other,” pureued
Trendon.
“What!”
“Food scattered around the galley.
Crumbs on the mess table. Ever see
a wooden ship without cockroaches?”
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“Captain Parkinson wishes to see
you in his cabin, Mr. Edw’ards," said
an orderlj’. coming in.
“A pleasant voyage, Captain Billy,”
said Ives. “Sing out if the goblins gft
yer.”
Fifteen minutes later Ensign Ed
wards, with a quartermaster, Timmins,
the bo’s’n’s mate and a crev,-, was
heading a straight course toward his
first command, with instructions to
“keep company and v.’atch for signals.”
and intention to break into the brass
bound chest and ferret out what clew-
lay there if it took dynamite. As he
boarded Barnett and Trendon, with
both of whom the lad w:is a favorite,
came to a sinister conclusion.
“It’s poison, I suppose,” said the first
officer.
“And a mighty subtle sort,” agreed
Trendon. “Don’t like the looks of it.”
He shook a solemn head.
[to be continued.!
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TO FORM FAIR CIRCUIT.
In-'
North Georgia Counties All Much
terestod In the Prospect.
Calhoun, G*., Feb. 11.—'Efforts are
fcoinfi: made to form a north Georgia
fair circuit with, the following lairs
and dates:
Northwest Georgia fair. Chickamau-
ea, Ga., Oct. 6-10.
Whitfield County fair, Dalton, Ga.,
Oct. 13-17.
Gordion' County fair, Cedartown, Ga.,
Oct. 20-24.
Polk County ISalr. Codartown, Ga.,
Oct. 27-31.
Gordon County fair, Calhoun. Ga.,
Oct. 20-24.
By arransin* the circuit better at
tractions can be B'ecured' and the fairs
all along th© Jine be benefited.
A force of hand-s has been at work
on the ftiir grooinds here for som^e
time. A ■boulevard has been built
around the grounds by United States
road experts and tho ®x>un'ds thor
oughly drained.
•The ba&eball gponnds are being re
built and lumber is being placed for
the new grandstand.
The fair neit fall promises to be
the 'best one ever held in this county.
Large premiums will be offered oad a
poultry building added.
REPRIEVED ON GALLOWS.
Negro Had Juet Delivered His Fare
well Speech When News C2tfne.
Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 11.—Fra
zier Jones, a ncijro, condsemned to
be huBg here Saturday for wife mur
der, reprieved at the last njcmer.t
by Governcr Glenn tor ter days.
Great :;rcssTi’'e had bef^n broivght to
beJ’r on the gmxrnor for a commuta
tion of life imprisonment a month
afo and the daTe Jn .Tflnuary wa/;; c::-
tende^l to Feb. 8.
Jones perfectly resisaed to
’die, and had delivered his farewell to
the w'orld when the sheriff received a
’phone message at the la&t moment
which delayed the execution ten diaj-'S.
Jones upon being told of this, exclaim
ed: “God is working for me,” and
collapsed.
His coffin W’as' taken back to the
undertaker’s.
RIVAL TO MONTE CARLO.
London Hotel Syndicate Is Negctiating
for Concessions at Madeira.
Lisbon, Feb. 11.—A London hotel
syndicate, of which M. Ritz is the
head, is negotiating with the Portu
guese government for a concession at
Maderia which will enable them to es
tablish luxurlou&ly appointcrl oaslnoB
as a rival to those at Monte Carlo, as
w'ell as new hotels and other improve
ments.
The syndicate is underetcod to be
willing to pay the claim of $2,■500,000
demandrS^d by Germiany as inKiemnicy
for Prince Kohenlohe's syndicate,
which acquired certain ris'hts in Ma
deira from Portugal, but which was
afterward's refused a gambling license.
LOCAL OPTION CONTINUES.
South Carolina Senate Kills Prohibi
tion Measure.
Colunibia^ J5. C.| Feb. 11.—-Perhaps
th^ fiios-t Itiportaht matter acted upon
by the state senate dJuring the week
w'as the killing of the prohibition bill
by a vote of 24 to 13. thus inauriu«
ths continuance of the county dispen
sary system, or local option law.
known as the Carey-Oothran act, for
rt least anctcer ye«r. Probibi^ton
had previously met defeat in tho
house by a vote of G2 to 51. There
is, however, a proposition to soibmit
the question of prohibition to the peo
ple in the primary next summer, a
resolution to this effect havlnj? alr^adv
been adopted in the senate. It is
now up to the house and will be, o:jn-
sidered early next week.
Another im.portant matter that thf
senate has acted upcn is a bill pro-
vldinf^ for a limitation of the hours cS
work of railroad employees. As adopt
ed the measure is practically the same
at t-he newly enacted federal law,
which provides that railroad employee's
shall not work more than sixteen
hours out of twenty-four.
\Vjll boon Return Hcmft.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 7.—It was
announced here Friday that Cardinal
Gibbons, who Is paying his annual
visit to this city, will leave here on
his return home Feb. 13, arriving in
Baltlmor© Feb. 15. Efforts were made
to Ind^^ce the cardinal to remain here
until after the mardl gras festivities
were over, but It was found impossi
ble for him to accept the invitation.
Before his departure, however, he will
figure prominently on many occasio;.:^
ether than those identified with his
churoh.
Blue Laws Are Modified.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 11.—The
blue laws, which have been so rigidly
enforced in Birmingham for several
weeks w'ere in a measure mod-Ifiod on
Saturday by a decision of Jufligs Wea
ver of the criminal court. Ho ruled
that the law against Sunday golf play
ing is unconstitutional because of de
fects in the way it is drawn. The de
cision is the result of a friendly test
suit brought by members of tho Bir
j mingham Country club.
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Neij^liborliood Favorite.
Mrs. E. D. Charles, of flarbor,
Maine, speaking of Electric Bitters,
sa^’s: “It is a nei«rbborhood fav<irlte
here with us.” It deserves to be a
favorite everywhere. It gives quick
relief in dyspepsia, liver complaint,
kidney derangement, malnutrition,
nervousness, w’eakness and general
debility. Itss action on the blood, as
a th(yrough purifier makes it especial
ly useful as a spring medicine. This
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$40,000 Fire at Clinton.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 8.—A fire
at Clinton, in East Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana, Friday destroyed 540,000
v/orth of property. The fire origin
ated in a grocery store, and besides
that building, an office building, meat
market, drug store, tnree residences
and the Belmont hotel were destroyed.
*'Dr. Trendon, you will please to
with me to the schooncr,"
“Never particularly investigated the
matter.”
“Don’t believe such a thing exists,”
said Ives.
“Not a cockroach on the LaugMih^
Lass. Ever know of an old hfddker
that wasn’t overrun with rats?”
“No, hot any one else. Ijsot above
‘water.”
'‘^Found a dozen dead rats. No sound
or 'sign of a live one on the Laughing
Lass. No rats, no mice, no bugs. Gen
tlemen, the Laughiiig Lass is a charnel
ship.”
“No wK>udet "Billy’s tender nerves
■went wrong,*'* said Ives, with irrepress-
able flippancy. “She’s probably haunt
ed by cockroach wraiths.”
“He’ll have a chance to see,” said
! Trendon. “Captain’s going to put'him
In charge.”
way of apology, then,” said
I ^t. “That’s pretty square.”
Four Entries for Msyoralty*
Rome, Ga., Feb. 11.—Saturday was
the last day for the entry of candi
dates for mayor and c iuncilmen in the
primary which occurs on the 18 bh' in
stant. Four candidates, three of
them with full aldermanic tickcts,
have qualified', and are in the race.
This makes the most unique municipal
contest in the history of Rome. Never
before have there been four candldiates
for mayor in a city election.
Shot by IBif'bther-ln-Laww
Bimi'n^ha‘% iV\a., Fieb.
Knight shot and 'dahgcroft'sly in-
jUiS?^ by his brother-in-law-, Sam Mor-
'at Bessemer S'atxi’tday. Knigbt
^d' 3ust stepped tfSm a street car
wiien. fired upoa., and several shots
were exchange. Family differences
are said to fcave caused the trouble.
Sentenced to Twenty Years.
ChattanoG(^a, Tenn., Feb. 8.—iRoy
Hale, at Bristol, Tenn., was Friday
morning sentenced to a term of twen
ty years In the penitentiary for '4he
murder of Irby Davis, brother of I-dily
Davis, for whose murder Ack Hale is
av/aiting trial at Johnson City, Tenn.
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