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By LOUIS TRACY.
Author of the "Pillar of Light," The
Wings of the Morning" and The
Captain of the Kansas."
Ceelright. 1905. by Edward J. Clod.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Overhearing a con
spiracy between her uncle and tbe
captain of his ship to sink tbe vessel
and collect Insurance, Iris Yorke se
cretes herself aboard the Adromeda
just before It sails for southern seas.
Her uncle, who is her guardian and
has commanded her to wed old Dick
ey Bulmer, thinks she has run away
to avoid the distasteful marriage
II Philip Hozler, young and hand
some second officer of the Andrmeda,
discovers Miss Yorke aboard. III-
Irie tells Hozier of the plot to sink
the vessel, and he keeps watch on
Captain Coke. Mysterious defect In
the steering gear discovered, caus
ing the ship to veer from her course
Coke treats the matter lightly. IV
While putting into a harbor at an
unknown island the Andromeda sud
denly is shelled by a mysterious foe
on shore. V Shots wreck shin.
Hozier is wounded and his life saved
by Iris. VI Survivors are hauled
up on a cliff by ropes let down by a
party of refugees, the leader proving
to be Dom Corrla de Sylva, deposed
president of Brazil. VII, VIII and
IX Rescued and rescuers escape
from detached cliff to main Island,
and ship's crew and refugees togeth
er attack Brazllllan soldiers, who
seek to capture Dom Corrla. They
capture a launch in which to escape
to mainland of Brazil.
CHAPTER XIL
ltvxxt koinnio in exchajtoi auiLD-
uios.
C
OKE and his merry men be
came pirates during; the early
morning of Thursday, Sept. X
On Monday, Sept. 6, Darld
Verity entered his office In Exchange
buildings, Liverpool, and ran a fever
ish glance through his letters to team
If any envelopes bearing the planetary
devices of the chief cablempanles
had managed to hide tbemaelvea among;
the mass of correspondence. There
was no cablegram, of course. Dickey
Bulmer, who had become a waking
nightmare to tbe unhappy shipowner,
had said there wouldn't be said It
twelve hours ago after wringing from
Verity the astounding admission that
Iris waa on board the Andromeda. It
was not because the Teasel was over
due that Darld confessed. Hulmer,
despite his sixty-eight years, was an
acute man of business. Moreorer, he
was blessed with a retentive memory,
and be treasured every word of the
bogus messages from Iris concocted by
her uncle.
The storm had burst unexpectedly
Bulmer came to dinner, ate and drank
and smoked In quiet amity until Da
id's laboring muse conveyed his
niece's latest "kind love an' good
wishes," and then"
"Tell you wot," said Dickey, "there's
another Ave thousand due tomorrow on
the surveyor's report"
"There 'is," said Verity, knowing
that his guest and prospective partner
alluded to the new steamer In course
of construction on the Clyde.
"Well, It won't be paid. You are
lyln about Iris. You've been lylu' ever
since she disappeared from Bootle.
Show me 'er letters an' their envelopes,
an' I'll And the money. But of course
you can't. They don't exist."
Then David set down the untasted
wine and told the truth. Not all that
was not to be dreamed of. In the
depths of his heart he feared Bulmer.
The old man's repute for honesty was
widespread. He would fling bis dear
est friend into prison for such a swin
dle as that arranged between Coke and
the shipowner.
Dickey rose from the table. His
movements showed his age that night.
"I'll think it over, David," be sld.
"There's more In this than meets tbe
eye."
So here was Verity with no shred of
hope in his mind that his one time
crony would raise a finger to save him
from bankruptcy.
The office boy announced a visitor,
evidently not the terrible Bulmer, since
he said:
"Gennelman to see yer, sir."
"Oo is it?" prowled the shipowner.
"Gennelman from the noospaper."
A quiet mannered young man ap
peared. "May I ask if you have received any
private news of the Andromeda?" he
began.
David creaked round in his chair.
"Is she lost?" said he in a strangely
subdued tone.
I I fear she Is. But there is much
more than an ordinary shipwreck at
issue. Several telegrams of the grav
est import have reached us this morn
ing. Perhaps before I ask you any
questions you ought to read them.
They are in type already, and I have
brought you tbe proofs. Here Is tbe
first."
David took from the interviewer's
outstretched hand a long strip of white
paper. For an appreciable time his
seething brain refused to comprehend
the curiously black letters, for this is
what he read:
REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL.
SERIOUS POSITION.
STARTLING ESCAPADE OF A BRIT
ISH SHIP.
Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6.
A situation of exceptional gravity haa
evidently arisen on the Island of Fernando
do Noronha, whence. It la said, ex-President
de Sylva recently attempted to es
cape. A battleship and two cruisers have
been dispatched thither under forced
draft. No public telegrams have been re
ceived from the Island during the past
week, and the authorities absolutely re
fuse any Information as to earlier events,
though the local press hints at some ex
traordinary developments not unconnected
with the appearance oft the Island of a
British steamship known as the Androm
eda. Later. De Sylva landed last night at
the small port of Maceio, In the province
of Alagoas, a hundred miles south of
Pernambuco. It la currently reported that
Fernando Noronha was captured . by a
gang of British freebooters. De Sylva's
return la unquestionable. Today he is
sued a proclamation, and his partisans
have seised some portion of the railway.
Excitement here is at fever heat.
Verity glared at the Journalist He
laugbed almost hysterically.
"Tbe Andromeda!" he gasped. "Wot
rot! Wot silly rot!"
The shipowner grasped another print
ed slip. This time he was able to read
more lucidly:
Pernambuco, Sept. 4.
Publio Interest In the abortive attempt
to reinstate Dom Corrla de Sylva as
president was waning rapidly when It waa
fanned Into fresh activity by news that
reached this port today. It appears that
on the 31st ult. a daring effort was made
to free De Sylva, who, with certain other
ministers expelled by the successful rev
olution of two years ago. Is a prisoner
on the Island of Fernando do Noronha.
Lloyd's agent on that Island reports that
the British steamer Andromeda, owned
by David Verity A Co. of Liverpool, put
into South bay, on the southeast side of
Fernando do Noronha, early on the morn
ing of Aug. SI. and tt is alleged that her
mission was to take De Sylva and hie
companions on board. The garrison, fore
warned by the central government and al
ready on the qui vlve owing to the disap
pearance of their Important prisoners
from their usual quarters, opened fire on
the Andromeda aa soon aa she revealed
her, purpose by lowering a boat.
The steamer, being unarmed, made no
attempt to defend herself ana was speed
ily disabled. She sank within five min
utes off the Grand-pere rock with all on
board. With reckless bravado her com
mander ran up the vessel's oede signals
and hoase flag while she was actually go
ing down, thus establishing her Identity
beyond a shadow of doubt. A note of
pathos la added to the tragedy by tire
undoubted presence of a lady on board,
probably Da Sylva's daughter, though it
was believed here that tbe ex-president's
family were la Parts. Telegrams from
the Island are strictly censored, and the
foregoing statement is unofficial, but your
correspondent does net question Its gen
eral accuracy. Indeed, be has reason to
credit a widespread rumor that the Island
is still In a very disturbed condition. No
one knows definitely whether or not De
Bylva baa been recaptured. It to quite
certain that be has not landed In Brasil.
but the reticence ef the authorities aa to
the state of affairs oa Fernando Noronha
leads to the assumption that be and a
few stanch adherents are still In hiding
In one ef the many natural fastnesses
with which the Island abounds.
The British community en the littoral
la deeply atiresd by tbe drastic treatment
received by tbe Andromeda. It is pointed
out that another ship, the Aadree-y-Mela,
believed to have been chartered by tbe
Insurgents. Is under arrest at Bahla, and
tbe similarity between the two names Is
regarded as singular, te say tbe least.
Were It not that Lloyd's agent, whose
veracity cannot be questioned, has stated
explicitly that the Andromeda put late
South bay, a. point significantly far re
moved from the regular track of trading
vessels. It might be urged that a terrible
mistake had been made. In any event,
the whole matter must be strictly in.
quired Into, and one of his majesty's ships
stationed in the south Atlantle should
visit the Islane, at the earliest date possi
ble. Delayed In transmission.
Something buzxed Inside Verity's
head and stilled all sense of actuality.
He gated at the reporter unblinklngly,
as though thought Itself refused to act.
"Is that the lot?" he Inquired me
chanically. "Nearly all, at present Ilere, how
ever, Is a short telegram from Paris
which is of minor Interest."
And Verity read again:
Paris. Sept. 1
The members of Dom Corrla de Sylva's
family, seen early this morning at the
Hotel Continental, deny that any lady
connected with the cause of Brazilian
freedom took part In the attempted rescue
of the ex-president They are much an
noyed by the unfounded report and hold
strongly to the opinion that the revolu
tion would now have been a fait accompli
had not a traitor revealed the destination
of the Andros-y-Mela and thus led to that
vessel's detention at Bahla.
The lady! Iris Yorke! At last Da
vid's supercharged mind was begin
ning to assimilate ideas. Tbe Journal
ist's voice came to him as through a
dense screen.
"You will observe that the former
president's relatives tacitly admit that
there was a plot on foot," the other
was saying. "It Is important to note,
too, that tbe long message from Per
nambuco, marked 'delayed in trans
mission," seems to Imply a prior tele-
cram which was suppressed. It al
ludes to a revolt of which nothing Is
known here. Now, Mr. Verity, I want
to ask you"
The door was flung open. In rushed
Dickey Bulmer. In bis bands he held
a crumpled newspaper.
"You infernal blackguard, have you
seen this?" he roared.
David stood up. He held on to tbe
table to steady himself. Even Bulmer,
white with rage, could not fall to see
that he was stunned.
But Dickey was not minded to spare
him on that account
"Answer me, you scoundrel!" he
shouted. "You are glib enough when
it suits your purpose. Were you in
this? Is this the reason you didn't
tell me Iris was on board till I forced
the truth out of you last nieht? Now
let's have it! No more of your flamin'
"YOU INFERNAL BXfACKGCABD, HAVE TOT
SEEN THIS t HK SOAKED.
made up tales. Wot took you to shove
the Andromeda Into a rat trap of this
sortr
David seemed to be laboring for
breath.
"Arf a mo'. No need to yowl at
me like that" he protested.
He fumbled with the lock of a cor
ner cupboard, opened it and drew forth
a decanter and some glasses.
"Ah," be said, smacking his lips with
some of tbe old time relish, "that puts
new life Into me. The story Is all
moonshine on the face of It."
"I think otherwise, Mr. Verity, and
Mr. Bulmer, I take It agrees with roe,"
said the reporter.
"Wot!" blazed David, into whose
mind bad darted a notion that dazzled
him by its daring. "D'ye mean to in
siniwate that I lent my ship to this
'ere Dom Wot's-'ls-name? D'ye sit
there an think that I'd allow a bon
nle lass like my Iris to take a trip
that might end In 'er beln' blown to
bits. It's crool, that's wot It Is, reel
crool."
"The lady referred to was Miss Iris
Yorke, then?"
"'Ooelse? I've on'y one niece. My
trouble is that she went without my
permission, in a way of speakln. 'Ere,
you'd better 'ave the fax. She was
engaged to my friend, Mr. Bulmer;
but beln' a slip of a girl an fond o'
romancin', she Just put herself aboard
the Andromeda without sayln "with
your leave' or by your leave. She
wrote me a letter, w'lch sort of ex
plains the affair. D'ye want to see
ltr
"If I may."
"No," said Bulmer.
"Look 'ere. Dickey," went oa David,
"this dasbed fairy tale won't hold
water. You know Coke. Is 'e the
kind o' man to go bumpin' round like
a stage 'ero an' hoisting Union Jacks
as the ship sinks? I ax yon. Is 'e? If s
nonsense stuff an' nonsense. An' If
the Andromeda was scrapped at Fer
nando Noronha, oo were the freeboot
ers that collared the Island, an' ow
did this 'ere De Sylva get to Maceio?
Are you llstenln'f
"Yes." said Bulmer, turning at last
and devouring Verity with his deep
set eyes.
"Well, wot d'ye think of ltr
"Did you send the ship to Fernando
Noronha r.
It Is needless to place on record the
formula of David's denial. It was
forcible and served Its purpooa. That
should suffice.
' "If-if Iris Is alive the partnership
goes on," said Bulmer. "If she's dead
It doesn't"
"D'ye mean ltr
"I always mean wot I say."
Tbe click of so Indicator on tbe desk
showed that Verity's private telephone
had been switched on from the gen
eral office. By sheer force of routine
Darld picked up a receiver and placed
It to his ear. The subeditor of the '
newspaper whose representative had
not been gone five minutes asked if he
was speaking to Mr. Verity.
"Yes," said David. "Wot's up nowr
and he motioned to Bulmer to use a
second receiver.
"A cablegram from Pernambuco
states specifically that the captain and
crew of the An
dromeda fought
their way across
tbe Island of Fer
nando Noronha,
rescued Dom de
Sylva, seized a
steam launch, at
tacked and cap
tured the Ger
man steamship
Unser Fritz and
landed tbe insur
gent leader at
Maceio. Tbe mes
sage goes on to
say that tbe cap
"d'tk mean it?
tain's name is Coke and that be Is
accompanied by bis daughter. Eh?
What did you say? Are you there?"
"Yes, I'm 'ere, or I think I am," said
David with a desperate calmness. "Is
that all?"
"All for the present."
"It doesn't say that Coke is a ravin',
tearln', 'owlin' lunatic, does it?"
"No. Is that your view?"
Bulmer's band gripped David's.
Their eyes met.
"I was thlnkln' that the cbap who
writes these penny novelette wires
might 'ave rounded up bis yarn hi
good shape," said Verity aloud.
"But there is not the slightest doubt
that something of tbe kind has oc
curred," said the voice.
"It's a put up Job!" roared David.
"Them bloomln Portygees 'ave sunk
my ship, an' they're wbackin' in their
flam now so as to score first blow."
To Bulmer David said savagely:
"Wot's bitten Coke? 'E must 'ave
gone stark, starln' mad."
"Iris is alive!" murmured Bulmer.
"An' now, David, I'll tell you wot I
'ad in me mind in comin' 'ere this
mornin'. You're hard up. You don't
know where to turn for a penny. If
you're agreeable I'll put a trustworthy
man in this office an' give 'im full pow
ers to pull your affairs straight Mind
you, I'm doin' this for Iris, not for
you. An' now that we know wot's
'appenin' In South America you an
I will go out there and look into things.
A mall steamer will take us there In
sixteen days, an before we sail we can
work the cables a bit so as to stop
Iris from startin' for 'ome before we
arrive." (To be Continued.)
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