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PAGE TWO 1 r IT : i] i !"CONTRABAND"! i\ \i - i cA Romance sf the ' _ I North Atlantic \ | \ **> # I ; RANDALL PARRISH \ J i Author * ?'Mw T .v- * S North," "Maid the Forest," etc. # I' ii Oopjfrl?ht A. 0. Mo Clare A Oo. CHAPTER XXVIII. A Maniac on Board. 1 The horror with which she looked Inte my face held me speechless. Could i It be possible that she suspected, knew, j Che perpetrator df this crime?that she n ought to shield him? I "You searched the cabin? You found L>0 boner i ho "Only Dade sound asleep In the * Meward's stateroom. I awoke hlra, nd left him an watch below." "There was no one hiding In any of Che staterooms? You tried the doors?" "They were all empty. Mr. Bas- ( Room's door 'was the only one locked." Wj "You?you made him open?" . f "No; why disturb him?" , She drew a quick breath, her eyes hp my face. ()V "You?you have not seen Philip Bas...... coi t |tom lately? "No, not since we had supper to- ., >rthor.? j "You saw nothing strange then In his ' " Actions, or words?" "Why nothing that I remarked. He ( peemed about as usual; more haggard, ()j, And nervous possibly, but he spoke t|||' heerfuliy enough. What can you ,' paeau?" I p , i- - flOh, I do not really know; perhaps I t Aught hot to say such a thing. I meant to have spoken to you about It before esc but so much happened, I forgot. I?I COi suspect Philip Bascom is Insane." ; Qp( "Insane! Good heavens I wh v do von ay that?" "He has talked to me so strangely. ^el Be?he frightened me, and I was hard- ma ty able to quiet him." mo "And you suspect he killed Dubois?" "Who else could it have been?" ai 81)1 There was no answer possible. Kvery j* ether man on board was already aecounted for. The truth was borne in '' Upon me irresistibly. I called Leayord. ^ " The mate thrust his heud over the forward rail. J*' bur "Do you know If Masters Is in the ( ;engineroom?" our "I think he is, sir." j. "Then' call down, and have him f)(I| end White on deck Immediately; and pafcs the word forward to have Mr. Ol- w on come here." W1|, "Aye, uye, sir; la tliere anything sur wrong?" ,j?? ' "I will explain presently; just now I n,j( want you to remain in charge of the nf deck." ' t(,s Olson arrived first, and I barely had < time to tell him brielly what had oe- pjr curred, when White emerged through ?,rj,j the deck opening and reported, his eyes blinking in the bright light, and 0)|r his face grimy with coal. 8or "You wanted me, sir?" he asked, ^,.r with no bluster In the grufT voice. ? "Aye, White; you possess the Strength and nerve for this sort of Job. Hiss Cnrrlngton here suspects that ^ the owner of this ship has lost his mind. 1 just found Dubois lying on the cabin deck murdered?" "Dubois, sir?" ]ys ' "Yes; he had been stabbed In the !" . i .. bus V buck," "And you believe the owner did it?" ^ , "There is no one else on board who could. He Is locked in his stateroom, ( and we've got to get him out. Come ^ 1 on now, both of you," I led the way down the stairs in no t pleasant frame of mind. An insane j j * man running free aboard, animated 1 y desire to kill, added to my other re ponsibillties, increased our dangers manifold. The cnhi.i seemed so dark !IS after the brightness of the deck above, *1 that J grasped the stair rail nnd ad anced almost blindly, I had reached K'ni the center of the cahin before my eyes discerned that there were two bodies outstretched on the deck instead of 8ur' one. I involuntarily shrnnk back, grip- 8001 ping the sleeve of White's shirt, and tlor pointing. . ho,< "Look here! there are two bodies; lyji' he?he has gotten I)ade also." The sailor sprang past me, and (l> ^ dropped to his knees. "Aye, it's Dade, and the poor cuss Is done for, sir?it's another knife thrust in the back." "And no longer any doxibt who did ! s It," echoed Olson, "for there's not anpther man aboard been aft." "Right you are," I said, gripping my- . self ready to act. "And we must get n him at once. Come on, both of you; ''J" tt there's a flght it may take the three ''f Pf us. He has a knife, and there was S gun in his drawer." t,iei The door of Rascom's stateroom was (lo? closed, and I grasped the knob with no Hny thought it would yield to my fingers. ' But it did, and I almost fell forward the Into the room, catching myself, and ?' taring about. The last gleam of the 8r?'? sun streamed in through the stern ports, and every object within was T Clearly revealed at a glance. The man peei was not there. I drew back the cur- pea IP TH1 ln the cn y/f/fj? had dlsai proof pos Mmoit Fell Forward Into the Room. on hoard He had n ns concealing the bath, but the apace himself li is empty; only one of the round ten <qS i rts was partially open, the aperture gound. se too small to admit the passage of a oiling the dy. The bed had not been slept in, have slip d was neatly made; one drawer of served, nr a desk stood open, and papers were way. Th< ittered on the rug beneath; a chair the engim is overturned on the deck ; a chest In Wrs solid e corner had been rummaged, its shafts, bx stents flung aside. My eyes fell on for the pi titte, his mouth open, his face gro- the coal ique in its coating of coal dust. locked at 'Hanged if he ain't got awny, sir," examined, blurted out, "but he never went chances, erboard through that port?a cat every incl ildn't ha' done It." hunkers. 'No, he's aboard all right," I coin- White ga\ ed. "But where? and for what pur- ?it her up? There is no knowing what a hoarsely, n In his state of mind may do. Oood a-huntln' xvens! he could wreck the ship. Get "i wish tght. White?take the cabin lantern. n man. a jon and 1 will have to look behind Well, he's ?se doors first, and then we'll ex- have gone >rc between decks." The fello We found nothing, not the slightest means of ce of the fugitive. Beyond doubt he he's mann 1 gone forward, either seeking to haps is t ape, r,e with the thought that he one messx lid attain the deck through some ?n0. sir enlng amidships, i was cool enough "Then 1 now to realize the peril we faced nS'. ween decks, searching for the mad- ' 'n" n, whom we might encounter at any "oro n " ment. Honed Ms 'Run on deck, White," I ordered, lying' den 1,1 nl^Xr ?rv ~ I" nwio,ll?' - u|/ a vuupjc vt murium ?**w?*uu C1 kes. I have a revolver. Tell Mr. "He'll n iyord the situation, and have him suppose 3 p his eyes open. Better have him White, yoi rn McCunn, and Miss Carrlngton "'Taln't 1 best remain near the wheel until eled coul 1 get our hands on this fellow. Hurry "I'll tnc 'k now." son quiet llson and I remained motionless, throw a 1 eyes on the black opening leading saw a sh ward, the dim rays of the lantern hatches o ling on the ghastly faces of the two cargo. T (1 men outstretched on the deck. It gettln* hn * a grewsome spot, anil my heart there." i heating like a triphammer. I made "Yer n e my revolver was loaded, dropping afraid tha weapon into a jacket pocket. White "Then v Dined us, grasping the spikes, one "I'm pit which he passed over to Olson, who That led the weight In his hand. .. ' , 1 I' I 11 I \ . Quiet as a June mnrnln' up there, " he announced, squinting about. vmj j tore ain't nobody seen nuthln* of no oison vot niac. I reckon yer better let Olson nm| \vi,n r.v the lantern, so you and I can be s|,arp Pye ter free to grip the chap; we're big- .... ' than the mate." Indder. ,h From what I've seen of Olson he'll hand his share of the fighting," I an- ' red, knowing the Swede to be hot- 8Ka|n !IS , ipered, and touchy nbont his size. us so|j(j t wever, one will have to carry It." thorough!' It's all right, sir," said Olson quiet- been opeti "I'll hold the glim, hut if that big mounted 1 fer doesn't stand up to the job, I'll t glass an* all over his head." .'e certainly made a thorough search < '1 It. I doubt if a stray rat got by us bout being seen, but from the afterIn to the englneroom ladder we IN WORI nd no trace of Bascom; no Indicn1 even that be had ever passed that Organlrat v. The effort to locate Bascom's Mad? I Incr nbtep was nlwnliitotv , . ?, Trail nine of the madman overcame our (roncp and wit: In* lincl lilsuppwircil jn thou eh swallowed by the sea, leav- prove(j jj not so much hs a clue behind. countries, leyond the bole lending to the en- fluent dar prooni below, our advances were world's fin ked by n steel hulkbend, water- ngk the it. pierced by h single door, to be flnP9t flgt, p. but this was closed and locked ghe ai8( urely. "Is there any communion- ch0jrt deci i between the forecastle and the p|t8> Thl 1, White?" 1 asked, staring helpless- eXftndPr p it the steel barrier. I attached t No, sir; the fo'eustle Is all above nf the pnt k." slsts of i How was this door manipulated? Do monks, ch ler of you know?" 1 *?" '*" T* uii im* i\ Well, I hud charge o' loudln' the voices are ?r-hold, sir," and Olson scratched ?nd every head trying to remember. "Thut it is said r never was opened hut once, when into frajm rtain llndley tested it before we left it, so pov tlinore, or maybe after we got out each volet the Chesapeake. I think it wus These n ned an' shut frum the bridge, Mr. ]y as any i Us." duty at th rhat Is the usual arrangement, hut the music re is a slot here for a key; still the vespers it r is steel, and it looks too heavy for old for sei one man to operate." slons. leaned over, and looked down Into Unlike lighted engineroom at the bottom tremely ft the shaft. All I could see was a ance, and it wheel steadily turning. j and whisk Masters." he engineer stepped Into view, and ' red up into the darkness; ha ap- Wo mou red burly and shapeless. ( nilns of o That you. captain?" lng our i Bfonson A Aja at - - ? ? ??? S LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTI isusccui, cue owner, Das gone j id has hidden himself some- \A7 A ? bourd." ff /\f I'll be swainped I Can't yon r By I ft; we've searched every'place hasn't visited you?" jVi i my knowledge. Tony Is back _____ erooni; I'll ask hlin." ree of us clung to the ladder Military Train wu, the light from the lantern ai our faces. Masters was not moment, but his voice had "Say, Uncle mle and I hnv l.."".?V!r" he c"'led "P war lo the e.,c "Ilea lying on the coal In f >ne bunker, cut In the back many and Fra ords were not out of his iu Wed i efore we were scrambling dlers while Fri ut our haste gained us noth- UH many, und > only trnll Bascom had left every battle, lend Itnlian, stretched out In cum why this emptied coal bunker, his Hps German army rever. It was a knife thrust ubly commam id killed him?Just such a soldiers were | had done for his two mates their war d< bin above; but the mndman combed with i pea red. However, here was that the olllce Itlve that the fellow was still and that's wi; ; still hiding between decks, und so many u ot reached the open, or flung about It, Uncle nto the sea. Masters could "Well," said lotning; ne nad hoard no Slocum is righ on no shadow. lie had boon lost that wur, machinery, and a man could hor best prov ped down the ladder unob- rnine?nnd hu td escaped again In the same lurs Indemnity ore was no other entrance to learned her It oroom; the forward bulkhead rleuce. *o she j ; there were two ventilator training, nnd ? it neither was large enough now know ho nssnge of a man's body, and protect thorns* chute was kept closed and less men in tlu sen. Nevertheless I had these France also pu determined to take no department, sc and our lantern penetrated tnsteud of bun i of the englneroom nnd coal directs the i At the end, utterly baffled, France has on 'e vent to an oath. j efflcient artnle its me, sir," he confessed this shows win "unless it's a spook we're good leadersh for." | This saved Fi it was; the trouble Is it Is well as the lib nd a mighty dangerous one. "As war is i not down here, and he must no place for > back by way of the ladder, body of 10,00 iw hns either found some properly hand getting Into the hold, or else times their nur iged to slip on deck and per- do it every tl ildden in the forecastle1?no Kinull loss to tl >s there now?" j ing alone will | casualty rate c let's have a look up above,' erwise would 1 men." unanswerable n't goln* ter leave me down miutury tralnii lone, are yer, captain?* quos* , "Our govern! isters anxiously, "with Tony to force her id In there, an' a murderer ibout7" I To do so is sli ot be down here again, but I fruntlc effort l ?oti must huve a fireman? i to give her sol a better Rtay." j fore they are f : no Job I like, sir; I shov- ure to win this :iere alreudy for eight hours." j men to do it, i kle It, sir," Interrupted 01-| men to win ai ly. "That big boob would come upon us it down here every time he must fight, let adow. After you get those to lose. ^ IT send him In on top o' the 4 That s the s here'd be no danger o' his Continuing, irt if Bascom was a hidin' government ha 000,000 to pui dirty liar! I ain't no more training statloi n.v..u are!" c"Uod b . , \\ hen these m< rhy don t you stay here?" . ing stutlons i nab tired out shovel I n ." m,ed wlth you will do, men," I broke In; ttioir nineteent There will be work enough, months of in a fighting enough for both of ing aiGng the 11 ong as you have volunteered, bill. This wl i may take a turn down here, benefit to thei e will go with me. Keep a; do them more ( out, you men below." | yeurs of their ? of us clambered up the Iron them strong, n e sailor with the lantern In to see and qui the marling spike thrust into1 them for a su I tested the bulkhead door j it will rebuild we came to it, but it seemed will also give is the steel wall itself, and ?f trained met V satisfied that It had not it is necessary ed since the ship sailed, we country. Wen Vsv *1. J ? .-j me uji?*u ueca. I of universal n | diately, otherw ; may be demoll lo Be Continued.) I universal mlUt tice to the wt we will be pi LD'S GREATEST CHOIR selves prompt this will do ir Ion in Russian Monastery ( wur In the fut Jp of Monks Who Are we could do." ned Like Opera Singers. "Do you thl : Graham, "that y departments Russia has other war?" erself the Rreatest of all "I have no Her dancers are the world's Uncle Dan. icers, her novelists are the selfish, so lonj ,not nAiinltafa n ? ? - nwx-iiBin, uci VAIWBWfr? I HOUR 10 acquu Austrian*?are the world's , population prci ters. room, so lonj ? possesses the world's finest scramble for w< lares a writer In London Tit- will be. Whei a Is In the cathedral of Al- I we reach the li Jevskl, In Petrograd, and Is 1 hope and drea: o a convent erected In honor nlze the fatbe ron saint of Russia. It con- brotherhood ol ibout thirty members, all only, will wars osen from the best singers In comes doors w usslnn monasteries. Their WU1 need no amazingly sweet ami strong, treasures, but r member of the choir can, off. , shatter an ordinary glass "The only si icnts merely by singing Into pe av,ie to d< t-erful are the vibrations of times. Theref< Insist that sen lonks are trained as rigorous- gha|i provide opera singer, and their whole training, so tht e monastery Is to assist with country be cai at mass In the morning and ready as this \ the afternoon. When too tunately, In th wlce they nre retired on pen- been heid pack months In whl< most monks, they are ex- vantage proba istldlous about their appear- af?aln. It Is every night put up their hair today. :ers In papers. "Because she : is an Island . < wees From Failure. war 8afety fl nt to heaven mostly on tfca always is bette ur cherished schemes, find- safety. You failures our successes.?A. to the tai lcott. la a reason.** SR, S. C. I TALKsl U1JI NCLE DAN j^Ti jmber Four ^ ing Necessary for Safoty W. nd Defense. I Dan," said Blllle, "Jime been looking op about 1111 ?^ac yclopcdla at school. We p v? the war between Gernce In 1870-71, Germany and wounded 28,000 solunee lost ubout six times besides that, she lost We asked Professor Slo- 1ll71*A was. He said that the IB ~ ? was highly trulned and Jj | nt-u, wime ine mnvn j r poorly trained; and that | J Apartment was honey- I Jealousy and politics; J IVC^orrn rs were not much good. ! :y France lost the war ion. What do you think Danr 1 Uncle Dan, "Professor I it. By inefficiency France | "TV/ten together with two of | p luces?Alsace and Lor- I ours d to pay a billion dol- | Rei& money. France today ; sson by that sad expo- 1 put in universal military is a result, her soldiers w to tight nnd how to r|Yn fives. They are losing IAIf war tiian the Germans. (?REAT I3 it politics out of her war > that expert nuthority, rnucratic stupidity, now So Snys c"lifTor<] irmy. The result Is. e of tlie best nnd most Hoarding a: s every ussembled, and it thorough training and ip means In wurfare. ? ance in this crisis, as erties of the world." Washington. , tiow conducted, there Is n:any coal open un untrained man. A West were mate 9 well trained soldiers !led could defeat five roa' prices fixed nber of raw recruits and the senate invo me with comparatively WR8 (o, c, tteniselves. Proper trainreduce the deatli ulid Ka'd he had nu ine-third of what It oth- study of the situ >e. and right here is an .... argument for universal W,nK- an eXaml ng. Trade commissh ment hus no moral right Much of the s men Into war service i ly training them for lt. ; 'Wianced over inply murder, hence the {r'huted by Thor hut Is now being made roents to the no dlers some training be- ; tatlon of operntr >ent to the front. It we higher prices." wur, lt will take trained j consumption, inl and It will take trained (rlbut|on h ay other wur that may . In the future. If we and nn ,nadp<l?a us light to win and not Relief, the w brought about tuff," said Blllle. courses?governi Uacle Dan said: "Our (he minea or pu s expended about $300- (M) of fhe co t up cuutonments und ... as in order to train the ,PsortP" to. low y the selective d?*nft. ma(le possible, h >n ure truiued the train- ernmont buying should be immediately mines in which nger men, say those in high, h yeur, to receive six ? . tensive military train- e erT nc ? Ines of the Chamberlain Inon' the II be of immeasurable Profits to be alio u Individually. It will Mr. Thorne said jood than any other two it wise to try to whole life; lt will make t>v onenlne new innly, self-reliant, quick those that have h ek to act ; it will equip productlon Co8ts ccessful life. In short, 1 American manhood and ,f>ncl on,y to infill. government a body Rumers. He th ? to draw from In cuse better to close to defend our flag and now operating a aust settle this question Thome told allitary training l.n.ne- " Ise these training camps ' shed. The udoption of '"t'on in the mt ary training will be no- nn<l that In gen >rld that from then on were much too 1 epared to defend our- although contrac ly und etllclently, and pr|ce fixing woul lore to keep us out of pj)]e> rnanv open ure than anything else fhom mnkJn(? df nk. brother," said Mrs. ",anrefl only at there will ever be an- ^is was done, fact that it wa doubt about it," said price fixing plan "So long as men are in force should 1 ? as nations are ambl- Examiner Win, re territory, so long as . . , the differences sses and demands more C aa there remains a <os,s nt several r arid trade?so long wars government j n the time comes that dgh plane for which we rn, when ail will recog- i ?? _____ rhood of God and the I | ^ f man, then, and then 1 | t * \*4mW* \ cense. When that day I I til need no locks, banks vaults to protect their that day is a long way ife and sane plan is to [ fend ourselves ut nil >re, every citizen should lators and congressmen for universal military it never again shull the Jb|Sj light so completely unwar found us. ForIs case, our enemy has . so we have had a few rh to prepare. This adbly will never con.,however our salvatioi. 104-BLA was ready, Switzerland af peace in a sea of (TVTW1 rst is good, but safety j FjF.IMi r. In strength there Is | . never saw a tin can .1 ] I of a bulldog. There *| a FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918 It Pours, j It Reigns | i. /"^AN'T you just taste that cup of good | NH? old Luzianne Coffee? Steaming hot | and ready to give you a whole dayful j ^tV' of pep and go. | T. The flavor is wonderfully good and the aroma?get it??oh, ma honey! J Better run quick and get a bright, clean j tin of Luzianne while it s there. It you | ?' don't like it?every bit of it?then your I grocer will give you back every cent you I paid for it. Try Luzianne today and see I ' " how mighty good it is. | . in i ? i? i m ??M???????m ST(; PERMITS have complete data and will be fur'ROKIT TAKING I Tliome ItegimliiiK * One Cause of k^J Va I Crisis. YA For y ? rj ^ Ian. 10.?Profits of 1/1 ^ itors in the middle 1/1 ^ irially increased by ? O by the government. 1/1 Qlll^Il /* stlgatlng committee E/l /! ifford Thome, who W^M In use for over 40 years 1 ^/ ide an exhaustive g y\ Thousands of voluntary 1/1 latlon, and David L. K/j letters from women, tell- /* ner of the Federal iyJ ing of the good Cardui ^ >n- Wy\ has done them. This is ,/ hortage of coal now the best proof of the value the count ry was at-j ^ of Cardui. It proves that iyJ ne to excessive ship-j Cardui is a good medicine fyj rthwest, the "temp- for women. |/| ?rs to hold back for! > There are no harmful or y\ greatly increased / j i L'J ,, i v habit-forming drugs in ByB erference with dis- , mr M h natural channrl.. / CtKlui. It is composed |/1 te car supply. 1 y only of mild, medicinal ftyl itness said, can be ingredients, with no bad gyj only through two ^ after-effects. ment operation of 1X1 1X1 rchase of the entire a/VIvEi a recent announce- The Woman's ToiUC >1 administration of wed for new mines You can rely on Cardui. he did not believe IxJ Surely it will do for you increase production what it has done for so mines or working Bv^ many thousands of other Bvfl een Idle, as the hlgn L/j women! It should help. in such mines would yj "1 was taken sick, rease prices to con- seemed to be . . . nneht If IL'CM.1'1 k? u/ritec Urc Ma?? P W Sm iir mICTW| ' i rnnnv small mines fy ?* Madison Heights, Va. ^ t high cost. ^ "> g*/own so weak, ^ r . could hardly walk ... r . the committee the ]Ust staggered around. ad proper represen- S # , read of Cardui, > itter of price fixing S and after taking one bot- ^ icral prices allowed r ^ or before taking quite O ligh. He said that. alj( j felt much better. I V ts made before the r. tool{ 3 or 4 bottles at f Id have been profit- ^ that time, and was able to f itors declined to fill do my work. I take it in f diverles in most in- f the spring when run- f government prices. f down, i had no appetite, / he said, despite the / and I commenced eating. / s stipulated in the / It is the best tonic I ever / that contracts then ; / saw." Try Cardui. ^ not he affected. r , A11 T\ * A. S % was called to show ^ All l/fUgglStS ^ between production * 1.70 > nines and the prices illowed, but did not ,i, ,1, .1. n. ,1. ,i,.i. it I HATS THE POLISH 1 Bk * IOE POLISHES >* CKWHITE-TAN- |0$ v\ tt??p | I \ -;,;;^?^iiteiw'li