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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
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