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P age Six The Gold Hill N ew s, Gold Hill. Oregon peating weapon. One, tww, three, . . , I West in sight, exposed to Young! Oh. how well Kerry could see now, He could see the bead of his front sight, could sec It flash true against that bulky breast and the recoil did not 1 hurt, that time. He did not even think IN THE of It, , , . He saw that other rifle bar- i rel fly upward, saw Tod West spin about, back to the window. , , . saw him stand there a moment and then, I In the terrible silence, saw hini disap By pear with the crash which loosed Log Book o f the Skipper W ho torrents of cries and words and sounds Sailed 1.298,810 M ile *. of running feet. . . . HAROLD TITOS Xt. S. C H tC H IU U M A R U . Then Kerry Young put his cheek P A C IF IC O C B A N . J A P A N B O U N D . down on the cool, moist earth aud drew Z^VUT of San Francisco, headed llhistT atiotu k i Iru i t M trrs a long breath. . , . * for the Orient, weather cd ; They had him back at Xan's In an C o p y r ig h t b y H a r o ld T itu s . hour, Ezra had the bullet out before the best, I proceed, in conformity W N U S e r v ie » . sundowu. It was mlduight when lie with my invariable custom, to opened his eyes. wangle a human interest chapter At first, he thought he was alone In from the captain of this ship. the room and then realised that he C H A P T E R X V I — Continued Not so easy! Penetrating to the could not be alone; a man aloue can- — 16— Jim and the others did draw back. not have that sweet sense of peuce and forward cabin was simple enough, but It would not do to get too close to permanence and well being which tapping the »veil springs of bis mem ory was something else again. Whal those clicking teeth, those blazing eyes, spread over him like a mantle. . . . . He . . moved his head sUghtly k., and saw i button 1 wisl* 10 know? Ho touched "Why, he’s hurt! Look at that leg! f Opposlts a Here, Tip. . . Again Jim tried to e x ^ i a r n « r#lBh‘ “ n d ’ ,W «"*' i -no M t a chunk of a man. sm .lto, to get near but a shrill raging and the beneath t i e X w K ‘ dashing of those strong, white teeth „ „ •• k w . ,h* spot' k’ray In Ills closely set him again in retreat. xan. he breathed and she came crop|>ed hair was a guarantee of hU “Mad, I tell youse!" quickly close. experience. “Here, Tip! Let's see.”—Ezra Adams “Oh. K erry!" The wonts were a sob. “One stirring story from your lift trying, now, but the dog drove him “And you're . . . all right?" j before the mast or on the bridge kill back, too. “lttght! Every thing's right !• satisfy." I said, lifting niy eggshell Advice, warnings, speculation; con He closed his eyes. ; teacup in sainte. fusion. And then Xan Downer pushed “Tip?" His smile coilai»sed. “Nothing has through the circle. “Ezra says he's done the best Job occurred," he said, “nothing that Is "W hat's w rong?__ Oh ! T ip! Why, worth retelling. You shall see. At twen Tit». • • The tail flopped heavily, ty 1 became a cadet on the government the dirt smeared tongue lolled; the ship Taisei Maru, ran the gauntlet of dog panted and whined. The girl official promotion, became captAln ot dropped to her knees beside him and the Matsuyama Maru. Nippon Yuset he put his nose in her lap. . . . The Kalsha line, April 28, 1918, and have eyes closed and Tip drew a quivering sailed under the N. Y. K. ever since sigh. He had come to Xan at last. with one year of World war service." Xow he could be touched; now the The Torpedo Adventure. hurt could be examined. Commander S. Oya glanced Into the “Broken!’’ gasped Ezra. “And . . . depths of his tqaeup. pushed a box ol Good Lord, sergeant, this dog’s been cigars toward me and lapsed Into si sh o t!" lence. The words echoed from a dozen “No adventures at sea, no wrecks, no throats. "Shot mutinies, no typhoons, no romance, “He was with K erry!” Xan cried. nothing out of your recollections te “He was with Kerry, I am sure . . . offer me?” I asked. Ezra! Where is Kerry? Where is . . “Nothing so far. but there Is yet "That,” snapped the policeman, “is time. The future may have something what we've got to find out! Come on, to offer; who can say?" you trailers! Look! You can see ev “Possibly there Is a detail or twe ery step he took in this ro ad !” that you have forgotten.” • • • • • • • His eyeballs seemed suddenly to In Midafternoon, now, and his head vert themselves, as though striving to rolled drunkenly as Young fought off . look backward. The expression of In that cloud of darkness. He could not I scnitablllty deepened. hold it much longer. The cabin was "No, there is nothing—yes. there was beyond his range of vision. . . . an Incident that now comes hack to me. He had one cartridge le ft He re Just a moment, I will look at the log ol membered th a t For weeks, it seemed, my life and give you the date." The his intermittent tiring had kept West soadog reached Into a drawer of his Her Lips Were Living Warmth within that cabin. He had only one desk and brought forth a small leather- on Hie Cheek. more shot to Are, and he could not see covered book. the bead of his sight That was all of bone getting he's ever done for man Thought I, this begins to look more blurred, like other m atters: pain and or beast" like the real thing. “Here It is," he con sickness and his manner of getting Pause. tinued; “June 15, 1907, 5:00 p. m., oil here. . . . “Holt?" ; Plymouth during the w ar; heavy seas His face drooped heavily against the “Here,"—in a whisper. “Waiting to running. From the main deck, astern stock. He was so weary. He wanted thank you . . . before he goes." scanning the water, I saw a dark out to sleep . . . Just a moment . . . Just line slipping toward the starboard He cleared bis throat feebly, a second. . . . One little wink of re quarter, perhaps a hundred yards dis “And . . . West?" spite. . . . “Already gone,"—gravely. “And for tant . . . seventy-five yards, fifty yards, And then he knew that for ever so ever." twenty-five yards, moving like a long voices had been in his ears. shadow. I leaned over the rail, cer He stared hard at the ceiling through Voices, saying over and over; “Here he tain that the time had come. The ship went” . . . Or was it just once that a long moment lifted in the tide, fell uw ay; rose “Xan . . . I guess I guess I'm again from the trough, while the tor the words had been said? Just once? “Here he went!" It must have been all right, but a hand never can . . pedo—and such It was—hesitated for a Jim Hinkle saying that. Jim's voice, Just tell. There's something I've . brief Instant and then lunged onward. saying it Just now. Just once! . . . got to say. . . Put it oil for the . . . The way of a ship at sea Is Indeed a right time . . . right place. . . . Excuse mystery. Gathering herself like some “Here he went!” And Jim was standing there in the . . . little groggy. . . . living thing, she plowed ahead, Just as “But I've got to . . say It . , the torpedo, fired from on invisible mad, bent over, with a group around him. . . . And Xan with her hand on now. . . .” submarine at close quarters, slipped b.v Jim's shoulder, and the sound of glass “Sh!” Gently she placed small fin ten feet astern and disappeared. Just breaking. . . . gers against his lips. “You mustn't that. . . . We berthed In safe watei Glass breaking! Window glass break talk. You'll be all right. Ezra swears before midnight." ing before the thrust of a rifle barrel i t But now . . . And I’ll say it for Commanded 27 Ships. through the pane; tinkling as it spilled you, dear, dear Kerry! i'!| say the "There must be something else In over the sill. . And a man with his thing you want to say. I love you. the crisp leaves of this volume,” I said ! shoulder slammed tight against the . . . Is that it? I knew, you see. And wondering why It contained column window casing sighting that rifle, and I love you, Kerry. . . Love you, love after column of Arabic figures. Inter you, love you. . ." spersed with notations in Japanese. Tod West, that, taking his Anal toll. Her Ups were living warmth on his “Recording the number of miles One, two, three. . . . They’d drop there cheek. sailed, names of the ships under my in the road before the crash of his re [THE EXDJ command and a few statistical notes," he volunteered. “How many miles and how many ships. Commander?" “Up to January 1, 1936, the grand total reached 1,289,810 nautical miles on twenty-seven vessels, none of which was lost while under my command. The first million miles were completed 11:40 p. m. March 2, 1931, off Sokotia Island on a voyage to Suez via Colom bo. Approximately 3,000 officers and men served on ships that I have had the honor to captain. During all of that period of time not a single man had to he put In Irons. The furthest point north reached during my travels While the housoperty proceed» gaily, the is Hamburg, Germany, and the fur alluringly beautiful N ora H arriden dis thest south is Adelaide, Australia. The . maximum mileage for any one year was appears. She '» found lying dead m the 69,470." shrubbery beneath the window of her room. “Have you, throughout your voyag ing ever observed a phenomenon at The insidious killer, loose among the guests, sea that could not be scientifically ac strikes again— slaying the only person able counted for? Are there any insoluble to throw light upon »he mystery. Suspicion mysteries hinted at In the log hook? Have you developed any superstitions centers strongly upon a lovely young tn your life as a sailor?” woman, a young woman who has just fallen “None. There is a reason for every thing that may arise In human affairs. desperately in love. But the sinister criminal If there are sea serpents In the deep has not reckoned how bravely this girl will It has not been my privilege to behold fight her way out of the enclosing net of them. Superstitions? . . With an ex pansive , gesture, he tossed the whole faise clues. theory Into space. “.Married, of course?” With bated breath and a shudder of thrilled Again this realist, this methodical anticipation, we announce the beginning of man who has logged his sea life with such meticulous care, turned the pages Mary Hastings Bradley's newest mystery- of the record. Presently his almond romance eyes sparkling, the mask of Inscruta bility swept from his face to make way for actual mirth, he placed an index finger on a single line. “Yes, rnnrrled . . . Kobe, Japan, May 28, 1914. One child, a daughter, also married, 1935. 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