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Ì F * S S :' £ S - : 3 S ^ The Advocate fri C lenn F iction ^ « H u m an Intere»! $ fj) F eature» (j) w n fu i « • . dm A 4 frill«li<| Ui»rk«ra «« ||i|Mrt*»lall>M CI m * m « THK 1U.USTKATKI) FKATUKK SKCTION— July IH. 1931 |) T ru e S to ries ( | r»i A c h ie v e m e n t ¿V g ^^Jito ries P ic tu r e » in tl»e I II u » tr a le d F e a tu r e S e c tio n a r e p o se d , a n d d o n o t d e p ic t p r in c i p a l s u n le s s so c a p tio n e d The Mystery a « Herbert Fuller A True Sea Tale of A Tragedy in the North Atlantic A s T o ld b y the S t e w a r d ' s Daughter • ter Monks. He was the son of a I was stufined—God tn Heaven— T h e stew a rd o f the what I wealthy man. and hid thought more next would I see? I knew there H erb ert F u ller, t h e of wine, wtmirn. and song than of hts was a murderer on b:ard who would T liirtv -fm * y e a r« ii*;o a l>ark<*iitin<* w iIli j studies while attending the college to hero o f th is ta le, is step at nothing and would attempt all hands as they slept if given 12 prrsoiiH oil lio a n l s a ile d f r o m I to s lo u 1 which Ills lather had sent him. While »till a liv e. H e is n o w to the kill chance I at the college he had gotten Into out who was responsible f o r S o n ili A n i r r i r a \4 il li a c a r b o n i lim ilir r . | trouble an d his father sent hint on stew a rd on th e S .S . for To the find gruesome murder of the man j this ship as a passenger tor a trip and woman whom X had learned to L u c k i n b a c h . T h e love, everything had been forgotten A nliorl linn* lain* il |>ul i n t o ill«* |»orl of j 1 at until home. having been with them so long having received so much kmd- H erb ert F u ller w as and the day of the fourteenth, aft r ir.-s frem them (something that was I la lifax , N.S., > 4 idi ilio w h i t e r a p i n i t i a m i j my On duties were finished. I walked on sunk d u r i n g the .•eldom received on sailing vessels at and laid down on the roll of the that time). I realized that I had I i Ì h wife a m i I lie* s e c o n d mah* fotillx m n r - main sheet to get a little rest 1 was W orld W ar. quite a Job ahead of me. I steeled very* pleasant to he there; at least U myself to the task, however, and d r i e d a n d tin* (irsi mah* in i r o n s . seemed so to me. The raptatn and deck to notify the first mate. Upon going off. I looked In the went F on f.rs Nash were pacing fore and aft irs t M a te U n d e r S u sp icio n , on file quarterdeck chatting quite port hole of tile cabin, but from ! I realized that the person or per c o l o r e d s t e w a r d was in c h a r g P e of d i e merrily and enjoying life In gen where I was standing I rould see only sons who h id done this terrible deed eral. W h o e o m m i l t e d th is c r i m e ? The first mate was on watch, and the legs of i man lying on the cabin. had a reas'n (or it. so I asked the by his actions there seemed to be door. Then l walked down the rom -' mate to call all hands off. After he log outside of my room In the for- something of an unusual nature on pantonway and entered the cabin. By I had done so, I explained to them ItV L o u i a e S p e n c r r H a s s e l l watd house. "Tile steward Is asleep.” his mind, for suddenly he walked j my startled eyes, I beheld the body, what had happened. said one. referring lo me. "No, he over to the captain very quickly and I i f my captain--hacked to pieces. 11 As *1 related my discoveries, I It w h s a lialniy Hay, t h e Isn't,” replied the other. said something to him and then came then went to Mrs. Nashs room to watched the mate very closely and t hi rd of J une , 1X90, when also the sailor who had been at the For surh words lo fall on tlie ears toward the place where 1 was reclin I break the sad news to tier. wheel th it night, and was not sur t he He rb ert Fuller, a barken- of some people would mean nothing, ing and. as If talking to me, said: Tragedy Follows Tragedy prised to see both ot them turn very tine, sailed from the port of but lo me they spelled trouble of a [ "That Is not natural." The meaning I found the door open and on look pale and uneasy and exchange nature that I could not define I of hts words I did not know, but Ills ing In—God!—the awful sight I saw I Poston with a cargo of l um For the previous three days the queer actions puzzled me. glances. I suspected that tlie mate ber for it port in South first mate, Mr. Dram, had not been I then arose and walked forward was enough to make a man go In knyyv more about the tragedy than sane There on the deck In a pool tfie Swede. Charlie Brown, who had America with twelve persons ailing Just the way a male should to the ftalley and prepared night of blood lay the captain's wife. She ! been at the wheel at tlie time ot the on board. How little did the ait 10 the ( b UUHH» of his dutuM I lunch tor the watch, after which I had been hacked to pieces, too. I al murders, as It would take some time rould sec It, but others on board again went otT, lit the binnacle and most lost my mind and did not know owners know of t he grent could not. cr If they did, paid little cabin lights and also the side lights what to do. fo- the moment, but 11 to kill three people. For my own safety I thought It t r a ge d y t h a t would befall or 110 attention to It. wnd reUred for the night to dream ot began to realize that two horrible | b —, to go below and collect all the We weie having fine weather, al home and my loving wife. this ship just one week Inter murders had been committed. Little firearms that I knew were on board though the wind was almost dead The Captain Is Killed did I suspect that I was still to dis with the exception of the captain's on Hie high seas which would ahead, but the vessel was sailing It was about three In the morning cover another. revolver. I knew it must be some send her name to all par ts of along at a fair clip All hands were On my way out to Inform the first where on board, and after a long of the fifteenth when I was awaken going about tlirlr duties In handling ed t he world. mate of my discovery, I had to pass I search I discovered it between the by someone calling. "StewardI” I The dnyn seemed lo pass as all days the ship to get the must speed out of arose, dressed and went out cn deck the second mate's room. As I passed. I mattress and the s p r i n g s in the do on a ship of that type, but there her, but In doing so they were sullen to see what was wanted of me at I noticed hts room door was partly I passenger's room. I questioned the seemed lo be a feeling of unrest and not as Jolly as sailors usually arc that hour ot the night. open and. thinking that he might passenger as to hew the revolver had among the crew. I Imd seen signs of In handling sails and tending sheets. Upon looking around I saw the have lieard the murderer, I opened come to be there, but he seemed sur- trouble and suspected that something What caused this feeling was a mys passenger up on tlio deck load of the door and started to enter prised and denied any knowledge i* was wrong, but I re illy did not know tery to me, and above all. for the lumber. "What do you want?” I As I looked Into the room the sight its being there. • , mate to art so strangely was still asked. "Come oil.” he replied, "the just what It was whleh greeted my ryes caused me to j When I again went on deck I met moro mysterious. T ro u b le F r a r r d captain is dead—murdered." "The stop-dead In my tracks. There on the mate who wmggested that the A M y sterio u s P a sse n g e r The first realisation of real trouble: hell you say,” said I with astonish hLs bed lay the second mate stretched bodies be thrown overboard and to came one night as I lay In my berth Among the twelve persons on board ment. "It to only too true,” the pas full length with his head crushed to continue on our voyage. I was op I overheard two of the aeamen talk- I was a passenger by the name of l / i - senger replied. a pulp and blood all over the room. posed to this Idea and said we had The ship.