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not be more precise. Again, in that
terrible bouse I was on your side.”
“Indeed, duchess.” broke in Frida,
“yon have made us your friends. We
re grateful, and we will show it yet.
J hope.”
“But why are you here?” went on
the other woman Impatiently. “How*
did you come? I have never seen yon
during the voyage nor have the—the
others. It is fortunate. They would
certainly try to do you an injury.”
“They have done so already- an In
jury that may be Irreparable. They
have robbed me.”
“Yes. yes. that I know,” she said,
“but It will 1m? a small matter, and
you would have your redress. You
could protect yourself against worse,
now you are free, If you were only
careful. I cannot think why you
should risk so much now. You are
within their reach again."
1 laughed. “That has never weigh
cd with me, nor do I care for the mon
ey. It is /nxc honor that Is at stake,
duchess. I must recover certain pa
pers that you—your people have stolen
or 1 shall be eternally disgraced."
‘Tapers? Are they yours? 1 have
lieanl of them. State papers, belong
ing to your government and worth a
fortune to any one who will give them
to ours. You are concerned?”
“Closely. I would give a large sum—
any sum—to get them back.”
“I need no brills. Captain Wood.”
She spoke with dignity. “You caunot
mean to offer me money surely! I
Lave not fallen so low as that. I hope.
lam ready to make restitution. It is
the least 1 can do for you. You shall
have the papers. I will fetch them.”
“You are a good woman. I feel for
you. indeed I do.” Frida said as she
staid her for a moment with a gesture
£.- though to kiss her, but the duchess
brushed past and hurried away.
“Yes. she is a good woman.” 1 re
pented, echoing Frida, only to find that
the remark was not exactly pleasing to
her.
“I do uot quite see why she is so
inueh interestiKl In you, and I shall
want to know more about that.”
But why need I set down In words
th£ gleeful badinage of a pair of silly !
lovers? And it was ended abruptly >
when the duchess returned.
“Here, take them, If they are yours. j
I leave that to your honor. I knew 1
where he kept them, and I have Recur 1
?d them—no matter how.”
A single glance under the nearest ■
electric light satisfied me that these
were the missing papers. They were !
still in their official “jacket," a broad
band of bright grreu paper, on which j
was printed the label, “Strictly confi
dential.”
“Be on your guard. 1 Implore you,”
she wem on. “There may be trouble
about them. If your Identity Is discov
ered, they will suspect you. and It will
be another reason to attack you. Put
them by Lock them up securely.”
“Let me have them,” Interposed
Frida. “No one would think of mixing
me up with the business, and I’m uot
afraid of anything they can do to me.”
“You shall run no such risk. Frida,"
1 protested. “It is entirely my affair.
1 came for them, 1 have got them, and
I will keep them against all corners.
3n the last resort I would throw them
overboard. They are of no actual val
ne except in the wrong hands. We
have copies of them.”
It was so settled, and the party broke
up. I was the last to leave the stem,
jbaving given my dear girl a rendez
vous in the same place at the same
time the uext evening. But as 1 pass
ed along the now deserted deck, mak
ing for the companion ladder that led
to my second class quarters, 1 was
met by a quartermaster in the full
light of an electric lamp, who hailed
ijme roughly.
“Hello, my hearty! Vast heaving
and run alongside. What brings you
“Here, take them, V they are your s /
leave that to your honor ”
In ttvse waters? You've no right here
ait. and you know it lam going to
Airing you in front of the officer of the
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watch. He wants you.”
“If be does, be knows where to find
me—ln the second saloon forward."
“Aye. aye. that’s where you berth.
We know that much and more—that
you won’t stay there. What takes you
cruising round the first class deck?
That’s what you’ve got to answer for.”
“So 1 will, to the right person, the
captain, and no one else. Stand aside!”
1 cried, for I was nettled by the man’s
surly speech. “Don’t dare to Interfere
with me! I’ve good reason, the beet
reason, for what I've done, and I’ll
give It. but not to you. Clear out or
I’ll put you on your back double quick!”
He retorted angrily, and we should
soon have fallen to blows, but a sharp
voice interposed, that of the captain
himself, for the altercation had occur
red Just outside Ills cabin.
“What’s this, quartermaster—quar
reling with the passengers? And who
are you, sir, who talk so big?”
The seaman answered, while I hesi
tated, doubtful how to act
“A second class, sir, who’s been
a-trespasslng up here constant and I’d
my orders, sir, from the chief officer to
watch him.”
“What do you call yourself?”
“Ilardcaatle Is my name on the list,
but’’—
“A purser’s name, eh? Fishy on the
face of It. However, this is no time for
discussion. I’ll see you tomorrow for
ward In the second cabin. Take Win
there, quartermaster, and tell the stew
ard to have an eye to him; not that he
can get very far.”
“Aye, aye, sir. Now, heave ahead,
will you, or must 1 make you?” No
doubt he felt annoyed by the support
of the “old man.’’ Now I had recover
ed my temper 1 did not resent his tone.
1 had had time to consider that for the
present I had better lie low.
Bo I went straight to ray cabin and
to bed. 1 was doubled up with two
others, both ocean “drummers,” men
who crossed every month or two, and
they were already sound asleep. But
before turning out my light 1 climbed
up into the privacy of my own little
buuk, where I quickly ran through the
papers and saw with delight that ev
erything was Intact. Then 1 placed the
precious packet under my pillow and
felt that I had spent a profitable day.
CHAPTER XII.
H. M. 8. VICTRIX.
By next morning I had resolved to
take the captain of the Chattahoochee
directly I saw him into my confidence.
He was an Englishman. The liner, al
though It had an American tiame, sail
ed under English colors. On her deck
I was on English ground, and I thought
I might count on his protection. I was
taking too much for granted, as I
soon found. The plainest truth does
not always prosper when it Is contra
dieted seemingly by a well substantiat
ed He.
1 had uot long to wait for my Inter
view with Captain Sherborne. Instead
of coming Into the second cabin he sent
for me, aud I was led before him very
much like a malefactor, with a steward
on one side of me and a quartermaster,
my friend of the previous night, on the
other. I had the papers on me In an In
ner breast pocket.
I was not taken to his own cabin on
the poop deck, but to the purser's In a
centra! part of the ship, half cabin,
half office, and that officer was also in
attendance. The captain a square
set, weather beaten sailor mail, very
bluff and cheery, no doubt, when It se
pleased him, but his mottled red face
In its fringe of white whiskers could
shine fierce and forbidding ns a light
house through a fog, and it did so Just
now.
“You arc the person calling yourself
liardcustle who has been breaking the
ship’s rules by trespassing on the first
saloon accommodation? I saw you my
self.”
"1 admit it. What is the penalty? To
pay first cabin fare, 1 presume? Then,
Mr.*Purser, take the necessary amount
and give me a receipt I won't change
my cabin.”
I tossed a couple of fivers on to the
little table In front of which the skip
per sat. and the parser, a little, old,
spare gentleman with a long white
beard, took the money up, but looked
at the’captaln doubtfully,
“Stay, stay, my fine fellow. It’s not
going to end like that. The trespass la
only the smallest part. There has been
a robbery on board. It bas been re
ported to me this morning, and. and”—
“You suspect me?” He nodded. “On
what grounds, may I ask? I am enti
tled to be told that”
“1 shall tell you nothing. 1 am cap
tain of this sHlp“—
“But will not be so very long, I think,
after this voyage. If you adopt such a
high handed and unwarrantable course
as to accuse a passenger of theft, yet
i give him no reason for It.”
This shot told. Ills fiery eyes falter-
I ed for a moment, and there was less
! assurance in his voice when he went
i on, “1 am answerable to my employers*
not to you”—
“And, pardon me, to the public, of
whom I am one, and to the British gov
ernment, whom I represent, Captain
j Sherborne.”
His jaw fell, and he looked rather
helplessly at the purser, who stooped
over and whispered a few words In his
ear. They only seemed to stIII further
stir up his idle and more sturdily vindi
cate his authority
“By heaven.” he shouted. “I’ll not be
bounced by every longshore scallywag
that chooses to face me out with thun
dering lies! On board my own ship too!
British government be hanged! What
have I to do with it in midatlantlc and
with 50 fathoms of blue water under
my keel? Besides, it's what you say.
How are we to know It’s true? You ad
mitted you were Milling under false
colors. What’s your real name?”
That moment I had Intended to tell
him everything, but now I did not trust
hia discretion.
“You shall know all la good time
when ft suits me. Meanwhile I hold
you responsible”—
“Yah! You're worse than a sea law
yer, tacking and veering all round the
compass. Answer my question. Did
you steal those papers?”
“What papers? Whose?"
“The duke’s, Terry Orada’a. you
know. You were seen near bis state
room.”
“That’s untrue, for I never went
there and don’t know where It Is. But
as for the papers— Well, yes, I have
them here” —I touched my pocket—
“and I mean to keep them.”
The skipper all hut bounded from his
chair “1 think you must be stark,
staring mad; a raging lunatic, no less.
I shall have to clap you in Irons and
send you down for safety to Sand al
ley. Hand them over now in a brace of
shakes, or I'U”
lie rose menacingly. “Keep your
distance. Don’t lay a finger on nor
don’t touch those papers. No one must
Bee them. They belong to the British
government.”
“Then how came they In the posses
sion of thig duke? Yah! Try another.”
“He acquired them wrongly and will
have to answer for that and other
things—he and those with him.”
“Including that millionaire youth, I
suppose, Captain W 7 ood, who seems
even more upset at this robbery—your
robbery.”
I could contain myself no longer.
“He Is not Captain Wood. He Is an
Impostor. 1 am Captain Wood, Mr.
McFaught’s heir.”
The skipper here burst Into an up
roarious fit of laughter, which the
purser echoed heartily.
“By the everlasting jingo; this Is too
much! Quartermaster!” cried the cap-
"1 am Captain Wood , Mr. McFaughVs
heir.”
tain, and my friend ran In. “Call in a
couple of bauds with a rope’s end and
seize this chap down. It’s not safe to
let him range about the ship loose. But
first of all hoist those papers out of
him. They’re in the inner pocket.”
Before they could tbuoh me 1 made
one step to the open porthole and with
a quick movement threw the parcel out
Into the sea.
“You desperate ruffian! I’ll have the
ship stopped, a boat lowered. Run up to
the bridge, quartermaster.”
“They’re heavy enough to sink. Cap
tain Sherborne, long before you could
get within a mile of them, ami you may
do what you like now. My mind’s per
fectly easy.”
“I shall confront you with the boss
who owna those papers."
“That be never did, nor will any one
else now. But again I warn you to be
careful. If you bring us face to face,
there will be mischief done.”
"No, for 1 shall have seized you first,
made you so fast you won’t be able to
stir a finger or even look crooked, my
fine fellow.”
“The boot’s on the other leg. captain.
The mischief will be done to me, aud 1
tell you whatever happens will be laid
on you. 1 claim your protection. With
hold It at your peril.”
The skipper looked nonplused. No
doubt he was still Inclined to think me
a lunatic, but I spoke so quietly and
collectedly that he was a llttlo shaken
In his first Impression.
“Upon my soul I don’t know what to
say or do. What d’ye advise, Mr. Bof
flnge?” This to the purser.
"He says he’s Captain Wood. We
have reason to believe he’s not, not
according to this”—the purser touched
a printed list of passengers lying on
the table —“or If he Is the other must
be an Impostor. Ask him, sir. what
proof he can give us that he is the real
Simon Pure. Can be refer to any one
on board who will bear out this mon
strous assertion V
"That’s a good Idea, Befflnge. Come,
my man, what do you say? Can you
doltr
“Easily If I choose. There are two
ladles who wot£M bear me out. but I
would rather not bring them Into It. I
am engaged to be married to one of
them.”
The captain grinned. This was rath
er against me—a fresh proof of lunacy.
“And a young fellow who is practi
cally in my employ, although one of
Saraband's people’’—
“The New York detective agency?
I’ve heard of them.”
‘.aud be may not care to have you
know who he Is.”
“So that you can offer us no gunran
l tees of your good faith, eh? Strikes
me vou’vo r> a sinking condition and
will soon he a complete wreck.” sneer
ed the captain ‘The whole thing is
ugly your loafing round where you
shouldn’t, your unlawful possession of
the papers which you make away with
when tackled, your claiming another
man’s name. 1 don’t like It. and ill
tell you wuat i mean to do with you,
keep you a close prisoner till we make
New York. There you can answer to
the proper authorities Meanwhile I B
stand the racket 1 must look to the
name and credit of my ship.”
“Where shall 1 he Imprisoned?”
“In a spare cabin the purser will find
you. You shall have your meals and
all attention, but you’ll stay below un
der lock and key until Uncle Sam sends
on board to fetch you after we’rs
alongside the wharf.”
“1 protest and. as I have already
said, will bold you responalble. You
will be sorry”—
At this moment an urgent message
came down to the captain from the
bridge. The officer of the watch re
ported that the large steamer that bad
been overhauling the Chattnhoochea
for the last few hours was now within
signaling distance.
“Signals sue wants to speak us. sir.”
said the fourth officer, who brought the
message. “Can’t make out her num
ber, but she’s anew man-of-war cruis
er, British, and Mr. Aston says she
must be steaming 23 knots an hour.”
“She’s after those papers, Captyin
Sherborne, unless I’m much mistaken,”
I put In, with a little laugh of satisfac
tion. “Perhaps there will be some one
on board who knows me.”
The captain glared at me, but his
eyes fell before my steady glance, and
I could read his thoughts plainly; the
growing doubts, the fear that he might
be all In the wrong, the trouble that
might come upon him if he misused me
without clearer proof. Yet ho carried
It with a high hand to the last.
“I’ll settle with you later, my fine
fellow, and handsomely. You shan’t
bluff me.”
“If I might suggest, Captain Sher
borne, your place Is on your bridge. I
don’t presume to tench you your duty,
but a man is apt to forget it when he
loses his temper and his self control.
We can square our little matter later.
But I warn you against using any vio
lence. I may have friends In that ship
astern”—
I could see fresh rage gathering in
his face at my words, but he restrained
himself, and with no more than a part
ing oath and an order to cast me loose
he floundered out of the cabin.
I went on deck without further let or
hindrance and took my situation by the
fore companion. I was much interest
ed In what went on around. Every one
was excited at the approach of this
splendid warship. The rumor that she
had some business with us had already
run like wildfire around, and It was
strengthened by the many colored flut
tering bunting with which she con
stantly signaled us. The excitement
Increased when orders were given*to
slow down. Any change in a steamer’s
progress always attracts attention on
board, and our decks fore and aft were
crowded with passengers. I could see
those of the first class talking eagerly
together, gesticulating and pointing to
the warship. Many glasses were level
ed at her, and I could gather that her
interference with our voyage was not
taken In good part. In these days of
record passages across the “ocean fer
ry” the delay of even an hour is a seri
ous matter.
Now the butcher of the Chattahoo
chee joined me where 1 stood, some
what apart. He was an acquaintance
through Roy, somewhat surly and un
communicative, but 1 found him sud
denly quite garrulous and friendly. He
w as an old man-of-war's man, and his
spirit was stirred at the sight of the
white ensigu.
“It’s grand, yon. Grand to see that
iron kettle, 13,000 tons’ displacement,
riding triumphant like a wee birdie on
the surface of the michty waters. It
means man’s conquest of nature,
science and knowledge and above all
pluck. There’s a sicht. my man! The
finest and newest cruiser afloat—H. M.
S. Vletrix”—
"You know her, then?”
“Aye, laddie. My own sister’s third
cousin is fourth engineer aboard, and 1
was all over her not a week syne when
she lay tn the Solent. She was under
orders then for the China seas. Dell
ha’ me If I know what brings her Into
midatlantlc.”
“Some special order. 1 suppose?”
“War mayhap. These are fearsome
times, laddie, and 1 read tn the papers
there was trouble brewing. What if
she Is Bent to warn our shipping?”
“We shall s<sbn know. See, she has
lowered a boat, and we’re going now
under easy steam to take them on
board.”
The Vletrix lay half a mile off, and
her boat, looking like a cockleshell
compared to her great bulk as it left
her side, came bravely along, lifted
over the long Atlantic swell by the well
cadenced stroke of 16 oars. In the
stern was a group of three, and as
they got within range of my glasses I
saw that one was a naval officer, no
doubt In command of the boat, and two
other persons in plain clothes.
One was my colleague In the intelli
gence office, Swete Thornhill. The otb
4r—yes, there wm no mistaking that
rosy, scorbutic visage—the other was
Snuyner, the detective. 1 decided then
•nd there what I should do. I saw
that ft was possible by acting promptly
to tell Swete Jhornhlll all he knew and
yet preserve my Incognito. So 1 slip
ped down Into the second saloon and
wrote him half a dozen words.
Dear Swete —I pot the papers and have thrown
them overboard. Don't let on about me more
than necessary, but make the skipper bring you
and Snuyzer down here, forward, for a few words
private talk in my own cabin or anywhere out cf
earshot with others. I have strong reason for
still lying low. Yours, W. Wood.
1 took this to the purser’s cabin and
was lucky enough to And him there
poring over interminable and volumi
nous accounts of victualing. They in
teresttd Mm far more than twbat was
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