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SEEK BABY THIEVES
IN OZARK WILDS
Hunters of Men Plunge Into
Mountain Fastnesses to
Find Kidnappers
WOODSMEN JOIN SEARCH
Raid on Negro Settlement Fails,
but Detectives Believe Crim
inals Slipped Away
SPRINGFIELD, Mo , Jun4 1.
Hunters of men plunged Into tho wllda of
the darks today and matched their wits
ualnit the craft of. desperate outlaws, with
th life of i bnbj' as the stake
. baby li Lloyd Kcet- lnfant hclr t0
X and ion of J l.oUand K...
e-rinrfleld banner mo mm. '"b'" ---?
the trail of tho kidnappers who stole ho
i.bv last Wednesday was found, and It ed
. X. heart of the Ozark Mountains, no the
eSuntry around SprlnKOeld Is called
' cm.here In that tangled wild, Impenc
liT.f limes as a tropical Jungle, the de
.l,. hired hi- the father believe the
J e. of human beings are hidden with
flrir tiny hostage Following a trail
SmuEh that country Is a problem for he
Knodsmen and mountaineers. And the
fi Woodsmen and mountaineers tackled the
problem with a will
Men of r.reenc -County who ha e lted
ihMr Blonccrs live") In the Ozarks, took the
ih t ,5 and guided tho detectives Vr
or' he sun'as e.l up they had been
fallowed up in the vast woodlands
The trail turned to the mountains nfter
.Iwtft raid on a negro settlement on the
Skirts of Springfield known as -'Coon
Hollow" Coon Hollow Is a colony of
tabby huts To It desperate criminals of
this , district haNO tied for refuge and
'The 'raid on Coon Hollow came after a
my,Url0us messenger had slipped through
ny .V.rtows about tho Kcet bungalow and
& ?heS guard of detectives to dellNer
rgebabyMs 'where you could reach
Mm In an automobile In a half hour the
Msai reported to hao said. "Call oft
Jour det cme bloodhounds. If you don-,
Jou'Il ncer seo the baby ngala. If they
ever get near us, the baby w'U be mur-
"But'tho kidnappers. If they had ever been
tn the Coon Hollow, havo tied.
But there are a hundred ways of set
tine out of Coon Hollow and making for
tte T brush,' said one of tho HprIr.Kllo.cl
veterans "If they were here they could
have gotten out as soon as wo came In ir
they did, they're headed for the mountains.
MOTHER OF KIDNAPPED
BABY HOPES THE THIEVES
HAVE WOMAN WITH THEM
SPRINGFIELD. Mo, Juno 4 Mrs. J.
Holland Kcet. the young mother of baby
Lloyd, stood besldo her little son's empty
crib today and told her own Btory of tho
kidnapping that has aroused the country
It was such a llttlo hluc-and-whlte crib !
One could see In the pillow tho spot where
the youngster's tiny head had cuddled down
with a chubby finger In his mouth, no
doubt And one could feel the ache in tho
mother's arms and weight In her mother's
keart
"I hope thero Is a woman among those
ho took baby," said Mrs. Kect. "Do you
think thero Is' The dctectUes who saw
, the handwriting thought so. If there Is, I
know sho II tako care of him. It would be
to their advantage to tako care of him nny
ay, wouldn't It?"
The Keet home on Pickwick road Is the
tort of bungalow homo that ono sees In
home magazines and dreams for one's self.
It Is on the edge of the town, sets back
from the ro.id and is surrounded by a real
woods
Mrs Keet wore a yellow silk sweater oer
a summery blouse, and white skirt, stock
ings and shoes She was remarkably self
possessed "It is the time to bo brac," said Mrs
Keet "We hae to hold ourselves together
I keep trying to bellce that he Is coming
rljht back You know, I'o riiolutcly lost
all track of time I try o bellcc it's all
a bad dream and that I will wake up
ry soon
! The bedroom from which babv Kect was
) stolen was exactly what you would expect
In the sort of houso joti dream over. It
was all blue and white nnd mnhogany
Beside a double four-poster stood the white
crib. 0er it was a blue nnd whlto com
forter Over tho four-poster was a blue
and white checked spread. Blue over
irapes were In a French window that opened
onto the screened porch.
"We alwas leave tho doors and windows
unlocked" said Mrs Kcet. as sho walked
our to the crib and patted tho comforter
"Mother always told me that I would lose
something some day I laughed, becauso I
ore my Jewels when I went out."
Then she was silent, and Bho bit hsr lips
In an effort to keep hack the tears.
'They even took the pink silk eiderdown
quilt I had wrapped mm In." she said
softly
c On the porch again, Mrs Kcet gazed
I down the leafy lane that Is Pickwick road
; "Do you think thero really Ms a woman
, with the kidnappers'" she asked "I hope
, so. She'll take care of baby "
i STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
HOLDS EXAMINATIONS
740 Students, Largest Class in History
of Schopl, Tako Annual Tests at
West Chester
itS?" c"PTi:it. Pa . June 4 -At the
SSv. orl2al Scho1 todny 'be annual test
una e Sta,e Board f Examine Is well
naer wa A part of the work was done
w2 ' that In manual training nnd
domestic science The classes are the
i, i5i ln the hl8try of the school There
im. I 8nl. 33 Juniors and half n dozen
IlKad.UB,eB' making 740 total taking the
"animations
iprli"?? are th8 examiners:
tnirtu DT,K,och' Department of Public In
Whi i.n: prlnc'Pal P M Harbold. Millers.
'Rnh.3 Xe formal School; Superintendent
8un.nn.C ., Shaw- Westmoreland County:
fti n e,ndent Thomas IC Johnston. Mo
Arm... ' Superintendent C M. Hellman,
vmJ!ir,?ne County Superintendent William
8t.i. t .nchester; Superintendent R M.
eie. Latrobe ; Superintendent C. S. Knapp,
Conn.i? Cunty' Superintendent II. E. Mc
wnMH, Mercer County.
SHOE MERCHANT IS 75
eltl.e.Ui.lI'csnd Wnds from many distant
Wrih. .1aed tha Mventy-flfth anlversary
Daliim d !lner last nlht Ucn by .Sylvan
'teenui '.uthe Bhoe merchant, at his apart
i Br...!,. tne Lorraine Hotel. Among others
Htf?.. ,e" tne four fcons f Mr Dalslmer.
txu.l,' 'llVn' Walter and Leon ; also the
uhter, Mrs. Max II. Reiser.
fcthL? manufacturer and retailer Mr.
lush,.. . a been nBoclated In the Bhoe
tt f... .?r more than flf,y years- Despite
m . ' he haB Passed the three score
thV. .? mark- Mr- Dalslmer still retains
tan ""VB control and management of hi.
re, JI04 Market street, which Is one of
nivanB r?tttl1 etabllhments In Perm-
enV" Ucc" in business Is due to Initiative.
ulzrni cn1dence Inspired by results
along practicable linos.
li.'1 Waislmer originated manv trade
U.M h becam national In usage.
viupiaywot we nrm m Hold n
r f coiwirfiioii r'itij.jieior r. wr.
r ! in fcrtlSMMfcHiHcfct
V fnH j 1"f
KIDNAPPED HEIR TO
Pholn bi lnternattntAl Nwr Sfrvlre.
Lloyd Kect, fourtecn-month-old son of J. Holland Kcet, millionaire
banker of Springfield, Mo. Tho child, shown in the arms of his mother,
was -stolen from his parents' residence last Wednesday night while Mr.
and Mr3. Keet were attending a dance. The kidnappers have eluded
detectives nnd searching parties.
WOMAN WITH KAISERITIS DEFIES
CONSTABLE, COP AND NEIGHBORS
Mrs. Mary Haub Flies German Flag, Routs Officers and
Holds Fort, According to Police, Until Strategic
Error Lands Her in "Moya"
Mrs. Mary Haub has a bad case of
Kalser-ltls. the police say Her neigh
bors corroborate tho statement
Sho takes keen delight In eatlnn sauer
kraut and speck under a Geiman flag At
least sho did until this afternoon She
will dlno at MoyamenslNK prison until to
morrow, with strong promises of eating un
der American supenlslon for a few months
to come
For many days the woman has been
proclaiming her pro-fiermanlsm In tho
neighborhood of Mllllln and Jessup streets.
Fearing th.it passers-by might not be aware
of her nntl-Amerlcan feeling, she displayed
a German flag from the spcond story of
her homo at 1902 Jessup street, the police
say.
A woman who complained was promptly
knocKed down by tho ery large fist of
Mrs Haub The woman swore out a war
rant The constable who went to sene It
could not toiulueo Mrs Haub of his author
ity Sho bombarded him with pans and
dishes until he was forced to beat a
strategic retreat, he said The constable
told his troubles to u cop of wide girth
and determined demeanor Mrs Haub, It
la nllcged, spat at the cop, and lie decided
to postpone her arrest
Meanwhile the German ting continued to
flap defiantly In the neighborhood, and to
emphasize her contempt for the United
States, It Is nlleged, Mrs Haub tore the
Stars and Stripes Into small bits
On hearing this reeral neighbors de
cided It was time for nn offensive They
surged Into tho Haub homestead, tore the
MAYOR-ELECT PLANNING
WILMINGTON CLEAN-UP
Determined to Put City Depart
ments on Efficient Basis,
Lawson Says
WILMINGTON. Del ,' June 4.
That Major-elect Lawson Intends to do
a little hoUscclcanlng has been made pl.iln
by his talk slnco his election.
"In naming a Board of Health," he said,
"I Intend to have a board that will see
that the garbago Is collected and the city
Is kept ln good sanitary condition if the
board doesn't do this, I will discharge It
and appoint another, and so until the city
gets what It ought to have I, Intend to
follow the same policy with regard to other
departments "
Whllo the Itepublicans will continue tq
control City Council, having elected the
president and eight of tho twelve ward
memberH ln the municipal election on Satur
day It Is doubtful whether tho Republican
organization will have a "look-In." accord
ing to the outlook today.
Of the nine Republican Councllmen three
nra known to bo Independents, and It la
believed that two more nre under no ob
ligation to tho organization
But the important thing is that the elec
tion of n Democratic Mayor, who has an
nounced that he will do what he can to i Id
departments of organization control, makes
It possible to accomplish these things
with case. If ho has the support of Coun
cil, which Is required to confirm his ap
pointments liven those Republicans who are rated as
organization men are believed to be honest
in their purpose nnd It Is believed the
entire Council will stand back of-the Mayor
in any municipal changes he may recom
mend . , , .
The newly elected Mayor's first appoint
ments will be a member of the Board of
Water Commissioners, a city solicitor and
his personal secretary. They will assume
office with him on July I. In July he will
be called upon to appoint a city auditor,
whose term will begin on August I and
from time to time he will have other ap
pointments to make, Including a street and
sewer director next Mnrch and a Board of
Health ln May
U. S. PHONES NUMBER 7,288,134
Gain of 682,078 Over Last Year, Fed
eral Report Showp
iWASHINOTON. June ' 4 There are
7 288 1S4 telephone company stations In
the United States, an Increase of 682.078
over last year, the Interstate Commerce
Commission announced today. Only com
panics having annual operating revenues In
excess of 125,000 are considered.
Revenues for one month totaled JI6.608,
893 : operating expense. $18,774,071. and net
operating revenues. 88.884.828,
Robert Bacon Gets Army Commission
-, WABHINQTOM. June 8 Robert Bacon,
vfprmer-'Amerfcan Ambassador to Frknce,
ffK- nip,
EVENING
$3,000,000 ESTATE
German flag from Its pole and Jammed It
Into a garbagn can. where they said It
rlghtlj belonged Mrs Haub's wrath could
only be explained In .
Sho went to the office of Magistrate Daker
to swear out a warrant for the man who
led tho attacking party Into her home. Hut
It was a bad maneuver on the part of Mrs
Haub Sho enme face to face with tho
constable whom she had routed from the
house Ho told the Judge that tHere was a
warrant lying Idle for the woman, and she
was Immediately arrested
Sho then bioko loose ln all her fury In
the Magistrate's olllce. Tho curse which
Billy Sunday wished on Germany was
nothing ln comparison with the ardent
wishes that Mrs Haub had In regard to
the United States When food was offered
she cast It aside
"GIo me some good Oerman food." she
exclaimed, "I want nono of that good for
nothing American haBh I will die before
I eat any of that no good stuff "
Frequently she btruck the office desk with
her fist nnd looked mound as though yearn
ing for something to break The only thing
aallablo was the Magistrate's chair and
as ho was occupying It at the time Mrs
Haub had to be content lth stamping her
foot and expressing the hope that Ameri
cans would neer suffer from the cold after
death
Witnesses In the neighborhood of hei
homo are being mobilized and they will ex
press their opinions of the woman when she
has a hearing before Magistrate Daker
tomorrow
WESTERN THEOLOGIAN
GETS JERSEY POST
Dr. John W. Beardslee Elected
Professor at New Bruns
wick Seminary
ASBURV I'ARIC, N. J., June 4
Over the opposition of Western dele
gates, the General Synod of the Reformed
Church this morning elected Dr. John W
Beardslee, of Western Seminary, Holland
Mich., to be professor of theology In tne
Theological Seminary at New Brunswlch,
N. J. Doctor Beardslee was elected on the
fifth ballot over Dr. Simon Blocker, of
Paterson, X.. J., by a vote of 127 to 17
On the first ballot the 'vote was 80 to 61
in favor of the Western professor.
A motion to make the election una..mous
was blocked by Dr Peter Mocrdyke, of
Holland, Mich , the retiring president of
Synod, who led the efforts of the Western
delegates to retain Doctor Beardslee ln their
district.
This afternoon the Snod Is discussing a
resolution that It take over the ownership
and direction of the Christian Intelligencer,
n denominational publication The Intel
ligencer, which Is nearlj eighty jears old.
will have to suspend next month, It was
said, unless the Synod takes It over and
assumes a debt of $4500 Wr. William F.
Bruce, of Vonkeis, N V , has been nominat
ed for tdltor In chief If the publication
Is taken over.
The boaid of publications reported sales
last year totaling $ 49.319 83, a gain of
82064 57 for the year.
Dr. G. P Vanl'eursem, a Reformed mis
sionary of the Arabian Mission, made a
strong plea for money for the lellef of the
Arabians and Syrians ln the war zone.
STRIKING SHOPMEN RETURN
Railroad Workers Win Increase
Wages and Better Conditions
in
HAGERSTOW.V, Md , June 4. Three
hundred shopmen who walked out of the
Western Maryland Railroad shops here on
March 20, returned to work In a body today.
Workmen at other points along the line
also returned to work.
Several hundred more shopmen, who had
accepted other positions following the strike,
will return to work ln several days, union
officials said. The men were granted an
Increase of three cents an hour and better
conditions In the shops.
GEORGIA TRAIN LAW INVALID
Actito Compel Slowing Up at Crossings
Held Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON, June 4 The Supreme
Court this aftertioon declared unconstitu
tional a Geortl law requiring railroad
trains to slow up virtually to a stop at pub
lic road crossing.
'. tin cowl, Jyjt4LM ta.w wcuU itrfM
rptOT
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE '4, 1917
HOOVER SEES SUGAR
FAMINE BY OCTOBER
Scarcity of World Supply nnd
Increase in Demand
Chief Cause
ENCOURAGE PRODUCERS
Close Co-operation With Allies in Buy
ing of Products
Urged
WASHINGTON'. June 4.
According to Information submitted to
Congress by Herbert Hoover, Food Admin
istrator, the sugar supply of the United
States will hae been exhausted by the mid
dle of October and there will not be largo
arrivals before the end of December
"The outlook for sugar Is very poor,"
according to Hoover "Tho Cuban crop
may go down to a million nnd a quarter
tons below the four million norma! Gen
erally there Is a scarcity of sugar In the
world, owing to the decrease In beet sugar
production nil over Europe Thero Is nlo
a greater demand and a greater pull by
the Allies on such sugar as Is available, nnd
they havo an equal pull on the Cuban
markets and other markets with ourselves"
What effect the threatened sugar shortage
will have on the American household Is
as et Indeterminable The Senate Finance
Committee has already decided to encour
age domestic sugar producers and refiners
hv urging repeal of that section of the Un
derwood tariff which allows drawback re
fund of tariff to those sugar Importers
whoso product li re-exported out of this
couutr)
Hoover believes the high prices on sugar
Is stimulating the beet sugar planting In
western States, but the harvest, though It
will be large, "makes jip for nothing like
the diversion facing us from Cuba"
Hoover Insisted that If Congress gives the
food control department sufficient powers
there must be a co-ordlnatton of the pur
chasing agents of the Allies "to cease com
petition for that sugar as far ns we can"
He urged arrangements for hauling Java
sugar to the United States so ns to release
the Cuban sugar to Europe
"In any ovent," Hoover said, "wo must
take a grip on the stocks of sugars at a
very early moment, so as to spreid the
whole of tho sugar wo have got over a
number of months nnd prevent a serious
shortage ln tho future "
One of the flist things to be done to
this end. ho suggested, would be to appoint
a representative of the United States rood
Control Department to the International
Sugar Board, the rudiments of which agency
are already set up
Similar co-operation with the Allies was
suggested by Hoover tn handle the bean
output of Brazil At the present time, he
said, there are thirty or forty different
bean buyers In furious competition In behalf
of the Allies nnd the United States ln
Brazil to buy up the crop there and, as a
result, beans havo gone up thero "00 to
300 per cent
"If a food control department Is set up
with sufficient power" hi said, "I would
propose to enter at once Into an agree
ment with the Allies that we have one
purchasing agent In Brazil, so that we
could npportlon those export beans be
tween the different countries"
MARRIAGE LICENSES AT ELKTON
Twenty-four Couples Receive Lcsal
Sanction to Wed
ULKTON". Md. June 4 Twenty-four
couples procured marriage licenses In Elk
ton today, as follows
Leo Fox and Marie Kelly Charles J
Troutner nnd Marie A Dougherty Hugh
Carrlck and Kthel M Bruce. Norman T
Miller and Anna I ICoenlg. Charles K
Patrick and Mar Cunningham. John
Houscrman and Ida Springer, William R
Kckhart and Kleanor M Sheppard. Walter
P. Weber and Irene F O'Connor. Frank (!
Orth, Jr. and Elizabeth F Roderick and
John J Dnlmer nnd Mary Kant, all of
Philadelphia
Earl 13 I.amastcr, Philadelphia, and Ger
trude J Lewis, Lansdowne, Pa . Robert L
Plotts nnd Sarah R Eschbach, Milton. Pa ,
I.eroy Ellis and France D Long. Laurel,
Md ; Atle Welley Chester, and Fannie
Sherman, Wilmington, Del ; Harlan A
Hogan and Carrie Welch, Mlllvlllo. N i ;
John Kline. Brookln. and Margaiet K
Johnson Moorestown. N J , Charles Nut
tall and Elizabeth Smith, Chester, Ta.:
Fred T Wade nnd Alma B Scnrnlnian,
Baltimore; Paul Slimmer and EIbIo Travis.
Mlllvlllo, N J , Havmond Bovvci-" and
Jessie Decamp, Reading, Pa . George W
Pell and Ern.i Johnson, Atlantic Clt ,
Elmer R Slack and Bertha P Marten.
Trenton, N J , Adolf A. Glllek and Wll
hclmlna Schmidt, Camden, N J , nnd Joseph
F Cella, Wilmington, Del, and Mollle M
Gardullo, Elkton
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Robert P Wilkinson, llcfonnellnburit Pa and
Elizabeth H MiAUen. Kanncthburff Pa
Norbcrt Caurl, MO N Uandolph at , and Eliza
beth Klopak. OiO N Jlandolph at
Walter Hornketh, 874S N 7th at . and (Jertrude
McMenamln. 30S9 N "Ih at
William UuPhman Ml N. 10th at and Sophia
Haver, M3J lletU at
IMwurJ A N'ewmin, SMfl N Warnoek at , and
Mnybell Uormnn ?A3t W Harold at
Krrdtriik M Hmltn Jr . mn a lSih at , and
Kllznbeth Krdneln, 1000 I.o,-mt at
Abraham I. Hcott. illfl Jtrfernon at , and Anna
M Carter, 211ft JeRVraon at
Patrick McQuillan -314 N'. 8J it , and Mary
J Mooney. 3137 N Stlllman si
William It Rhlrlay nstS Sunnyelda ave. and
Plorencp S'oan 447J Hltvrwood at
William It McUee 1S17 h 18th at , and Mary
Miller. 17S1 llo.lman at
Stewart Wylle. 181 Atlantic at , and Julia
Settle. S3fi N 3d at
Clinton II Miller. 3313 Walnut at . and Doro-
tny a uarner boih i-neatnut at
rharlea A Ellefaen 8081 E Thompson at , and
Andrea M Abrahftnse n. 8014 Olive at.
Thomas Hurley 1140 Cambria at., nnd mien
Dalton. 2444 N. 17th at
Jamea I Prlend 333 N Sloan at . and Marrella
Tassart, Cheater
Harry Cumpbell, 9141 Ranatead at., and Anna
Campbell SMI Kanatead at
Harry C Cohen. S10 Wharton at , and Tetta
llorlah O'Jt Moyamenstnflt live
Alfred D Jacohy, 200't Krla ave., and Carr!
V Sauer. 2433 Coral at
Joseph Lazarus. 28 S Cecil at , and Anna Io-
pold 2320 N 30th at
lUtherly Foster, Jr . llrookllne. Mass , and
Isabel n Slouthton, Uaat Washington lane,
Ofmnntown
Clauda II Lea 191(1 Latona at , and Isabel M
Robinson lli3i Montroa t.
Ilarnum Woodson 20U7 Turner st , and Kle
l'odn 2013 Iledner st
Uyron Hockey, 21 N Slat st , and Marie Oiftnej
21 N Slat st
Angelo Bpatare, 017 S Delhi at , and Maria
I.antlere, 70f S Marvlna t
Harry W. Mank 7 W Wilder st , and Mary
C McLean, inl7 N Front at
Joseph Hhav.. Jr. 5in N Falrhlll at. and
Florence. Davis 3340 N Water at.
Clarence A Crumlev. 4001 Ueno st , und Eliza
beth A Keen. 3J21 N 23th at
Isldor Sklar 24i3 8 4th at . and Sarah Tress.
2400 U 4th at
Samuel Klein lull) P Oth st , and Elizabeth
Cohen H224 Fontaln at
John II Jlosak 22(3 N Paltthorp st , and
Julia Darnablt. 2310 Amber at
Harry Settler 1820 K Schiller at . and Wini
fred C Valrln, 3177 Aramlnto ave
Wlllwr l Aera Media, and Ilessle M. Letlrle.
Media
Louis Kocb 40;o Wakefield at , and Vera
Mltehel! 304 llrlnchurat at
Rudolph Shlifer, 32 N Edcowood at
Kalraor 32 N EOiewood at.
Robert J MccrVkey, 1 010 hwaln at
I. Mcl.aushlln 233.1 K Front at
Louis Ousset. 1407 Lombard at.,
llarbacan. urookllne
i and, Irene
and Anna
and Marie
and Eva
David Sokolow. 421 Dudley at ,
Cramer, 1044 X 0th st
Stanyalaw Uortnoskl, 32 Christian
Mardatena Mates. B?a S Front at.
st . and
Charles II Hlldebrandt. 704 N. 16th at
Kdlth Haron. 17117 Oxford at
and
Fred Aurjach. Gin CallowhIU st ,
and Marsartt
siartiacn, un oath at
oseph L Murphy i'dza VV
Joseph I. Murphy 2d2fl W Somerset at , and
Kva ai jieny -bh vv. snmeraei at.
Robert II Iloilev 1330 N Ruth at . and Sarah
D. Cullsy, 0103 Westminster ave
Warren Hewlett, 1320 N 24th st . and Eleanor
Htolp, 244 Harlan at
HEIRS WOULD STOP SALE
Lillian V Miller and Peter A Miller,
representing the estate of Harry B Miller,
began suit today against George I,. Roberts
tn Common Pleas Court No. 1, to restrain
him from selling at public auction the book
accounts and shares of printing house stock
of tha Machine Composition Company.
Roberts was a partner in the company
with 'Harry E. Miller, -who died last De
cember, The executors fan; the accounts
and, stock, sold sit' a" Private, sale, their
cteURhiaStf ttuU they will sot sell1-at
awctlsi AM prlc.
CONTRABAND
A Prmanco of tho North Atlantic
By RANDALL PARRISH
CIlAI'TEIt XWVIII. Continued
I SPRANG toward him. but Masters grip
ped me, and hurled me back
"Hands off all of on'.'" ho sorenmed.
"Wait! don't lay a finger on any of them;
you are dead men If you do."
"What do you mean What is It?"
"Tho most diabolical bit of deviltry ever
contrived," he nnswerd "Thoso mm have
been killed by electricity; the current Is
still on. I heard tho whir of tho dynamo ns
I came aft Don't movo until I find the
switch and dlconnect ; for God's sake stand
whore ou arc "
Perhaps ho was gone five minutes; I could
never tell; I taw nothing but those dead
men; heard nothing but the heavy breath
ing of my mates ln the doorway No on
spoke ; hut once, It seemed to me, I caught
tho throb of that deadly dynamo, yet even
as I seemed to distinguish the faint sound,
It ceased abruptly Masters pushed past
me
"Ay, that was the truth." he said, "but
Its Eafe enough now Lord' did ou ever
hear of such a damn, cold-blooded crime
See here, men, tho villain planned his Job
well here are the wires along the deck,
pressed Into a scam, nnd c onnected to each
swivel chair Sec, the circuit Is complete,
and no one would ever suspect
"All he had to do was stand back thero
In the steward's pantry, nnd press tho
switch. Those six men died before they
could wink an eye."
"But tho fellow who did It? what has
become ot him?"
Masteis Uiook his head.
"I don't know, sir, but thero must have
boen one ; there ain't nono o' these dead
men who could have turned tho trick."
'Perhaps It wa3 that cuts danGlIng over
the side, Captain," said White's voice,
from back behind the others
"What is that?"
"There'B a fellow got Jammed In a small
boat along side, sir. I Just happened to
look over, and saw him a' hangln' there."
I glanced again about the cabin, and
then Into tho faces of those grouped ln
the doorway.
"There Is nothing more we can do here,
Is there, Masters?"
"Not a thing, sir. those men are sure
dead, an' 'Red has gone along with his
old friend "
"Then let s seo what this other affair
means on deck; It may clear the myster '
We were glad enough to escape that
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door too, and bolted It, before following
White across the deck to the starboard
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A glance below revealed the whole story
of nccldent It was clear enough to bi
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one of the smaller boats, but one stanch,
and well equipped. No doubt It had been
secretly prepared In advance, for the lock
ers contained food, and a beaker of fresh
water was securely lashed to a front
thwart. There km also a spar and sail
aboard, safely secured, together with a
pair of serviceable oars.
What had Happened, a seemed clear to
u, was this a heavy brass-bound chest,
of odd workmanship and dingy appear
ance, had been stowed away In the bows
It must have been placed there with rope
and pulley, for no single pair of arms
could ever have lifted It over the rail.
Then the fellow had clambered in, eager
to bs off. no doubt, and undertaken to
loner tho boat, standing probably amid
ships, where he could manipulate both
ropes Hut the forward rope must have
Jammed ln the pulley, permitting the stern
ot the suspended boat to sag suddenly
enough to send the heavy chest, sliding
aft Refore he could check the fall, or
save himself by leaping overboard, it had
pinned his legs against the stern sheets ;
and there he dangled still, his face burled
In the3 green water alongside, his knees
crushen helplessly beneath the weight of
tho chest nn Inert dead body.
"The fellow got his. sir," said Leayord
solemnly "Likely enough killed by the
ver thing ho was tryln' to git away with
What shall we do with the boat and
what's In It, sir?"
"Untangle that pulley slowly, and hoist
up even with the rail," I answered "We'll
have a look at the man, and find out what's
In tho chest, it's an odd looking affair"
"Aye, aye, sir. Olson you man that other
rope. A hundred years old, I'd say. an'
stowed away In some odd corner o' the
world at that Now pull steady; all the
weight is on my end "
I helped balance It, and with Whit using
his uninjured arm, ws drew the dead mans
body In over the rail The two mates
released his limbs from the grip of the
chest, and we laid him out on the deck.
He was an Ill-looking fellow, deeply tan
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anil an anchor tattooed on hie forearm
Leaord drew a paper out of the Inner
pocket of his shirt, and passed It over to
me It was a letter with no dato line, or
signature, and had been so soaked In salt
water ni to ho almost Illegible The only
conneclng words I could study out were
"De Lys has all his men but a cook ; try to
get on! he'll never know you after these
j ears "
"Does It tell you anything, sir7" asked
Olson anxiously
"Not muth . only this fellow sailed as
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cook, and got the Jon for a purpoi. M
had known De Lys yean before. . ' ,
"De Ly7" . '
"Yes; that was the name of the Mv ,
fellow In the cabin; he must have 'few'
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pool knew as Gaston de Lye. Oat tht
chest on to the deck; no doubt th4 tecret )'
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CHAPTEK XXXIX ' ,
A Secret of the Sea
WE WERE compelled to resort to rot
and pulley, nnd then search throuh,
the dead man's clothes to discover th key.
Even with that found. It required th sharp
edge of a hatchet to force op(n4h cover.
As It lifted the sight within was greeteS
with cries of astonishment
Good Lord, sir. It's money, and static
of It!"
"English and French coins'"
"Aye, and Spanish'"
"This piece Is Dutch'"
"Thre ain't a shiner thus. sir. ls'n ft
hundred years old look at this on, llti."
White's voice broke In above th babble,
the old harsh croak I remembered so wellj
"Well, see here lads," he shouted, "who
Is all this gold anyhow' Ain't It Jutt nat
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5 ere dead men, an' there want nuthln' else
aboard when we com Then why ain't It
ourn now to divide share an' shar aboutf
"Sure It's ours," chimed In Masters eager
ly "Wo saved It and have a right to
claim a share. That's sea law What dp
ou say, Mr Hollle""
"We undoubtedly have a claim," I an
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haps we might hold the entire amount"
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