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SYNOPSIS:John Bramwell, after kesking about the world for many years, arrives in Sydney from San Francisco, and being dis- obarged from his ship looks about for further
peated. then, fouling that I must say somathing more, I sided, "What can it mean?”
"Something very bad, as you can see for yourself" was his reply. "There has evidently been terrible work aboard this ship within the | last twenty-four hours. How long should yan I say that man has been dead ?"
“Not more than twenty-four hours at, the utmost," I answered, after another shuddering glance at the corpse. Think of the an yesterday,"
He saw the siguificance of my words, "What do you think is best to do now?" "The very beat thing would be for you to go back and tell the skipper what we have discovered. Parsunde him, if you can, to coms and see for himself, so that it may bo properly
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work. He calls at the office of a shipping firm.ged. One can't be too onreful in a matter THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURAN
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is appointed mate of the schooner - Britomart," and the following day asila for Apis. Two years pass away. One day, while Bramwell is sitting on the verandak of no hotel, a man approaches and autors into conversation with
As soon as he had taken his departare I him. It appears he is owner of the schooner hurried forward to the peak and procured thance Kittiwako," to which some mystery attaches, a fair-sized bit of canvas with which. I hastomed lying off Apis. He iurites Bramwell to go aft. Once I had covered the body with it I with him and look over his vessel. Learningfalt happier, but even then I seemed to use those that be is thinking of leaving the "Britomart," terrible eyes staring through it at me. The Hongkong, Giles Farringdon, as the "Kittiwake's" owner very remembrance of the face was sufficient to is atled, parsuades him to take command of his
make a man sick with loathing of himself and ship. Farringdon turns out to be an opium what he may probably come to. Passing to the amuggler sad pearl pencher. After the two have wheet I examined it carefully. It was, quaily | experienced several adventurous years, Bram- seva that it had once borne the name of the well decides to visit England. "Learing the vessel, but that the word or words had been ship at Honolulu, ho starts for London on
carefully scraped away was evident from the board the Hullket. On the voyage an abans marks upon the wood, Life-bucys there were Joned vessel is sighted, sad Bramwell bas a
none, so far as I could discover. "Indoud ovory- horrible dream which he cannot bauish from his thing pointed to the fact that the greatest care thoughts. Nearing the wreck, the captain and ingenuity had been displayed in conemling suggests that it be searched, and Bramwell gets all traces of the identity of the unhappy vessel, permission to accompany the mate on bis
That the murderoms, whoover they may bavé errand.
been, had not plundered her asemed evident, for the reason that at the top of the companion, on a rack, ere two excellent glusses and en expansive barometer.
CHAPTER IV.
You may be sure that, as we appproached the brig both the mats and I examined her with rutions eges. For my own part I expected to find that she bad been abandoned wither as being unsoaworthy or because there had been a fire on board, which had burat itself out aftar the departure of the crew. This theory, however, did not suit my companion.
I descended the narrow ladder and entåred the small caddy. It was but a tiny place, being mainly taken up by a small pantry and six equally small cabins.
New There was a table in the contre, with benches on either side, and a swing tray hang above the former, under the "Labe were unsenworthy, she would skylight. The latter was well filled with glasses probably have gone to the bottom before this,'
and also held a decanter of run, which ap- he asserted, "and they wouldn't have taken the parently had not been touched. In the psutry, trouble to furl everything before saying goods in the galley and the men's quarters, every get her. If, on the other hand, there had thing was the model of neatues.
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burn a fire of sufficient violence to cause them to leave her, the same argument applies, don't go aloft to handle canvas when the flames riotoalling and getting out their boats." are raging; they'd be much better employed.
"Then what is your opinion of the mattar ? " I asked,
ing of it. The crew have mutinied and cleared "Hatiny," he answered. "That's my read- out. Probably chucked the old man and the mates overboard and then gone off in the boats, For, if you look, you will see that they are missing."
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"Yes," I continued, "I admit that they ars missing, but in the case of a mutiny would they Hongkong, 31st July, 1903 have farled everything before leaving her, or would they have left her at all? My opinion is that they would have scuttled her instead of allowing her to parads the seas as evidence against them."
By this time we were not more than fifty yards from the vessel's side.
"Vast polling," called the mate to his men, and then manding up, he fannelled his month with his hands and shouted "Ship ahoy, what brig is that?" But he received no Anwer,
"As I thought," he said. "she is abandoned, and yet she looks sound enough. Before we g
abourd, let's have a look at her name.”
had been carefully painted out.
To our astonishment, the name on both bows
"Hullo! that looks fishy!" remarked the mate. "Let's see if it is on her counter.”
We accordingly pulled satern, only to ment with the same realt. Here the name had not only teen painted out, but scrape I out.
"Still more fishy," said the mate. "Bring her alongside, men."
They did so and the pair of us elambered on board. At first glance she appeared to be a roomy, comfortabla, best, with a poop and a small boues forrard, just abaft the foremast. Everything was as trim and ship-shape as the heart of any seamaa.could desire; but sign of a boat there was none. The short ladders to the poop bad brass rails and fittings and, from the way in which they sparkled in the rays of the sun, it was evident that, whatever the mystery might be, it was of racut date,
Before going aft, we thought we would ex- We accordingly antered the house with the purpose of exploring the banks, of which there were eight. They were, however, empty not a blanket or a vestige of clothing was to be found. The very door, in such places usually so filthy, had been carefully swept.
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the mate, who was evidently enjoying the Nothing to be discovered here," retárked
mystery, "Now we'll try the galley,"
"And thither we repaired. Here everything was in the same apple-pie order. The stove was even polished, the pots and pans and other kitchen utensils were clean and in their proper places. Again there we proof that the weasel. had not long been abandoned, for a kitchen clock suspended on the wall was still going.
Before we go aft, let's take a glimpse at
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on something there that will give us a cine as to her identity."
Lighting a lantern that we found in the galloy, we made our way into the place in question, but it told us no more than we had Fot discovered. There was nothing there save some spare canvas and the usual items of ship's chandlery,
Well, this gets more mysterions every DONALDSON (Daughter of
minute," "I said, as I replaced the lautern in the Professor F. F. Wallace, of Roso-galley. Now let's go aft." moant Dancing Academy, Glasgow) bas We did so, and ascended to the poop. The ploasure in advertising & SECOND BEGIN. Companion was only a small one but before descending to the enddy, we determined, to NERS CLASS to open in the CITY HALL look about on deck. shortly.
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"Very possibly her name is on the wheel," I continued, "Let's examine it."
Wo passod round the hatch with the intention of doing so. The mate was a few steps in ad. vance of me. Suddenly I heard him utter a ers, followed by a muttered Good God!"
What's the mutier!" I asked, and hastened forward to satisfy myself. Merciful powers! It was not to be wondered at that he had cried out. I did so myself a moment later. Stretoli ed out upon the deck was the most gruesome sight I have ever seen in all my experience.
white man--pinned to the deck by a knife through his throat. His arms were orionded, and they also were pinned in the same fashion through the palms. The eyes were open and stared up at us with nameless horror. So terrifying was the sight that I reeled, and I believe I should have fallen had not the inate caught me in time.
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