[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] MUTUAL EXCHANGE, LIMITED.
T. QUILLEE-COUCH] (Author of "Dead Man's Book Troy" Town, etc.).
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 1910,
carried a way-the third offoer, In a state of coling compliments but in the hurry and ham EP Keelaft it-well, if this dosen't bost
Ispas, to his modest berth; Mr. Markham to his white and gold dock-cabin. On his way thither Mr. Markham protarted cheerily that he saw no resson for all the funt ; he was as right now or nearly as right, as the Bank; and anyway it
work. was all in the d
“How's Bendal getting on 1 *** Captain Haditeh, skipper of the Carnatic, Millionaire though he was, Mr. Markham Put this question next morning to the doctor, (née Markheim); never let a small opportunity and was somewhat surprised by the answer
“Ok, Bandal's all right. Tant it to my, he alip. To be sure the enforced idlenesss of A lantic pressing bored him and kept him restless: will be all right. Just now he's watering from at afected him with malaise to think that for shook. My advice supposing, of course, you these five days, while the solitude of dean awal. can spare him-is to pank him straightway off lowed him, men on either shere, with cables at to his people on a week's leave. In a week he'll their command, wore using them to get rich on be it as addio." The Doctor paused and their own account-it might even be at his added, Wish I could feel as easy about the Sggs millionaire. expense. The first day out from New York he
hat's the matter with his? Struck had spent in his cabin, immersed En correspon- dence, Haring dealt with this and orhansted me he pulled round wonderfully, ones you'd It on Flue foroud, third and fourth days he found beaght him too. He talked a cheery as a nothing to do. He never played cards; he
Brig
I'm-yes," said the Dooter. He has been eschewad all noquaintance with his fellow men
in the way of basiness; he had no vanity, talking like that ever sines, only he hasn't been except and to be stared at on the promenade deck bo- in bed, and wants to get out and repair that talking sense. Calls me name for booping him cause of the fame of his wealth merely annoyed auction. I told him it was mende Noth Lint. On the other hand, he bed not the smaling on garth in the matter with me, he insisted, lest exonse to lock himself up in this stuffy state till I had to quiet bini down with bromide, By room. He enjoyed fresh air, and had never been the way, did you send off any account of the sea-sick in his life,
It was just habit-the habit of unrer let. ting chance go. ex the detail of a chance
the fourth morning carried him the length of the Finer, to engage in talk with the fresh coloured young third officer busy on the bigh deck forward. Here, ought to
A young man, exposed as you are, Insure himself," said Mr. Markham.
that UK
accident?"
to no one noted that the pair exchanged welther word nog look of recognition. The skipp gave Dick an honestop on the simil Doctor's fred on up then? That's right. Mare the best of your helliky, and 1 Tll too that the Board doen you fustion and with that, farned away for more hand-shaking. One small thing he did re- mark. When it cams to Mr. Markham's farm that gentleman, before extending hand, led it to his forehead and gravely saluted, But great men Captain Holditch new have their eccentric ways
the band! Here Wenham wanip after the ma and tell him he left, A Inggage behind! Fin stooped to lift the case by the handler
But it's Dick's!" "DDET!"
It's the sit case I gave him my birthday present laat April. See, there are his initials)'
-Dick Randal, slighting si Waterloo, collected
luggage or eather Be Markham thodically, saw it hairted on a four-wheeler; and banding the cabby two bulings told him to deliver it at an address in Park Lane, where the Nor was it remarked, when the luggago came butler would pay him his exset fare. This done to be sorted out and put on board the Bost his sought the telegraph other and sent three Brower, that Dick's porter under his direction more cablegrams, the concise wording of which collected and wheeled off Mr. Markham's while he had carefully evolved on Lae way up from Mr. Markham picked up Dick's suit onse, walked Southampton. These do not come into the away with it unchallenged to a third-class story which may digress, however, no far as to smoking compartment, doppelted on
ck There were three other passengers in President of the Hands Acress Central New one, the millionaire stopped out to purchase old wardar was being no time. Laisnes asid York office remarked to his secretary that the the compartment. "Gead Lord" ejsculated an evening paper. In that Markham some would appear to have booked him up." Welland travelling third 1" Saving habits To which the teoretary swared tint it was way to get rich, my boy."
second natura," said another. That's the lucky for civilisation if Mr Markham missed suspecting their affoet, or he'd infallibly make Meanwhile Dick, hering paid for four places. * corner * in both, and thereby secured a first-class solitude, risited the telegraph office, and thrank the few pounds in his pocket by sending a number of cable On the journey up, Mr. Markham took sorke ammayanna from the glasses of his fellow pass- sengers. They were furtive, almost retomntial, and this sould only be set down to his exploit of yesterday. He thanked Heaven they forbore
gerMIUS.
Having despatched has order Diak Randal felt in his pockets for a cigar case ; wan annoyed and amused a subconscious sort of
way to find only a priar pipe started to walk and pocket-pipe,
and
His way lad him scross Westminster Bridgo,
"By wireless? No, I took rather particular palus to stop that gets into the papers, only frightens the family and friends, who conclude
up through Whitehall, and brought him to the things to be tam times words than they are,
steps of that hailing which, among all the Plenty of time at Sonthampton. Boat-srpress'll
great London clubs, most exorbitantly resembles take him home shead of the scare. taping to talk of it w
a palsoe. He mounted its perron with the springy confident step of youth; and that same. carried him past Toes, you were In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop the neually vigilant porter A marble staircase
spring and confidence of g
three persons eat at ten the proprietor of He frowned, perviving that his favourite atin the shop, a grey little man with round spec chair was occupied by a somnolent Judge of the lados and bushy eyebrows his wife and High Court, and toning up the Revne des Pysity of duty or, for any pho. The pit Doux Moncies notled himself in window bay apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, commanding the great twillt square, of and her jacket lay sorod the arms of an old on Gray, and ine lamp-lit Mall, the lamp's half-shadow and yat the prey Hittle almost jauntily bat--not a doubt of it-he horsehair sofs that stood against the wall in the He had entered the smoking room lightly, bookseller and his little Dresden-China wife vory was fired to tired that he shuffed hie body evidently made no stranger of her. They twice and thrice in the armchair before dis- talked, all three, as members of a family talk, covering the when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, or procis angl that gave imperlative taking one another for granted, not raising I beg your pardon, sir,**
Dick opened his eyes. A liveriel footman
in a hurry, too. The old lady, always sensitives gings of liqueur brandy As quickly as possible EL? Did I ring? Yes, you may bring me
mused Captain Holditch,"
Bounty
. It Lives in Park Lans, doesn't he?-that big The third officer-by name. Dick Rendal corner like a game-pis: le someone might | between the Strand and the Embankment led him to the lordliest smoking-room-in London. knew something of the inquisitivenses and idle thoughtful as usual ... ways of passengers. This was his fifth trip in have been down to the docks to meet him. With I know his doctor's address. Well, never mind the Carnatie. He took no track in passengersTlax him up so that he resebes Park Laue, beyond showing them the patient politeness
anyway." enjined by the Company's rules, to know He ought to do something for Bendal," nothing of Mr. Markham, who dispensed with the services of a salet und dressed with shabidiness only pardonsbin in the extremely that's if a millionaire's head is evor right," added
He will, you bet; when his head's right rich, Mr. Markhan, i the Insurance King, had arrayed himself this morning in grey antisl, die Doctor, he is radical opinions on the with a reach-me-down overcoat, cloth cap and distribution of wealth.
The captain ignored this. He never talked carpet slippers that betrayed his flat Jewish instep.
Dick Rendal-sized hip up for an politics, even when she plucky a rescue insurance bout; but behaved precisely as he as ever I witnessed on lathes of refrained from ordering the intruder aft, but his bag, and tell him he can get off by the first if he's all right for money; say he can draw on train, Oh, and by the way, you might ask him me if bo wants any."
would have behaved on better information. He course I'll spare the lad. Blip few clothes into their voices, and by-and-stood over his chair and was addressing him
eyed him less than amiably-being young, coon on his ship and just now boon on his job.
"I saw you yesterday," aid Mr Markham. (It had blown more than half a gale, pud late in the afternoon three heavy seas had come aboard. The third officer at this moment was employed with half-p-dozen seamen la repairing damages). "I was watching. "As I judged, nicost me You Freren't overhard. Over and
The table was laid fors
by they heard him coming through the shop-
almost in alarm, but the girl half cose from her not feeling very wall a to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked if you please to tell the truth, George, I'm
hair her eyes onger.
***I know," she said breathlessly heard thy fat
Jim has
The man started at hearing his name, but made no motion to obey the order.
wishes to see you in his room.
"I beg your pardon, air, but the Secretary
abové employers' liability, you should insure where d'ycu keep your cabin trunk? Eh? Bait-ander Late News bought the paper tainly. Dink rose, "IIain, afraid you; mL, ÉLETÉ
The Hands Across Mutual Exchange-that's your office."
Mr. Markham leaned back, and put a hand up to his inner breast-pocket-it is uncertain whether for his cigar-case, or for some leaflet relating to the Hands Across
Take care, siri ssid the third officer sharply. "That stanchion—”
He called too late. The hand as it touched the breast pocket, hot up and clawed at the air. With a voice that ma laws a cry that is startled grant, Mr. Markham pitched backwards off the fore-deck into the sea.
The third officer started for just a traction of a second rau, seizod a life-belt as the liner's bengali went shooting past, and hurled it with pretty good aim, too almost before a man of kung party and time to raise the cay of Man Overboard !" Balore the alarm resshed the bridge, he had kicked off his shoes; and the last seant in his ears as he dived was the ping the bell ringing down to the engine room the note, infinitely distant speaking out of sa immele silence.
It was
II.
The Doctor took his messge down to Diok Rendal
"We're this moment passing Hurat Castle," he announced cheerfully, and yon may tumble out if you like. But first I'm to pack a few clothes for you if you let me I'll do it better than the steward. Shore-going clother, my boy case, is it best leather, nickel look-no, silver, se I'm a singer Hallo, my young fand
You never struck me as that sort of dude; and here the Doctor looked up, mischief in his eye fathers and mothers don's it their offspring out with silver locks to their well, gone on hope altered since my time. Well, you'll enjoy your leave all the better; and give her my congratula tions. The Old Man says you may got off as soon as we're docked, and stay home till you've before recovered. I daresay it won't be long you feel better,” ha wound up with s glance at the suitcase,
Chrissy here? That's right!" A young man broke into the room, and stood waving a newspaper. The Carnatis arrived here it
The Booretary Mr. Food P You, oor-
came by Somerset House Carnatic arrived hip's motion, I suppose.
give me your arm, please, A giddiness-the Senthampton 3.45 this afternoon. Her time The socretary was standing at his door in the Then she hasn't broken the record this time, on the man's arm. "I beg your pardon, he from Sandy Hook, 5 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes." great restibule as Dick name down the staircase though Dick was positive she would," put in the said, but may I have your name? The porter old lady. During the last six months she had does not recognise you, and I fear that I am developed a craze for Atisntle recorde, and know equally at fault. M the performances of all the great liners by heart.
"You bad little mother Jim wagged forefinger at her. You don't deserve to hear
another word.
***Mya nams" "--with the same gesture that Mr. Markham had used in the little hack Mitions, Dick passed a hand over hin ere. Ho laughed, and even to his own ears the laugh sounded vacant, foolish.
Is there any more?" "More? Just you listen to this Reporte "The Old Man? Yes yes Captain Hol herolo resons Yesterday afternoon
"Are you a member of the club, sir." "I-I thought I was The marble pillars ditch, of course, muttered Dick from his berth. Markham, the famour Insurance King, sool of the string were swaying about him like The Doctor looked at him narrowly for dentally fell overboard from fore deck, and was painted cloths, the tesselated payement hearing moment; but, when he spoke again, kept by gallantly rescued by a young offer named and rocking at his footer Abominably sturda Intention the same easy rattling one. De Kendal - you bet that's a misprint for Bendal of me he finttered, parlouable, cent of him, eh? Yes, and by the way, he error in the wire, parlaps well I got a later think. asked me to tell you that, if you shouldn't edition after to who loopt into fue son and The Secretary looked at him narrowly, and happen to be fush of money just nor that awam to the sinking millionairs, supporting deaded tre hy ook woolly ill, the there was neoda't hinder yon Ave minutes. He'll be him until assistance arrived. Mr. Markham nothing in his face to suggest the impostor. your banker, and make it right with the had by this afternoon recovered sufficiently to "Comsa into my room for a moment," he said travel home by the Boat, Express There see and sent the footman upstairs to make sure that
a szkole, you ranst
Aurrab dire, but in the Dick lay still for half a dozen seconds, as for yourselves! Jim spread the newErager On no zmail property of the Cinb was miesfrig
an instant
* have hit the mark nine times out of ten.”
"But don't they say anything about Dick P" qusvered the mother, fambling with her glasses, while Miss Chrissy stared at the print with shining eyes,
1+
"Dick's not a millionaire, mother-though seems he has been supporting one for a few minutes anyway. Well, Chrissy P.how does that make you feel.
better? You are aware, no doubt, that I might call in the police and have you searched?" --" For moment Dick did not answer, but abood- staring with rigid eyes. Atlength
said slowly, dropping out the words one by one. "They won't find what I want,” he The Secretary now falt certain that here was a genuine case of mental derangement. With such he had no desire to be tembled, and so, the footman bringing word that nothing had been stolen, he dismissed Dick to the street.
the thiril officer forget for though the words took that time in reaching the table, short "Hare, drink down the brandy Feeling upward slant of the palms him. Then he let out a short laugh from
"My banker P and went a gas way deeper than he had somewhere high in his nose. intended. By the time he rose to the surface Will he, good Lord!
out Maybe, said the Doctor drily, laying tas liner had slid by, and for a moment or two he saw noting; for instinctively ha enit of mufti et the foot of the bed, the Old came up facing eft, towards the spot where Man end I belong to the same date. I've heard
Markham hal bilen, an
and the long see that youngsters save money now-a-days. But in water yelerday's galo threw up
When I was your age that sort of offer would ridge that som
*minaten though in
**You see, my dear," mid the little book-seller fact it bok but a ha
He delivered this as a parting shot. Dick, softly, addressing his wife, if any harm had seconds to sink and heave up the trough bercad By and-by a life ring on his book and angered it plate some to the boy, they would have reported, it belt swam up into seht then another the woodwork over his bank, received it placidly for certain lesat a dozen had been and boyand these Probably he did not hear. His brow was oʻr at length, on the //
rest of the swell rugated in a frown, as though he were working out a sam or puzzling over some problem. The two hundred yards away ahead and shoulders Doctor closed the door softly and some minuter of Mr. Markham.
good luck the frat life-belt had fallen
Arithin
for later paid a visit to Mr. Markham, whom he feet of him, and Mr. Markham had somehow found stretched on the coach of the white and managed to get within reach as lutch it gold dock-cabin, attired in a grey faunal sloop highly creditable feat when it is considered ing-anit, and wrapped around the legs with a
* that he was at best a poor swimmer that the travelling rag of dubious hues
They talked over the news while Jim ate his
down the steps with a fairly firm road. But The brandy steadying him, Dick want he went down into a world that for him we! all darkness -darkness of theos-carrying an entity that was not his, but belonged Hesven knew to whom.
The streets, the trafic, meant nothing to lim. Their rose was within his head, and on his sats, nostrils, chest, lay pressure as of
fall bad knocked more then half the broth out tolly after an examination, in which while time, and announcing that he must go and mighty waters Rapidly as he walked, be felt
of his body, that he had swallowed close pint of salt water, and that a hwy over impeded his movements Batter this
tee, and now and again interrupted with his mouth full; talked over it and speculated upon it in low aroited tone, which grow calmer by degrees. But still a warm flush showed on the cheeks of both the women, and the little hook seller found it necessary to take out his handker. chief at intervals and wipe his round spectacles. "That's good deal better," he said cheer- Howa wiping thera perhaps for the twentieth seeming to be congued with palses and tam- reliers his assistant in the shop, when the saxis perstaro, he paid partlonlar attention to the tant's role was heard uplifted close outside pupils of Mr. Markham's eyes. We are nosing it seemed, in remonstrance with a customer. up the Bolent fast did you know it? Ton Hullo said the little bookseller, and was inaten ought to see us in Southampton Water: rising from his chair, when the door opened
I
suppose tance between them with
fire you will be wanting to catch the A middle-aged, Jewish-looking man, wrapped to sidestroke, once o; twice singing out to him to bold on, and keep a good heart. Mr. Mert the Old Markham vaguely, if ass, stood on the threshold, and regarded the will wind. semen ham, whether he beard or no, held on with The Dior stared for a moment. "I think grant courage and even coolmateep to a Torst, he mid after a jane, though point. Then of a indien his va deserted him. I'vantess that last night, I was doubtfal of Ho loosed his hold of the life belt, and strik course, if you going to be met, it's right out for his resser. Worse, as he sank. the effort, and Dick gripped him, he lost and struggled. For, half minute Disk shaking free of the embrace and this only
first offert Mr. Markham, weighed him down, began to make very bad weather of weather of it as Dick Rendar
as his cloth the phrase ie He made worse covered the d gperlatively flie
in
enough."
"Why should I be met?"
| the chin in a shabby aller and carrying a suit
little party
himself all the while to be lying fathiouns deep in there waters, face downwards, with desoped head, held motionless there while something within him struggled impotently to rise to the surface. The weight that held him down almost to bursting was as the weight of toas.
The houses, the shop fronts, the street-
lamps, the throng of dark figuros, passed him in unmeaning, procession, Yet all the time his feet, by some instinct, were leading him towards the water : and by and by he found himself storing still-abravarda into a black inverted heaven wher in the lights had become stars and swayed only a little!
Dyar
Mother oried Mr. Markham, Chrissy!" He set down the suitcase, and took two coger strides. Old Mrs. Rental, the one immedikedy memoed, shank back into, Jim's sms as he started up with his throat working to bolts mouthful of cake. Chrissy oaught her breath "Well, you see I wouldn't know, could I Who in thander are you, ale P demanded anyway you ought to me your own doctor as Jim "Get out of this, unless you want to be by striking him on the jaw and half stunning You get home. Perhaps I you gave thrown onto the him as they rose on the crest of a swells me his name. I might scribble o note to him, Chrissy gain appealed Mr. Markham, able to grip him by the collar and eng him just to say what has happened. Eron big wigs, bat in a faintar voice. He had come be a sand within reach of the life-belt? But here to you know, don't resent being helped with till and his hand went slowly up to his fore,
Eittle information. demented man managed to wreath his and was in another and more at legeme. Makim stared Lord had had wat are bors him down, to thes, and all core-
Lord said he,
4 You're Milking sa 11. I kept, a tane doctor) The pair of them were now cursing horriby Why, man, Pro never been alok ne sorry since cusing whenever 6 wave loft choking them, I went to school!"
He had, izi feat, halted, and was leaning the parapet of the Embankment, a few yards from Cleopatra's Noodle: and as he passed the plinth some impression of it must have bitten itself on the retina: for celled among the stam lay two motionless sphinxes green-eyed, with sheathed alsus, watching saily while this pres Buddenly on this dome of night there broke the echo of footfall. A thea and foot- stops had passed him, and he had heard nowhere, sang and reposted itself and rechoed across the dome, and from edge to edge. Dick" fingera dray Themselves up like the claws of the china. The foolstoys know wearer while he cronohed they were close to him. Dick leapt at them, with murder in blappring.
Chrissy pointed to the mit-cam." It's it's Dick's!" he grasped. Jim did not hear Mr Wenhsan,he wild to the white faced assistant in the doorway will breath. They fought as two mh you sound al bell, you are constitution MOND lives
port upand
Exoto me. Me. Markham took his hand cigable late for this moment, Ther strong as horas. Bull, a hook is shock slowly from his face, and spread it behind him, ought, neither losing his bold, as the Yos veully doctor, I expect someone you groping as he stopped becawant to the door, strength obbed, and the weight of their ring up when your Hver goes wrong, and you 'I-I am not well, I think he spoke precisely, clothes dragged them lower. When the line's want to be advised to go to Marianbad of some as though each word will came had to be half bost at length reached the spot, Dick Banda's | such place--I'd tool easier if I could shift the and gripped, “ The address, --here he turnst band till clutched the cord of the lifebelt, batpansbility on to him
Plowed them to cough and spatter That's not hard to believe. "I've uniów, fed i fetch #policeman ?». Jou step out, plesse, and none of them. But this one, springing
both bodies were under water, fast, locked. Still Mr. Markham stared. I've heard about "Lacon-clear in my bondi They ware hauled on board, as on long-las enough of this shook to my system, said he at beg your pardon. you haul a crab fastored upon it and
length. But have it your own way. If you at him some brandy Jim, Laid in the sternshoots where their grip as want me to recommend a doctor, my mother bonkaller The gentleman with some difficulty loosened, swears by an old boy in Craven Street, Birand. In 1
don't know the number, but his name's But Mr. Markham tuned with Leadbetters, and he's death on compword and lurched post the meinte,
Ceaven Street? That trine off Park tanad himself against's bookshelf be Il gol hold of the directory, look up hit saw him cross the dronten and turn wal Lane, isn't it?-9630, Leadbetter you say room Jim followed him out througă address, and drop his note of two on the the pavement to the left stared to induce artificial ro
vlastne kind ons by this evening a post.
It may have happened in the struggle. Agan may have haped when they were holsted aboard and laid, for a minute or so, side by the on the deck. Both men were inssible; no gone indeed that the doctor looked serious a lie spiration. Bolag
his helpers began to for
reall
kai cúnta the darknem and the trade swallo Be and returned, softly #hading to the litt
The young third officer came round af A couple of hours later Mr. Markham and ex five minutem of this but strangely enough, In the and he was found to be suffering from » Disk Rendal almost rubbed ahrukdark in sha - Drank's the aimpled explanation severer shock thaa Mr. Markham, of whom the crowd of passengers shaking hands with the moang dostor operated fora fall twenty minutes before" ever polite, Captain. Holditch, and bildar Mutter of the eyelids rewarded him. They was the Carnalić good-bye with the ninal par
But how did he now my name Chrisy. “And the mit cumber
demande
of
Where the two men grappled, the parapet of The Embankment opent en fight of river. staici. "Mr. Markham het uitand no ery, nek did a sound escape either man se, looked in that wrestle, they swayed o or the brink.
They were hauled us, maconacions, still looked
each other's seat of the TeRŠUGES AR
Queer business," said one
he helped to loosen their clasy, and lift the bodies on board the Rayal Humane Society's barge," Looks like mendeous Tasanit. - Bat wink of em done it by the look, z TAR
alantes later Dick's eyelids dattered, soment be stared ap at the dingy lamy overhead; then his lips parted in a
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