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mu The two slabs stood less than fifty yards beyond high water tide. Neap "Sa¢ them. the visitors sew that each marked a mound, but not until they were close up could they read the Who murdered his employer, his captain "Very well," said the captain. "It‘ll cost us only a wetting. Run her in, Congdon." With all the cockswain‘s skill and the oarsmen‘s technique, the passage of the surf was a lively one, and little Griblets of water marked the trail of the officers as they shufflcd up the beach. . ‘True enough," said the captain and fell to consideration. "And the escape of Darrow. Hold hard," quoth Trendon. "Darrow‘s no romance. Nothing fictional about the flag and ledger." "Apyway," said Trendon. vigorously, "T‘d like to have a look at those bird roosts. . Mighty like sign posts to my "And the killing of the doctor. Your patient seems to be a romantic genâ€" "I shall have something to say to Mr, Slade on our return," said the capâ€" tain crisply. "If the cave was a balâ€" Jucination, as you suggest, the seal murder was fiction." "Looks so," agreed the other. f#And the murder of the captain. How about that?" "And the mutiny of the men," added the surgeon. "What is your opinion now, Dr. ‘Trendon?" asked the captain of the older man. "Doun‘t know, sir," answered the sutrâ€" geon hopelessly. "Looks as if the cave might have been a hallucination." Hovering just outgide the final drag of the surf, under the skilifal guidâ€" ance of Congdon, the boat moved slowâ€" ly along the line of beach to the line of cliff. All was open as the day. The blazing sun picked out each detail of jut and hollow. Evidently the polsonâ€" ous vapors from the yolcano hbad not spread their blight here, for the face of the precipice was bright with many flowers. ‘ So close in moved the boat that its occupants could even see butâ€" terflles fluttering above the bloom. But that which their eager eyes sought was still denied them. No opening offered in that smiling cliffside. Not by so much as would admit a terrier did the mass of rock and rubble gape. Up to the point of the headiand aud back passed the boat. Blank disapâ€" pointment was the result. "And Slade described the cave as big enough to ram the Wolverine iuto," muttered Trendon. "We have no time to settle the matâ€" ter now," said the captain impatient ly. "We must find that cave if it is to be found." > "And what are those two bird roosts on it?" asked.Trendon. "See ‘em? Dead against that patch of shore came abreast of the little reach of though. Didn‘t Slade say it was beâ€" tween here and the point?" "Yes. Beyoud the small beach." "No cave there," declared tke surâ€" geon positively. "‘There must be, Congdon, did you Bee an opcning anywhere in the cliff as we came along?" + ‘‘No, sir. This is the only one..sir." . "We‘ll see about that," said the capâ€" tain grimly. "Hegd her about... Skirt the shore as near the breakers as you safely can." . The gig retraced its journey. "There‘s the beach, as Slade describâ€" ed it," said Captgin Parkinson as they "Would a corpse rise to the surface scon in waters such as these, Dr. Trenâ€" don?" asked the captain. "Might. sir. Might pot. ..No tellipg that." The captain mmrnt»ed. Then he beat The exploration ‘continued. Half a mile, as they esthaiited, frow the open they reached a narrow beach shut off by a perpendicular wall of rock. Skirtâ€" ing this, they returned on the other side, minutely examining every possiâ€" ble crevice. When they again reached the light of day they bad arrived at the certain conclusion that no living man was within those walls. "Bits of wreckage fixed in the sand." "Don‘t‘ think so, sir. ‘Too well "Surely!" excla t carving on the first It ran as "The other cavk!" â€" ‘"What other gave?" asked the surâ€" _ A BASKET FULL * ®f clean, sweetâ€"smelling Unen is obtained with half the tolf and. half the time U Sunlight Soap is used. COPYRIGHT. T90L> 8Â¥ M.CLURLE PHILLiPS & Here lies §OLOMON ANDERSON allas HANDY SOLOMON caveCuyRere they killed the HEAMLYSTERY|. amer ar shortens the By ~STEWART EDWARD WHITE And â€" SAMUEL HOPMNS ADAMS Trendon. "Wait, "Jume &kâ€"Had a «allar today, Ciimbed the headiand this morning. Found votâ€" cano taking a day off. Looking for sign of LAughing Lass, noticed something heliographing to me from the waves beâ€" On a nod from his superior officer he opened the ledger and took up Darâ€" row‘s record. ; ‘Here it is. Entry of June 8." â€" "Everything lovely. Schooner lost to sizht. Queryâ€"to memory dear? Not exâ€" acily. Though I shouldn‘t mind having ker under orders for a few days. Queer glow in the sky last night: if they‘ve been Investigating, they â€"may have got what‘s coming to them. Volcano exhibiting fits of temper. Spouted out considerable fire about 9 o‘clock. Quite spectacular, but no harm done. Can foresee short rations ot tobacco. Lava in valley stlll too hot for comfort. No sign of Dr. Schermerhorn. Btill sleep on beach." "Not much there," suiffed Trendon. "Go on," said the ceaptain. "June & Evening.â€"Thick and squaily weather again. Local atmospheric conâ€" ditions seem upset. Voleano still leading strenuous life. Climbed the headland this Afternoon. Wind very shifty. Got an occasional whiff of volcanic output. One in particular would bave sent a skunk to the camphor bottle. No lving on the hendland. Will explore cave tomorrow with a view to domicile. Have come down to an allowance of meven cigarettes per diem. *‘June 4£â€"Explored cave today. Full of dead seals. Not only dead, but all bitten and cut to&!ecesv Must have been lively doings in al Town. Not much choice between air in the cave and vapors from the volcano. Barring seals, everything sultable for light housekeeping, such ax mine. Undertook to clean house. Dragâ€" ged late lamented out into the water. Some sank and were swept away by the sea puss. Others, I tegret to say, floated. Found trickle of fresh water in depth of cave and little gand ledge to sleep on, So far, so good; we may be ‘appy yet. If only I had ‘my cig@rette supply. Once heard a botanist say that Jeaves of the white shore willow made fair subsiUliuie for tobacco. Fair substitute for nux vomical Would like to interview said botanist. "Hide and seek," growled Trendon "If he‘s here why don‘t be show bimâ€" self ?" % The other sbook his head. "Place is all trampled up with foot prints," said Trendou. "He‘s plodded back and forth like a prisoner in a cell." "The fellow is a tobacco maniac," growled Trendon, feeling fo his breast pocket. "The devil!" be cried, bringing forth an empty hand. Bilently the captain handed him a cigar. ‘"Thank you, sir," be said, lightâ€" ed it and continued reading: "Not that one," rasped the officer, "the other." The mwan saiuted and moved on. "With your permission, sir," said Trendon. CHAPTER XXX. HE surgeon spoke first. "Another point," said he. "Darrow was alive within a few days." Captain Parkinson turned slowly away from the grave. "You are right," be said, with an effort. "Our busluess is with the living now.. The dead must walt." ‘"The ledger," said the captain. "Td forgotten it. That grave drove everyâ€" thing eise out of my mind." He uncovered. The surgeou did like wise. So for a space they stood with bared heads between the twin graves. "Billy Edwards," said the captain, very low. 3 with all reverence, by strange hands; whose soul may God rest. ‘The seas shall sing his requiem." June the sixth, The captain turned to the other mound. Its slab was carved by the same hband. . R ‘Bacred to the memory of an ensign ot the United States navy, whose body, washed upon this coast, is here buried «na mis soipmates and was ouna cead of his desefts on these shores, June 5, 194 * M by the last of !«s victims. ' "And you can kiss the book on that.* "Percy Darrow fecit," said the sur geou. "You can kiss the book on that tion This slab is erected as a memento of admiring esteem "Billy Edwards," said the captain. Then Slade was telling the truth!" Apparently. Seems good corroborsâ€" L n T4 Lying in the hollow of the sick man‘s right hand, where it bad been crushed | to a bail, was a crumpled mass of tratâ€" ‘ing paper.â€" Trendon smoothed it out, lpundutttndpundltbtba’- tain. The (@rawing was a fairly careful "mé Came up on deck, wild eyed and staggering. There was a sheet of paâ€" per in his hand which seemed to have some bearing on his trouble. When he found you had gone to the island withâ€" out him he began to rage like a ma:â€" niac. I had to have him carried down by force. In the rumpus the paper disappearred. I assumed the responsiâ€" bility of giving him an opiate." "Quite right," approved Trendon, "I‘ll go down. Will you come with me, #ir?" he said to the captain. ed Trendan "Hallo what‘a hara?" "It‘s a sketch of an Indian arrowâ€" head," he exciatmed in surprise at the fArst glance "What are all these marks ?" "Map of the island," barked Trenâ€" "That‘s all, except the scrawl on the last page," said Trendon. ‘"Some a¢â€" tion of the volcano scared him off. He had just time to scraw! that last message and ‘drop the book into the cache. The question is, Did he get back alive?" "Blade is the solution," said the capâ€" tain. ‘"We must ask him." ~ They put back to the shin. Barnett was anxiously awaiting them. "Your patient has been in & bad way, Dr. Trendon," he said. "What‘s wrong?‘ asked Trendon, "Baw the glow again last nlih.t. Don‘t understa~d It. Onee arould ve been enough .. them. ‘This matter of hoardâ€" ing tâ€"!..cco may be a sad error. If Old Epitfrc keeps on the way she has today, I shan‘t need much more. It would be a raw jest to be burned or swallowed up with a month‘s supply of unsmoked cigaâ€" rettes on one. Cave getting shaky. Still I think I‘llâ€"siickâ€"there. As between being burned alive and buried alive, I‘m for the respectable and time honored fashion of interment. Bombardment was mostly to young man, large and etrongly bullt, dressed in the uniform of an énsign ‘of "June 7.â€"This morning I found a body j rolling in the surf. It was the body of a these gu;?d gently on m..::':dh;.:ch. "E nted him promptly. owever, removed a bag of tobacco from his pocket. Poor stuff and water soaked, but still tobacco, Spent a quiet afternoon carving a headstone for the dear departed. Pity it were that virtues so shining should be uncommemorated. Idie as the speculation is, I wonder who my next visitor will be, Thrackles, I bope. Evidently some of them have been playing the part of Panâ€" dora. Spentâ€"last night in the cave. Air quite fresh. *June 6.â€"Saw the glow again last night." The surgeon paused in bis reading ‘"That would be the night of the 5t5, the night before we picke@ ber up empty." "Yes." agreed Cabtrim Tarkinson. ‘‘Yes," agreed Captrim Tarkinson. "That was the night Rilty Edwardsâ€" I was a martyr for many years to that â€" distressing complaint, . chronic Constipetion. I tried many kinds of pills and medicines without benefit and consulted physicians, but nothing did They found Slade in profound siumâ€" *Won‘t do to wake him now," grow}â€" These WondertyuliFruit Juice Tublets Are Winning Friends on Every Side, THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT «FAUITâ€"Aâ€"TNES" when ! "Let‘s see," hbe ruminated. "We , want a slow charge for this, one that | will exert a widespread pressure withâ€" j out much shattering force; the No. 3, | { think." â€" Still the surgeon stared at him. Barâ€" nett laughed. "Oh, you‘ve got the high explosives superstition," he said lightiy. "Dynaâ€" mite don‘t go off as easy as people think. You could drop that stuff from the cliff head without danger. Have T got to come down for it?" With a wry face Trendon tossed up the package. It was deftly caught. "Now wet that dirt well Put it in the canvas bag yonder and send oge of the men up with it I‘m golng to make a mud pie." ‘"To keep it from blowing away," surmised Trendon. "No. To make it blow down instead of blowing up." ‘Won‘t it!" retorted the other. "Cuâ€" rlous thing about.high explosives. A mud cap wil bold down the force as well as a ton of rock. Wait and see what hapnens to the rock beneath." He siid off his perch into the aukle deep water and waded out to the boat Here he burrowed for a moment, presâ€" ently emerging with a boz. This he mmhamhtm and opened. First he out some soft padding. A amail tin box honeyâ€" combed inside camie to light With Infinits precaution Barnett picked out an object that looked like a 22 caliber "Walit and see," retorted Earnett blithely, for he was in his element mnow. "T‘ll appoint you my assistant. Just toss me up that cartridge, the third one on the left." The surgeon recolled. "Bupposing you don‘t catch it?" "Well, supposing 1 don‘t?" "It‘s dynamite, isn‘t it?" "Bomething of the same nature. Joveite, it‘s called." > Breaking the package open, he spread the yellow powder in a slightiy curyâ€" ing line along the rock. With the mud be capped this over, forming a little arched roof. ‘"To keep it from blowing awar" "Ob, rot!" returned the downright surgeon. ‘"That pound of dirt won‘t make a shadow of a feather‘s differâ€" batten is his band, sot the thing in the mmuqfiflm returned the email box to Loosening a handful of the dry soll, he brought it down and lafd 1t with the explosives. Next he called one of the sailors to "boost" him and was soon perched on the fiat slant of a huge rock which formed, as it were, the keystone to the blockade. nature@@r, ‘"that I‘m the botanist of this expeditfon." "Oh, you can have the fGowers! All I want is what they grow in." Dropping his load of cartridges careâ€" lessly upon a flat rock which projected from the water, be busled himself in a search along the face of the cliff. Presently, with an "Ab!" of satisfacâ€" tion, hbe climbed toward a hand‘s breadth of piatform where grew a patch of purple flowers. he called. "Ob, of course there‘s always an eleâ€" ment of uncertainty when you‘re dealâ€" ing with high explosives," admitted the expert. "But unless I‘m mistaken we can chop this out as neat as m an ~i oks like moderately easy stuff," he observed. "See how the veins run. You could almost blow a design to orâ€" der in that." "I doubt if you could project your voice far into a cave thus blocked," said Captain Parkinson "We‘ll try this," He drew his revolver and fired. The men listened at the crevices of the rock. No sound came from within. ‘"Your euter; ivc, Mr. Baruett," said the commer c>, aith a gesture which turned @r.» she conduct of the affair to the *« io expert. Barmn © examined the roeks with enâ€" thns‘ o n. "Yes, but how about bringing down the whole cave?" The gig grated, and, the tide being high, they waded to the base of the cliff, Baruett carrying his precious exâ€" plosives aloft in his arms. "Here‘s the spot," said the captain. "See where the water goes in through those crevices." "Opening at the top, too," said Trenâ€" He let out his bellow, roaring Darâ€" row‘s name, "There was no clew to Ives and Mcâ€" Guire?" asked Barnett presently. "That was the night we saw the last glow and the big burst from the volcano, wasn‘t it ?* "Right." "The isiand woulid have been badiy sbaken up." "Not so «iolentiy but that the dagâ€" pole stood," said the captain. "That‘s trué, sit. But there‘s been a good deal of voictnic gas going. The man‘s been penned up for four days." "Give the fellow a chancé," growled Trepdon. "Air may be all right in the cate. Good water there too. Says so bimself. By Siade‘s account be‘# a pretty capable, citizen when it comes to looking after himself,â€" Wouldn‘t wonder if we‘d find him ft as a §dâ€" der. and soon the gig, with the capâ€" taiu, Trendon and the torpedo expert, was driving for the point marked "Seal closed by a landslide the .cliff. Noticed signs myself, but think of it in connectionâ€"with cave," ‘"That‘y work for Barnett, theu," said the captain, brightening. "We‘ll blow up the whole face of the cliff if necesâ€" sary, but we‘ll get at that cave." He hurried out Order followed or Cave" on 7t.h m"m’ e 7;&.â€"- M-‘â€" were bent. Inson, setting finger to the spot. :"We mmw&h“‘“ h?:‘b.:.. that there may uot island has m.,""h." **None." It was the captain who anâ€" OU say the last entry is June TY‘ asked Barnett as the boat entered the light surf. me up a knife, somebody," cBaPTERB €xx1 ER Y Where they stood they could see but a short way into the cave: Trendon squatted and funneled his hands to one aye. \ repre *‘There‘s a fire inside," he sald. J company In a moment they all saw it, a sinâ€" POS®S to gle pfo point glow far back in the WaWU/actt blackbess, a cyclopean eye that swayâ€" Which wil ed as it approached. Alternately it !°" OWt o waned and brightened. Suddenly it i1 Guciph a luminated the dim lineaments of a & Pint of face. ‘The face neared them. It jJoined Wachine : Itself to reality by a very solid nair of ground out "It‘s best to wait a minute or two," be advised. "Occasionally slides follow an explosion tardily, and the gases don‘t always dissipate quickly." NI ‘Magicl Modern magic!" said the captain. He stared at the open door. For the moment the object of the unâ€" dertaking was forgotten in the wonâ€" der of its exact accomplishment. "Darrow‘ll think an earthquake‘s come after him," remarked Trendon. "Give way," ordered the captain. The boat grated on the sand. Capâ€" trlin Parkinson would have entered, but Barnett restrained him. Some seventy yards out they rested on their cars. They waited and wailted and waited. "Its out," gruoted TFendon. From the face of the cliff puffed a cloud of dust. &A thudding report boomâ€" ed over the water. Just a wisp of whitish gray smoke arose, and beneath it the great rock with a gaping seam across its top rolled majestically outâ€" ward, sending a shower of spray on all sides and opening to their eager view a black chasm into the heart of the headland. The experiment had worked out with the,. accuracy of a geometric problem. "That‘s all, sit," Barnett reported ofâ€" fcially. _ He touched a match to the fuse. It caught. For a moment be watched it. "Going all right," he reported as he struck the water. "Plenty of time." minute and he had the tiny shell in hand. A fuse was fixed to it and it was shoved under the mud cap. Barâ€" nett stood up. "Will you kindly order the boat ready, Captain Parkinson?" he called. The order was given. "As soon as 1 light the fuse I will come down and we‘ll pull out fifty yards. Leave the rest of the Joveite where it is. All ready? Here goes." "Get out of the way," directed Barnett. A cut, wound, or sore should be treated at once with CUROL, It is a wonâ€" dertul saive, Healing, Soothing and Ao«uxne. it touches the rpot every tim:, . A ”‘dumly at a popular price. All druggists and stores se %zs: per_box, or seat on recelpt of gice by the CUROL CUROL cures SALVE CO., Spadina Ave., Toronto, Don‘t pay big prices ol ae, when you tan get the best for 25¢. :R Bad Loge _ . s SAMPLE | FPREE | Coofifa ang NC T * AALT |.... l omm With | Poinoned and ried out the frst part of the order. The latter half he obeyed with sprightâ€" ly alacrity. Very slowly, very delicate ly, the expert drew in his dangerous burden. Ouce a current of air paffed it against the face of the rock, and the operator‘s head was bastily withâ€" drawn. Nothing happened. Another he let down an end. â€" *Tle the bandkerchief on and get out of the way," he directed. M o s o e msutmzcze~~ Weak : Nidneys !"Prom inate of mercury. This is the stuf C at‘ll remove your hand with neat _ . _ } a II \ representative ol an _ American company is in Guelph, where he proâ€" poses to establish a factory for the manufacture of a houscho‘d . article, which will make two pounds of butâ€" tor out of onc. In an experiment in Guelph a hbalf pound of butter and a pint of skim milk were put in the machine and a pound of butter was GRE In Guelph the police give hoboes the run as soon as they get sight of them. 14 is said the chicf only gives them two minutes, The result is few are seen there. * GIVE TRANPS THE RUN Cough Remedy its remarkable cura tive offect.‘ A few fMays‘ test will tcll Sol@ by all dealers. & Nothing â€" in the way of a Cough is yuile so annoyinga s a tickling, teasâ€" ing, wheczing, bronchial Cough. The quickest relief comes perhaps from | a trescription known to Druggists | evâ€" erywhere as Dr. Shoop‘s Cough Remeâ€" dy. Amd besides, it is so thoroughâ€" ly hatimless that mothers give it with reriect safety even to the roungest babics, The tender leaves of a sinpl> mountain shrub, give to Dr. Shoop‘s "Bo one might imagine," said Trenâ€" don drily. He looked closely at Darâ€" row. The man‘s eyes were light and danetug. From the nostrils two livid lines ran diagonally. Such lines one might make with a hard bige pencii pressed strongly into the flesh. The surgeon moved a little nearer. "I am Captain Parkinsoy of the Unfted States cruiser Wolrel&" said the commander. "This is . Barâ€" nett, Mr. Darrow. Br. Trendon, Mr Darrow." They shook hands all around. "Like some gilly afternoon tea," Trendon sald htr in retailing it to the mess. A pause followed "Wan‘t you step in, gentiemen?‘ said _Dc.rmw. "May 1 offer you the makâ€" They noticed that be beld a revolyer in his hand. Captain Parkinson came forward a step. The bost half raised his weapon. ‘Then he dropped it abruptly. "Ob, you found the diary, then?‘ said Darrow easily. "Rather silly of me to complain so. But really in conâ€" ditions like these tobaceo becomes n serious problem," "Nary men?" he ;"lfi'in altered vofee. . "I b&your pardon. 1 could Eot see at My mame is Perey Darrow." "You will pardon me for not asking you in at once. Past cireumstances bave rendered meâ€"wellâ€"perhaps sus picious is not too strong a word." Ings of a cigarette?" _ _ "Wouldn‘t you be robbing yourself?‘ Inquired the captain, with a twinkle. Borty "not to Have met you at the door," he said courteously. "It was you that knocked, was it not? Yes? It roused me from my siesta." They stared at him in silence, He blinked in the light with unaccustomed eyes. MinoiiatBAimaindiicca 40 the twilit mouth of the c moved a cigarette from his gave thery gresting. Dr. Shoop‘s "=‘~ Restorative| shoulders, EAT SCHEME THIS To he contiaurd ) "ALL DEALERS" a man sauntered into + +# l cavern, re company playing here this week an nounees that Friday night they ;..t.fl have a mattiage on :m. awd on Saturday :L wils rafe of. . a‘ real hre baby for adop Dontist 1.D.8., Ro Colle, genhl 3 1.D.8, Tnmto,fi-lvmg fu branches of n'i'onhnry pr;othxod. 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