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I l x 9 l i i f 2 might be beforehand with any rum-I ors that escape; tive that the position of Sir Simon“Vere the Crawshay and others as clients of the Murder Syndicate should receiveem.,.angcment the early Scotland Yard. consideration that Vizard must have had accomplices of greater or lesser degree at Naplesâ€"Mr. Matthew May- attention of might enable Nathan to ,1‘ound at Nathan’s Office that OI‘le- while it Was also imperaâ€"fbar, LOX-d i l l l A Tale 1 9.3 [:3 3:22.: of the ‘71 (éééfiéfifi‘é‘é'fifiéfiéfiééé Rolling Wave 39§99§§E9§999 {:ééééé nard briefly explained What had ocâ€" curred. The announcement caused a vclopcd into a general determination to leave the Queen of Night. at. return home overland rather than continue the voyage on a vessel with such terrible assoc1aâ€" tions. As usual, the panic was strongest among those who never have had any cause for proved - by documentary evidence! . first. once for all He was landed from lthe ship and taken to the Internaâ€" him comfortable. ‘ he died a safety in one of the steward’s panâ€" tional Hospital, where week later from the effect of the wound received in the cabin of the Miranda. It” Was at Amiens, as we wore speeding northwards across France, that the first news reached us |through the English papers of the effect of the Consul’s cabled infor- mation to Scotland Yard. The train was full of the Queen of Night’s late passengers, but we fourâ€"Aline and Mrs. Brinkworth, Kennard and Iâ€"-â€" had 'sccurcd a coupe to ourselves. The detective had been eagerly pur- chasing papers at the bookstall, and when he returned to his seat, deep in the persual of a heavilyâ€"leaded paragraph, it was plain that he had found What he wanted. He read quietly to the end, and then said:â€"â€"â€" “That man Mayficld has euchred the Consul and got his own cable in At any rate, Nathan got Wind of the exposure and bolted. He is safe in custody, though, by means of a smartish capture as he was leaving for Holland.” » I-Ie hesitated a little, then looked Darranmorc, and Aline only passengers on this J - )7 tl‘ip who had sailed under 'Special which was the main- Stay of this lucrative but fiendish We were also moved by the lentcrprisc. When it was decided to turn the ship’s head for Naples We were about fifteen hours’ steam from that field. for instanceâ€"whom it Vwouldlport, and. it WM therefore fat. ad- be highly desirable to secure. The conference lasted far into the night; but, late. or morning, as it Was when it ended, I found Aline up and waiting for me in the saloon. whither Mrs. Brink- worth had taken her. I must ask permission to draw a veil over our meeting. We had been parted a. few days only, but into them had been crowded the events of a lifetime, and both of us had stood during that brief separation on the threshold of the Great Beyond. What people have to say to each other under these conditions concerns themselves alone. The explanation of my dear girl’s apparent death had already been furnished to me by Kennard. Hav- ing found unmistakable traces of her by Zavertal, he was struck with the idea of springing such a surprise on them that they would be bound to incriminate themselves. In se- lecting his rather gruesome method he was moved by the fact that he Was dealing with'gruesome men, and that nothing short of the resuscitaâ€" tion of their supposed victim would attain that end. As an after- thought, hOWever, he modified the plan by substituting Darranmore for Aline as the occupant of the coffin, needles to say, enter- ed into it heart and soul. The great difficulty in his way was to manage so that Aline should sim- ulate death without being detected by Zavertal, and here my dear girl herself came to his aid by proposing to take an anaesthetic drug which' All that remain- ed was to prevent Zavertal from closely examining the "body," and to bestow her, unseen, in a place of safety during the interval betWC-en her “death” and “funeral.” This was cleverly contrived, first by Mrs. Brinkworth’s skilful acting, at “which I happened to be present, and secondly by McIntyre, who «was tek- en into confidence after my return to confinement, 'giving facilities for 'smuggling Aline into another cabin. There she remained till it was time for her to appear at. her own burial and complete the climax. Darranâ€" more was introduced into Aline’s cabin, half a dozen trustworthy sailâ€"l ors were told off as bearers. with] instructions how to act, and the mine was laid which ended in the! breaking of the gang. In the morning there was no keepâ€" ing the tragedy of the night from being known throughout the Ship.l To prevent false reports gettingi about, I assembled the passengers in} the saloon, and at my request Ken-I Pal heels inflamed ' itching Shh! euros Eczema, Sal-t Rheum and Tartar, leaving the Skin Smooth, 36ft and fiaturai. tion, relieving the dreadful itching a'nld healing and curing itching skin diseases, ulcers and eruptions, wol believe that we can prove that Dr. Chase’s Ointment is the most potent preparation that it is possible to obâ€" tain. So many extreme cases have been, curdd, so mluch intense and contirmedi agony has been relieved, and such! a host of people have volunteered! 'As a means of alloying inflanmraâ€"l l their evidence in this regard that we; anything challenge anyone to produce like enâ€"i Ointment. l dorsemen't for any ointment or any preparation which is recommende for such diseases. Dr. Cha so’s Ointment certainly stands alone, unmpp‘roachod and un-~ l rtvallcd as a hoalor'of the skin and. for itching shin disâ€" From pimples to 6029x1321, from chilblafns to ulcers, each and every form of itching skin disease has been cured by this great ointâ€" m'on't. ‘ Mr. G. H. McConnell positive cure engineer in ‘I‘loury’a Foundry, Ann-om, Ont., “tab: “'1 believe that Du. C‘ilmse's All! ‘ early in the! poison in the medicine supplied to : rat tletrap old afternoon when we Kennard was very vanced in the reached the bay. anxious that there should be no com- munication with the shore till he had laid the case before the Consul and enabled the latter to cable to the home authorities. and accordingâ€" ly at the detective’s request I Sig- nailed an urgent request for the British representative to come aboard. On his arrival it was ar- ranged that the steamer should be taken home by McIntyre, and that Zavcrtal should go in her in close custody. Kennard and I were to escort Mrs. Brinkworth and Aline home overland. After noting all particulars, the Consul left to cable to Scotland Yard and to see to the arrest of Signor .Volpeâ€"a proceeding in it Was surmized that if the Italian police Were smart enough the haul Would include Mr. "Matthew May- ficld.” I may say here that the hope that that mealyâ€"mouthed scounâ€" drcl would be captured was doomed to dis-appointment, for the office was found empty and the bird flown. 'It was conjectured that he had scented danger on seeing the unexpected ar- rival of the Queen of Night, and the signal for the Consul. It transpired that with the exception of the Itali- an clerk this person whole establishment of a mythical Volpe, posing as a manager under the name of Tucker, Mayfleld being a pseudonym put on for his dealings with me. How far he was acquaint- ed with the methods of his princiâ€" pals was never known. but it is beâ€" yond doubt that he aided Vizard willingly and with his eyes open to formed the . entrap me into the Miranda for an object that he must have knOWn was a nefarious one. - . Elf To preve_ to you that Dr. r i or {5% Chase‘s Ointment is acertafn a and almoluto cure for each 5‘ ‘ and every form of! itching, Needing and protrudlnq piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. See tes- timonlaic in the daily press and ask your-neigh- bors what they think ol'it. You can use it. and get our money back if not cured. 600 a box. at all colors or Emmnseufinrss a: Co.,Toronto. «hr. case’s @iutment The antecedents of the man Dicey| were found to be pretty much. what might have been expected. He had been discharged for misconduct from an English yacht, and was. loafing .about the quays of Naples, ripe for any villainy, when Vizard found in him a ready tool to navigate the steamer which he purchased, first to be the scene of my murder and then as a means of rejoining the Queen of Night. We can dismiss ' l I 5.4 or. Chase’s Ointment. - . . . . l Ointment IS worth its weight 1n: gold. For about thirty years I was troubled with eczema, and could not obtain any cure. I was so unforUu-l hate as to have blood poison, and‘ this developed into eczema, the most dreadful of skin diseases. “1 was so bad that I would get up at night and scratch myself until: the fleuh was raw and flaming. The. torture I endured is almost beyond' description, and now I cannot say too good for Dr. Chase’si It has cured me and Ii recommend it because I know there- is nothing so good for itching skin.” Dr. Chase’s Ointment is known inl almost every community. Ask youra neighbors about it. There is prob-. ably a marked cure at your door", which you can investigate. The cures: made by this preparation will stand investigation; 60 cents a box, at all! dealers, er Edmnson, Bates 8;. Co.,' Toronto. To protect you against‘ imitations, the portrait and signaâ€". t‘ure of Dr. A. W. Chase, the ramâ€"l ous roceipt book author, are onE every box of his remedies. i which I was especially interested, as them were mysterious disappearanc- . are gonerally across at Aline and added, "I sup- pose you have no lingering feeling for your guardian, Miss Challenor?” "I never had any to linger,” said Aline simply. “There could not be any pretence of affection between us, for he always treated me as if I was an encumberance. My father had no relatives, and but few friends, and only appointed him because he had the next place to ours in the counâ€" try and had a knowledge of our esâ€" tates.” "Well, then, there will be no harm in telling you the news,” said Kenâ€" nard. “Sir Simon shot himself yes- terday morning, on learning through the papers of Nathan’s arrest. It is rumored also that the Honorable Ralph Darran, the next heir to the Darranmore title, who sent our five- 1y young Earl on his trip, is misâ€" sing. 'I should not be surprised to hear that there are other gaps in English society later, due to Zaverâ€" tal's operations on previous voyages. There have been three such, I under- .stand, this year since the ship has been under its recent owners.” His words were prophetic, for in several families of more or less note es during the next few days, and it did not fail to be remarked that most if not all of the withdrawals Were of recently enriched inheritors. who had iost relatives on the Queen of Night. So secretly had the sys- tem been worked that there was no proof which would have justified, purâ€" suit and arrest, the documents found at Vizard’s palatial mansion in Park Lane being written in a cypher which defied discovery. Enormous sums were found'entered in a private ledger in a safe hidden in the well of an octagon room where he transactâ€" ed business, but there was no ves- tige of readable matter showing on what account they had been receiv- ed. They, however, tallied with sums appearing in the banking ac- count of Nathan ’5': Co., and were undoubtedly the various amounts of blood money received by the “firm.” On reaching London, we took Aline to the firm of solicitors who had acted for her late father, and they at once made arrangements that she should remain with Mrs. Brinkworth till she should attain her majority, and thus avoid the necessity of hav- ing to return to Sir Simon’s house, where his sister was now in posses- sion. Orlebar’s ill-used wife forgot her troubles in serving us, and is to this day our devoted and faithful friend. She was doubly avenged, in- asmuch as the wicked woman who had supplanted her in her wretched husband’s affections, and had then sent him to his doom, herself met with a terrible end a year later in a revolution in the Argentine, whither her fears of discovery had taken her. With the exception of the convic- tion and hanging of Nathan, which follOWed in due course, the last act in this eventful drama occurred a week after our return. We were sitâ€" tingâ€"Kennafd and Iâ€"late one even- ing in the hotel where We had taken up our abode, and the detective was telling me a few facts about the gang whose symbol was the “Red Heart and Black Arrow.” "Vizard was the sole irresponsible chief,” he said, “but Nathan, and of late Zavertal, Were partners on an equal footing so far as knowledge‘ was concerned. The subordinate helpers in all parts of the world, while thoroughly unscrupulous, prob- ably had no guilty knowledge beâ€" yond their own humble parts. I heard of the organization years ago, when they confined their talents to big bond forgeries and gigantic long- firm frauds. I imagine it was Zav- ertal's reputation as a successful poisoncr that inspired Vizard with the idea of enlisting him and startâ€" ing a yacht-owning murder-syndi- cate.” ' “If you had not chanced to sail with us, the thing might have gone on indefinitely," I replied. "An unâ€" scrupulous ship’sâ€"doctor has whole- sale facilities for murder without fear of inquiry. It was a tremendâ€" ous Scheme, but the basis of it was really very simple and easy.” “The schemes of great criminals like that,” said Kenâ€" nard; and “Come in,” he added, as some one knocked at our door. It was McIntyre who entered, looking so haggard and dishevelled that we were not surprised news he brought. The Queen of Night had been burned at sea off Ushant, and Zavertal with her. “His Was the only life lost,“ pro-v Wi- at the . ceedcrl McIntyre, when We had made “We kept him for tries on the lower deck, andwhen the fire broke out and it became necessary to quit the ship I went be- low with a man to fetch him. On unlocking the door from the out- side it refused to open, and I then remembered that there was a bolt. on the inside as Well. This he had shot, and nothing I could shout through the door would induce him to draw it. The fire had gained such ground that we should have lost our lives if we had stayed to break down the door. It was prac= tic-ally a case of suicide.” “A fitting end for the ship and the man,” was Kennard’s only comment. * 'I' ‘l- * G * And now, as this has been a story of incident, I must not “lag” super- fluous before my readers with no more incidents to offer them. My wife’s arguments prevailed, and I have abandoned the sea. But. though I have become a landsman I am not wholly an idlerâ€"with ‘tlae care of her vast estates to employ me. It is two years since that stormy cruise ushered in for Aline and me a time of peaceful calm that knows no cloud, and shOWS no sign of breaking; and, writing here in our quiet. Herefordshire home, with miles and miles of apple«blossoms outside my window, the cell in the convent of Santa. Lucia, the cuddy of the Miranda, and the deckâ€"cabin next the surgery onthe Queen of Night seem far away indeed. Yet that they were once very pres‘ent realities two things remain always to remind incâ€"the letters of my friend Kenâ€" nard, Well~ and prosperous in the States, and the sweet voice that is eVen now bidding me lay down my penâ€"the voice of "the lass that 10v? ed a sailor.” The end. READS WITIâ€"I EYES CLOSED. Remarkable Gift Possessed by a New York Woman. Mrs. Frederick Alfred, of New York, does not attempt to explain a remarkable gift she possesses. She only knows she can rcald with closed eyes and that her vision can pene- trate any opaque substance and re- veal to her what is hidden from the sight of ordinary mortals. She is about 40 years of age, a motherly person who has had no varied exâ€" periences in the world. 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