The Argosy, October 1906 — page 133: what you’re looking at

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5 _Shanadoah in New York, and in thirty- six hours I was empowered to command the ship and carry her to her destination. T shipped a new crew and. fresh pro- visions, bought me some decent clothes, and knew myself ‘once more. _ There were certain formalities to be gone through, before the American con- sul and the port authorities; my sworn declaration was taken. by a magistrate, with a view to the apprehension of Jack Harris and his mates, but they were never heard of. A copy of the aforesaid state- _ This I deposited, turning the amount due “AN AGE OF MADNESS. = = Three months later, after a aie fies passage, I took a pilot. off the Heads, — and on calling at the ship’s agents in San Francisco fdund letters awaiting me, confirming me in my command if [ — brought the old hooker in safely. I ~~ have never wanted a ship since. _ Captain and Mrs. Milligan and Mate ae Hogan had to stay on Tristan nearly a year before they were taken off by a whaler. We have never chanced to meet since—but the world is a little place af- ter all, and who knows when I may run few gt aly ta Ry ie «ibn asked M. Martin. ment was also mailed to the owners. across them? =< AN AGE OF MADNESS. = ; By SEWARD W. HOPKINS, a Author of “ The Hoodoo Ranch,” “A Perilous Trail,” “The Mysteries of the Flying Fudge,” = 73 ” — The Man From Martinique, ete. 3 = Eo The strange and thrilling experiences that sprang from a quiet plan to build air-ships on = = =F ies “sy an island. = : SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED. = > Joun Dercxesson and Laphystium Poggitt are in terested in inventing an‘air-ship on a - Frenchman’s Island, in Oneida Lake. — M. de Watines and. his daughter Josephine, the a owners of the island, arrive from Paris in search of a buried treasure, which they finally aS unearth. = The following morning M. de Watines is found murdered. There are no traces of the = criminal except the imprint of a strange boat on the beach, a couple of footprints, and sac a Malay dagger, which is dredged from the lake. M. de Watines had no enemies, although Josephine remembers that her father has not been on especially good terms with = M. Kaufmann, his brother-in-law. ee Through the stupidity of rustic officials, Deckesson is arrested, but after numerous ~ trials and accidents he escapes to Paris and falls in with George Pallser, also escaping a from justice on account of a boyish escapade. Deckesson, under the name of Arthur : one cultivates Kaufmann, whom he does not like, and learns from his banker, Ss artin, that, to pay Kaufmann’s debts, M. de Watines had mortgaged the family ae ae which is about to be sold. Deckesson buys the place. He also finds that Kauf- 3 mann has had in his employ a Malay servant who disappeared about two months <2 previously. — Forgiven by fire father, Pallser returns to America, and by him Deckesson sends back 3 reassuring messages to Frenchman’ s Island. - : ae ~~ ae Cas = | : ae CHAPTER XXXV. on Watines and the Paris house over to SOEs PEPeRS late SAD BET EE Alexander, and leaving the rest with == eee the bank, subject to my draft. ee ct ° . a = 3 “TI can now communicate with Mlle. =o T was a time for messages. The first Josephine,” M. Alexander. a= to arrive was a cable from Mr. Pog- “Yes,” I told him. “TI will give you gitt, in care of M. Martin, sending me her address.” = ==. ae hundred and fifty thousand francs. _“ How is Madame La Four HOW (2 =e *This story bee tn L the. May issue of THE Arcosy. The five back numbers will be mailed to any : omens. on receipt of 50 cents. eemiCbOS cS)