The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless; Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise

ED ME

went up into the town, Joe to look, presently, for a dealer in electrical supplies, while Captain Tom sought a ship's joiner to fit and hang a new hatch t

sage from Mr. Seaton's attorney regarding the date when the formal hearing of the men arrested the night b

the young skipper, after the joiner

ious to look over the boat, but 86 he didn't offer to

and we'll get back to Lonely Island," decl

later the "Restless" was

up Joe, showing in the doorway of the motor room and ho

k, please," requested Tom, lo

and thick, as though laid on with the point of a stick. The m

have been forgotten, you'

nd taking the sheet as his chum held i

lack Betty,'" returned Tom, witho

tling when the sheet came into his hands. "Confound 'em, I hop

a shower of spray that sprinkled Hank from head to foot. As he turned to get out of the w

om. "We know all the r

ame on purpose to drop the note whe

e always glad to know that we'

y here for a minute or two," gr

. "He probably didn't have any g

e. "Stand close by the motors

ished aft. When he c

e got, 88 advising the lawyer that it probably shows Dalton, or Lemly, or both, to b

ha

by United States officers. She'll be held until the customs men have had a chance

t with her?" ask

luck," re

ed States Government," remarked young Halstead. "If he keeps at liberty he

afraid of that pair, are you?

nd of a boat on the high seas. But I'll say this much about my belief concerning Dalton: For some reason we've been in his way, and are 89 likely to be much more in his way bef

desperate against Mr.

know the story that's behind all this m

aton will ever tell

thinks we reall

that it's all in a big figh

uth America, since that is where Clodis was bound f

t our cruise will reach to South Am

here had been even a chance of that, Mr. Seaton would have ar

90 himself on the edge of the deck-ho

" laughed Joe, turning and g

up and the hatchways locked securely. The boys were not required to remain

the account Tom gave him of the red

the condition of Mr. Clodis, who still

omrades, repaired the bungalow's wireless pla

r at the wharf, and two others patrolling the island. No attempt of any

n of Clodis. He was alive, breathing feebly, and Dr. Cos

ashore to the authorities, for Powell Seaton, though not leaving t

boys at the noon meal. "But it would be worth a very great deal of money to get back the papers

the stolen papers?" asked Capt

s. "But the real trouble is that I don't want to have that

ncipals, or confederates, by this time, and tu

ce the gang of rascals behind Anson Dalton must be,

d Tom, re

ow what all this great myster

ious about what is none of my busine

now, just the same," replied Powe

PTE

N UNBURDE

I had little more in mind than using your boat for pleasure cruising about here. Yet the fact that you had a wireless equipment aboard the 'Restless' did influ

I can trust you to serve me as bravely and loyally as you have, in the past, been called upon to serve others. And now, just for the reason that you may

d glanced out through the windows. Then he returned to the ta

ast two or three days, as one of leisure. I am reasonably well-to-do in this world's

ell you that, three years ago, not satisfied that my fortune was large enough, I went to Br

there are fewer fortune-seekers there. In coffee, rubber and in many other staples fortunes may be made in Braz

a regular, dividend-paying basis. There are still, however, some fields not yet located. It was a small fi

ut on the table six diamonds. Though none was of great size, all of the stones were of suc

une," declared Hank Butts,

se stones have been appraised, I belie

of the bungalow replaced them in the wallet, retur

ia. There is no harm in telling anyone that, as Vahia is a state of great area. It is in a section little likely to be

right to it?" breathed Tom Halstead, h

are go to it," came

I ask why

an exactly just and honorable man. Yet not quite as much can be said for the governments of some of the states of

iends were being shamefully treated by this rascally governor, and I felt called upon to become mixed up in the affair. I even went so far that I incurred the

ed Tom, wo

ey serve wicked enough officials, shoot you down in cold blood. Then they lay beside your body a revolver in which are two or three discharged cartridges. They report, officially, that you resisted arrest and did your best to kill the members of the arresting party. This infamous lie all becomes a matter of official record. Then what can t

ice country!" mur

is an honorable man?" asked Halstea

ndrel who is well served by 97 men of his own choice stamp. Terrero is wealthy, and backed by many other wealthy men who have been growing rich in the d

here to find one of the rich diamond mines

y return to this country I have been arranging, ever so quietly, with moneyed men who have faith in me and in my honesty. After much dickering we have arranged a syndicate that is backed by millions of dollars, if need be.

tune that might have been mine from this great enterprise. Yet, even as it is, 98 I stand to reap rich

iamond field, they were to have moved quickly, spending plenty of money, and filing a patent to the fields. Under the law the Brazilian Government would be entitled to a large share of the find in precious stones, but even at that our share would have been enormous. Once the patent to the diamond field was filed, the President and the whole National Government of that coun

nder all circumstances. You have no idea how I have been watched, the last year, by agents of Terrero. Dalton, though an American, is one of the worst of these secret agents of the gover

I could fully trust to deliver the two sets of papers to the members of the syndicate at Rio Janeiro. I believe

red passage, by mail, under the name of Arthur Hilton. Beyond the slightest doubt Dalton, that infernal spy, had succeeded in discovering that I was sending Clodis with the papers. Yet Dalton, or H

apart, and had advised him that it might not be safe to deposit either in the pur

e one I now have safe-he seems to have put away in his trunk, believing that no one seeking to rob him would thin

received a message, after her sailing, which told me that no one an

ind, would be enough to advise me that no one answering to Dalton's description had appeared among the passengers or

hen I received that message about the injury to

would have gone out in haste to receive Bert Clodis myself, but I realized that, if I delayed y

eived the message as well, and then have gone out with us on the 'Restless

w York that I had reserved. I was, at that time, waiting for word from New York of any possible discovery that could be m

moments, but Powell Seaton a

en had time to look through them and discover that that set was incomplete. Then, on seeing Clodis's trunk go aboard the 'Restless' with the injured man, Dalton guessed that the remaining papers might be in the trunk. That was why Dalton decided to leave the 'Constant.' But you

stolen papers in safe hiding. But isn't it barely likely that he had already engaged C

yself, beaten in this 103 great diamond game. As the matter now stands, Dalton has won the first step, but he hasn't enough knowledge to enable his employer, Terrero, to locate my precious find. I can duplicat

only one honest man on earth?" asked

ngalow, "yet only one that I know to be honest, and who possesses at the same tim

il unless he can get hold of the contents of the other set

d in that closet over there," confirmed Mr. Seaton. "And I have told none but you t

from a pocket. He fitted the right key to the door, and swung the latter open. An instant mo

f papers is gone-

y had no need to search. Seaton had done that thoroughly, and now he turned to eye them. As he stared-or glared-a new thou

at the side of the doorway, "I told you a

's turn to go death

CT ME?" demanded the young skippe