Copyright, 1910, 1911, by Harper &
Brothers.
"Hollo: Where's our boat?" exclaim
ed Kirk. I
"The captain told me he'd be ready
at 4. Perhaps he has run over to Tabo
guilla or"— She hesitated with a trou
bled frown.
"You told hiiu to wait?"
"Distinctly." Seeing an idler in the
sQhare above, slie questioned him in
Spanish. "This man says the launch
left for Panama two hours ago. They
went on a Sunday spree. He says they
came ashore and bought a lot of liquor,
and he heard them quarreling later."
"That means we'll have to get an
other boat"
"I don't know where we shall find
one."
"Neither do I, but there must be
some sort of craft that plies back and
forth regularly."
'Only once or twice a week, I be
lieve, and it belongs to the sanitarium.
Perhaps we'd better wait awhile our
men may come-back."
At last, as the sun was dipping into a
bed of gold. Kirk broke out:
'Gee whiz! We've got to do some
thing! Mr. Cortlandt will be getting
worried."
'In all probability he won't know
anything about it until too late to come
for us. He is dining with those people
from Bocas, and may not get back
to the Tivoli before midnight."
"Nice fix we're in!" remarked An
thony. "I'd like to lay hands on that
captain."
'We may have to stay here all night"
'Well, at least we have a haven of
refuge. They'll take us in at the hos
pital."
'I don't care to ask them. There's
some one up there I don't wish to see.
