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The Five Orange Pips

           "TheLoneStarhadarrivedherelastweek. IwentdowntotheAlbertDockandfoundthatshehadbeentakendowntheriverbytheearlytidethismorning,homewardboundtoSavannah. IwiredtoGravesendandlearnedthatshehadpassedsometimeago,andasthewindiseasterlyIhavenodoubtthatsheisnowpasttheGoodwinsandnotveryfarfromtheIsleofWight." 

           "Whatwillyoudo,then?" 

           "Oh,Ihavemyhanduponhim. Heandthetwomates,areasIlearn,theonlynative-bornAmericansintheship. TheothersareFinnsandGermans. Iknow,also,thattheywereallthreeawayfromtheshiplastnight. Ihaditfromthestevedorewhohasbeenloadingtheircargo. Bythetimethattheirsailing-shipreachesSavannahthemail-boatwillhavecarriedthisletter,andthecablewillhaveinformedthepoliceofSavannahthatthesethreegentlemenarebadlywantedhereuponachargeofmurder." 

           Thereiseveraflaw,however,inthebestlaidofhumanplans,andthemurderersofJohnOpenshawwerenevertoreceivetheorangepipswhichwouldshowthemthatanother,ascunningandasresoluteasthemselves,wasupontheirtrack. Verylongandverysevereweretheequinoctialgalesthatyear. WewaitedlongfornewsoftheLoneStarofSavannah,butnoneeverreachedus. WedidatlasthearthatsomewherefaroutintheAtlanticashatteredstern-postoftheboatwasseenswinginginthetroughofawave,withtheletters"L.S."carveduponit,andthatisallwhichweshalleverknowofthefateoftheLoneStar. 

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