"I replaced the panel and kept careful watch. At Marseilles,
where we called, more jewelry and a heavy bagful of plate was
brought aboard and secreted behind another panel. Then I knew that
the men were thieves.
"But surely," continued the strange story my mute love had
written, "I need not describe all that occurred upon that eventful
voyage, except to tell you of one very curious incident which
occurred. I had spoken confidentially with Muriel regarding my
suspicions of the men who were our fellow-guests, and when in
secret I showed her several places on board the yacht where
valuables were secreted, she also became convinced that the men
were expert thieves to whom her father, for some unexplained
reason, rendered assistance and asylum. She told me that since she
had left s
