“C. Q.”; or, In the Wireless House
fourth - son - of - Lord - Varricks - Marquis - of - Conyngfort - still - believed - to - be - mid-ocean - stop - funeral - today - Castle - Ruyn - Waterford - Hants - Scotland - Yard - requests - thorough - search - all - Atlantic - steamships - and - report - at - governments - expense - stop . Lord - Varicks - prostrated - stop,—”
There was a knock on the door of the wireless house.
“Come in!” shouted Micky, and went on taking as Cloud entered hesitatingly and stopped just inside the door.
“—Greatest - excitement - prevails - in - England - where - alleged - murderer - was - popular - in - high - society - stop.”
“Hearing all about you,” remarked Micky shortly, as he waved his visitor towards the bunk with his disengaged hand.
Cloud nodded. He looked more gaunt and hopeless than ever. Micky pushed a box of cigarettes in his direction and Cloud lighted one while the Marconi man continued to take down a miscellaneous assortment of information which, with its repetition, occupied another129
