The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 21, 1917, Image 6
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THE CAST.
MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria Charming.
MILTON SILLS as Donald Parr.
WARNER OLAND as Baron
Huroki.
DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny
Adair.
SYNOPSIS.
Baron Harold. chh f of the Japanese
eecrci service in Amcticu, conspiring: t"
embroil the I'nited St. t? s with Mexico,
desires control of tin yivai Channiny rnunitions
platns owned b\ 1'atria lust of
"The Figlitinff Channtnjra' nnd sole exicutiix
ol a SlOO.oce.oiit' trust secretly created
by patriotic prn\reuito:-s to combat
the national perils inherent in "unpreparednc
-s." lb- s< .crocs failing, thanks
to the opposition of IVitria I" ! by her
fiance. Cart. ltoiatdd i';.:r. Hntoki causes
a strike at the < an ''or plants.
EIGHTH EPISODE
Red Might.
THE SPIRIT OF HER PROGENITORS.
Since p:irly inorninjr en unwonted,
unnatural and wholly specious semhlanco
of trniMjijillity h:td brooded over
lite little valley in the heart of thf
New Jersey hills.
Now. as the earlier hours of nthlsummer
afternoon drew on, a feeling
of tension begun to inform the atmosphere;
the hush bey;in perceptibly to
ortTii'ixvc tlw? <j\?'ii that hash
'*'I'' ' " t - '
oppresses which foretells the breaking
of a thunderstorm upon ti smiling
land; instinctively n'cn walked warily,
with eyes alert. ami eotnnmuienled
with one u not Iter in accents needlessly
guarded.
i Within that vast congeries of gaunt
wooden structures and walled yards
which comprised the powder mills and
munition factories of Channlngs. Inc.,
there was Mtflo or no activity where
ordiiuit'ily tlmte v tai incessant hustle,
> In place i?f those voluminous pinnies
of smoke, Jet hy day, crimson hy night,
the hovering brlek chimneys stained
;th? skies only villi transparent veils
fiT anther vapor. rJe-vw*^. **>>*?:*>!* "
j. Inside the fjo-tory buildings all ma*
chin cry stood idle. The whistles had
sounded hy habit at eight o'clock and
at noon without summoning to or delivering
front labor a solitary hand. |
No endless strings of freight ears
heavy laden with exphvdvi <, armsjifld f
ordnance trudged. iTj? the ban? grade
to the rim of those enehvling liills. on
the first Stage of their brief journey
10 ('bantlings' tidewater yards and
docks near Iktyonne.
The premises were all but lifeless;
n scanty companx of armed guards on
vigilant patrol; a little knot of some
half a dozen people in conference just
outside the main gateway to the most
extensive powder mill?and that was
\ .ullr? b
P' The strike was fourteen hours old.
i ft
As yet no ovfruirrs lowjini a comerence
bad been i":ido by either party,
employers ??r < ?;<.>yees. The latter.
Indeed. n? <? i . hohl aloof with sin- '
V- * ? +T f ! ?' > - *?^ vc '?? "r ?
gular stubbornness; to excuse their uelion
in walking out at the previous
Ulljjelght. the employers knew of notliJng
nioi e ihaii a few minor grievances
on the part of the men. matters susceptible
to spooiiy adjustment through,
and scheduled for early submission to,/
process of arbitration. The major demands
of the strikers remained unstated.
.---aft more thiwi one of those who
w^re waiting so patiently outside the
gates could have hazarded a shrewd
guess at the real cause of the trouble.
Haifa mile distant lay Powder Town,
an unlovely collection of "frame" and
canvas shelters, ginmllls. eating places.
dancehalJs, gambling hells, stores and
"hotels" ministering to the necessities
and appetites of an army of workingmen
and parasites drawn together by
the attraction of high wages and
steady employment offered by an organisation
working night and day to
fill "war orders" for the allies.
There, In those struggling, dusty and
riittiil streets t he dis:itYeeted Pin
ployees milled like cattle, a rabble twothirds
drunk with one intoxicant or another?whisky,
greed excited by the
promises of labor agitators, and a
spirit of destruetiveness which had already
whetted Its appetite by putting
the Channlngs company store to the
torch.
To the group by the gateway the rtinor
of sullen voices was wafted, or
the wings of a lazy wind, a grim murmuring
like the buzzing of a ?wariu
of angry bees.
Listening to It, Captain Parr sbool
tou uneasy head.
Tatrla eyed him anxiously,
What do you think?"
"I'm not thinking," he averred wttl
m oorry sort of a smile; "I'm Just hop
4ng."
Hoping they'll hold off ... T
Hoping against hope that the com
Iag of the strike breakers won't mad
den them beyond control."
The girl nodded gravely.
Will It be much longer?do jot
think?"
^ They ought to be here any in J nit
h, -r ' a #?* A
RI/V
iCE?f PREPAREDNESS
>&)!Pn VANCE
tic.)i Pu t are Play of the
for the International KT (
tidcr the I)iret tion of
Cifyrifht Stur Ccmfatty.
mow.' t<l replied, chtiK'in*: ?t his
wi. tch.
"And if it does madden them?Y*
"We'll lis:vi* our hands lull."
Mr. Orson I'crtrnm, general uumatfcr
{'or <*bnnnih;:s. 1 no.. addressed rntnn
wi'li a iniMii'!' of 'nervous pomiHJsity.
".diss Chuiminjr . .
l'\ i s, Mr. Kertrnin?"
"Permit tue to make one last effort
to influence you. There's bound i<? be
set ions trouble as soon as the strike
breakers jret here. We can hold th??ni
off l ii! nii:li; fall, with the men we
ve? perhaps. A ler dark almost
anything may happen. Tliat attempt
to Mow us tip this morning, in broad
daylight, omrht to convince you that
v.e have only the worst to fear."
"And s*. yon wont my permission to
te?.i h the governor to call out the
militia?"
"Such is my earnest udviee, Miss
*!n Jilt*MI."
i !i pdi shook !:< { head with detcT uinriioo.
"I v. i n't permit that. It's wronjr. It
1 oealis?in .-no ?v rd?war. It mentis ,
civil war. It nutans bloodshed, possib'y
nianvlnn.chter. the killing of men
wholly uninterested in this private
a: rrei beta c? n t'h?uniui?s and its elllpleyei'.s.
We must tin?1 some other
way to < ope with the situation without
roinp' to sik h exi retma:/'
l'erlra.m. his eotiM* nance <lark with
or* bodi nii'. .*;nve up the a\leiii]it to.
; ersu.ale liie uirl as hopeless, and
without more words moved away.
"1 low e: n tla* ii**'ii he so unreason-nikv.'/V*
1'atria eomp.ai n?d. "Why won't
in. > to us and state their irrievuuceslr
V*V-\ e nlv.vvs treated them
fait'y. If pli w'xj only give us a
chance- "
J JK > ,e U?d fiiililo," Donald
ituswci d. "They're milled. Unscru.
nous i< aiici v kiiI*in*iK*<l by llaron 11 iiivxi
and his lot hi.ve blinded them to
.heir best interests. !r wo could only
got itt the men themselves?"
1';. r iii nodded intently. "I'm Sltro '
1 ci'iiM iiitiu- iiv-o tlc-m . . , I won-'
(]rl. ? ? +*#!&., j
Without warning, the hum of the
inch in Powder To w n rose to a high discord.'nice,
a clamor of angry yells. Not
one of those ahout the gates but was
startled, though all had been momentarily
anticipating something of the
sort. They eonsnlted one another with
?-?r *x. w ?
anxious eyes. ??.
"Here tltey come at last !" Parr anIiouneed.
"Now for the musie !"
Over the crest of a little hill that
stood between Powder Town and the
(.'bantlings' mills appeared a motorcar
running at high speed?a ear loaded to
the lisnit of its capacity with strike
breakers and carrying armed guards
on the running hoards as well as in
the seat beside the driver.
Simultaneously the uproar of the
disaffected drew perceptibly nearer.
Hashing directly for the gates, itswept
through them almost without
slackening speed, then pulled up smartly
in the yards, and discharged its occupant
S. - ?
i- ?*--? '
hollowing it in close succession came
another < ; r similarly laden, ami anotliei
and another- a long procession of
motorcars to !c number of something
- - >
more than twenty.
The fifth had barely swung tip over
the hilltop when the vanguard of the
strikers appeared iti pursuit?a disorderly
. loud of infuriated workingni -n.
running clumsily nvcr tin* roadside
holds, pausing only lo pick up and hurl
Clods of earth and spun ; at 111? speeding
a'it omohi'es. ! -w of those missiles
reached their nope did ?b.?iu:ge.
all won* ' ? (! I?> h??th guards ami
<o" *?r?u *
strike ' ioak'-rs. Hut 1 ?y Hie time trie
Inst car was safely within t h *? gales, n'
sullen and vengeful multitude liarl rssendded
in ilie open spaces liet'ure the
factory, a mob that wanted only a
lender to incite it to storm the buildings,
its temper patently demonstrated
hy a scattering of revolver shots frmn
it< midst punctuating an almost continuous
Might of stones that rattled
ngainst the fence or f? !J inside the
yard.
Long before this Donald and Hertram
had hurried ('atria Into shelter,
and. leaving her as they thought stifel.v
disposed of for the time being. had
turned their attention to stationing the
guards on the low platform that ran
around the inside of the fence?a platform
Just high enough to permit a man
to see and, if need he, aim and tin
i over the barrier.
He-enforced hy the strike breakers
. the guards made quite a respeetahh
\ company of defenders, hut still insig
. nltlcant in numbers as compared wit I
I the crowd outside, an Inferiority thai
was quickly rendered still more em
[ phutic hy the addition to the striker.'
of a considerable number of mei
armed with modern magazine rifles.
Donald greeted the sight of thea<
I last with a groan.
"Huroki's hand!" he commented he
tween hiR teeth. I knew hen sliov
ii before long. The union never Hup
i? plied those weapons!"
[. A small hand tugged at his sleeve?
Patrln's. His Indignation at seeing he
1 thus recklessly exposing herself to pes
0 slhle Jn.iur.v almost outweighed hi
love for the girl,
e "You promised?" he began.
f
"I knoW?but I'vo roconsid< r? d. ! \w
Please come in to the telephone?g -t mi
the governor oil long distance?tell t
him we must have the militia." to
With a nod of relief Donald Jumped iti
down from the platform, and with Pa- Ui
tria 111 his side ran across the yard ev
toward the olhee of the superintendent, tit
Several revolver and rltle shots rang pa
out before they reached tlte building, ag
Obeying orders, the guards and strike ag
breakers were tiring over the heads of
the mob in endeavor to frighten it off. At
Seizing the receiver of the instru- he
itient <>n the desk nearest the olllce >h
door, Captain Parr called again and te;
again witliout response. er
lb- got n<? answer whatever. on
"The wire's dead?probably cut," he sk
announced, hanging up. "We're cut off ah
from the world. Now we shan't he re
long finding out how many of these ex
It.nasties sire willing to die at lluroki's
holiest. Stay here till I send word It's lei
safe to come out." "I
He ran hsistily out into tin* yard. to
4 .. I... -1 J - 1 - - < -
/\> in- urn sn a scattering voiie.v mi
sounded from beyond the fence and wl
one of the guards pitched backward tin
from the platform, shot through the sti
head. P<
Ineonlinentl.v liis comrades began to >'<
shoot to kill. tr;
Seizing the' rille ?f the fallen man. Ja
Parr .jumped to the platform. The SI
weapon was at his shoulder and his th
eye was sighting along its barrel when th
he hecame aware of a sudden lull in hl>
tiie uproar, a lull In which Patria's dc
voice sounded high and true: ph
"CYnse tiring! All of you?cease til*- ha
ing, 1 say!" hr
With a gasp of horror. Parr saw the th<
girl running out into the open space
between the fence jnid the advancing igi
rabble, and understood that she had en
taken advantage of tlie general preoccupatlen
within the yard to open a Pi
small gate ami mke this foolhard/
risk. an
The astonishment with which l*oth dii
parties greeted her appi arauce brought pa
about a complete cessation of hostilities.
The defenders held their hreath ho
in terror. Tim attackers stood gaping,
rooted in amaze.
Without hint of fear or doubt, the sp
girl paused w ithin a dozen paces of the tin
foremost rank of strikers, when she -fi
paused, and stood quite still, facile.
them with adorable courage, her head an
high, a brave color flaming in her he
cheeks.
In the dead silence which ensued hit
hor accents hiiik Hear: ,u|
"I Ix't: you sill to listen to me till I
liuve finished. 1 :in: I'atria C'haniiinjr. '
I own these factories. T am the one >ou qu
"Cease Firing!
Intve been working for. I want this -u
nonsense to >top instantly. II you
have been unfairly trented, it is not iti
hy tny order, and 1 pledge myself Jo 1"
see that your wrongs are made right. ni
Hut. first you must tell me what you tl
have to complain of."
She waited an Instant tun got no 1>
response. The strikers stirred uneasily a
and murmured a Ml tie together, hut n
none appeared us spokesman. Austin t?
1'ntrin addressed them, lifting an arm li
to point otit three of those who stood a
nearest her. a
"Yon have an Intelligent face?and tl
you?and you. Come forward, please, ir
and tell me what ir is that has made h
1 you take this attitude toward Chan- p
, nlngs."
Almost reluctantly, certainly sheep*
Md.v, the men Indicated moved toward h
. her. | h
One began to speak, a brawny erea- ' 11
i ture with a face of thoughtful east, ?
I now that surprise had modified his ! ^
- passions. His voice was low-pitched, <>
* his words were Indisti'iKulshnhle to ;11
i Oonald; but lie talked earnestly ftnd, ^
it seemed, well?briefly and to a point, *
p and finished to approving nods from f
his companions.
- Instantly the pirl replied In tones j
v that carried distinctly to the farthest s
i- tank of atiikrio. !
i "If what you say Is true, the matter I
- shall be set rljrht wlthoui a day's do* j 1
r lay. And every reasonable demand , 1
y- you may make Is granted?I. I'atria I
a ('banning:. Kive my word of honor to 1 g
; that!?upon two condition#." I i
| bhe paused briefly; the stillness of j *
(livid(Hi and respectful attention wnt
corded her.
"1 want every man of you to agre?
train himself ut my expense for mil
try service in the defense of tlx
dted States. Cliannlags will nice
ery hill, for your t.'me and for every
lug else, if you will consent to pre
re yourselves to defend your home!
a last foreign aggression. Do yoi
roe?"
Spontaneously a eheer answered her
ul cheer after crashing cheer fol
wed. it was some minutes hefor<
e was aide to continue. In that in
rvai her (juick eyes, searching tlx
owd, picked out two countenance!
ily too well known to her on the out
irts of the crowd?faces that, alinosi
<> ninoir ..II I 1 >.,? < > *1....... *.
ilect the enthusiasm her words luu
cited.
"Secondly," she cried, when ft
njrfli she could make herself heard
want your promise to have no mor?
do with those who incited this
rike. I do not mean you are to h?
thdut leaders, or to cive up youi
lions, hut that you must cast on
piking in the interests of the enemy
>r those leaders who have uiislec
u are tools of an enemy of tltis conn
v who brought litis strike about
pan conspires to enihroil the lliitei
ates with Mexico in order to pav<
e way for lite Japanese invasion ol
e west coast. Therefore .Japan wonh
;e to j;et control of. or, failing that
strc.y the Chnniiittj;s' niunitio!
ints. Therefore Japanese and Mex
tit conspirators paid agitators t<
intf this strike about. ... I meat
use men."
Her out Hunt; arm dramatically des
luted the two on tin4 edjre of the
?wd.
"I mean Huron Iluroki, Juan dc
nut and all who are with them."
There was a sudden turning of head.4
d craning uf necks in tlie indicate'.]
ection. Those nearest lluroki'>
rty moved threateningly toward it
Then a striker's voice was uplifted
arse with fury:
"Kill Yin! Lynch tin* spins!"
Instantaneously nil usrly urowl re
nndcd. There was a concerted move
nt of the crowd toward the illirrcd
conspirators.
Prudently the conspirators turner
d lied, the pack snapping at theii
els.
P#y the nr.rrowest of shaves (It w:i>
or learned) they regained their too
ear and escaped with their lives.
THE $7,000,000 EARTHQUAKE.
"The riddle," Donald propouruier
ite seriously?"the riddle is; Wlici
All of You."
id when* will ITurokl strike next?
Patrln )i<m 1 (|( <! patiently to indleat
idorsement of this rullicr ohviou
imposition, then a hit wearily to slj
ily her complete iignorance ns to wU?i
le answer might he.
In point of fact she was tremondoii:
' fatigued with tin* ufl'nir us h who]
in! in detail. This business of fottln
self-constituted savior of Iter com
\v was proving tolerably exhuusiini
[uroki was so tireless, displayed su<
homteuhle ingenuity in inventing no
nd bathing eonihinalions of intrigu
lint even the excitement of eomhn
ig hint, tin* satisfaction of checkin
im time after time, was beginning t
all upon the girl.
Tonight, for Instance, she was fee
ig very fit Indeed. Cantuin Parr hn
relight her homo from I'owder Tow
n ample tlino for her to take a lor
ifip and In other ways ninko horse
ver into a now woman before ilinm
ind now, at something 1 ;it**r than nil
I'olock, sho vory muoli wan tod 1
rouse herself?see a play, or take
land at auction, or dance, or do an
hing else that a normal young wonii
Inds healthily diverting.
And she couldn't. It was absolute
irohihitcd. She dared not to stop 01
ride the door, for fear lest Huro
mi ?! ' oeeot <ul h i?h t\l?? no
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nmahl's lodgings (vacated by him
irovlde her with a secure refuge), ai
aid some trap for her.
She was permitted only to sit ai
ressip with her betrothed?and 1
ipinllko, was obstinately *???nt on d
Missing Huron lluroki rather tluiu t
I one subject which Fatrla considered
really engrossing, which was of course
? the love of Fatrla Clmnuing and Don
aid Farr.
? "We can feel sure of only one thing
t ?that lie'U strike and strike swiftly
. and unexpectedly. It's open war be.
tween you now?war to the knife.
5 You've publicly denounced him. 11*
i must either disappear or tlnd some
way to silence you permanently. 1
wish I knew! I wish I knew!"
.! Anxiously, pacing the confines of the
? sitting room, Parr kneaded his hands
. together. The telephone brought him
d to an abrupt pause,
j "Hello?" he railed, receiver to ear.
A look of perplexity oloudod his face,
t "Who?" he j demanded. "What's
> that?"
l He called impatiently. "Hello*
Hello?" then Jiggling the hook, said,
t "Oh, he has?" ungraciously, and hung
, up.
? "What is it?" till* ldl'1 <1?>111M nihwl
* "The answer to my riddle?perhaps,'*
? lie Informed Patria. "I don't know,
r It's a queer business. Whoever called
t lip said all in a breath: "I'm a friend?
. never mind my name. Tell Miss Chnni
ning to be on her guard against trouble
. tonight at the Channing docks near
. Dayonne. Huroki means mischief?!"
1 Then lie stopped short, with a sort of
> curdle, as if somebody had clapped a
f ha nil across his mouth. 1 hoard a
1 bang, as if a receiver at the other end
, had fallen on something lmrd. And
i thou Central report<d, 'The party ims
. luiii'j up.' Wit;:t the douce!"
t Patria was on her feet. "The P.nyj
onne docks!' she repeated thoughtfully.
"Where your output is stored peud?
ing shipment to Eui*Donald explained.
"r.eriram toUl me this after*
noon that there must he seven billions
of dollars' worth of arms, ammunition
; and other explosives accumulated
[ there. If Huroki could manage to
; toueh a spark to that?!"
i "Donald! You don't think?V"
"1 think he'd have a hard Job doing
it. hut I know he'd try if he thought
of it?out of sheer, cussed hankering
to get even with you, if for no more
weighty reason."
Dor,aid picked up his hat and threw
a light topcoat over his arm.
I "You're not going?"
"I surely am. I mean to have a look
over tile ground down there and have
; extra guards posted before midnight ?
the traditional ounce of prevention.
You needn't worry; it's no great trip:
I'll be back a little after twelve, and
I'll call you up as soon as I can get
to a telephone!"
r ..? :? ? ' > -
a >ui 11 ? .i> iii;it* im m1 n in* w .iN
able i<i unlock her j'rnis ami liud the
door.
In the course of the next two hours
the girl fret red hersc'. f almost beyond
endurance. 1 f??I* disappoint uicnt on
answering the door, at the end of thai
period, in response to a ring, was
acutely painful; themnn on the threshold
was no$ her Imrmld come hack in
safety, but his lieutenant. Kylcy, seeking
''aptnli'. I'arr on a matter of press.
i11yr business.
Informed as to the errand which
had calh <1 ]><>n:ihl abroad, the detec*
t'\e n?anifeste<! profound uneasiness.
"ii( oiprhtu t p> h,\t ^itic alone," lie
protested. "He ought te have gotten in
rotn-li witli me lirst, anyhow. That telephone
message sounds like a pi: ut to
get him out. You hadn't ought to
ha\ e let hint ;.'o
"I did nty hv st p? dissuade him?In'
wouldn't listen I What can we doV"
"I'm going a Per him.'
"I'm going with you, then."
, "I'lerso, ip'o-'s?no
Kyle.'s protests were unavailing.
Hastily snatching tip a luit and wrap,
I'ntria insisted on accompanying the
mi* u.
"How Ion;: will i! take 11 < 7" she
v4:m.I as thi\\ hurried up the street, in
1 Krai'eh iff a toxical).
, "i doh't know. Ti depends on the
train service?and 1 don't know how
that runs this late at night."
"Wouldn't it he quicker for us to go
by water? I've got a fast power boat
in commission at the North Kivoi
Yacht club. If it would save time?"
Kylcy was empluitieally of the opinion
that it might. save a great deal ol
time to go by power boat.
Kefore midnight, then, they wen
' afloat; the boat speeding down tin
quiet Hudson, I'utrfu ut the wheel
[s Kyle.v standing oil lookout/in the bows
l_ At about half after twelve tlie>
^ roupded 1'aulus hook, and hearing >
heavy detonation roll acrosg the, wn
q. tors, looked up to see the southwest
\q urn sky aglow with finme.
IT.. S. . ....... ...1 T*..... t .......1 il l..
i? i up mi wiim lij n j >111111 v.(I uon pnvij
|. ipiyHMton with it smuthe. red intpreen
? Hon tempting confirmation of his diros
.p apprehensions.
w fr? tap stern T'atriu made no sound
(? Hut for it full minute she was qwit?
t- sure that her heart imc] ceased to fune
i% tlon. When she breathed again, sin
to bent over th<* ending*mid advanced tin
spark and opened wide the throttle be
,j_ fore speaking.
uj "I'lie Chunnlng docks?", she callei
.n to Kyley.
l<r He answered reluctantly: 44 4Frah
yj. ho, rnlss."
Momentarily now, as the power boa
l(. forced swiftly through those dark an<
trlno vnltift n*(iforo f K a /i/\nfWi<rtMi flat
^ TTiiiviO| iur \ wiiiiii^i uiiwi
H painted the night-enshrouded skie
v. with more lurid and terrifying tint?
jn i Momentarily explosions resounded li
greater and greater volume.
At one o'clock precisely?while th
boat was at* 11 at a ?afe dlstance*
came the most vloleut detonation o
,.!. ??
j'j The eartli rocked, the sen quaked
" the very firmament seemed shaken b;
id 1
the terrific forces unleashed by th
flames eating their way Into the Wear
of that seven milllon-dollur hoard o
u'' exploslvc-s. The shores vomited like ;
s' volcano. Windows were shattered at 1
distance of ten miles.
%
One such window fell Inward to the
floor of ? room In the Murray Hill dig*
i lict of Now York, where Baron Hurokl
of Tokyo sat in quiet confubulation
with Senor Juim de Lima of
The Japanese consulted his watch^^H
and arched a quizzical eyebrow at his
colleague.
"Our seven million-dollar earthquake,
my dear De Lima!" he said
I
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With Donald and Patria Clinging to
the Mar.t, It Toppled Into the Sea. fl
blandly. "Am!?(Jennnny be ^fl
live minutes inter Patria laid her fl
power Ix.at alongside n schooner that
lay moored to 1J.?- northernmost of the ^fl
dimming, docks. Itylt y swarmed up
over the schooner's side nml mude fast fl
tin- painter?to fintt, when he turned, fl
Tallin at his elbow. I
"You stay here, miss," he shouted, fl
to make himself heard above the din fl
of 1 lie e.'iifla^ratioti. "I'll t'.ml Captain B
Trrr if la's here to he found, and fl
hriiijj him hack te you." fl
T.ut wlici: he ran Up the gangplank fl
to the dork. Tntrin w as hy his side. fl
Towing to her indomitable courage. In* fl
made no more protest, but hurried on fl
with lat into the heart of tliat furnace jjfl
wlmh yawned for tlmm ashore.
It was ns it' tlx* earth itself Intel H
flowered ill devastating Maine. H
Following tlu? spur line of rails that I
run from tin- dock to Jhe shore, they 9
fought tin ir way on, scorched by flume, B
d<duged with sparks, deufened ii)> B
the incessant detonation of shells ex- I
ploding in burning freight curs, dazzled
to blindness. jfl
Kv? ntually. on the verge of abandon- B
ing their efforts as wholly hopeless, B
they stumbled across the body of Don- B
aid prone between two lines of rails, M
beside the ruins of ft freight car al- 3
ready cousunn d to its trucks. 3
Insensible when they lifted him up m
and, with one of his arms across a
shoulder of each, they drngg< <1 him 1
back toward the water; he came to j]
after a time?a badly singed and badly
shaken Imnnid, hilt in no way serious- B
ly injured. B
Thereafter lie did his part like the 3
man he was, not only taking care of |
himself, hut aiding the failing efforts M
of Patrla to keep moving. The girl was m
half fainting with fatigue and hard- J
ship. Slut dragged on the arm that m
Donald had wound round her like a
thing ii.animal e. I
In some manner, of which none re- y
tallied coherent understanding ? fl
through sot.ie miracle the three re- 1
gained the dock and staggered down it
to the s,i,, i,n r.
Sparks llying on the night wind had I
;;lr ady si ! in tin* vessel, 1 <i regain
the 'aunch, their one hope of es- I
cape, tiie.v had to < : . ss a deck that i|
spewed smoke from every ? M
where it was not already aflame. ^
| Leaving Donald to care for I'atria, 1
Kyley threw himself on aland to un- 1
moor tiie power boat. 1
/\s nc nm so, siriM swims rounu to i
give Mid If need he, the deck between M
him and those two blundering figures |
cm veil iu mini ? sheet of flume shot up. I
, With a groan the detective dropped k
, over the side into the bout and pushed j
off.
At a little distance he looked hack, 1
, and (tried out in wonder to see the fig- j
, tires of Donald and I'atrln half wuy up J
f th? foremast?the hungry Unmet* leap- v
? ing savagely for their feet. !
| With. Infinite exertion, slowly' troey
climbed on and on, dogged ever by the j
., linings.
J A slight explosion sounded In the
hold of the schooner. The flames shot \
] higglers The mast rocked, tottered, ,
, swayed like a broken reed, and eraslied j
I over the side, carrying the lovers with
"it. '
J (KXI) or KKJ1ITII K1MSODK.) \
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Sled Was Wise.
1 .Tttnior had been in a fight with pome
I boys and got slightly the worst of it.
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j, i tit* sirens were covered wirri snow
rind ice, tind Junior whs busy "hookl
in#" his sled on behind delivery wagI
ons. He had made a book and'the de*
livery hoy bad started up fast. In j
M turning a corner the hook broke and t
t Junior's sled ran angling across tV
n street, bumped into the curbing, thrJwing
Junior off and slightly bruising
,, him. I picked him up, asking what
_ was the trouble, and he said: "Ob,
f nothing; my sled don't want me to go
down that street, where there are sort)*
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y Tribune.
e {
t Mystery Story.
f "So you rend Addlepnte's novel. How.
a did It come out?"
H "It's a mystery to me. I guess h#
i must have hypnotized the publisher,*'
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