Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-29

spike! Why, he'sVe nearly done for like
nv brother, what be pitched into the sea,
after the dog had well.uigh took bis head
of-I'll fix him !
SILENCE fore and aft there! What is
it p said soft mild voice which Ned re-
cognized as belonging to the treacberous
host. =
you said sailor and a girl, Capt. Kin
Kaid,' replied the man in command; 'but
there's only the girl here the other chair
is empty
sAhp 1t Was With ferocious yell that
no one could have recognized as coming
from the same person who had before ut.
tered such dalcet sounds as Kin Kaid
usually affected, that be now shouted:
'Treachery! There must be treachery
heret Guard all the outlets to the cavern |!
The man was here-snd he is here now |!
Kill him at once what is bis worthless
life compared With my objects3
There was great commotion now among
the persons present, and Ned thought that
his chance was small, indeed. In vain he
felt about his apparel in the vague hope Of
finding some weapou-but he bad not even
jack.knife Again the voice Of Kin
Kaid rang through the place:
Down to the beach, some of you-down
to the beach he may have gone through
this passage to the gorge, and you, blind
moIes, have not seen him q!
mo, no, Captain !! Two of our men are
down tbere-he could not pass =
'Ha who comes - Oh, that is you
Well, take charge of the young lady, if you
wish
sYes, SIR said voice, which Ned Bow
ers recognized as belonging to the woman
who had assisted him.
you need not be In hurry to bring her
out of it ! She'll come round soon enough !
Very well, sir
There was quiet, subdued sort of tone
about this young woman now, in her man.
ner Of replying to Capt Kin Kaid, that
was most essentially different from the ca.
ger sympathy she had exhibited to Ned
Bowers, and be began to wonder if, after
all, it was the same person.
Look sharp, Cole = said Kin Kaid.-
There's only the other entrance, or outlet
to the cave, and that's round the we'll !
Thunder and guns, Captain! That's it
The salt air which comes up here from the
sea brought him round, and he got off the
chair 10 the dark, and has fallen down the
well =
1T may be so-and if 80, saves Us trouble!
would fain be rid of him. Bring the
lights this way Nearer still 1t deep =
Too deep to see the bottom! He's there
fast enough 7
sYes-he must have stumbled in! He
was upset by the drug-and his attempt to
escape has done the business! But finish
examining the empty casks !!
Ned gave himself up for lost Each
moment be expected the cask would be
tilted up and himself discovered and
slaughtered in cold blood, for be could hear
the Williams rapidly displacing the barrels
in the search.
In moment he felt the cask move, and
was certain that some one had flung bis
arms about it and was on the point of swing
ing it from its place. 1t was but forlor1
hope that Ned now had of being enabled to
shuttle along as the cask moved, and 20 in
its shadow, providing it was not actually
turned up, be able to escape observation
He made the attempt.
The man who had taken hold of the cask
only wheeled it around on its edge, and Ned
Bowers managed to follow it. His life
might be said to hang upon thread, and
had not the man who moved the cask struck
it against the leg of one of his companions,
who swore at him for so doing and thus dis.
tracted his attention, he must have felt a
slight opposition, Notwithstanding the dex-
terity with which Ned moved along with it..
The man let 60 the cask.
Saved ! thought Ned.
mo one here, sir
Then he fell down the we'll !! 1t is time
we were off for the island! Where is the
Gull 2
of and on, sir
Come, then, all of you. Moore will
take care that all is safe here until our re-.
turn. You can wrap her in the boat.cloaks!
Well, we'll, you may go, Miss Redmon
But on your life, not word to her of who
and what we are. You have volunteered
to serve me, and if you keep your faith,
you shall be we'll paid-if not, tremble!
Il intend to be faithful, sir, and l hope
that heaven will help me to be so =
Sword of Morgan = muttered Cole /;
swhat has heaven to do with the Gull, l
wonder?'
Silence p cried Kin Kaid is the mist
still on the sea?
you can hardly see cables length, sir,
replied some one who had just come up.
sMen to the boats! The signals from the
Gull will direct our course
lis the island far away, sirF asked the
woman who had been called Miss Redmon.
1t was evident to Ned Bowers that the high
tone in which she spoke, was to warn him
to note the answer. But the Captain only
replied grufay:
You will know soon enough, when you
get there-come on