Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-09

( PO0T-HSTRLlIGENC
over lie bandits face, q be ~ Hayes
leaye him, ascend the n0tched pot and
cain the deck. A minute later, too, b
naw him o0me down, With q Quick lear
and . Startled ejaculation q alarm.
For - Hayes reached the deck, bsni
On deciding how be would BE- able TO 10
move his captive. he nav . figure com
ing toward The boat
i Is vas one Of the bandits frionds
alarmed by the shot, coming directly
TO tho SOON. That he bad aeen HAyea
tho latter knew, and . minute lAteg Z
faoe peeEed down the hatchvay.
Hayee seut shot whining paE hi
head. He hoped 70 friRhten the nov.
conner away, and then gag the outlaw
and carry him bodily from the place
before the other returned with rein
f0fcementa.
But the Desperate, discovsEinR the
presence Of an enemy, devised very
ohrevd plot to secure dim.
| Lifting tie hathaway cover, b threw
| 4 over the hole, bAttened il down. seour-
ing il With bolts, and started On keen
run for the camp Of his comrades.
At dr8 Hayes vas unable TO c00pFe-
bend his situation. A anesring laugh
from the quick witted captain awoke
him TO the truth.
You're in . IN of your own making,
Mr.. Hayes" he cried derisively. I'm
| i've minutes my hand viii surround this
boat and settle your detective ambi-
| tom
"Yoa keep quiet, or I'll save them the
trouble Of rescuing yen" replied Hayes,
warninRly.
His Efforts to force the hatch proved
unavailing. In an excited despair be
rushed TO tho portfolios and Raxed anx-
iouslv out They. were the only out.
lete, but too small to AFFORD . means o1
exit for his bodyI
| "Trappedw he muxmured. "But I'll
fight for it"
His faos grsv troobled q be discesned
The man who had entrapped him coming
down the river shere with q dozon com
panions, and his heart Rave mighty
thIob a. . brilliant idea crossed hil
mind.
With Aquick mo .ement ha drew hia
hunting mife from his belt The next
moment he had reached his arm far oui
Of ono Of the windows, and drew the
keen blade across the rope securing the
boat 10 the shore.
Hhe heavy haWser strained and gave
| the tarred strands parted, there Vas Z
Rroaning WhiYr, and men and shore 10
Ceded from his views a. the swift cur.
| rent bore the sow rapidly down the
stream.
The blank, startled look on the face
Of his captive expressed his alarm at his
| oaptor's clever move, while the hurryine
bandits in the distance showed Hayes
that they had not given up the chase.
But he held them at q disadvantage,
Twice, the shore growing rocky prevent
cd them following the boat without d.
verging, and twice his revolver kept
them at q Distances shot lettering
them from swimming to the boat, ae
they would haye done.
"They have gomez cried Hayes, final
| ", with q sigh of relief. "And now to
escape from the boat il it is possible"
The old Sow had entered the central
current Of the stream, and was driven
down the river at terrible rate Of pro-
gress.
He had not for q moment thought be-
yond an esoaps from the outlaws. He
ss h;s svss rssteS an the vhite. soared
| faca ~ Nam Hovt.
He raaI;zed nov the trna neril Of his
sitnation. If he did NOT escape from
| the hoat. IL some friendlv hand did not
r ~ him ~ ~ craft ~ ston,,ed in
ia comrse. What miaht haupenf The
! Ssllei IA orav cold Al tina thon0ht And
| raa1 In h;a rsrtive'a ave. thn sama ter-
rorfni emotion
Rnt his stfention vas Distracted "A he
o,snc an. from ia vindov. IA ia be-.
| iSsvsd ~ man oons. rhev had oniy
tsEen = c;rcnitons ant aronnd n = hand
| II ~ strsar
Thsrs thev vers waiting for him. and
sendin0 3 dozan shots fovarda him
shot. ma : .c~seh;no more TO II tha
mem held hlaxino nine- Enots in their
hande Thee. Initial throuch snaoe.
| feiI IN thu deck of the scow. INA ~ r
nas . them the triumphant shouts Of
! the hsn.iits toid Havee that. thouoh thew
had ahandnned fhe chaae. thev had
niseed him IN ia moet imminent peril
81 IN life.
| For. vith two huce firebrands famed
| n : hisrinU mssa ~ fhA hreese an ne
drv deck al The SOW. Vhat would b lis
| fafa?
M hs saw thu LIGHT volume of smoke
| orov denasr aaoh uomenf nourinc
from ~ deok over the boet. he foaliDd
that IN predicament was 3 terrible
0ne.
ave ara doouedr' he cried.
Sam How turned an aupelliuo clanoe
mon him. a ia iesrned the 1tuation
Iof eHairs-t0e holocaust precipitated
bv his man. vho ala not knov him 70
& ahoard the boz.
"If vou are 4 mn. - he. aid. "you viii
give ma 4 chance Tor INV life"
In reply, Hayes cut his bonds. Il was
lifa a. Am now. hut an their ofFoetg TO
foroe ia bettsned down hatohway
failed to move il.
"The falls-the falls!'' cried Hoyt, in
an AGONY Of horror at The recognition
of fsmiiiar lsndmarks, a. they ahot BY
the ahoro like an arrow.
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