The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-10

cealed by the folds of my cloak, my right
n aud sought the revolver which lay upon
my left hip. l said to him:
81 shall pay you when | get out and not
moment before.n And he said to me:
Il know this, tat unless you pay me
half sovereign right this minute, you will
never get out of this boat at all, and then
what!"
"And then this" | said. "Now look
here; you be reasonable. I've told you that
/ am broken down sport and that |
haven't got any money at all; I've only
about shillings in the world, and you
won't be such a brute as to take that away
from men
won't thought" he said. And then an
other thought seemed to strike him, and he
added, ''ls that all the money you have got
on you"
And said, eyes"
A hideous grin displayed two broken
ranks of blackened teeth, aud with chucke
more awful than anything | ever heard be-
fore or since, intensified as it was by the
surroundings, he said:
every well then; that is shillings that
you have got, and 5 that / shall get for
taking your body to tie river police, that
will make s."
"Good God!" exclaimed, what do you
meanm
"Why this here,n said he, 81 am going to
chuck you out of this boat, and l am going
to see that yous ddf6wn, and then shall
get shillings for recovering your body
and taking it to the police station, don't you
seep'
don't think was ever in such fright
full situation in my life; but l knew per-
fectly we'll that if 7 were to shoot the man
there and then, T should probably fall
into worse hands when, landed, heaven
u yyhara on the of hnr side so | said t0
him:
'Now, see here, supposing lied to you
| and that | have got watch on that is
| worth some money and that | would give
you that, how long win it take you to reach
the other side" aTT,,oosib
By this time the moon had hidden herself
behind a cloudand the gloom was profound.
| He said. fsw
About minute and halt"
every well then" said l, ''if you throw
me overheard, | shall swim ashore and then
you will lose me-"
"Ohl OH" said he, twill you, you would
| no more get through the barges and ship
| ping alone, than you could get to heaven
without | sent you there. (Heaven was not
| the word he used.)n
| All this time my brain was working pretty
actively and | said to him."
| Nov, see here is another scheme; admit
| ting that you will get shillings for my dead
body, you would get sovereign for saving
me alive according to the rules of the river
| police; now, if you throw me overheard las
/ see by your size you are quite capable Of
doing YOU shall jump over also and save
me, and give you my word of honcr-stake
| my dying oath, that won't say you threw
| me overheard, only save me and put me
safely into police station"
THAT would be very WELL" said he, land
you speak fairly enough, but can't swim a
| stroken
Cant you," said 1, 'then by God pull
| to save your life."
| had my hand on my revolver all this
time, and drawing it suddenly, fired two
| bullets through the bottom of the boat. The
water began to gush in and the wherryma /
| seeing possible escape for me and cert in
death before him, turued the boats nose to
| the shore and in less than two minutes we
were safely on dry land with nearly foot
| of water in the boat.
| Arrived on the other side, he disappeared,
| and as good luck would have it, at the top
of the street in which had been deposited
| I found q stray policeman walking his
| solitary round. He told me where
was and how to get back to London
bridge.
did not go to Rotherhithe again, accord
| been there at all since, and think / am safe
| in saying, that l never shall.
| AS for the fair one with golden locks who
| led me into that scrape, l have never heard
| of her, or seen her since | wonder what
was her name.
EDWARD HERON ALLEN.