Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-13


mustered for the occasion failing her.
Il hope, Miss Gatrell, you viii be rs
signed, said Captain MOnteith, rising
from his seat
Il am resigned. resigned to any fate
you may doom me, said the poor girl,
bowling her head.
@Oh, you viii be we'll treated"
So might captive bird, but then it
pines for freedom. Can you call captiv-
ity good treatment?"
@Oh, Miss GatrelI. why viii you persist
In calling yourself captive when you are
only a guests"
capt Monteith, why will you persist
in such brazen, bare-faeed falsehOOd?
You know you can not deceive me; all ar
gument is worse than useless. Tam your
captive"
Very we'll; if you viii be so persistent
and cruel as to call yourself my captive,
I can not forbid you. I shall indulge you
in that little hallucinatiOn. And now, by
the way, Miss GatFell. in order to show
you how We appreciate your comfort and
happiness allow me to inform you that
We have sent for Major Bridges to come
and pay you visit
She started to her feet, and gazed at
him with the fires of hatred cleaning
from her eyes.
Major Bridges, she cried.
yes, Major Bridges. believe you
know him. "
Il know him and have good cause to
hate him, she Answered quickly. You
are a willing tool of his in this Infamous
scheme. A suitable companion for a dis
reputable man"
The face of the Captain again flushed
scarlet, and he said:
You are not very complimentary,
Miss, to one who would befriend you"
VILLAIN! scOundrel! how dare you speak
of befriending me?" she cried.
At I'll 81
and for a moment he almost forgot in
whose presence he stood. Starting up
and taking q step forward, with face
livid with rage, he Kissed through his
| teeth:
Beware what you say. girl. My pa
thence cannot endure everything. I am
| accustomed to being Obeyed, and 1 COM
mand you to be quiet"
And I defy you, knave, scoundreIl Do
! your worst"
"Hushi"
Il Will not, coward! Strike me dead.
You wear a sword at your side, now use
! it. Run it through me, if you Wishi
| Knave, scOundrel, wretch! What care L
| if you strike me dead at your feet. 1
would rather die than be your prisoner"
For a moment the Captain, whose face
| had grown ashen pale, gaZed at the beau
! tiful girl, and turning abruptly on his
! heel he said:
! be reasonable. I viii leave you and let
! you have an opportunity to cool off. We
! will then see how much more reasonable
/ you will be than you are now"
! With this he left the cabin, closing the
! door after him.
No sooner was he gone than the beauti-
! full girl threw herself on the sofa, and
! burying her face in her hands burst into
| tears.
Her strength, which had sustained her
/ so we'll all along, had of a sudden given
/ way, and she was weak as a child.
| ooh, just heaven, what is to be my
| fate?" she cOnVulslVely sObbed, her frame
quaking with emotion. @Oh, my UnfOr-
! tunate mother who persisted in the wreck,
and my unknown father, if you both be
| in heaven, can you not look down upon
me and recue me by divine aid?"
It was some time before she recovered
/ herself sufficiently to think, reason, or
| she began to regain her cOmpOsure.
| There was small, circular aperture, OF
/ port, through which a faint light came.
This port was close to the water, but
! the way the vessel lay she could see the
shore. She gazed long through her tear
dimmed eyes at the rocks, forests and
sandy beach.
ooh, that I was there" she sighed
again and again, as she gazed upon the
far-OH shore, against which the salt
waves beat and dashed themselves into 6
perfect fury.
1t was useless to sigh, it was useless tc
weep, and almost useless to plan. Had
she been buried a thousand feet beneath
layers of solid stone, she could not have
been more completely helpless and at the
mercy of her captOrs.
She heard the tramp of feet on the decE
above, and the rolling Of blocks anC
rigging.
While she watched the shore she saw
small party of men come out from the
distant woods and walk down toward the
beach.
Suddenly the entire vessel seemed t.
quake with a terrific report which made
even the sea trembIe. She saw those
men, who were her friends, wheel abou
and start to fly, but at this moment a specI
was sweeping through the air, and to he
horror it fell among them.
There was an explosion, yolumns o.
smoke Issuing in every direction, and an
other report came from the shore.
@Oh, God!" she gasped, clasping he
hand over her heart, as she saw one o.
the men fall.
His companions ran but a short dis
tance, and then wheeling about, cam
back and raised the bleeding, hfeles
body in their arms and bore it hastily
away to the woods.
A few moments later the door opened
! and a boy entered with a tray on which
we're some cakes, fruits, sweetmeats
bread and a meat pie.
He spread a cloth on a small table, Sc
her dinner before her, and left without
word.
CHAPTER XVI.
GRIFFITH AND MAJOR BRIDGES
It was with feelings of deepest despai
that Griffith Alton retired from tn
bench after the shell had been thrown q
his party.