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


has done it all.
How could they have done this when
they we're locked up in PRISON."
ooh, their friends did t.
Henry, I don't want to hear any more
from you on that subject. L positively
know the two men whom you accuse to be
bIameless. Miss Gstreu is q prisoner
aboard that vessel, and now it is our duty
to rescue her. How are we going to ac-
complish this?"
I'm dashed eff know, Griff.
81 am certain don't, unless we man
the boats and start for the ship.
ooh, fudge, Griff; we'd only be play
things. There's plenty O. bOals In the
haFbOr to take the last one o. US, but the
XenophOn would jest pick US OF one at a
time, and sink every boat we'd man be-
fore We got in a mile o it.
Griffith was forced to acknowledge this
to be true, and went sadly away.
"Uap'n. said Simon, what dye think
that ar Britisher" pointing toward the
man1of-war) lis gOin' to do nOw?"
Il do not know, Simon, unless she lays
OF and blows US out Of the fort. We
will not dare to fire shot at her
On account O. the gall"
Eyes"
Its downright mean. It's jest like
! Teller havin' his hands tied, and some 'Un
a-lashin' him. Eff the gal was only here,
and We could git that Teller in prison to
sight.the big cannon, we'd blow EN- eout
! o. the water.
But we don't dare fire at her" said
/ Griffith, WrInging his hands in despair
! and vexation. The man-of-War has our
hands completely tied. We are as much
/ in her. power as the mouse in the claws of
/ a cat, and when she gets ready she can
/ just sail down the bay and blow US all to
/ pieces.
Won't you return the fire, Capen?"
Not a shot shall be returned. I will die,
| I viii surrender first.
| He turned about and walked to his
! quarters, where he dropped upon camp
! stool with a grOan, and buried his face
! in his hands. All before him was dark
ness and despair. Should the man-Of-W war
! demand their surrender he would be forced
/ to strike his cOlOrs.
The sentry who had remained on duty
/ was pacing back and forth in front of his
/ tent. Suddenly Jack Hatchet, who was
! a privileged character, came past the SEN
| try to the tent, and laying his hand on our
/ her0's bowed head said:
! Grlf, my old woman wants to see
you.
The young Captain started up, and,
! fixing his eyes on the blacksmith. said:
| Where is she, Jack?"
/ She's up at the house.
Was she not there when Ola was taken
away?"
/ Yes"
Bring her here, Jack-leave some one
! else with Capt. Gatrell- And mind you,
! unless he has already been informed of
! this abduction, he is not to know anything
! whatever about it.
Il understand you, Griff.
Jack turned about, with as little care of
military etiquette as an unframed mule,
| and went to the Gatrell mansion Again
/ the young commander of the post bowed
| his face in his hands, and remained thus
| until the sound of footsteps told him the
| blacksmith had returned.
The Captain looked up and saw Jack
| and his wife.
How is Capt. GatrelI, Mrs. Hatchet?"
our hero asked.
Hes about the same.
Did you leave any one with him?H
yes, Sir; Misses Small is Watchin
| him.
Does he know what has happened"
Has he been conscious sinceP"
@Only for a few minutes at a time. His
| mind seems to be wanderin', and the
doctor says as how he's sinkin'."
Mrs. Ratchet, how did the British get
Ola away without you knowing 1T"
Law bless you, Gritf, 1 dun know, p"
answered the woman with her native
simplicity ola an I'd been watchin'
with her father, an I'd persuaded her to
go an lie down, cause she needed the
rest, and, besides, her presence seemed
off to her room, when that sbootin' an
bangin' begun an she come back. We
stood on the porch for two blessed hours
a listenin', an she went away to herrOom,
and never saw her any more.
What become of the guard left to
watch over herr"
Il dun know, only they run away when
/ the shoOtIn begun"
@The Infamous drels-cowards-
can now very we'll see how the thing was
accomplished. 1t was done by them de-
serting the house, and, it being near the
, outer walls of the fertilization, it was not
/ impossible for three or four strong, bold
men to creep up to the house, chlOroform
/ the unfortunate girl, and carry her away.
%I-I-guess that's so, Griff, " sObbed
Mrs. Ratchet, who found herself unable
to control her emotions.
? HAS Captain Gattreu asked for her
since she has been gomez"
Yes, he's aXed fur her two or three
times, an called her his own child, an
{ said she had been aboard a wreck with
her mother"
Still harping on the same old story, n
said our hero to himself. Rising to his
feet, he began walking back and forth
? with his hands cIasped behind his back
Can it be possible that there is really
something beneath all this mystery that
he has not told? Has he left the story IN
finished? Is 1t pOss1DIe-can 1t be that
Ola, after all, is his own child?"
Then pausing, he turned to Mrs. Hatch
ct and told her to go back to the invalid'a
bedside.
And mark you, Mrs. Ratchet, he
added, listen carefully to every word he
utters and forget nothing.
r Il viii, Mrs. Ratchet answered. q
3 viii note everything he says, Griff, an
I'll keep it right here. She tapped hel
forehead significantly.
b Griffith discharged her and continued
- IL IL. =
Oh, just heaven suggest some way
? whereby I may rescue her without danger
to herself. Could die for her, oh, how
z willing would I do sol"