Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03
CHAPTER xxx.
CNrTIUEI

AN' lNHk FA'A'aeN NiAF'' "a pNA'NtNs'A'
'Mr KnyonWh engaged thia mm, SIR"
fald he, aud he'd been here, only he's just
gone down "a nee TINT his boat was all
right"
That's n lel" cried the wat crmnn Cor
don had found. "Why, him aud his mntcs
were IN the Dog and Duck when this gent
came in, and he'd a. seed him " he'd gone
IN the jug department stead Of thp bar
side Sides, who nru yuuP hc added com
bntiyely, holding his lautorn ia the others
fnce. "iou amt no licensed waterman
You mint nobody OF these parts Why you
Rin't nothiu buta hloomIn iurrincr, ns emit
MT for a drop a beer in plain EnRlshr
"Anyhow,' snld Gordon decisivclY ~
shall take the unu l'ycunggod. Hobinore
likely 20 gct through this ioB thnn man
who doean't know the river WE'LL" mud
turning 10 me be would have persuaded
me 10 return 20 the carriage aud 20 no
further, but 1 teaulutoly refused TO Hcocdo
60 this proposal, feeling that the least /
could do wa 10 stand by him 10 tho last.
'iou will wait here til wo RETURN said
Gordon 90 tho driver n9 he paveme hisarm.
The man. evidently disconnected by the
unlocked for turn Of affairs, responded with
ullcn nod looked around FOR the con
fedontr, hut he had disappeared
The Waterman, carrying the lantern, dc
seconded 10 The waters edge with a swing
Ing RRit. md we followed at his heels
Then hc left ua 20 fetch his hont Olsen.
gagged my hand from Gordou's arm that he
might be- free 10 defend himself IN case OF
attack, my rcason being swaycd by con.
hicting feelings. Anything might happen,
/ know not what Would these men, baked
In the design TO get Gordon into their boat,
attempt to seize him now2 II was posi-.
bic, hut 10 eceIncd to mo more probable
TINT Ia view of uu alarm being RAISED by
the waterman they would follow ~ 20 Fer.
iyboHt attira and make the attempt nearer
10 the JOY, whore they might have tho
assistance Of Putty or any other agents ON.
ploycd In the affair Nevertheless every
sense WINS on tho alert 20 catch "a align Of
movement in the attn darkness that snr.
rounded us.
Tho lanturn bubbpd up and down as tho
hoHtmnn scrambled from boat TO bontuutn
be- reached hil whcrry und pulled Into the
shore We got into the bout aud sontcd
ourselves iu the stern. Tho waterman set
the lantern ~ our feet and puahedon
''rhe liltht Amt no manner o good 60
mc.h he explained i've got TO fco my
wBy ncrost The tides runnin out about
| thrcu-quGrtogS aud Isholl know by the wash
W ~ pfclN1 wei WhNlAlcE my uuNth tlEht
| for tho Joy"
mot much danger Of being fouIod by
anything tonight, +" Gordon unmarked.
mo, Hr, there aiu't uothln but theuolleo
boat noyin tonight and no craft lying in
tho Pool botwlSt this and Duggets urlck -
Nevertheless before we had 5ane n couple
OF yards we ran into something what IL
was could not be- discovered for by the ti,nc
potor Mech had lifted up tho lantern
nothing could be seen either ahead or along.
| side OF us.
~ lay its them dauguatiou furncrs
| a.foulln uh out NJ snitr. II it had bs,n a
| Eugiishmau, he'd 'a' swore nc us like a
man"
llo replaced tho lantern and took che oars
again For some time he rnvcd in silence.
thon, after psusr. he growled out some