The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-04-08

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spoke he threw a flash from it upon
the girls face. He thought at that
moment that he had never seen a
drawer.
Eyes III tell you what's to be
done Help me if you will. I'm go
ing to capture Andrew Mawle at
ebb tide I
Tonight Sue whispered eager
".
In ten minutes time, 4 was the
reply. I've discovered his hiding
place, and
''Where7'
I'm going to steer there now, I
said Martin Keep your place at
the SOULS. =
Are you ready?' said Sue.
Ready
The boat began to move quietly
up stream.
The girl was fully aware that the
expedition upon which she had now
embarked, III response to word
from Cartwright, was one fraught
with considerable danger. The very
thought of Andrew Mawle had more
than once reused in her the most
serious inquietude. While the man
was still a clerk at SherWood's bank,
where Sue Lawson had lately
lived in the managers service, his
dark, evil eye had frequently ex-
cited in her woman S nature sense
of inexplicable repulsion.
She was no coward, but the recol-
lection of Mawle's face one night
the face of one pursuing and pur-
sued--in a crowded, lamplit street
had caused her to run homeward,
with terror at her heart, as hur-
riedly as though there had been no
one to defend her within sight or
call.
Upon that very same night, as she
had reason to remember, Sherwood S
bank had been robbed. A box con
tanning a large sum in notes and
gold had disappeared from Sher
wood S strong room. No doubt eX-
listed that Andrew Mawle, who had
failed to report himself at the bank
since the affair happened, was the
sole culp1it. A big reward had been
offered for his arrest.
For some days past Sue had
known that Martin was on the mans
track. But she had shrunk instinc-
lively from taking any part in the
pursuit. Her terror of him had in
creased. 1t was only her passionate
love for Martin Cartwright that had
given her the courage of which she
had such desperate need tonight.
They were now gliding into the
black shadow under the archway of
a huge bridge When fairly out on
the other side, Cartwright said:
Sue, we will now turn about. Easy,
Sue. Now, mind, be ready to unship
the moment I give the word "
The boat was moving upon an al
most motionless tide and soon drop
ped down stream under another arch
of the same bridge Then Cart
wright whispered:
Now
The SOULS were instantly unship-
ped, and by the light of his lantern
Cartwright contrived to steer along
side the masonry. Next moment he
had seized a rope dangling against
the side and was standing up, with
the boat stationary beneath him
''Catch hold, Sue I'm going up
hand over hand on to a ledge in the
ironwork overhead That's where
that precious box is slowed. Steady
Now give me three minutes, and
the things done. =
He left her no time for possible
vacillation There was no choice but
for her to grasp the rope with a des-
perate grip as he began to ascend.
A few moments of intense anxiety
followed Sue Lawson felt the rope
go slack. Martin had hoisted him
self up, and she conc] lded that he
was perched safely on the iron grid
ers. But no sound reached her from
overhead.
She was on the point of whisper
inc, rs all well?'' when a cry, as
though some one had received a
keen stab, caught her ear. Next mo-
ment something fell heavily beside
the boat. The water was splashed
up upon her hands and face.
The first thought that came into
the girls head was about the box.
Tt had dropped out Of Cartwright's
hand and had fallen into the river,
but next moment she became aware
that some one was struggling in the
water within a yard of the boat
Had Martin Cartwright lost his
fOoth01d and fI1mbIed between the