Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-06

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|cf the guard on Nadine The Ph1ntom HID
Sdwindled to- : st,st, mn spattered con-.
3triyance but = PEG removed from raft.
Al the schooner gntheyed force ard fed.
noMSbroalside TO the .ebb, u told ii whispers
what Is had found and what done. Z was
well aware that not many mlnut es would
elapse before those below void discover
something out 81 gear. Between the Gov.
cred dead lights and the fog they could have
no notion that the schooner was free, for the
water was as fiat as ice, there being no more
apparent motion now than before. Unless
we foMled something, they could make no
guess 1t what had happened, but the door
would bother them, and in all likelihood
they would end u IN attempt ct breaking
il down.
To balk this I led the way aft, bidding
Ames I've spokesman If it came to words, and
to act as he saw fit if it came to blows,
Placing Mistress Gertrude on the top 81 the
house, and 80 out Of harm s way, Ames and
bent our ears to the door, though kept
my eye open for what might at any minute
confront us from out the depths Of the fog,
We had not long to wait ere hearing from
those within, for soonsa hand was placed on
the fastening, and the door ratified in the
forcibr shaking it received. Its failure to
open was followed by round oath, and
we plainly heard the voice Of Scammel sug-
gesting that it be broken down. After q
aparley betwixt them as to what was the
probable cause of the trouble, another at
tempt was made to force the door by shak-
ing, ard then there was worked through the
joint IF the companion way the blade Of q
sword. This could not see, but felt the
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alton had better be known at once, picked
broke the protruding weapon close to the
panel. .., .s.<I #. -. -
To the two below this was the first in
their CONSERVATION must have made a fine
show. Possibly ten seconds elapsed before
they recovered from their surprise, and
then the voice of Lounsbury demanded:
who's on the deck?' but on receiving no
answer, the panels were assaulted with
force that well-nigh sprung them from their
frames. Now 1 babe Ames speak, and,
placing his head conveniently near a dead.
light, he called out:
"Below there, ScammeN and Lounsbury,
you two be prisoners in the name of the
United Colonies, and demand the surren-
der of your arms! If you force the COM
panion, it will mean death to both; you are
outnumbered."
"Who are you?" came from within, this
time from Scammell
"Call me the ghost of Donald Thorndyke,
if you will, but pass out your arms" At
which laughed outright, despite the stu
alton.
The laugh must have been heard by them
and my locality fairly well marked, for there
came volley of curses, and then through
the door two pistol shots in quick success
sion.
It was fortunate that was we'll at the
side of the companion, else the assault would
have finished me. It showed the temper of
my captives, as well as the necessity for pro-
lection against another similar attack, for
should it come to our getting off and using
the sails the helmsman would be in sore
danger of being shot as he stood at the
wheel. There were no window openings
in the cabin fore or aft, and, save the door,
no possible weakness in the structure: but
this door exactly faced the helm and was in
danger of being forced or so riddled with
bullets that it would become an outlook for
the two royalists who could thus command
the wheel and adjacent deck. ~ ~. -
It would have been an easy matter to
shoot either or both of the prisoners and