Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-05

FREE-LANCF,
BY cHAUNcY c. HoTcHKIss
Copyright, 1897, by D. Appleton s. Co All
rights reseryed)
SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I-Donald Thorndyke, as cap
tain OF the schooner Phantom, leaves Nor
folk for New London with cargo of lea6
for continental armies. His mate, John
Lounsbury, proves treacherous after they
get to sea and threatens to reveal the char
ships then In sight, and from which they
could not escape. Thorndyke strikes him
and, renders him insensibie, apparently
the crew attempts Thorndyke's life, but he
bests him and throws him into the sea.
The other a negro, he scares into silence.
parently dead mate. and tell the English
that he has taken the ship as prize and
has killed the captain and all of the crew
Chapter ri II"W w he the boat is boarded, he
tells his story, which is believed by the
Dragon officer Scanned. who is along.
While Thorndyke is proving his tale
Lounsbury shows signs of returning con-
British vessel to repeat his story to the
captain.
New York and there turned over to the
kings authorities. Thorndyke determines
to act the part of a spy, and when possible
ESCAPE through the lines and deliver his
t Gha li5is Tv :. mixes in fight
at an inn with young naval officer and
Chapter v.-Scammell enters during the
progress of the row, and asks to take q
Thorndyke Belden, the naval officer, dis
covers that Thorndyke Is the man he is
looking for for Clinton. and stops thu. fight.
after which challenge still stands be-
tween TbornGyka and Sea mmell.
Chapter V1.-Glinton postpones. the in
terview with Thorndyke, for day. and
in the meantime gives him papers which
state he is to take the Phantom. still
in New York harbor. and go to Newport
with dispatches to the British general at
that place
York Thorndyke assists patriot spy to es-
cape cap and from him he gets the name of
he chaptsp BY Xs fhom has
the identity of Thorndyke and comes to ar
rest him as a spy. He is armed only with
a pistol, and into the printing pan of this
Thorndyke manages to throw water, then,
overcoming ,scammell, Thorndyke escapes
and makes his way to Clinton's headquar-
tiers. where his real identity is not yet
Chapter IX.-Clintoh gives Thorndyke
his instructions and pass through the
lines. Before leaving, girl. Gertrude King,
be allowed to see her brother. Clinton In
forms her that her brother was condemned
as spy, and while waiting for execution
was burned to death in the fire of the day
before. She then demands pass outside
the lines, proclaiming at the same time
her LOYALTY to America Mrs. Badely, Gin
tons mistress, enters with the announce
ment that the brother. instead of being
bqEhh aaia has ssea lp,Slon orders rnorna,
to arrest the girl, which he refuses to do.
but instead, proclaims his own Identity,
then gives her his pass through the lines,
while he holds Clinton until she esca pes.
10 a % LnC hi !,
picket lines, where he strikes and pre-
suGRha aptSer Kill Ts6tTx stons At the
Dove tavern for refreshments. The waiter
takes an unusual interest In him. While
there British cavalryman and a card
days before, come in. He remains in the
shGa6a apte anS II not de1eftea enters ,be
ern and tells the cavalryman of girl he
has seen in the woods to the north The
cavaryman leaves to find her., Thorndyke
IN which the Quaker kills the sharper as
a body of cavalrymen approach, allowing
Thorndyke time enough to be concealed
y ae Gastff and the Quaker
leave the inn and go to place of conceal
meet Miss King and Thorndyke finds his
| Quaker friend. Ames, is the girls half
ofG9hh apier sh ae HD Sf their
Chapter XV.-Thorndyke proposes that
tley Sip uoWH inc river III BOAT 10 WneTe
| guard and take to the sea. A fog assists
Chapter Xv1.9They reach the Phan-
| tom in safety and find Scanned and Louns-
| bury on board. the guard having gone
| the cabin and the schooner cut loose and
Chapter NV1l.-They are detected BY men
| on British warship, but the fog again
| hides them, and they escape for the time
| Chapter XVIII.--They are pursued by a
| vessel they take to be the Sprite. Capture
seems certain when the wind suddenly dies
Chapter X1X-A boat is sent from the
| warship, but is beaten off. Then three
| come. and the schooner is boarded. In
| the fight that ensues Ames is shot and the
| girl disappears. The small boat behind
| the schooner has been overturned by a shot
from the war vessel. and. as a last resort,
| Thorndyke dives into the sea and comes
| Chapter XN.-From the dingy Thorndyke
| hears the plans made for the sailing of the
| schooner into port with Lounsbury in
| charge. He also hears that Ames is not
| Chapter NXT.SThorndyke succeeds in
| reaching the deck of the Phantom and i'm
| prisoning the three men of the crew. He
| The surgeon accepts parole and agrees tc
Chapter XXII.-Under some sail wreck.
age caused by shot from the British YES
sci, Thorndyke finds Miss King still alive
| He puts her under the DOCTORS care
| mans the Phantom.
/ Chapter XXIII.-Thorndyke goes into this
cabin and drags the drunken doctor onto
the deck to, sober, off The Phantom con.