The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-03-29

seow still fast. fancied the hssonIshmeat
c4 the guard on finding the Phantom had
dwindlcd 10 q rusty. mad scattered Goa.
1iYancc but peg removed from a raft.
AZ the schooner gathered force and fed,
now hrasdsIdp to the ebh, | told In whispers
what | bod found aud what done. / was
well aware that not many minutes would
clapse i-riore those below would discover
something out Of scar Between the GOV.
cred headlights aud the fog they could have
20 notion that the schooner was free, Tor the
water was a. Fat az Ice, there being no more
apparent motion now than before Unless
we fouled somcihinR, they could make no
guess at wha, had happened, bat the door
would bother them. and in all Likelihood
they would end in an attempt at breaking
Il down.
To halk this led the way aft, bidding
Ainrs be- spokesman II It came to words, and
10 act as be saw 10 Il Il came TO blows
Placing Mistress Gertrude on the top Of the
HOUSE, and 80 out Of harms way. Ames and
] bent our ears to the door. though ] kept
ny csc open for what might al any minute
confront ~ from cut the depths Of the log
We had not Iona 10 wait ere hearing from
thosc within, ior foon hand was PLACED or
the fastening, and the door ratified IN the
ioreihlc shaking II received. lts failure 10
opgn was followed by a round oath, aud
Ec plainly heard the voice Of Scammeil aug.
glsting that b he broken down After a
ulrlsy bttwixt them ~ to what was the
probable cause OF the trouble, another at.
tempt waa made to force the door by shuk.
.ng, and then there was worked through the
H. a
sword This ] could not see. bat felt the
steel with my hand. and, thinking the alta
alton bad better be kuoWn az once. ! picked
Up the musket and With blow Of ita stock
broke the prutruding weapon close 10 the
panel
To the two hslow this was the Grst in.
tImaiion that aught was going wrong. and
their CONSERVATION must have msde q hne
show. Possibly ten seconds elapsed before
they recovered from their surprise. and
then the voice OF iouasbury demanded
Who's on the decky" but on receiving no
answer thc panels were assaulted with
force that Wciiuigh sprung them from their
frames. Nos ! babe Ames speak, and,
placing bis head conveniently near dead,
sht, he called out
Below there, scammeH szA L0unshury,
yCu two be pnsonefs in the name oi the
United Colonies. aud demand the suTrrn-
der Of your armsi II you force the com
panion. IL viii mean oath to both. you are
Ouinumbcred
Who arc you'' came from within, this
time from Scammrll
"Call mt the Rhos. Of Donald ThoTudykc,
n you wall, but pass out your arms" At
which ! laughed outright, despite the situ.
alton.
The laugh must have been heard by them
and my locality fairly well marked for there
came a vo,iey Of curses, and then through
the door two pistol shots in quick success
sion.
Il was fortunate that l was well At the
side OF the companion. else the assault would
have finished me II showed the temper Of
my raptivcs, az well AZ the necessity for pro.
lection against another similar attack. for
should Il come 10 our getting Of and using
ihe sails the hclmunan would be in sore
danger Of heing shot as he stood AZ the
wheel, There were no window opsninm
90 the cabin iorr or aft, and save the door,
no possible weakness IN the structure, bat
thus door exactly faced the helm and was Ia
danger oi being forced or 80 riddlcj with
bullets that Il would become an outlook Tor
the two r0yalists who could thus command
the wheel aud RdIaceut deck.
II would have been an easy matter 20
shoot either or both Of the prisoners and