The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-11-16
lie sdto q figure dropping out of the stern
into the yuclts dtnDcU

He sd,o q figure dropping out of the stern
into the yaChts dtngcy.
pass on his news to us. The quickes.
way would be to row out In the dingey;
so he ran her back into the water and
pulled out to the sea, coaStng the far
side and giving the yacht n wide berth.
when almost off 1t, n fierce row broke
out aboard. Six shooters were let off
several shots, pretty quickly followed
by yells and curses. Joe saw that the
disturbance was heard on shore; lights
began to dance about In the village,
and the alarm was given.
They'll soon have the gendarmes on
their backs. Now's our time. Wen
take the dlngey back; it will be an ex-
cuse for getting on board" said the
major. "Sharps the word. skipper.
Man the boat, every soul you can
spare, cast loose and give way"
"A shore boat was already alongside
when we got to the yacht; 1t had
brought the authorities, for when we
hailed the answer came in French IN
keep off, that the police were in charge
and II we had anything to say it must
be by daylight.
Anyway, we'd better bring the tug
INTO the bay and lie close handy
against the morning" 1 suggested, and
the advice was considered good. al-
though the skipper did not much like
the job Of entering q strange place in
the dead Of night.
Ihere were more difficulties made
next day, and it was quite late before
the major and set foot on the Fleur-
de-lis. Some more big French toads
had come off from shore-a magistrate
one OF two doctors, and an officer Of
gendarmes-and they had begun n
verbal process" as it is called; for
there had been wounding and attempt
ed murder, SO they said, on board the
yacht.
The long and the short of it was
that the rogues had fallen out among
themselves; with good reason, too.
from the point of view of some of
them. McQuahe, the colonel from
klondike, had fallen out with Lawford
Tor assisting our captain to escape
from the yacht, and looscd off ut him
directly Wood was missed. He was n
quick shooter and had pretty well filed
Lawford up with lead, so full that it
might go hard with him.
--Rnt----A~s-'.ssII- IIuye some talk with
him, In which little light was thrown
on recent proceedings. William Wood
has been brought thus far in the Fleur-
de-Lis, a close prisoner, but by Law
ford's help had broken out and got to
shore In the dingey. He, Of course,
was the man Joe had seen.
Questioned as to the confidential
papers, and whether they were on
board, Lawford shook his head.
The duke has stuck to them.
There's money In them, big pile, end
he's crossing the pond by tomorrow's
mail to sell them to Uncle Sam. Guess
you won't overtake him, and If you try
to stop him on landing he'll have the
American government on his side.
They're hungering for those papers,
you bet"
"You are positive they are not
here" insisted Thornhill.
Don't tell you? I'm likely to get
nothing more from this crowd except
my death, and it's to my advantage to
serve the other side. If you want those
papers, you must look for them on the
Chattahoochee, and she leaves South
ampton tomorrow Sunday morning"
1t was now only the afternoon OF
Saturday, and we might have done it
we'll starting back full steam ahead ut
once. But French police and French
lawyers are n sight slower and more
interfering than the British, and they
wanted all of us to sign new verbal
process" all about ourselves. The for.
malities were not completed by Sun.
day morning, and by the time we were
ready to start for England the Chatta.
hochee must have already left the
Solent.
We made. therefore, for Weymouth,
the nearest point, and landed late that
night. Thence tie major and l took
the cars for London. neither Of us re,
markably happy, for the whole bloom
Ing business was more or less of
fzzle.