Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-07
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sails. sIwonter whittier she is bound, :,
/ said thoushtfully, ssnnd whether they
would take us on hoard by any chance.
Mistress Bcrtram shook her hcnd. y
have no money" she answered sadly.
fear wo must go on to Leigh II 1t be any.
way possible. You are tired, and NO lwon-,s
der. But what is itif' with sudden
change of voice. What is the mntteri
had flashed out the oars with single
touch and begun to pull as fast ash could
down the stream. No doubt my face, too,
proclaimed my discovery and nwoke her
fears. Look behindl" muttered hes
tween my set teeth.
Sho turned and on the instant uttered
low cry. a wherry like our own, but
even lighter--in my first glance up the
river 1 had not noticed it-had stol1nN
nearer to Us and yet nearer, and nows
throwing aside disguise, was In hot purs
suit Of U.s. There were three men on board
two rowing and ono steering When they
saw that we had discovered them, they
hailed US In q loud voice, and heard the
steerman's feet rnttle on the boards as he I;
cried to his men to, give way and stamped
in very eagerness Ny only reply waste
take longer stroke and pulling hard to s
sweep away from them.
But presently my first strength died
away, and tho work began to tell upon
me, and little by little they overhAuled us
Not that gave up at once for that. They
were still some 80 yards behind, and for q (;
few minutes, at any rate, I might put U6ss
capture. In thnt time something might
happen. At tho worst they were only three
to ono, and their boat looked light and
cranky and easy to upset. a
So Ipulled on, sayagely straining at the
oars. But my chest hcaved and my sarm1
ached more and moro with each stroke.
The banks slid by us. We turned one
bend, then another. though saw nothing
OF them. saw only the pursuing boat
on which my eyes were fxed, heard only
the measured rattle Of the oars IN the row.
locks. A minute, two minutes, three min.
utes passed. They Ind not gained On uay
but the water was beginning to waver be-.
fore my eyes; their boat seemed floating
in the air; there was pulsntion in my
ears louder than that Of the oars; Istrns-
gled, and yet tagged. Ny knees trem-
bled. Their boat shot nearer now, nearer
and nearer, so that IScould read the smile
Of triumph on the steersman's dark face
and hear his CRY Of exultation. Nearer.
and then with. o cry dropped the oars.
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