Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-03-14
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Pas, AdiIll, Dul QlSWe noise nj
something was uplinct in thI ~
came fron, M y. ~. certain sure sounds
"ISetter NOT 81 bay, for II
row nor IA, ~, - 5cht. into any
ma ior said en,iat,,l. our noses it, the
yet. We've got driven tohts young
So We w 81, The nislMs.
v.era ~, .ra - II all before iour and
an esnaai,ion p wv half an hg out on
ne -. a,.,s,.a w, of startirl a sound
What could it ~.
silva yM .' ahevi a. mean? y. Jacob
~, - sa eo,. 10y low '.I1ellte, and he
1o,,aad ~ ~ InSin Joe's VOLT that be-
~, w W .lie = de, in a boa He said
a., ..i XIV, s .',. ANY, eur dc Lis.ind to ne
n,,lv n ,,a.s, We're bo1confound=
While he waltz - w. ,...
ltn,,ah a. III 80 led among tllya chit. AL
make out her ,.,.I h kout on the he co,,ll
W.. tl,e "as w ns n fallen darlGter plain
sJrcaks and reJll on the BOARD. With
to sbow ', ln MAJ lights, too. avng enough
s.,,aani, llections str0
out OF the sterf 70 " ne e, .e aIcppins
Eey, which seey im+a us aG ms, . u I'M
there on purpo:r,.ln - ~, go .,. ~
vas quickly cala 49,, ~ ~ a' 49,, va
u.as ,,.i,i,,,r 81 adrlrt, r. The tide
kJoi 4
laust have beenfrnr i'm 49,. CIV .,, GU
Which carried 4 c,nrht NJ, rreir ~. :.
to the land III ,ar ;nshorn -. ~. ", ~
doubt been G, f,yura ~. h s.s
~ ,, u sish.. 5uching in~Nhe thwarts
- u, s So ~ Tot up on TO
80 ooi Hing like mad mind. lie
the man in in orc ,,,n,,t M rs DOE. a INV
, o. ~ s, INF so he got uhere was u
t,,a to.d af lcks, where y he knew to
sound of the I,,,.. 49, al oMins ..Ie
ROW ana ,e.;i lhe pay. loIing Squ1nt
lthe dinee,I loars and gett{k smudge of
high and drYII, oa,,l, 800 ~ ~ % i>' s y
Nv .iie mi on the shore.'
What be In IN was gone tr; he knew
mss on b;s smart sNlppethat was to
way would laau,s "a nc ne luleN ,.is
se ., So ne lbe to row QUITO the water
r ra l 49, an her back inlcoasting the
berth. ,,; w .a a., acht Miue
When AIM giving the y oorca row
broke out ;nos+ afe ~ lleise NV
fol;o,r.a ~, board. Six sretty quickly
that tta ~ Jeral shots, pises. Joe saw
shore ei,,,r In m,b, yells and cur AS heard on
ti,a ,,i,,a.5.. disturbance Vance about in
Ky. ..,r Nimag s began to l|l was given.
their back Gov, ,,a,,a t,a eiiuaiiiigS W,
e 1ake 1 fnr Is. Now's oul will be an ex-
, nsio, i0' .7ngey back; itard," said the
Man tba getting on bgword, skipper
s s1.,m 'ne iSharp's the soul you can
slafe, eas boat, every I've way
r.ta,, stiU ma It loose and giheady alongside
hrony,, " boat was al yacht; it had
hailed thf No ,ntbor;t;I'' ~ ,,1,
keep off, ,,,su.a, l'G ~ - ei.eu y.
and If w, that tho nolic, Wei w aiiai 8
w ny ne had anythin
any Hayiight. Ter bring the tug
an.o nv. Fay, we'd bettie close hand,
a ,ta a5 bay and suggested, and
t ti,e .. the morning, sidered good, al
tha IN the syas could not much like
TIA daat of entering a strange place i,
ei,r r,, una) d of night.
na ,ltea a.. We're more difficulties made
the ma, ~, and it was quite late before
a. ;s jor and | set foot on the Fieu
had COZ ",rf e. 49, Dig rieaen toau
,snsaai two doctors, and an officer O
.,.ir,,. f'mes--and they had begun ;
.,sa s,D' III process" Us it is called; FOL
'sa bad been woynding and attempt
W. M rider, SO they said, On board the
.,.4 long and the short of it was
t t,s's the rosues had fallen out among
60. tselves; with good reason, too
. .io,l the point of view of some o.
iima,H. McQuahe,i the colonel from
fa, dixie, had fallen out with Lawfort
from fro assisting our, captain to escape
ai,all the yacht, aInd loosed off at him
u cum s.actly Wood was missed He was ;
i.l:lS shooter and had pretty wei
~, d Lawford up with lead, SO full
e"nli it might go hard with him.
Mafut, at his own request, they lei
l lii" jor Thol.nhillA have some talk with
n ~. Ia, in which Il little light was thrown
ba recent proceedings. William Wood
nj s been brought thus far In the
: J eur-de-Lis, d close prisoner, but by
uSawford's hepl had broken out anG
.s.fot to shore in the dingey. He, OF
iourse. Was the man Joe had seen
4 questioned as to the confidential pa
if'ers, and whether they We're on board
t4awford shook his head.
"The duke has stuck to them
There's money in them, big pile, and
les crossing the pond by tomorrow
lShail To sell them to Uncle Sam. Guess
ISou wont oNertnke him, and if you
I try to stop him ON landing he'll lhaye
f the American government on his side
h They're hun3ering for those papers
Il you bet
! You are positive they are not here?
i. insisted Tholnhill.
4 nothing more from this crowd except
my death, and it's to my advantage te
\ 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 o
/ Saturday, and we might have.done II
We'll starting back full steam ahead al
| once. But French police and French
lawyers are u sight slower and NOR,
interfering than the British, and the,
wanted all of us to sign new 've1ba
process" all about ourselves The for.
malities We're not completed by Sun.
day morning and by the time we were
ready to ftart for England the Chatta.
| hoochee must have already left the So.
lent.
We made, therefore. for Weymouth
| the nearest point. and landed late tina
night. Thence the major and / took
the cars for London. neither of us re-
markablN happy for the whole bloom
ing business was more or less of
| tizZle.
CHAPTER y.
CAPTAIN MOOD RESUMES.
| After an interminable drive. still
bound and gagged, at last found nv
self on a narrow bed, probably cabin
berth. The motion, the noises, the
odors around soon satisfied me that
! was OH shipboard and at sea. must
have been in a state of semi-stupor
the result of i'll usage and want OF
food, for only reused myself with diff
iteultyI on hearing my name called
aloud.j l realized then that my bonds
had been cast loose; there was no gag
IN my mouth; 1 was so far free that
could use my limbs and speak IL /
| choose. I was in a small cabin, only
diml,s lighted through the closesd port;
but vt was still daylight, and from the
wash against the side l knew that the