The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-14

a light step IN the cabin and looking
in saw a curious and hi0eous little vel
Cow man. in Oull8ndish costume, pre-
sumably the cook ] stood still for a
moment. That was indeed the psyche
logical moment It changed the whole
course Of my life. As I hesitated I
heard q boat rOwed by more than one
pair of oars rapidly approaching.
4 mysterious impulse guided me. I
pressed myself back into the deepest
shadow.
Down the ladder came man. He
was followed by young woman a.
commanding figure. with black band
age over her mouth and her hands tied
before her. Following her was a man
who kept a hand pressed on her
shoulder Then came two more men.
Three Of them were thick-set scOUn-
dTels of a type common in New YOrk's
nocturnal life. They might have been
detectives, gamblers or politicians.
one mad white muStaChe, another a
bright red one, and the third a black
one The fourth man was of quite a
d.'-eIeut type He was a tall. hand
some We'll dressed young fellow. With
ei1azement 1 recognized him as Harry
Johnson, the son of a good New York
ismliy, but one who had gone alto
setner beyond The limit in extrava-
sahee and dissipation / knew he had
Aleiy added forgery to his other
Weaknesses.
The girl PUT her tied hands to her
need as If she We're going to cry or
.aiaC Probably judging her spirit
Dioker. the Whita-mustached man UNI
ted her hands and was going 70 lead
he- forward.
In an instant she wheeled around
coward the cOmpaniOnway and
Sa4.ehed the bandage from her mouth.
~ me same instant I recognized her
y Margaret Duncan, the youngest and
-@loFlte daughter of the greatest oman
Slal magnaJe in the United States. I
1al met n7r at big social gatherings
eng admired her greatly from a dis
,,sHce- Everybody liked her. and her
AHily and unaffected manners almost
MADE people forgive the arrogance Of
nee father.
IN a mere second Of time I saw her
sa+- straight, slender. broad-shoul-
ge.eQ nguIe, her beautiful dark brown
Haii' now 0isOrdered; her flashing
-, with their long, dark lashes; her
,-sa- bred. clear-cut features: her
BOSOM beavirg with indignation. but
no. with terror.
she thrust aside the man by the
,eulpanlonway ana put her foot on the
syfiAQder- Young Johnson seized her
7SS Irom behind / Sprang out of the
stkneSs and c'utched his throat 4
Ne Ike thunder filled my head and
anew no more.
hen 1 awOke the yacht was under
10y. was lying bound on the cabin
~. with "a dreadful bruise on the
@le OF my head.
le1ns Johnson was saying.
hat shall we do with his beast2"
Cut mis- throat and throw him over
were, said the red musuache.
ss-.--.nirIno3nins nay firmest voice, I in
ay friend, Tom Burnham's boat
80 anchored 100 feet from you He
lows e. cry boat in the harbor. He
~, ,u Track you down He VIII know
~, murdered me. Better save your
Ives from hanging. u YOU do any
'ly 20 it,
~, / believe my aggressiveness saved
Wen said the old man. 'remeu-
~ bo}S. We're out for the Doodle
~ don't want 10 cut any tnroats for
IN, IN Perhaps we can let him go after
~, hand over the girl. II won't make
BS,'a any less popular. II depends on
m re behaNea-
Bat the nuisance of having him
'-1le growled Johnson.
on' tie him to the foremost and Lei
aelp AguinaldO wash Dishes
aus began that terrible Journey
-, 40 the foot OF the mast below the
80 the slave Of the yellow devil. Fa
- Filipino, and The most ifsl-
l - and inhuman creature ever
~ For peculiar reason he was
}fise. "a rms iie-ai iouS enter
MISS .sS Duncan, judged. was kept a
a. lef in one Of the two state rooms.
Ia, s-e evening Of the third day we
INTO what I judged was Hampton
ssa1 The scounGrels must have
,sa[ some Qrecorcerted SIGNAL. for
he-s ut 10 sea again quickly. A gale
er5s- came up. which the yacht. a stout
sob,,.le easily weathered. But young
cars 's son the best sailor on board e.
ba5 tue Old man and the Filipino who
bC5,s -n @ pirate, was washed over
droWrssS nile taking in the jib ana
ana leIt them short Of handy men
si 1 was brought up on deck to do 81