Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-07

Cling for breath and utternnce. oh, no,
mol Let US 60 at once. We must start at
once!, Her voice was hysterical In its sud-
den anxiety and terror as the conscious
ness of our position rolled back upon her.
."Captain, listen, listenl" she pleaded.
Let US start now, and my husband will
give you double. will promise you dou-
bic whatever he said II you will chance the
fog"
I think llwho heard her were moved,
save the captain only. He rubbed his head
and grinned. Slow and heavy, he saw
nothing in her prayer save the freak of q
woman wild to get to her man. He did
not weigh her promise at groat. She
was but q woman. And being q foreigner
no did not perceive certain air Of breed
ing which might have Influenced native.
He was one Of those men against whose
stupidity Father Carey used to say the
gods fight In vain. When he answered
good naturcdly: No, no, mistress, it is
impossible. ltwould not BIO seamanship,"
1 felt that wo might as well try to stop the
sbbing tide MS move him from his position.
The feeling was u maddening one. The
special peril which menaced my compan-
Ions did not know, but knew they
feared pursuit, and / had every reason to
fear it for myself. Yet at any moment,
outof the fog which enciroled us SO closely
that we could barely see the raft below,
and tho shore not at all, might come the
tramp of hurrying feet and the stern hail
of the law. It was mnddening to think ct
this and to know that we hnd only to cast
on rope or two IN order to escape and to
kro1 also that we were absolutely help
less.
Iexpected that Mistress Bertram, brave
as she had shown herself, would burst into
a passion Of rage or tears. But apparently
she had one hope left. She looked at me.
I tried to think-to think hard. Alas,
I seemed only able to listen. An hour had
CONC BY since we parted from that rascal
in the court and we might expect him to
appear Mt any moment, vengeful and ex-
ultant, with posse at his back. Yet l
tried hard to think, and the fog presently
suggested u possible course. Look here, !"
/ said suddenly, speaking for the first
time, nif you do not start until the fog
lifts, captain, we may as we'll breakfast
ashore and return presently.
indifferently.
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20 nv COMPANIONS with as much careless
ness as could command. Had We not
better do that!"
Mistress Bertram did not understand,
but in her despair she obeyed tho motion
of my hand mechanically and walked to
the side. Tho younger woman followed
moro slowly, SO that had to speak to her
with some curtness, bidding her make
haste, for was in fever until we were
clear Of the Whelp and tho Lion wharf.
It Ind struck mo that, II the ship were
not to leave ut once We were nowhere in
80 much danger as on board. AT largo
in the fog we might escape detection for q
time. Our pnrsuers might as well look for
a needle in a hnystack as seek us through
IL when once we wero clear Of tho wharf.
And this was not the end of my idea.i
But for the present it was enough. There
fore ] took up Mistress Anne very short.
uCome, said, be quiokl Let me help
you"
She obeyed, and was ashamed Of my
impatieuce whom at the foot OF the ladder