The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-06-04
CONTINUED from last week.

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,,oeitior The incident caused her to
riNn,,,n'tariIv forget the rapping on the
front door vet while immoderately
Iaurhing She turned. The front door
ore,od and a vllainous looking man
entered. u, Che
Her laughter died on her lips Sne
booamo sDoechless with fright, Inc
viIIairous looking stranger quetiy
closed the door behind him; Captaii.
lin, cuiclllv Discouraged himseI
from smith and scrambling to MS
Got rrsbe' back irto the kitchen. loi-
lowel bv Smith, who was hgh.ihS
mad. . mar
Tim saw the villainOus stranger near
tho front door an1 for moment
tboucht he was being assalled III front
a,d oar HIS limbs trcmbled some,
for while no cow?rd blood ran through
his veios age admO7ished him not
,aehIv 10 provoke nhvs'cal encounters.
smith anorily said to Jim, "phwat
no vaos 1Oin' wees miserable thalt!
Al that moment he too discovered the
stranger and became appalled,. Oh
mother of Moses" he exclaimed IN
whisper.
The disfgured and unrecogniZable
villain onnpori,g more terrible in the
dim light. stood near the front door
q huge pistol in his right hand and
carving knife in his left.
"Wloop! S'blood!" said he, as he
fouriehed The weapons. He wore
soft hat pulled down over blackened
eve. 4 strip of sticking plaster was
fastened on his cheek. and his coat
apn arcd very much crumpled.
The identity of the stranger was,
however. cleared up the opportune ar
riv"l of Nan and Kitty.
Kitty at once recognized him. "Oh,
Frank" she exclaimed. who did it."
"MacDonald. the red villain" he an
swere1 hoarsely. Tat expression eX-
planned Franks appearance, for An
rie then remembered Kitty having
tod her. while II the wood shed, that
Frank was coming with black eye
and Scared face
what did he do it for?" asked Kitty
of Frank
For calling him muff," answered
Frank. "and he said he was going to
do Captain Jim Smeets worse than
me-"
Annie appeared Mortified and said,
81 am the cause Of il all" She sank
with her hands to conceal her laughter
which she was unable to restrain
longer.
Hes on the war path tonight. and
will call here sure" Frank continued.
"But YOU will not meet Macdonald
again. You will hide from him, won't
you, Frank" said Kitty, appearing
concerned
Hide from him. Never" roared
Frank in reply, and flourishing his
knife and pistol in a most determined
manner added "as | am savage, I'll
suck blood" He then deliberately,
and in the most suggestive way, drew
the back of the carving knife across
his throat.
Captain Jim was so amazed at this
and so anxious to clear himself that
he at once lofty replied, me! |
reckon you be a-mistaken" He indis-
creetly and unguardedly added. why
| wus in the bed room, | shud a-think
So"
The words were scarcely uttered,
when Annie gave little scream and
exclaimed. ''oh. good lands"
There followed full ten seconds of
dead silence. in which the tick of the
small clock on the shelf seemed to
sound like the clang of cathedral
bell. At length the silence was broken
by Kitty, who. looking straight at Cap
tain Jim exclaimed in a surprised tone
bed ROOM" Nan looked puzzled and
followed with the query. "Annie's bed
room?"
Captain Jim realized his awkward
position, became confused and blurted
out, 81 wus a druv thar"
Kitty smiled and softly asked. "who
drove you in the bed room. Cap?"
The question was answered by
Frank. in deem, tragic voice, Mac,
Donald. the villain"
Annie and Kitty looked at each
other and smiled, Nan looked severe.
while Smith looked meaningly from
Jim to Annie.
Another silence ensued. the answer
evidently. not being satisfactory.
At length Annie said, Il told Captain
Jim to go in there and keep quiet, as
he was afraid of Macdonald"
The explanation dissolved the gath
ering cloud. CAPTAIN Jim breathed
easier feeling that he was exonerated.
and Smith settled the matter by alb
ruptly eXclaiming. 'begorra. it must
have been thot same rogue thot
sthood up feminist me in the shid, bad
luck to him."
Il shud a-think So" remarked Cap
tain jim, in lofty, self satisfying
manner.
"Wor is the blackguard?" cried
Smith. "Shure. I'm the wan as will
Toxic some O. the divil out of wees.
Plagueing the darlint of me best frint.
God rest his soul"
BOYS" said Captain Jim. knitting
MS eyebrows and assuming a most de-
termlned look, tibet Red Macdonald
De n-Worrltin Annie most tew DEATH"
re 40 do e said Smith. inter
rupting Captain Jim and taking off his