The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-23

/ HIS clumsy head laundering 10 a
question even NJ aueh time.
cut him short and turned TO the
| doctor.
what news ~ the foot. nlrY" /
asked him, how are you feeling
now ?"
lie replied light heartedly enough.
wiHhful, | could see. 10 make llEht
OF a.
Like n man who has bought a
wooden leg aud prefers the old one
said he, asking at the same time
whats the course. captain. and
why DO we follow n,
'sfho course said I. sia 90 Mime
czerny'a houdolr, and a good couch
90 lie upon. TO you two get on as
fast ~ YOU can and leave uH 10 the
T pariry, It's coming sure enough,
and lame men won't help the argu.
ment Wen need your help by and
BY. doctor. whom the heads are
/ broken"
J made the guess az hazard. little
knowing haw near the truth IL was
/ 60 prove. We were almost az ti.a
head OF the first stairway by this
time. aud the uproar Ia the corridor
might have awakened the seven
sieeperH. Impossible. said that
such a warning should not bring IN
men from the sea. sentinciH who
would ask by whose hand the key
had been turned, but the danger lay
behind AS ia the shadows where we
had not looked for t. Aye. tho three
I'm the engine house. how came | 10
forget them9 Thay were atop 81 uA
before the doctor was ouf Of hear
Ing. and great huikinE German.
his face smeared with SCOT and bar
~ Iron IN hts hands. caught mo by
the shoulder and swung ma round
almost before had done speaking.
Who In thunder are you p asks
he. II wis question which had 20
be answered
Now, had picked M Wrinkle or
two about "rough-nnd- tumblsn7 In
the years | traded Ia Yokohama. an ]
though my heart WAS IN my mout b
and IL was plain 20 me that this was
tho crisis Of the niEht. when "A single
uniueky stroke or fnirspakrn word
might undo all that chance IA 4
done for un { nevertheless kept my
vita about me. and letting the man
turn me round az he wflied. I pres
entity caught his arm between both
~ mine and almost broke the bone
Of Il. Upon which he lifted up cry
you might hav. heard NJ che sword.
fish reef, and wfithinR down I struck
him with all my force and he fell
inEensihis
'e.Ysn aud one make. eight" said
I but two were fefs % deal with
and ahiia one ga. making for little
Dolly Venn. Peter TiiiTh had the
threat Of the other ~ such a grip
that his friends might well have
said. God help himf@
Hold him. Peter. hold htmi-'
cried |. but there was no need TO be
anxious for Bligh. assure you.
He'll need new teeth. tomorrow.
anf tenty o. 'en." Hays he. shaking
the man as dog shakes \ rat
AYE. go on. captain. the fun's be-
ginning here
waited 10 hear no more bat ran
~ the man who closed With little
Dolly Nenn. And 10 declare n
was a picture 70 watch that bic 81 =
lad dancing round a huikinE Dutch
man and hitting the wtad out %
him "a though he had been a cunh-
fen druntf The iubhaf EFunied
iike a piE and every time he stopped
for want ~ breath In cuua Master
Dolly again with a lightning one
which shook htn like a thunder
bolt No "net.tn" that have nera
tn al my life ever pleased me hAif
as much. ard what with crying and
laughing nv turns. and singing Que
Brave. poiiyi" and daneinE roend
the PAIR ~ them. the sweat ran or
me like rain. and !. rot little Dolly
Nsnn. might have been DOING for the
u1tehman IN the shadows % that
corridor.
In the end believe me. this bully
turned tail and ran like a whipped
cur. II wss All ! could do 20 keep
the al fraan bis heels
NEXT time. Deity cried L hold.
ifsg him back roughly. next fiuie.
lad. ws have better work ~ 10
Here's Peter needing box for him
goods ana pretty bis one. too. II
IL over. Peter
Re answered mo by pointing 10 q
figure on the near beside him. stark
and matinniens and very still Peter
had played his part I knew that
the gate II Cxarny's house was nuen.
"AN together. iadH." said !. lead
Ing them now with light heart.
ALI together ard Gus ~ the ahad.
fowH We've another gate 60 elo.a.
and theu-~a Gods above me. ! do
cHernF this night"
n was something 70 say. a thought
to thrill man. and yet would not
dwell upon n. remembering all that
lay between as and Miss Ruths
freefom-~all that mus, be done IN
the doubtful hours before as
The Iron ladder by which the
men come n" I asked 81 the Italian,
suddenly. where IL that. Reg.
uRrtr :"
Now. this man had been very
frightened during the brnwi NJ the
~ airs -hond. but. seeing the stuff we
we're made ~. ard being willing all
along TO Join with as ffor he nuraed
private spite against cxerny1 no
replied 20 me very readily:
The ladder II the SECOND door.
captain. yet why. since no man can
go up7 tell you that two hold u.
and they have guns. You cannot go.
esptaini what good the key when
men have guns