The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-25

about u forenlast. When they reaclec.
re foreyard they ran out OH the yard
arm. One Of them carried something.
4 -c?e was dragging from It. In ose-
dience to nn imperious command her
maid ran and fetched her q glass. One
look through 1t showed her-she was o
sailors ward-that they were rigging o
whip on the yardarm. they were secur.
ing there a girtline block through
which a rope was row leading to the
top and thence to the deck. She di
vined at once its hideons purpose. The
hour! The hour! Had II grown so
late? Was II so near. 30 near? Was
there q God In that blue heaven bend.
ing above her head7 Conld such things
be?
A sick feeling came over her heart.
and she would have tainted but for q
sudden inspiration. Again she seizol
the telescope-an unusually strong one,
by the way-and, raising It to her eyes
with unsteady hand. eagerly swept the
sea OF In the direction of Marlborough
head, rising family down to the south
ward. a long distance away. For a
long time her nervous. trembling
hands could not get that part of the
horizon in focus. She finally knelt
down and rested the tube upon the
parapet. breathing q prayer as she did
30, and looked again.
All! At last she had II, and there
rr,ar& into fho AnlA ~ rfoinn <b,0n
CLEANS Of white on the sky line. pro-
claiming, even to her Impractical eye.
the sails of ships! What had that In
domitable man said to her last night
In the hall?
Delay the execution for at least six
hours, and / will save him." He was
not one 10 promise lightly. She would
try again. The telescope fell with a
crash at her feet.
She would make one more appeal to
the admiral. 1t was late. but there
might yet be time. On the instant she
turned. leaving the startled maid. and
ran like a feet footed fawn along the
terrace, down the stone steps through
the water battery. through the bailey.
into the inner court, down the long
passage and into the great hall Of the
night before, where the admiral was
usually to be found at this hour. She
dashed impetuously into the room. cry
ing:
1.-THE admiral. quick! Where is hep
"Ships has been reported down at
Bridlln'ton bay-furrin ships. yer led.
dyship." replied the old sergeant. who
happened to be there alone. IAN his
ludship took horse about half past IL
o'clock to go down there"
Failure! Her last hope gone! She
sank down into the chair. Reaction
had come. She was fainting. helpless.
dying. 1t was over! The sergeant
started toward her. his face full Of
pity. She was sitting In the admirars
chair by the great table. Her glance
fell listlessly upon 1t. At the moment
another idea flashed into her mind.
Desperate. foolish. nevertheless she
would try it-try anything. This at
least was action. She started to her
feet again on the instant, instinct with
life.
Leave mi at once and see that no
n interrupts me. ! wish to be
alone" she said imperiously to the as
tonished sergeant. who bowed respect
fully and withdrew. Half an hour
later she came hurriedly put of the
room. white faced. drawn, nerved up
to desperate endeavor.
How he got through the night O'Neill
never knew. The court martial in the
morning had taken little time. Its
sentence, a foregone conclusion.
| promptly approved by the admiral.
had been death by hanging AT half
fused to give any further parole in the
| faint hope that something might ena-
BILE him to escape. and consequently
had been heavily ironed and placed in
confinement in the space between two
OF the great guns on the lower gun
deck-the Scraps was a double banked
fr!gate-on the starboard side. The
f~orethought of Coventry. who had at
tended him with the solicitude and
kindness Of a brother and had pleaded
for him unavailingly before the court.
had caused a canvas screen to be pro-
vided. which inclosed two of the guns
and allowed him to pass his hours un-
disturbed by the curious gaze Of the
English seamen. An armed marine
stood always as sentry before the