Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
CHAprER XVI-fContinnad

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"Treachery treacheryr' replied the
lieutenant drawing a pistol from his
belt. Beware, my men. Arm. armr'
Langley's pistol was knocked from his
grasp by the stranger, and on the next
instant the lieutenant himself was lying
PROSTATE. The rest of the pirate gang
Sould have sprung to his assistance, but
by this time the horsemen were upon
them. and they had to look to them
selves.
The struggle was a short one. though
one of the pirates escaped young,
.nimble fellow, named Jack Martin. He
seemed more inclined to use his legs
than his arms, and he got off; but the
others were quickly captured, and their
arms piEioned behind them Langley
had risen, and as soon as he could COM
mand himself he spoke:
why is this?'' he asked, turning a
flashing look upon his captor. by
what authority do you thus assault quiet
people who are about their own bust
nessr'
All, that remains to be proved. / will
tell you the whole truth and then you
can best judge whether any harm can
come or not. The Governor of Maya
z
found any one catching horses here, to
take them and bring them to him."
And do you mean to take usY'
Il do, most surely"
Upon this the prisoners were all
mounted and secured in their seats, and
the party started on. 1t was a strange
piece Of work, and so suddenly had it
come upon them that the pirates knew
not what to make of it. But to Maya
saki they had evidently got to go, and
they made the best of it by hoping that
horse stealing would be the only thing
brought against them, for they felt sure
that they could free themselves from that
charge; but there were other things
which, should they be brought against
them, would rest more heavily upon
them.
Buffo burlington tried to beg off upon
the ground that he had been in the coun-
try but a short lime. and had been hired
to catch horses by Mr. Larooh. He pro-
fessed to be Mortified at the idea of
horse stealing ard assured his eaptor he
wouldn't have engaged in the work had
he dreamed that there was anything
wrong connected with it,
Your very face gives the lie to your
u
tic smile; ''but if you can moI-e Pedro
Manrlquez believe you, va may get
clear"
And who is he?" asked Buffo.
Governor of Nagasaki.''
Burlington said no more. In one hour
the party had gained the small bay
where the fshermen's huts were built,
and here was found a small government
.x-I,s
horses were soon placed. Shortly after
ward the prisoners were on their way be-
yond the power of escape--for some of
them, thinking that the whole passage,
of some ninety to a hundred miles, was
to be made by land. had held strong
hopes of getting away.
In toe meantime Jack Martin had
made his way back to the brig, where
he had stated the strange event which
had transpired. At first the pirates were
frightened, fearing that they should all
be taken, but when Martin came to as
sure them that Langley and his men
were taken for demonstrating, their fears
were mostly removed.
Pau heard the whole story, and his
suspicious at once fell upon Burning
ton. He remembered the letter he had
disposed of, and which was directed to
Pedro Manriquez, and he had since learn
ed that Manriquez was the governor
But he had no idea of what it all meant.
1t was but another strange link in the
mystic chain OF circumstances that seem
ed to bind that dark-visaged man to his
present position and to others about him.
If burlington had been the means of
getting these men entrapped, he must
mean something more by it than their
mere apprehension for crime. And il this
were the fact, then he must have meant
from the first to be taken with them.
for he had been very urgent of late to
be allowed to accompany the shore par
ties, pretending that it did him much
good TO roam about on land.
But Pauls meditations were soon cut
short by another cause. 1t was now near
shutdown, and just as the youth came M
from the cabin, where he had been eat
ing supper all alone, the captains boat
was seen coming down the river as swift
ly as the oarsmen could pull The cap
tain was not there. and Paul's heart
sank, for he feared that something i'll
had befallen Mary. The coxswain leap
ed on board the brig as soon as he came
alongside, and moving at once up TO |
where Paul stood. he said:
You must go up to the castle imme- |
diately. The young lady is worse"
Paul rushed to the cabin. and, having |
possessed himself of every kind of medi- |
cine that could possibly be wanted. he
FASTENED back and descended to the boat.
and in moment more he was on his
way up the river.