Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-15

soldiers. II the first r,sh ,ro.
IessIul, the vessel was thairs p,,f,,,
dawes thought of the LITTLE hr;rht'ha , 10
mas ~: VINO mad run SO confdingly to
Aie ..a,, MN, and shuddered.
;na mere! said the Grow, with a sheer
neo laugh what do you think of that?
now?" iiAe disappointing us
III mere was silence for minute or two.
81 slar was plunged in gloomy alb
s;.laction, and Vetch and the Moocher
ha++ Inanged significant glance. Cab
nau Deen ten years at the colonial
pendi settlement of Macuuarie Harbor.
anu ne mad memories that he did not
sonnde TO his companions. When he in
ueised IN one of these fits of recollection
ms friends found it best to leave him
to himself --A-A
US pawes was no longer stimulat-
Gu ny outward sounds, his senses appear
Gu TO fall him. The blood hushad info
LIS eyes and ears. He made a violent.
VAN eHort to retain his consciousness
pue WIN faint cry fell back, striking
l-1 r neau against the edge of the bunk.
Inc noise reused the burglar in an in
stant. There was some one in the berth,
The three looked into each others eyes
In guilty alarm, and then Gabbett dash
ed round the partition.
It's Dawesp' said the Moocher. "We
mad forgotten him!'
He'll join us, mate. he'll ioin usp'
cried Vetch, fearful of bloodshed
Gabbett, finging himself on to the
prostrate figure, dragged it, head fore
most, to the floor The sudden vertigo
mad saved Rufus Dawes life. The rob-
Der twisted one brawny hand in his
shlrt, and pressing the knuckles down,
prepared to deliver a blow that should
forever silence the listener, when Vetch
caught his arm. 'He's been asleep" he
cried. Don't hit him! See, he's not
awake YETI
A crowd gathered round. The giant
relaxed his grip, but the convict gave
only deep groan, and allowed his head
to fall on his shoulder.
Gabbett took another look at the purp-
ling face and the believed forehead, and
then sprang erect, rubbing at his right
hand, as though he would rub off some
thing sticking there
He's got the feverv' he roared, with
a terror-stricken grimace. give seen
1t before to-day. The typhus is aboard
and he's the fourth man down.
The circle of beast-like faces, stretched
forward to ''see the fight" widened at
the half-comprehended, ill-omened word
1t was as though a bombshell had fallen
into the group. Rufus Dawes lay on the
deck motionless, breathing heavily. The
savage circle glared at his PROSTATE
hO6 l1ao al Ill
prison crowded down to stare at him.
All at once he uttered groan, and turn
ing, propped his body on his two rigid
arms, and made an effort to speak. But
no sound issued from his convulsed jaws
Hes DONE" said the Moocher, brutal
ly. "He didn't hear muffin"
The noise of the heavy bolts shooting
back broke the spell. The first detach-
ment were coming down from exercise"
The door was flung back, and the bayo
nets of the guard cleaned in a ray of
sunshine that shot down the hatchway.
This glimpse of sunlight-sparkling
the entrance of the fetid and sitting
prison-seemed to mock their miseries.
1t was as though heaven laughed at
them. By one of those terrible and
strange impulses which animate crowds
the mass, turning from the sick man,
leaped toward the doorway. The inte-
rior of the prison flashed white with
suddenly turned faces. The gloom scin
tillated with rapidly moving hands. "Air
air! Give us air"
"That's itv' said Sanders to his COM
panions 81 thought the news would
rouse 'em."
Gabbett-all the savage in his blood
stirred by the sight of flashing eyes and
wrathful faces-would have thrown him
self forward with the rest, but Vetch
plucked him back.
eth be over in moment" he said.
cts only fit they've got"
ITO he contnuedD