Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-18

man at Signal Hill saw the arms of tho
semaphore at the settlement make three
motions thus:
The semaphore was furnished with
three revolving arms, fixed one above
the other. The upper one denoted units,
and had six motions, indicating one to
six. The middle one denoted tens, ten
to sixty. The lower one marked hun
dreds, from one hundred to SIX hundred
! The lower and upper arms whirled
out. That meant three hundred and six.
ball ran up to the top of the post.
That meant one thousand.
Number 1906 or, being interpreted,
Prisoners Absconded"
There's bolt" said Jones, the sig
mailman.
The semaphore signaled again
Number 1411"
with armsw Jones said, transla ting
as he read. Come here, Harry! here's
a gow
But Harry did not reply, and, looking
down, the Waterman saw q dark figure
suddenly fill the doorway. The boosted
maphore had failed this time, at all
events The ''bolters" had arrived as
soon, as the signal
The man sprang at his carbine, but the
intruder had already possessed himself
OF 1t. ITS no use making fuss,
Jones! There are eight of u.s. Obligs
me by attending to your signals
Jones knew the voice. 1t was that of
John Rex. REPLY, can't your" said
Rex, coolly. Captain Burgess is In a
hurry" The arms of the semaphore at
the settlement were, in fact, gesticulat-
ing with comical vehemence.
| Jones took the strings in his hands.
and, with his signal book open before
them, was about to acknowledge the
message when Rex stopped him. Send
this message" he said. mot seen! Sig
nal sent to Eaglehawkw
Jones paused irresolutely. He WINS
himself convict. and dreaded the inev-
itaoie cat that he knew would follow
TINS raise message. IF they finds me
OUT he said. Rex cooked the car
pine with SO decided a meaning in his
piack eyes that Jones banished his hesi-
tation at once and began to signal Gag
cry There came up clinking of metal
and murmur from below. whats
keeping yer. Dandy?"
All right Get those irons off and
then We'll talk, boys. I'm putting salt
on old Burgess tail" The roueh lest
was received with roar. and ZONES
looking momentarily down from his win
uo" Oh the staging. saw, in the waning
isnl, group OF men freeing themselves
rionn tneir IRONS with hammer taken
from the guard house; while two. al
ieauy ireed' were casting buckets of
water on the beacon woodpile. The SEN
Try was lying bound at little dis
lance. n ..uI
NOW" said the leader of this sur-
prise party, signal to Woody Island"
Jones perforce obeyed Say. AN o.
cape at the minesl Watch One-tree
Point! Send on to Eaglehawkv Ou;ck
now" ~'A'
Jones, comprehending the force of
tnls maneuver, which would have RI.
erect OF distracting attention from tbe
Neck. executed the order with q grin
You're a knowing one, Dandy Jack"
said he.
John Hex acknowledged the commit
ment by unlocking the carbine "Hold
out your hands! Jenny Vetchi Come
up, and tie our friend Jones. Gabhatt
nave you got the axes?" There's ONLY
one," said Gabbett. Then bring that
and any tucker you can lay your hand.
on. Have you tied him? On we oo
them And in the space of Ave min,
utes from the time when un,nsnect,ns
Harry had been silently clutched by two
FORMS who rushed upon him out of the
snadow OF the huts. the Signal Hill sta
ton was deserted
AT the settlement Burgess was foam
ing. Nine men to seize the Long Bay
ooat' ana get half an hours start of the
aiaIn signai was an unprecedented
achieVement! What could Warder
Iroke have been about? Warder Troke
however. found eight hours afterward
dlsarmed, gagged and bound in the
scrub, had been guilty of no negligence
how could he tell, that at a certain
signal from Dandy Jack. the nine men
he had taken to Stewards Bay would
rush him; and, before he could draw
a pistol, truss him like a chicken? The
worst of the gang, Rufus Dawes. had
volunteered for the hated duties of nile
driving, and Troke had felt himself 80
cure. How could he possibly guess that
there was plot in which Rufus Dawes
of all men, had refused to join?
Constabes, mounted and on foot
were dispatched to scour the bush round
the settlement. Burgess, confident, from
the reply of the Signal Hill soma phore.
that the alarm had been given at Eagle-
hawk isthmus, promised himself the re-
capture of the gang before many hours:
and giving orders to keep the commnni-
cations going, retired to dinner. His
convict servant had barely removed the
soup when the result of John Rex's
ingenuity became manifest The SEM
aphore at Signal Hill had stopped work