Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-23

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CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
..,,. .,,,,s- net now" said Roderick, be
+,,, miss their man. They've stopped
lo'' .n.rnns. and we shall drop behind
'D ..hors There's only one chance, and
ID" :. tn surprise them. Let's rush it,
nd take the Odds
"D "rf went" said Mary, what could
49, do 70 me? I'm going now; while
~ W., -oIking to them they won't be looking
for you
cba ran I'D the companion way, stand
o+ the roD; while we cooked our pls-
-"7 ,n1 orpDr after her. Then we lay fiat
I, dpck. as she ran nOiselessly amid
.5;rs and into the very center of the five
, IN our establishment, they gave
an,o- howl Of terror at the sight OF her
s,r sbo seemed but a thing of shadow how
.;,, ,non tbe shiD-and bolted headlong
.,n,,,rI while we rushed in a body to
-, hurricane deck and faced Paolo. He
,n-rol very white. Dan served him as the
orro, and hit him with his pistol, so that
:, r,Ind sopsepss off the narrow bridge,
a,,d ,ro heard the thud of his head against
H., ir,n of the engine room hatch. He
bad scarce fallen when Mary, with the
Io,o5 still upon her lips, reeled at the
sfrTt Of him. and fell fainting in my
arms
Tho skinner cot the whole situation at
+ba frs. look He came 20 us with cou-
Mo Of rifles We were now all crouchlng
+ora-har bv the. wheel amidships, for
Mary had recovered BY the full moon we
sov dark shadows across the hatch. The
mon were behind the galley. The skipper
hailed them.
"You Karl WilliamS-are you coming
ont now, for me to fog you, or will you
swing At New York? You've got couple
Of blanks between you and eternity. I'm
going to fire through that galley"
He raised his rifle at the word, and let
On s.r3irht at the corner of the light wood
erection. A dull groan followed, and by
the shadow on the deck | saw one man
fall forward: his blood ran in a thick
stream out to the top Of the hatchway,
and then ran back as tae ship heaved to
the seas.
There's one down amongst YOU" said
tn, skipper: but that's the beginning of
it: I'm going to blow that shanty tc
pieces. and YOU with it,
He raised his rifle. but as he did so one
Of them answered for the first time with
his rovolver and the bullet sang above our
heads. The shippers shot was quick in
reply: and the wood of the shanty flew in
snIinrprS as the bullet shivered it. \ sec
onl man sprang to his feet with a shout.
and ,hen fell across the deck, lying full to
be seen in the moonlight.
That's two of YOU" continued the
skipper. as calm as ever he was in Ports
mouth harbor; well make it three for
luck" But at the suggestion they all
made run forward, and lay fiat right out
by the cable. There we could hear them
bubbcring like children.
They fred three shots as we rushed on
tban but the butt ends of the two mus
kots id the rest Three of them went
down straight as felled poplars. The
others fell upon their knees and implored
mercy; and they got it, but not until the
skipper who now seemed reused to all the
fury of great anger, set to kicking them
Justify, and with no dscrimina ton.
We had the other hands up by this
They got them below at the first break
Of dawn, and the dead they covered;
while PaoIo. who lay groaning, we carried
10 4 cabin in the saloon, and did for his
broken head that which our elementary
knowledge Of surgery permitted us.
As the day brought Light upon the ris-
Ing sea- | looked to the far horizon, but
the rolling crests of an empty waste met
my gaze. Again we were alone The
nights work had lost us the welcome
company.