Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-18

Of It. TITS no use making fuss,
Jonesl There are eight Of us. Oblige
me by attending to your signals"
Jones knew the voice. n 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 Ia ais 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 Eaglehawkr'
Jones paused irresolutely. He was
himself convict, and dreaded the inev-
table cat that he knew would follow
TINS false message "If they finds me
out" he said. Rex cooked the car.
| bine with so decided meaning in his
black eyes that Jones banished his hest.
tation at once and began to signal Gag.
erly. There came up clinking of metal
and murmur from below. whats
keeping yer. DandyY
"All right. Get those irons off. and
then We'll talk, boys. I'm putting sal,
on old Burgess tail" The rough lest
was received with a roar, and .Jone,
looking momentarly down from his win.
DOW on the staging. saw, In the waning
hight group of men freeing themselves
from their irons with a hammer taken
from the guard house: while two. nj.
ready freed, were casting buckets Of
water on the beacon woodpile. The sem
try was lying bound at a little dis.
lance.
Now" said the leader of this sur.
prise party, ''signal to Woody Island -
Jones perforce obeyed. "Say. AN es.
cape at the mines! Watch Ona.+res
roin.! send on to Eaglehawk! Quick.
now"
Jones' comprehending the force Of
thIs maneuver, which would have the
erect of distracting attention from tha
Neck, executed the order with grin
you're a knowing one, Dandy Jack"
said he.
John Rex acknowledged the commit.
ment by unlocking the carbine "Hold
out your hands! Jenny yetchl Come
up and tie our friend Jones. Gabbett
have you got the axes p There's onIv
one, said Gabbett. "Then bring that
ana any tucker you can lay your hands
on Have you tied him? On we 20.
then And in the space of five min.
utes from the time when unsuspectine
Harry had been silently clutched by two
forms, who rushed upon him out of the
shadow of the huts, the Signal Hill sta.
ton was deserted.
AT the settlement Burgess was foam
ing. Nine men to seize the Long Raw
boat, and get half an hours start of the
alarm signal was an Unprecedented
achievement! What could Warder
Troke have been about? Warder Troke
however, found eight hours afterward
olsarmed, 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
ne mad taken to Stewards Bay would
rush" him; ard. 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 Sc
cure How could he possibly guess that
there was plot in which Rufus Dawes
Constables, 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 communi
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
ing.
Perhaps the fools can't see" said
Burgess. Fire the beacon-and saddle
my horse" The beacon was fred. All
right at Mount Arthur. Mount Com
munication, and the coal mines. To the
westward, the line was clear But at
Signal Hill was no answering light Bur-
CESS stamped with rage. "Get me nv
boats crew ready; and tell the mines
to signal to Woody Island" AS he
stood on the jetty, a brea thless messen-
ger brought the reply. "A boats crew
to One-tree Point! Five men sent from
Eaglehawk in obedience to orders."
Burgess understood it at once. The
fellows had decoyed the Eaglehawk
guard. Give way, menu And the
boat shooting into the darkness, made
for Long Bay. 81 won't be far behind
EN-" said the commandant, lat any
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