Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20

SSOi1 WuGH lu0 draw WAS "a uJJlG more
than a mile away, large cloud drift
ed across thesmoon, and l urged the,
canoe forward as fast as I could.
II came even with the stern of the
schooner forty Yards away. and was
forging swiftly on to the front when
the moon suddenly shone out brightly
through rift in the cloud, and be.
trayed me to the men on board.
"a voice from amidships sang out
Sharply:
",What,s your hurry yoI,np fa,,owo
Hadn't Won hetter dron hack a hita,z
al knew now that I had re.lIv r.
deal with a gang Of sconndrels ami
that thew had OWNED INV intention
in attemntinp n steal mast tben,
"But I did mt take tbe hint In.
stead frgdid IA foolish thing bent
forward and fried 70 naddle harder
than ever 4.
easw;ft ,wa. tho oot,on IN +ha ,rt
of the mon on The scbooner nod
NOT taken more than three strctas he
fore there came the fash and crack
Of revolver ma . hui,at vbist1a,
over NV haad Than ~ n,io, snooas.
sim sayera, mora shots rane MT. tba
Ieoder n,;.s;Ias s.na ro,,ns - H.
snitefn, bnrnats. the noda,a dronnaa
from nv hand hoard three bnllets
strike n,unki nlpnl,i nl,nl, into tho
canoe .inst hayond tho n,;ddla
"Tha next instant i-ness snr.no ~,
with an agonized dootb-va1n an5 tha
sudden hinge ~ tbe 'str,o,,an loo ,ia
ed hv an invo,nntarv ,novement Of INV
nwn unset the oanoa ! sn;iIod out
snra wl;pp into tha w.ter and osNI Ala
"a .notba, br1,at-' n,ow.a .. sh,rron u
thr,,,pb +ha flash =, NV ,aft arn, ,oau
ing n s,st,neing, sn,ortins wonnd
4 .,Ioweyerz = w,s..hle ~ r,ght Nv
self nvicr1s ana with :. .tan strohs.
reach Tho shove or,w,aa o.,,t;ors
lv I'M tho ,nw hanp rnti, : a,.s hia,,ar
Nv tbo .h;.h or.ss No ,,ono 49,.
were fred 1
81 don.t tnow whathor +ha r,m,n.
IN the sohoona, Nv, 80 ~ ,aa sno,,
,tba watar ~ ~ AZ ~, nata a.
not ss,,nnnss, mt 'than $500 =. ~,
sn,nrI St,t,i, m atis arime,sfJStb;nl,frhat
stbev1 IN az s,mnlvs tr;edls+of friybten, n,a
,awav:s.71s ..s.'.i =, -
"When had made NV wav +broueb
a rant erowt,, ~ y, ,rs i. oros, ~ =
noint ISsevera, Yards fron, Tho water
and ont of rayo,yar.r.ngo .na,,sad
n exam;na M, inirrv - INV arm
plood was aow,no fraa,v fro,, +ba
wound bnt i found that ~ was NOT
very deem knot+aa NV b.ndtar.
chisf about NV arm ond tbon dashed
IN determined ~ raaoh the arsw ~
five - hn,d ~ a. sahoano,.
"Tbe d.ngarons nort - ~ ,ore,,
nm This side of tho river ex+enaad FOR
some little distance farther nut I
ran nm carefully skirtad three STICKY
s,oueh.boles ana n,;tho,t aoo;dan4
reached higher Ground Tbe +ng y.s
two hundred vards in advance y, ma
now hnrrvine nm with . nnicLarad
4hrob Of the engine axerted INV.
self 10 the nttermost hnt could not
gain running 40 Ala fhroueb MOO
dow of rank qrasa and r,.bos mo
tangled growth trimmed INV foot ard
every little wav u,on,d stumh1a ond
fall beadlonp
aMv 9Th ,,oe ron;d,,, h.;,r ~
hanstad. soon hepan 10 fool tho+
there w,s M usa IN Laen;no I'M
bonaless raca. but tho tbought 81 tba
Largo amount Of ronev ~ st.La .Lart
mo .trngoI;no an sou, tho sLa,aton
| = A'~~''
nm bebind tho e,ena,.,ights fsint IN
the moonl;obt nnon,ant Iotar !
hoard tba t,,g whist,;na for tba an.,v
70 onen :
"'pea+anp nurmrred 90 st.o.
qarad nm kaening NV anes exoa nn
The two lights on tho bridee and er.
nectins ~ .varv n,on,ont to So .han,
din IN resnonsa Z, an aa,nons ~ - t,,a
fro To INV e,,rnr;sa +ha 1;ahts w
n,ain.d s+ationarr Thara aaaas ~
otber ser;as ~ ;n,n,tiant ha,,ows fron,
the whistle ~ +ba t,g .nd st;,, tha
sisnoi ran,.;nad nnansuaraa rhan
&c tha ,on, a;stant 800 :. 49,
reached NV oors +ba raasor a.mnaa
nm M. observation-disclosures was an
nro.chine. a. has tha ,;ah. - 49,
knew the tup and ito tev n,,st w.;t
for q n mass ''''t'
j 81 r,ickened NV roce .on,ohou a.,
thonph wac nant,ng ,or hreatb T.,
= moment tho Train hnrst into n,am
and SWINE rornd +ha nMrva ton,o. m,
tba br,dga ,iebts olaan;na fran, a.
,,naa,ua - :.s go, ao..has
81 w,s onlv !. hundred vor,s fro,,
The end of the hr,dga now and MN.
ming desneratalv sHardlv had tha raor
coach cIaarsd tbe strnct,ra tban tha AZ
tmp c,amored for MASSAGE Rnt the
bridge-tender was slow in needing. i