Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-13

They could follow his progress as he
raced toward the port side, and they
heard his amazed cry:
what boats are those!'
"Your own. captain came the an
swering yell. plainly audible above the
din.
THAT is Mr.. Cray screamed Elsie.
and she, too. ran toward the. bridge.
with the doctor close behind.
Sink every canoe you can get along
side Of and knock those fellows on the
head who are swimming" roared Cour-
tenay, who was so carried away by the
ferceness of the fight from which he
had just emerged that he would have
given the same directions to the arch
angel Michael had that warrior spirit
come to his aid.
He seemed to have eyes in the back
of his head. he turned SO suddenly
when Elsie neured him.
"Ah, thank God. you are safe" he
said, drawing her to him for IN In
slant. Stand there. dear heart"
He placed her In the forward angle
of the bridge rail and leaned out over
the side. She understood that she must
not speak to him then, but great JOY
overwhelmed her, and her eyes melted
into tears.
Christobal, who had missed no word
of Elsie's frenzied protest In the salon
nor failed to note the manner OF Cour-
tenay's greeting, seemed to take the
collapse Of his own aspirations with
the unmoved stoicism he had display
ed in the face OF danger.
1.-THE ships boats he began, but
the captain raised his gun and fired
twice aft alongside the side of the yes
sci. Cries of pain and good deal OF
splashing in the sea proved that he
had expedited the departure Of several
Indians who were perched on the rails
beyond the reach Of Walkers steam
jet.
'aThe ships boats" went on Christie
bal calmly. have turned up In some
mysterious manner. just In the nick OF
time. A few minutes more and they
would have been too late"
When more extended knowledge OF
all that had happened, Joined to nicer
adjustmeptof the time factor In events,
enabled Elsie to realize the extraor-
binary deliyerance from death which
she had been vouchsafed that night she
began to appreciate the service which
Christobal rendered her in discussing
matters with such nonchalance.
Barely q minute had elapsed since
they were in the throes OF struggle
which promised to be the last act OF
a tragedy The ship was then overrun
by horde Of bowling savages, mad
dened by the desperate resistance Of
fered by the defenders and ruthless MS
wolves in their lust for destruction.
Now the Kansas was clear OF every
bedaubed Alaculof save the many who
numbered the decks either dead or so
seriously wounded that they could not
move. These men were SO near akin
to animals that this condition implied
ultimate collapse save in a few in
stances Of fractured skulls and broken
limbs. From the final stage OF hope
less butchery the survivors of the
ships company were suddenly trans
ferred to position of reasonable Sc
curity. 1t was not that the arrival OF
the ships boats meant such an acces-
sion of fighting strength that the Ala
culofs could.not have made sure of vic
tory Gray and his companions were
badly armed. The Indians remaining
in the canoes could have pelted them to
shreds In few minutes. Even those
on the ship had the power to resist any
attempt by the newcomers to gain the
decks. But the superstitlous savages
had already screwed themselves up to
an act Of unusual daring in delivering
night attack, and the appearance OF
boats filled with men of whose fight.
ing qualities they had already such 9
lively experience quite demoralized
them. They fed without attempting
counter assault
At last the sounds Of conflict died
away. The black waters closed over
the dead; the last swimmer vanished
into the silence. The spasmodic bark
ing of the dog, the grooming of men ~
ing on the decks and the shouts ex
changed between Courtenay and Gray
for the guidance of the boats were the
only remaining symbols Of the f1ercest
crisis which had yet befallen the Kan
sas
Elsie, wandering through trancelike
maze of vivid Impressions, awoke with
a start to the fact that Courtenay was
giving directions for the lowering OF
the ships gangway, meanwhile receiv,
ing information as to the identity OF
the boats beneath.
"Mr. Malcolm IS in charge Of the
jolly boat" Gray was saying. "Miss
Barring and Mr.. and Mrs. Somerville
are with him. Miss Baring's maid Is
dead. Senior Jerrera is in my boat
No. 2. We have been on White Horse
island all this time, but we have seer
nothing Of the other lifeboat."
Thatmean that two boats out Of those
which Quilted the ship had arrived thus
opportunity. Senior Jerrera was the
Spanish mining engineer who had been
hustled into one Of the craft manned
by the mutineers. And Christobal was
saying:
"Well, Miss Maxwell, you and car
look forward to a busy night. The
ship is Uttered with wounded men, and
our newly arrived friends must be
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