Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-06
BY LOUIS TRACY,

| uuDItuut lue HutS VI us
trust Jared Elsie back into her senses
"He wished me to translate Seno
Suarez's explanation of another smoke
signal" she answered.
"He told you himself. suppose, thai
he wished you to stay here"
'I1e did more He drove me away
Against your wil?"
mo. Am not one Of the ships com
pany? Is he not the centurion? He
says to sis woman. Co and she go
eth. nor does she stand upon the order
Of her going. Oh please don't look al
me as If were cracked! Surely one
may mingle the Bible and Shakespeare
In an emergency"
Zone may also tear linen sheets into
strips" said Christobal gravely. Ell
sizes quip had saved the situation. He
!! attributed her flushed cheeks and spar.
king eyes to the fever Of the threat
ened fight She applied herself eager
~ to the task, Already the fume and
agony of vain regret were striving to
conquer the ecstasy which had flooded
her whole being
Courtenay meanwhile was examin-
Ing the advancing llotilla. His brain
was coming each detail Of the Alaculof
array, but his heart was whispering
| gladly:
I'm another moment you would have
| kissed her and told her you loved her.
| You know you would, so don't deny It.
| All, kissed her and held her to your
breast!'
So Snarez spoiled pretty bit Of ro-
nance by his lutl.ing agitation over
some bawl OF savage frenzy. for Cour-
tenay of course would have laughed
away the girls protests that she was
usurping another womans place.
II the confident demeanor of the pad
ding warriors III the canoes We're des-
tined to be justified, the Kansas was
in parlons state Her vast blnk and
sheer walls of steel did not daunt
them. They came on steadily against
the rapid current and spread out into
crescent when within q few hundred
yards of the ship. Then three men,
crouching In the bows of different ca
noes, produced rifles hitherto Invisible
end began to saot Els sahi
tenay saw that the savascs did not un'
derstand the sighting appliances. They
were aiming point blank ut the yes
sci in SO far us they could be said TO
aim Mt anything. and the low tra]ec
tory caused the first straight shot TO
rebound from thu, surface of the water
ard strike plate amlships. The iouu
clang of the metal was hailed by the
Alnculofs with shouts OF delight.
The long range firing was kept NJ
for several minutes. much to Courte
NAYS relief. as Suarez was certain
that the Int.ian~' stock OF cartridge:
lid not amount to more than 400 ~
the utmost The canoes crept gradual
ly nearer, and lullets began to STRIFE
the ship frequently. One glanced o.
a davit and shattered couple OF win
dows In the chart house This 1nci
dent aroused even greater enthusiasm
than the first blow of the attack.
| There was renewed activity anon.
the paddle wlelders. Two canoes We're
not fifty yards from the most southe
| ly foating mine. Courtenay com
menced to haul in the slack OF one
| among the half dozen thin cords He
| turned to tell Sl,a;ez to be ready FOR
the duty which had been intrusted tc
him when lis glance happened to trav
| 81 toward the mouth Of the bay.
| Then he learned the significance OF
| that column of smoke on the northern
| point. A fleet of at least forty canoes
| was advancin. on the ship from the
sea. Tide and paddles were swinging
| the small craft along at spanking
pace. They We're already much near
or the vessel than the first batch OF
Indians who had very cleverly con
1, triyed to enlist the attention of the Gle
/ Tenders while tile real attack was de
welcoming without let or hindrance. II
was u smart ruse worthy of race OF
higher attainments than the tripe
/ which is ranked lowest in the human
scale. The newcomers abstained from
firing or stone singing They were
gathering with the speed and silence
Two mines protected the front of thu
Kansas, and several canoes had passed
them. Indeed Courtenay soon fount
flat some of the assailants were al
ready screened by the ships bows. bu
the larger number were clustered
thickly round Tollemache's inferna
machines. 1t was we'll that a coo
headed sailor was called on to dea
with this emergency The captain o
/ the Kansas even smiled as he appre
i ciated the full meaning of the tricl
which his adversaries had tried to pla.
on him. and the man who smiles in tn
face of danger Is one to be depende,
on.
The six cords were numbered. HI
dropped No 2. which he was holding
and seized Nos. and ) He drew
them in, hand over hand. as rapidly a
4 possible. but was careful not to sacrtfic
a smooth tension to undue hurry. In
few seconds two deafening report
split the air. the glass front Of th
chart house shook. pieces Of the broker
panes ratified on the floor. seyera
scraps OF iron bolts. nuts and heav.
nails fell OF the decks and matches
and a tremendous hubbub OF yell
ooma from the main body Of Indians