The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-21
LITERARY MAGAZINE

they We're on the sv old Long Bridge. mile
forced to the edge of the bridge where
they began struggling again. apprehend-
helpless and unable to make an cutlery,
into the waters which Tapped but a few
feet below.
BE quiet voice whispered menac-
hurt you, but will if we have to. Be
quiet!''
Lester continued to resist, and another
man came to the assistance of those who
We're holding him. He was lifted bodily
over the edge, lowered away into the
grasp OF other waiting men, who handled
him less tenderly and threw him into the
bottom of a boat which had been waiting
in the shadows of the abutment
Lie still there, you murderin' scett'
a voice with an Irish turn muttcred; "or
I'll save yer keepers the throube of eX-
portin We to the place where We should
have stayed"
T ESTER stopped struggling, convinced
- by the last words that the men in the
boat We're not aware of his identity. He
had already hurried away, having lost no
time when it's burden was discharged.
Holbrook was beside him now, and the
fictitious guards came, also, one after
the craft, which was being softly worked
out into the current with oars. 1t gained
Roadway after it cleared the bridge but
it took long time to work it to a safe
distance. Both Lester and IIobrook were
fearfully cramped in their bonds. One of
the men between them loosened the fast
enirgs around their legs. Another boat
passed them, travelling closer to the
came clear and distinct Once they APP
peared to have lost their direction in the
blackness of the night, and approached
so close to a moored tugboat that they
hnn @ -nSf an NinC CT frn
its open boiler room doors. The flashing
lights of another boat caused them to
pull into the bank.
PATROL" they heard someone whisper.
they We're tempted to kick out with their
feet, but no opportunity was given them
until the chance of rescue had passed.
They resumed their SLOW journey until
they We're out where all danger of OBJ
woke into new life. The oars We're pulled
in, Il man threw levers, opened throttles,
and the boat proved to be powerfully
motored speed launch, that hummed,
like a frightened thing, newly 1e-
leased 1t was now speeding toward
Chesapeake bay. Great waves rose up on
either side of it's bows; fiicks of spray
One of the guards Slipped oiled coats
over their shoulders the race against
time and distance went on. They Won
dered when it would end, and how.
Inc prisoners hau gone through success
sive stages of Indignation, fury, deternin
alton to escape fear and hopelessness
Now, by reason of the chill of the night
the codness of the breeZes that swept
across the surface of the waters and the
sense of powerlessness, they were sunk
in physical apathy and mental torture.
That they were being resistlessly carried
away to prevent their appearing for the
Inauguration ceremony was evident. That
their captors could be relentless ON oc-
casion had been shown already by the
actions of the abductors when the mask
of deuson had been abandoned at the
bridge The President-eiect was terrified
when he thought of the certain conse-
quences of his absence but he found 4
very meager consolation in the thought
that any other sane man would have act
ed as he had, and that he had neglected
no precaution for his own safety. The
plan had been too adroit thus far TO
cause doubt in the mind of any man
placed in similar position. His party
would have sufficient confidence in him
to know that pnltry fear or physical
cowardice had led him TO flight on the