The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-03-03

Drop overheard. two Of you. aUc
shove Of. I ordered. finally Lively
now. lads. but no splashing
The TWO fellows in tho stern low
cred themselves into the shallow wa
ter, beIt.u- down So as 10 put their
shoulders against the Ulauks for g
heaye. Suddenly % three feet dis
tant a Euudue o. shadow urllred. and
I became conscious Of a pallid human
face cleaning family through the
dark. Instantly I ieapod toward 81,
with such force as 90 send the heavily
laden boat swiriinE forward. the heay-
iIS zen piunEing face downward into
the water There was a startled eX.
clamation 90 Spanish. a short-arm
blow shot into a dimly revealed. half
familiar face a fierce grip az The
throat and the two OF US were on the
sand. graphing Ike wild cats Out
o. the water. dripping from their
bath. the two seamen came 10 my aid
and. between us. we pinned the fellow
/ 20 helpless silence.
Toss him into the boat Z said.
painting from cVCrtlon. He will Dc
safer with us than left ashore.
II appeared even darker out on the
water than when We looked OF upon q
from the land. but. with a few eau
uous strokes. We discovered the
smudee which represented Tutue's
uhalebuaf. and drew up within an
oars length Of where he lay waiting
Mr.. futile. ! began. speaking
slowly and concisely so that the men
In both boats could hear. this IS going
TO DE no boy play tonight. and ] ex.
pect implicit obedience TO my orders
Do exactly what tell sou and no
more. You know fbe situation Of the
Esmeralda, and I want YOU 20 put you-
whaleboat iu under her bow. II YOU
keep "a point east o. north you can
scarcely miss &c. There is q Jumping
biE brrartiue anchored 100 feet be-
yuud. With only 81 single light showing
90 her Foremost ~ YOU come ur IN
der her shadow you are mo-, likely %
bg seen before SOU drift down against
the Eswgralda's cutuatar Make use
OF The auCho-Clala. and GET half a
dozen men quietly over the foreraVtle
raIi Don't move from there until YOU
receiv. some siraal from ue. Then
clap down she f~0rgras'lg sCuttlc. and
make straight Tor the engine room
That viii comprise the entire duty O.
your crew and. above an things. Jet
Dc Doe accomplished silently. Don't peg.
NIT o. oi your men 90 carry q loaded
hr'arm Use Delaying pins. o. yoa
need Co. or a ~magIHsnlkc. but no guns
he Nova and . viii go IN by wy o.
The stern, and We VIII ha responsible
for The ait,r1cck and the bridre Has
auF one "a question TO ask"
There was no response the only
sounds audible being the soft larrlur
Of the water ans tho deep breathing
of tho men 7 could distinguish them
leaning eagerly forward bgt The faces
were undcciThCral', I'm The gloom
You understand clearly
Ay. az, Mr STEPHENS aud lutJg's
uaral voice had completely lost aIl its
former trace 81 i]Bsologyg
Then pun away slowly and noise
lcssly dout hurry. vyu Elyc you
plenty % time 20 got .a Gooa.by. and
soo1 luck GO sou
The balanced oars dipped rCully
Into tho water scarcely ripplinr g.
and che sharpstommcd v-halvboat
eiidrd away into 'hc s-lrruuudluE
blacknvss Ike "a ghost
"A1 r'ehJ now d. Nova vhis
pcrrd I'm $50 forward into thr bow
Keep her head OF aH5a, o. poiut aad
watch ou for ,iEuals
We slipped through tag water s
lvu'ly, the sound 90 ihr dlrpiae uar
blades ll,tlc uour aullr'e than tha
suppressed breathing go Jha oagsmgu
Confident thar 30 any eyes were watch
ms from the deck ,hCy were not Ike
ly 90 te directed as,Crn. We made wide
det0ur creeping cautiously in beneath
tho sileht bulge OF thy }atht's side
until tho fellow bshiud me fastened
his boathoOk tgu'y into the after
chains RrJaihlpssly vc val.el
l@istouiur but no sound reached us
other than thg slight hiss 90 escaping
steam.
Hold hard J whispered. tho v0rJ
passing hack from man TO man. Two
remain with thc boat she rest follow
me-
3 cropt SILENTLY zap into tho chains (
and pccrct cautiously over onto ihe
opea JccA o. uas wrapped Ia dark
ness and silcucC, thc sole sicam 90
rcyoalinE ltEht coming from cut thc
open wainhatch. and thai oaN tho
mcrcSt Simmer slightly llawlnatlng
the ship amijships Thew Was a lamp
alight iu the ~altvrcabiR. bar the
shades drawn so closely I coalo
scarcely perceive So presence I b.
came aware that M Nova stood o.
ssio me
no hG CQNTINUEnl