Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-18
A Story of
Grausfark
By
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
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King cheerily He had grasped the
oars.
I'll row over to the east side" an
nounced King to the girl, but l don't
like to get too close to the walls. Some
one may nave heard the shouts of our
friends back there"
Not another word passed between
| them for ten or twelve minutes. She
peered anxiously ahead, looking for
signs of the barge dock, which lay
somewhere along this section of the
city wall.
At last the sound of rapidly work.
ing rowlocks came to the girls ears.
They're after u.s." grated TruXton
in desperation. They've got word to
friends one way or another BY Jove,
I'm nearly tagged too l can't pull
much farther. Hello! What's this?"
The side of the boat Caromed off a
solid object in the water. almost spill
ing them into the wind blown river. =
The docks!" she whispered. I'VE
struck a small scow, / think. Can you
find your way in among the coal
| barges?"
He padded along slowly, feeling his
way, scraping alongside the big barges
which delivered coal from the distant
mines. At last he found an opening
and pushed through. A moment later
| they were riding under the stern Of a
broad cargoless barge, plumb up
against the water Tapped piles of the
| dock
Standing in the bow of the boat, he
managed to pull himself up over the
| slippery edge. 1t was the work Of a
second to draw her up after him. He
gave the boat a mighty shove, sending
it out into the stream once more.
In a few minutes loud curses came
from the river proclaiming the fact
that the pursuers had found the empty
| boat. Afterward they were to learn
| that Newport's shouts had brought a
boat load of men from the opposite
bank, headed by the innkeeper, in
whose place Lorraine was to have en-
countered MarlanX later on, if plans
had not miscarried.
BY this time King had located the
open space which undoubtedly afford
ed room for the transfer of cargoes
from the dock to the company's yards
inside the walls. Without hesitation
he drew her after him up this wide,
sinister roadway.
The pursuerS were trying for a land
ing. noisily, even boisterously. 1t
struck Truxton as queer that these
men were not afraid of alarming the
| watchmen on the docks or the man at
the gate above. Suddenly it came to
| him that there would be no one there
to oppose the landing of the miscre-
ants No doubt hundreds of men al
ready had stolen through these gates
during the night, secreting themselves
| in the Businesses of the city, ready for
the morrows fray.
They rushed up the narrow railway
chutes and through one of the numer-
| Gus gateways that opened upon the
barge docks. No one opposed them.
No one was standing guard. From be-
| mind came the sound of rushing foot
steps. Lightning flashed in the sky
and the rumble of thunder broke over
the desolate night.
They'll see us by the lightning
gasped Truxton, almost ready to drop
| from faintness and exhaustion.
Following a vivid flash of lightning
two shots were fired by the men who
were now plunging up through the
gates, hundred yards or more away
The same flash of lightning showed
to King the narrow, muddy street
that stretched ahead of them. Instead
of doing the obvious thing he turned
sharply to the left, between the lines
of freight cars. Their progress was
slow.
At last they came to the end of their
rope. They were literally up against
the great city wall.
A car door stood open in front OF
them. He waited for a second fash
of lightning to reveal to him the ma
ture of it's interior. II was quite emp
ty. Without hesitation he clamberet
in and pulled her up after him. They
| fell over on the floor. completely fag-
ged.
a few minutes later the storm broke
He managed to close the door against
the driving torrents.
We've fooled them" he managed tC
whisper close to her ear. They won't
look here. You're safe, Lorraine. Cad
I'd like to see any one get you away
from me now"
She pressed his arm. Then she wa:
fast asleep
| He sat with his back against the side
of the car. pistol in one hand, the
other lying tenderly upon the drench-
ed hair of the girl whose head restet
upon his leg She had slipped dOwr
from his shoulder. He did not have
the desire or the energy To prevent it
Manfully as he had fought against the
impcllng desire to sleep, he could no
beat it off. His last waking though
was of the effort he must make tt
reach Dangloss with the warning.
Something stirred i'm the far end o
the cara still small noise as of some
thing alive that moved with the ut
most warineSS. A heavy, breathing
body crept Stealthily across the inter
venins space so quietly that mous'
could have made but little less noise.
An instant later the blush flame o
sulphur match struggled for life
growing stronger and brighter in th'
hand of man who stood above tn,
SlecperS.
CHAPTER Ky.
The Girl In the Red Cloak.