The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-02

In His Anger He Resorted to Drink.
burned in her heart, her mind cleared
also. She thought with such rapidity
as she had never thought before.
First she picked up cloak, threw
it about her and went on deck. A cabin
attendant was standing at the compan-
ionway, as was always the case, wait
ing a possible summons. She told him
that his master was i'll and did not
desire to be disturbed. He did not
even want the dinner things cleared
away He wanted to be left entirely
alone until morning. The servant
smiled slightly, she thought, in the
light from the cabin skylight She
noticed that it was moonless night,
cloudy, overcast, for she could see no
stars. She knew what that smile
meant; that the man realized what
sort of sickness his owner and master
was liable to. She bade him tell the
officer of the deck her message and
| Jueu QlSullSS6u HILL
Then she returned to the cabin and
carefully locked the door. She glanced
! at the man as she did so. He lay just
as he had lain before. She bent over
him. He was still breathing, she noted
with-was it regret? But she wasted
no time over him. Time was the most
| precious of all things to her at that
moment.
She had a clear and definite plan
of action. She knew exactly what she
| intended to do and how she intended
to do it. Fortunately the means of es-
cape were at hand. They had passed
one or two tiny islands during the
day, mere treeless spots of sand or
coral in the vast Of the ocean, but
prospects that others more inviting
might be raised had caused the man
| to order the power tender to be got
overheard This was good, sub
stantial boat, Is feet in length, broad
| beamed and built for heavy seas, yet
powerfully engined and capable of
| good speed. BY his direction the tanks
had been filled and everything over
hauled so that it would be in readiness
for use. The sea was very calm and
| the gentle air scarcely raised a ripple
on it's surface. To save the trouble
of hoisting it aboard again, the tender
had been left trailing astern at the
end of long line. 1t would be ready
for instant use. She would escape in
that. She knew how to run the motor
and how to steer the boat. She had
done it many time.
Carrying her heavy boat cloak she
entered her cabin, hastily packed her
bag with what things she fancied she
would need, returned to the table,
took from it every scrap that was
edible and portable; without much re-
gard for the niceties she made it up
in a heavy parcel which she tied with
napkins. She remembered that the
water tank in the launch had been
| filled, so that for a time at least she
would lack nothing. Carrying bag and
bundle in her hands and with the boat
cloak over her arm and straw hat
tied on her head, after one long look
! at the man, she turned and went aft
and re-entered the starboard after
stateroom, her own.
The boats painter had been affixed
to the starboard side of the yacht. She
opened the stern window and looked
out. She leaned far out aud by great
good fortune in the darkness caught
the painter The boat of course, was
swinging to long rope. She pulled
at this line cautiously, although the
effort taxed her strength to the ut
most. Indeed, she seemed possessed
of a fictitious strength for the time
being else she never could have &C
complished her hard task. But she
managed to get the boat practically
under the cabin at last. She fastened
the painter to her bed, which was oi
brass and securely screwed to the
floor. Then she cut off the line and
tied the bundle of provisions and hel
bag and cloak to the end of it. These
she dropped down into the boat
Among the petty articles was a sharI
sailors sheath knife fastened to Ian
yard. She slipped this lanyard into hel
blouse. Then she climbed up oD the
port sill and essayed the danger ous
descent herself. She was glad tia
she was strong, athletic woman
used to trusting to her own skill ant
powers, for it was no easy task t.
slide down that rope and get into {
, boat trailing along beneath the coun
ter of yacht going perhaps IL knot'
| an hour Fortunately the engine wal
well aft and the bow of the launcl