Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-22

son: l can't help myself" the captain
declared. But again Boyd blocked him
o. he started for the telegraph.
II WON'T stand It. cir. It's con,
Spiracy to ruin me-"
'But, my dear young man
''Don't touch that instrument
From the launch came cries Of grow.
ing vshemence. ana . startled murmuz
Of voices rose from somewhere In the
darkness Of the deck beneath.
"gtand asidev' Peasley ordered grun.
~. hut the other held his ground,
saying quietly:
II Win you. am desperate"
"ehall I stop her, sir?" the quarter.
master asked from the shadows Of the
wheelhouse.
'Now Emerson commanded sharp.
~. aud in the glow from the pinnacle
light they saw he had drawn his re.
volver, while on the instant up from
the void beneath heaved the massive
figure Of Big George Bait, IA behemoth,
moro colossal and threatening than
ever in the dim light. He wrenched
open the door and with one sweep of
Ills hairy paw hunG the helmsman
from his post, painting.
keep her going. cap. or I'll run
them down.!
The launch was abreast of them
now and skimming along 80 close that
one might have tossed biscuit aboard
Of her. The sputter Of the craft along
side was now punctuated by volley
Of curses.
The police launch sheered OF. and
the sound Of her exhaust grew rapidly
fainter and fainter. But not until II
had wholly ceased did Big George give
over his post at the wheel. Even then
he went down the ladder reluctantly
and without . word of thanks. of ex-
PLANTATION or Of apology. With him
this had been but a part Of the days
work. He saw neither sentiment nor
humor in the episode.
From the crows nest of the Bedford
Castle q week later the lookout stared
down upon white eXpanse that
stretched beyond the horizon. AT dawn
they began their careful search, feeling
their way eastward through the open
lanes and tortuous passages that sep
arated the foes. now laying to for the
northward set of the fields to clear a
path before them. now stealing through
sume narrow lead that opened into
freer waters.
Captain Peasley did all the navigat-
ing in person. but eventually they were
hemmed in so closely that for a day
and night they could do nothing but
drift with the pack. In time, how
ever, the winds opened crevice
through which they retreated to follow
the outer limits farther eastward un-
til they were baked again.
Late one evening they discerned
smoke on the horizon. and the next
mornings light showed a three masted
steamship fast In the ice few miles
to the westward.
That's the Juliet" Big George In
formed his companions. zone OF the
North American Fuckers association
tenders"
"Shc was loading when we left Seat.
tle." Boyd remarked.
1T is Willis Marsh's ship. SO he
must be aboard" supplemented Cher
ry. "She's wooden ship and built
for this business. II we don't look out
he'll beat us in after ALL"
what good will that do him:''
Clyde questioned. The fish don't bite
II mean run-for sixty days yet
Emerson and Bait merely shrugged.
To Cherry Malotte this had been a
voyage Of dreams, for once away from
land Boyd had become his real self
agatn-that genial irrepressible self
she had seen but rarely-and his man"
ner had lost the restraint and GOODNESS
which recently had disturbed their re-
lations. OF necessity their cramped
environment had thrown them nluc h
together, and their companionship had
been most pleasant.
Two days after sighting the Juliet
they raised another ship. one Of the
sailing feet which they knew to be
lowering in the offlng. and then on the
9Th Of the month the capricious cur
rent opened way for them. Slowly
at drst they pushed on between the
foes into q vast area Of slush ice.
thence 20 . stretch as open and placid
~ country mill pond. 1ne lookout
pointed path out Of this. into which
they steamed. coming At length to
clear water. with the low shores Of
the mainland twenty miles away.
At sundcwn they anchored in the
wide estuary of the kalvik river, the
noisy rumble Of their chains breaking
the silence that for months had lain
Nike q smother upon the port.
Ito Be Continued.)
Both Speedy and Effective,