Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

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ward her And then She sprang at
him. How she did it. she could never
tell, but in some way her outstretched
arms, grasping for his throat strnc,
him in the breast. Unsteady on his
feet, he went down as If he had been
shot. Such was the violence of HE fall
that the; momentum carried her with
J him. sshe fell upon him with all her
force. His head went back and strncl
| the deck with a sfrightful crash. She
herself was almosts stunned by the
violence of her own fall, although his
body broke it.
She arose and stood over him for
! minute and then She lifted her foot
and brought IT down upon him He
had said she was mad woman and
it was true. She was crazed by what
she had heard, by. the- horror of the
situation. She had not changed her
dress for dinner that afternoon. She
was wearing d pair of light boating
shoes. 1t was lucky for him. If she
had worn evening slippers with high.
rigid heels, she would have mashed
his face beyond recognition. AS IT
was, she left horrible marks upon 1t.
He lay absolutely motionless. She
could see that he was still breathing
and was not dead. II she had had
weapon she might, have killed him
in the fury anditransport of her rage.
This wretched philosopher! AS no re.
sistance came from him. she nres.
emily stopped, the feminine in her
slowly rising to the fore.
She realized now that tho ;rravoo.
able had hammered. that tbore voc ~
longer room for two of them on that
ship. AS the mists of, passion cleared
away, although the fire of rage still
burned in her heart, her mind cleared
Also She thought with such rapidity
as she had never thought before.
First she picked up Il 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 Ill 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 a 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 babe him tell the
officer OF the deck her message and
then dismissed him.
Thon she returned to the cabin and
carefully locked the door She glanced
at the man as she did so. He Law inst
rs 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 clear and definite .r,an
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 cot
overheard. This was good srb
stantial boat, is feet in length. broad
beamed and built for heavy sens. vet
powerfully engined and canable of
good speed, By his direction the Tanks
had been filled and evervthinr oyer.
hauled SO that 1T wou,d be in readiness
for use. The sea was verv calm and
the gentle air scarcely raised ripple
on its surface To save the trouble
of hosting 1t aboard again. the tender
had been left trailing astern at the
end of a long line. 1t would be ready
for instant use. She would cscape in
that. She knew how to run the motor
and how to steer the boat. She had
done it many time.
Carving her heavy hoat cloak ebe
entered her cabin hastily hacked her
bag with what things she fanciad che
/ would need. returned ia the table
took from It every scrap that was
edible and portable. without mnch re.
gard for the nicnties she made n I'm
in heavy parcel which she tied with
napkins. She rememhered tbat the
water tank in the launch had been
filed. 81 that for n time Of ,ess+ she
would lack nothing CARRYING, hap and
bundle in her hands and with the bo,t
cloak over her arm and straw hot
tied ON her head. after one long look
il at the man She turned and went aft
md re.entered the starhoard after
/ stateroom. her own
Tho hoat,s n.in,ar had heon .exad
to the atarbo,rd eide If tho vocbt sha
onaned tho stern window and ,noIad
ont She ieaned Far nut '.nd bv sna. :
good fortune in tha dar,,nass osnoht t
the nainter Tho MOTT ~ onmrsa 20 :.
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