The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-08
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CHAPTER XIII.
RUNNING THE PIRATE DOWN.

IA" tempt at escape, unfortunate
though 1t turned out, was
- probably. after all, the means
of her salvation. 1t had the effect OF
keeping Payton at his lodge But fol
the necessity which he felt of watch
ing her personally we might not have
succeeded in getting the two commu
nications from the same point. and
that the very point that we wished to
hit upon.
Payton never spoke to Miss Gray
man again while she remained at the
lodge. Perhaps he was ashamed to
face her. He well might have been.
Perhaps he had some other reason.
But. ut any rate. from that moment
she was kept close prisoner, and all
that Payton said to Mr.. Grayman
about her continued cheerfulness and
about their trout fishing was base
falsehoOd. invented to prey upon the
billionaire's mind.
And now 70 the story of our search
and the startling events that came
out of 1t.
After leaving the little town I or
dered full speed ahead. and we trailed
away in a long line in this order-the
Eagle. the Skylark. the Osprey. the
Grow and the Bobolink. 1t was a
beautiful squadron. can tell you. and
how proud | felt to be in command of
1t! We were nearly mile high. and
in short time we passed over Lake
On o,.fA xr-hn uyinh xyv-n
killed. surface looked like frosted sill
yer from that height. Away to the
west we saw Toronto.
Afterward we passed Ottawa. but
kept good offing. not caring to run
the risk Of being seen by spies. After
forests, scattered clearings and ranges
of hills. ] dropped down near the
earth now, the danger Of detection be-
ing less.
1T is fortunate" l said to Mr.. Gray
man and Secretary Grantham, who
most of the time stood beside me on
the deck. that Payton did not select
a hiding place somewhere in the west.
ern part of the Dominion. for then the
lines to New York and Buffalo might
have nearly conceded. and it would
have been very difficult to calculate
their point of intersection"
You'd have managed it, my boy"
said Mr.. Grantham, putting his hand
with kindly pat on my shoulder
"You have too much at stake to lose
this game. But I'm glad it proved
easy for you"
Mr.. Grayman meanwhile had fallen
into meditative mood. He was think
ing about his daughter and her peril.
THE poor girlv' we heard him NUT
ter 1.-The poor girl! Heaven protect
her."
''See here. Grayman," said the Sec
rotary. this won't do. Don't go to
worrying now when the thing is al.
most ended. The time for worry Is
gone. We've got the rascal located.
We're going to drop upon him without
the force needed to overcome him.
Your daughters danger is past. and in.
side of ten hours at the most she will
be in your arms"
Mr.. Grayman tried to smile and to
look cheerful. but his heart was heavy.
tails Of our plan." said the secretary.
turning to me. do you think that you
could find him at night? If possible.
It might be best to drop upon him in
the darkness. We might catch him
asleep II we knew the exact spot. Sup.
pose you go over your calculations and
see how near you can determine the
exact number of miles that we must
still run. Then we can regulate our
speed accordingly"
did as Mr.. Grantham requested.
and. after consulting the excellent
charts that we carried. ] announced
that from Ottawa to the apparent in
tersection Of the lines the distance was
very close 70 SOB miles. We had pass
ed Ottawa an hour before. going at a
clip of 12O miles. Mr.. Grantham took
out his watch.
"Three o'clock" he said 1.-THE days
are long and longer the farther we go
north. There Is an all night twilight
I'm central Labrador. but If we arrive
at 10 o'clock it will probably be dark
enough for our purpose. don't be-
lieve his lights will be out earlier than
that"
THAT means trife less than fifty.
nine miles an hour" remarked.
Yes; that. then. should be our
speed"
Immediately I signaled the aeros
astern to reduce their speed to accord
with ours and ordered my engineer to
drop to fifty-nine miles. Then we en-
tered my cabin to complete our plan
of operations and to pass away the
time. which seemed very long viewed
In prospect
had already ordered Ethan Haight
TO get his bow gun In shape for quick
work, for in an emergency I counted
more on him than on the other gun.
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