Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
CHAPTER XIV.
Tn. Attack On tho Yacht.

The Attack On tho Yacht.
Britt. Naming and Fitch walked
briskly around the corner and board
cd at Blaecker Street a subway train
At Fourteenth Street they caught the
first uptown Van Cortlandt express
of the morning, and they made good
time to TIVE Hundred and Twenty
nth Street. There they LETT the
train, and walked quickly along the
edge Of a grassy bluff overlooking
the government cut that now con-
meets the Harlem and Hudson rivers
by a more direct route than the old
Spuyten Duyvil creek. A few hun
dred yards beyond the low fence that
separates the meadow from the street
they came upon man standing close
behind large tree. He was screened
from the little street and from the
bridge that spans It by thick under
brush. When he sighted Britt he
lifted his hand warningly and beck
oned. The three men went within
the shelter of the bush.
Anything new, Gordon?" inquired
Britz.
Yes" said the other detective.
''They have gone aboard"
Where's Hicks?"
Down there near the water, piping
them Off"
"Are they on deck?'
mo. in the cabin; they seem pref
~ busy, too"
Gordon looked at the sky. 1t was
growing brighter every minute.
Stepping with most solicitous ten
derness on the grass. and avoiding
every leaf and twig that might give
forth a slight crackle, the four men
made their way slowly among the
bushes to the spot where Hicks. lying
ut full length with his head only a
little way above the ground, was
waiting and, at the same time, watch
ing a naphtha yacht Of more than
ordinary size.
After a whispered conference with
Hicks, Britz slipped his hand into a
side pocket Of his coat, and took on
somet--ag that glittsred in the sun
shine. At single word from Britz.
Gordon and hicks. worned their way
along the bank until they were at the
bow Of the yacht. Brtts, 1iteh and
Manning stayed near the stern. Sud
Asnly the Lieutenant flred . shet over
the yacht tnAt echoed metaidcaaiy
from the cliffs, and At the signal. all
ave OF tho attaching party leapea
aboard the yacht, their feet stirling
the polished deck with q concerted
thud that must have made those With
In the cabia think they were feeling
the first shock of . landslide.
The five men en- the deck gave
those below little time for analysis OF
their sensations. Gordon and Hicks
raced around the whseihouse to tho
starboard side Of the craft, and
dashed down the eompandonway from
that direction, while Britz, Manning
and Fitch hurled themselves into the
port entrance to the cabin. aHGhting
on richly carpeted floor dozen feet
below the deck. Tive SHEDS followed
before the police party could seize
Prince Kananda and All, who, facing
In opposite directions, stood at bay In
the center of the cabin. Britx and
Gordon struck upward the revolvers
Of the Indian9 as the triggers were
pulled. The bullets few high. harm
ing no one. Behind Kananda and Ali,
using a table as breastwork, stood
two more .Hindeos, beth OF them
Strangers to .Britz. They were un-
armed save for wicked looking Malay
k1ises they gripped nervously rs they
crouched in waiting for an attack.
Br4tz and Msnniag jAmmed their pis-
tells Int IKE slasesssE tie men Nth
the krises; but the Indians. undis-