The daily Alaskan., 1912-11-04

UUr.hNW's Intention from ihu irsl i disappear with tbu yaudb.rs muluf .busr islands n puortuaily uwi through hal attorney. she might W1st such terms ua she desired vih ih' paiuUT n Che suit She h.d ua' counted un being followed lrt whcr she found that she would l.c hriIr woman uf crcJt determination -h, had lhc nerve Co rrcu1rp for 1r'cusr She nuttrrpl me and every WDWhvi or Che crew. treating Us on #s hc' euuUIs and constantly sending 70 th. forCaas,lc GCllCarics from Che Cahl mess As for mc, she insisted thut should catat her table. since she wou.d otherwise Ip obliged Co cat alone.
 We spent the first two weeks sailing no further east than Bath that Miss Hur.bCrt might occasionally run Into Portland for letters but at thc end Of that time she told me she had been advised that the puintin had left Bos ton, bound east and she directed me Go move on. ! asked her if our pursugrs had made preparations Co fight. and she said she didn't know; she hoped that we should avoid them til Che 5tb of November had passed But why she placed stress upon this date she did moi tell me
 We heard of a yacht called the Spray, which we suspected to bc tbe one look. ing for us Ours was the Dawn. Nearly an yachts but the two had gone out of commission, for by this time it was thc 2S,h Of October On that date we were concealed in cove in Penob- scot bay under trees hanging from a cliT. Had we remained there we would have avoided a meeting with our antagonists They had tracked us and had sailed past our hiding place when we were pulling out As soon as we did SO she turned about and came for US before Che wind.
 This was in the morning, and two hours after noon she had outsailed us and was within half a mile Of us in open water. Miss Hurlbert came up Co me and with as devilish a look as ] ever saw on any wOmUn's face asked mo If ! was ready Co keep my contract with her. wished was out of it, for I had never felt much faith in the jus. tice of her cause. and I feared to Dc mixed and mix my crew in a violation of the laws. However, [ told her that | would stand by her
 "Wcl, then. she said, Ego about and while doing SO give her a broadside from Che h1rkors'
 I raised glass Co examine our on. cmy and was 1stonished Co sec on the after deck woman, who appeared Co be giving orders like thc captain Of battIosIm The unnu'arity of Che situ- alton amazrd me- Here were I and my crew serving under a woman while another WIZ m command Of our enemy, and We a, A st about to engage in an illegal n'tnrrau0D Nevertheless | oUeyrd orders. sent a couple Of men below Go work tlc guns, and while turning thc yachts nose before the Spray thr port gun was fired, and as we swung round the st8rbOard gun fol- lowed suit Neither shot took effect
 Our enemy paid no attention Co our messengers. standing right for us.
 "T0 your rifles. men" shouted Miss Hurlbert
 The men obcycd. though reluctantly, while stood by. wondering what would happen next Six rifles were resting on the CunwHIc of the Dawn, while thc Spray was advancing head on. A man stood on the latter yachts bow holding a paper In one hand, mcCaphone in the other Raising the mcC0nhonc. he beloved:
 "You. on that yacht You're wanted. I'm thc sheriff of -- county. Maine "
 And holding up tbe paper he read through the moCaphoue a warrant for the arrest of Matilda Hurlbert
 That ended Che matter for me l did not propose Co resist an arrest, though not knowing whether the warrant and the sheriT were genuine
 "Firer' cried Miss Hurlbert Co the men.
 They looked at the for instructions, and told them Co lower their rifles. The look our employer gave me was something frightful.
 "Thero seem to be but a few persons aboard Of her." ! said, "aud we are seven men. well armed. Let us have a barley"
 We'll, the upshot of tue matter was that Miss HurIbert was no relation to Mir Townsend. but a nurse who had got control Of him and was trying Go get him away where she could marry him. His only child, a daughter, was aware of her object and had been en- deavoring to thwart her Miss Hurl- bert had been deCeiving me as Co her playing a legal game. She was simply trying Co get her charge Into a position where she could tie him up in wed lock. She dare not go ashore for the purpose, for the roIice in every port had been given orders by Miss Town send to arrest her 1T she appeared. She dare not bring a minister aboard. for this would give her design away to me and her crew.
 I proved that I and her crew were not aware of her real scheme, and we ,.r,r nod g,fae.usstfFtn Mice TTwrfhnFf