Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-02
- ea.t o. then." answeret


.rgu'.u. t from Sunday
Wen cast OF then" answered
Darlington
Thus far nothing had occurred 10
mar hts plans % they could bat quit
the bayou before the arrival ~ 'he
mon whose place be- had taken the
r,t would hc. t not easy OF accom-.
pH.amcHf. 90 least within the realm
nf fhc possible
% reckon you're riycrman?" 90.
served sIosH0u
.AH MS i'e'
Tho ue had been cast on, and the
crew afh their setting poles we're
forcing Doe boat away from the bank.
All va quietly done except tor an
occasional order from Darlington no
word 0 spoken. and soon the an.
viele craft cIidod into the s.ugg h
current n1 gathered way Mr. S.os-
son VH0 clearly regarded his relation
10 tho adventure as being of an OH
c.aI character. continued 20 stand at
Darlington elbow.
Nhl have we between here and
mo rN.r inquired the latter II was
best. he fo.t, not 20 give SIosson an
opportunity 90 ask questions
20 rarrows considerably, paFdner,
hH' b.. "a straight course. said Slos.
son BLACK In yonder. amt to-" he
added. uodding ahead
The shores drew rapidly together:
They we're leaving the lake.uke OK.
pausr behind IN the silence. above
tho rl-tuug of the trees. Darlington
heard The first fret of the river against
its bank. Slosson yawued prodiglous.
ly
% reckon you amt needing mey'
he said
Better go up In the bow and ge,
some sleep. advised Darlington. and
Slosson. nothing loath. clamhered
down from the root Of the cabin and
stumbled forward
The ceaseless murmur OF the rush
ing waters grew IN the stiffness as
the keel boat drew nearer the hurry
ing yellow food. and the beat OF the
Kentucklan's pulse quickened Would
he fing the raft there? he glanced
back over the way they had come.
The dark ranks OF the forest wa. ed
on the clearing. but across the water
a dim point Of light was visible tie
fixed its position as somewhere near
the head Of the bayou Apparently 10
was lantern but as he looked a
rudy glow crept mp against the sky
line.
From the bow Bunker had been ob.
serving this singular phenomeuon
Suddenly be- bent and reused S.os.
son. who had fallen asleep. The tay.
crn-keeper spraug 20 his feet aad
Bunker pointed without speaking
"Nchhy you can tell me what Thar
light back Wonder meanse' cried SIo-
on. adore ug himself to CarruL
tom as be- spoke be suatched up D..
rifle
That's what I'm trying TO make
out. answered Darlington
He'll cried S.ossou. and tossed
his gun 70 DIS shoulder
What seemed to bc a breath o..
wind lifted a stray lock OF Carriuc
toms hair bu' bis pistol answcr,.
S.osson Boz the same second. le tire"
90 the huddlc of men In the bow D.
the boat and one OF them pitched tor
ward with Dis arms outsprcad
Keep back. you'' he said. an.
dropped on the cabin roof
tits promp,ncss had bred a mom.r
tary panic, then Sloss0us buIuk.
voice began 20 roar commands. bat Boz
that brief instant OF surprise ar.
shock Darlington had found ana with
drawn the wooden peg that fastened
the cabin door he had scarcely don
this when Slosson came tramping arg
supported by the three men.
Calling TO Betty and Hannibal 10 o.
cape in the skin which was towing
astern the kentuckian rushed TOWARD
the bow At his back he heard the
door creak on It's hinges as II Wa
pushed open by Betty and the boy
and again he called 20 them 90 escape
by the skin The fret OF the current
had grown steadily and from beneath
the wide-flung branches OF the o.
which here mot above bis head O..
rington caught sight O: the sr
specked arch OF the heavens beyond
They we're issuing from the b9,u.
He felt the river snatch 40 The T..
boat. the bgnet.ug OF some svt; ,t.
and saw the blunt bow swing og H
the south as they we've plunged rt
The black sh0e shadows
Bu, what he cid ROY soc was o. l.
muscular hand wh.c1 bad thrust its,
out Of the irnu.ts.a.o 81 .r .r.
cIrtched the sid - the bee. H .t ..
Incident with tlIs t.c. a..
feet babel az vo.... a-t r.... a.
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"Sho.-I Dot 90 au' -r. g..
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en- sho, They're sa.sa quo
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