The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-18
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liz t-.s way" sE:led Hol-oa, ''th:
Gas tie. oyl=!ed % take q yo1ls
Cy5sL. ".-aa over 70 Cuba aLd-ao.
Way .er % te comfortable"
TIE faces q the ,uo nen rat:a.ec
c1-!oE..., but Eolton said Iothing fur
TIER 70 enl.gh.en them-
Promptly a. seyeu O'Clock thai
evening a closed carriage drove rap
idly Gown tle lo.g wharf ard s,opped
sbreast the gangway leading 70 tbs
Ga. TIE DOOR was srag open, and
Gel Rey AID an American, their arms
linked through those OF Misc Ii Tossa
6sscended ard without a word walked
Gown ths plank and aboard the tor
peto boat
Hol,on me. them By the coming
to- er and lifted bis cap.
Pow do you Go, Miss La Tossa!'
be said, smiling in greeting.
She flashed vague look at him. and
lowered her eyes without speaking
Del Rey bowed in a County man.
ner 10 the girl. y trust you will have
q rlsasant voyage. and ! beg 10 apol'
og!ze for my seeming rudeaess."
The captive deigled 10 reply, and
turned her back as the two men re-
traced their steps up the gangway.
A few minutes later the dininutive
varsh2 was churning her way out
through the bay.
Eo.ton turned 10 the girl, who stood
disconso.ateiy, viewing the recedins
shore.
II an sorry. Miss La Tossa, but you
vii! recognize. OF course, that | am
cong nothing but obeying orders,
which are TO see that you are very
comfortable and agreeably enter
taln''i until you reach Cuba"
She evidently had determined not
TO tals 70 htr cap'or but changed her
Iaird with womanlike suddenness.
u shall THANK you il am com.
for'abI-, BIT shall thank you still
more II you give over any idea OF
entertaining me. You may BE- sure
thai II" less see OF you the better
shei b pleased"
IF you Will follow me. Miss La
Tossa,' he said, with sudden stfen.
Ing OF manner, I'll show you your
cabin"
The dark came rolling across the
sea. II was wonderful night, night
spaneled with consultations AID undu.
hating black velvet waters, which
picked UP the little torpedo craft. hold,
iag her high End then serdiry her
gliding silently down long inciines, at
the bottom OF which she seemed 10
res'le a moment before her screw
kicked her Up another quiyering hill.
Some time later the lights OF a Graf;
which had been following astern Of the
Gnat hogan 10 creep closer and closer
aboard. and dark clouds Of smoke, BIZ
lowing from three squat tunnels, blot
ted out the aorthnaytern horizon.
Holton saw the vessel. 100, and cas-.
lily recognized her as torpedo boat
destroyer. His only doubt Was as 70
her NATIONALLY
This was speedily settled, for sud.
denly Ardois lights b. gan 10 i,..k
from the bridge, Interpreting watch
Eolton learned that the DESTROYER
cambridge wished TO speak 10 the
Gnat.
Ia a few minutes tie Palrbr!1re
swished up and the sharp voice o.,
Observation-Disclosures SQUAD,
ed from the bridge.
"On board the Gnat,"
AYE, Aye," Y lied Horton.
There followed a silence which last
ed until the destroyer slid her high.
sharp bow and tcnical forward deck
alongside the l:i'le torpedo boat.
Jameson inmp iboard and after re-
turning HOitc' ! salute he said for.
mally;
Il hav" 80 take Miss La
Tossa - Glat end land her
at--~"', -. nd where"
"ver' s.. . Any orders for
me?"
"Yes, arc" jameson toot
an envelope nom his overcoat- pocket
and handed it to Holton. Now. then,
Ill take the girl"
But the girl. IN fact did not walt
to be taken. She stepped forward
most gracefully, and addressing Jane
son. said:
Il am ready: I ara quIte happy at
nv change OF prisons and my shitt OF
jailers."