Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-19

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!. that wash dowa IL deck bsfors H.
womea cans up. v
/ "Wnda0e." oaid, you arc coz.
ard-a nsan, white lvered coward.
You have skulksd In the after houso.
behind women. when there was man,e
work 10 do. II I wash that deck It wtll
b with you 40 mop"
He clustered something about sneak.
ing 10 Mr.. Turner and, seeing that Z:
did the work was brought on board
to do. and. seeing Turner's eye % N.
finished his speech with an ugly epi.
| tibet. My nerves were strained to the
utmost. Lack OF sleep and food had
lone their work. was no longer il
command or the Ella. was 4 com.
mon sailor. ready to vent by spleen
through my fsts.
knocked him down with my open
hand.
It was barbarous and q reckless
thing to do. he picked himself up,
and limped away. muttering. Turner
had watched the scene with his cold
blue eyes. and the little doctor with
his nearslghted ones.
doctor.
Dangerous and intelligent" replied
Turner. "A bad combination"
It was late that night when the Ella
anchored In the river at Philadelphia.
We were not allowed to land. The po-
lice took charge Of ship. crew and pas-
sengers. The men slept heavily ON
deck, except Burns. who developed Z
slight fever from his injury, and
moved about restlessly.
1t seemed to me that the vigilance
Of the officers was exerted largely to
prevent an escape frqp the vessel and
not sufficiently for the safety Of those
on board. spoke Of this, and guard
was placed At the companionway
again. Thus / saw Elsa Lee for the
last time until the trial.
She was dressed. M she had been In
the afternoon. In dark cloth suit OF
some sort. ana called me to Join her
where she stood
I'VE are back again. Leslie"
Eyes. Miss Lee"
Back to-wbat? To live the whole
, thing over again In courtroom. II
only we could 20 away. anywhere. and
try to forget
She had not expected any answer.
and I had none ready. l was thinking
heaven help me-that there were
, things / would not forget II could
the lift Of her lashes rs she look
ed up at me. the few words we had
had together the day she had told
me the deck was not clean. the night
had touched her hand with my hps.
''You have been very good to ~"
she said wistfully. I'VE have all been
strained and nervous. Maybe you have
not thought noticed er-or appreci-
ated what you were doing. but I have
always You have given all Of your.
self for US. and now you are going to
be imprisoned. 1t isn't JUST"
I tried to speak lightly. to reassurs
her.
Don't be unhappy about that"
said. "A nice. safe Jail. where one
may sleep and eat and eat and sleep
oh, shall Be very comfortable: And
sif you wish to make me exceedingly
happy You win 80 that they let No
have a razor"
But to my surprise she buried bsR
face in her arms. could not believe
at first that she was crying. The po-
liceman had wandered across to tie
other rail and stood looking out at
the city lights. his back to us. p1A
my hand out to touch her soft hair.
then drew Il back. could not take
advantage Of her sympathy. Of The
historical excitement Of that last
night on ths 1lla. put my hands d
my pockets and held them there.
clinched. lest In spite Of my will. ].
reach out to take ~ IN my arms. j
(ro BE Continued.)