New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-10-14


The Sixth Member Of the Boarding
Party Was Judith Urine.
SIGNALS Of other shipping sounded q
concert of discordance-th man
power horn of catboat crying the
warning back to the deep throated
whistle Of a coastwise steamship and
the impairment drumming Of motor.
boats exhaust with the muller cut
but.
This last boxed the compass. sound
Ing now near, now far, though the COM
plants Of other shipping diminished
In volume and died away In the dis
lance. giving place to others still. the
municipalities Of that motor was never
altogether lost; If at times it faded,
It seemed certain always to return In
even louder volume.
Vainly straining his vision against
the blank pallor Of the encompassing
fog. Alan wondered. worried, dreaded!
At irregular intervals, etarting
from preoccupation. he would manipu-
late the brass pull on the wheel-box,
provoking the horns suffering blasts
Of protest But the need for unremit-
ting vigilance and exercise of the fog.
signal failed none the less to reconcile
Alan to that blatant clamor which 80
widely and so hideously advertised
their whereabouts.
II there were anything still to be
feared from Judith and her crew-if,
for instance, as Barcus had suggested.
they had sought out one Of the life
saving stations on Nauset beach, ap-
propriated its power-driven lifeboat
and renewed the pursuit, If ever they
heard that horn there would beyond
question be the devil to pay!
The loneliness Of his vigil was even
tually relieved by the appearance on
deck Of the woman Alan loved.
The tableau that greeted her vision as
she emerged from the companionway,
Of the haggard. unshaven wretch at
the wheel and the other who lay at his
feet, where he had fallen. in stupor
of fatigue. instantly wrung from Rose
q little cry of solicitude. And she was
quick to do what little she could to
alleviate their discomfort. For Barcus
she fetched q pillow and blanket from
the cabin, and this one suffered her
min1strations without once rousing
from his slumbers Then fastening
forward, she got the galley fire going
and prepared makeshift breakfast
for her half-famished lover.
Warm food and hot coffee such as
they were lending a little tone to
Alan's spirits, he was presently able
to discuss their situation with some
optimism. Yet nothing could gloss
the fact that the problem confronting
them was one whose solution bafled
their utmost ingenuity one the simple
contemplation Of which taxed their
courage and Intelligence to the ex-
IRENE.
He summed up: II can't see any.
thing for it but father and Judith are
determined to have my scalp, and I'm
hanged If / can see how to protect my
self without taking leaf out Of their
books. What I'm most afraid Of is
that some time / may forget it's
woman I'm defending myself against.
When a fellows fighting for his very
life he can't always stop to calculate
the weight Of his blows
The young man sighed. shook his
head. laughed uncertainty, and held
her closer to him. Don't fear: ri
find some way out without injuring
either Of them. promise you that"
He sealed the pledge upon her lips.
And in that moment Of their obliy.
ion to the world from some point for
ward mufaed crash sounded stimuli
taneously with the dull shock Of q
collision with a smaller vessel, and q
strange voice cried out with an 40
cent Of high exultation-
Before either Alan or the girl could
disengage the decks rang loud with q
rush Of booted feet pounding aft.
The figures Of the boarding party
We're already taking shape through the
fog as Alan sprang toward the com.
panionway to fetch the rife. And in
this action his feet slipped on planks
greasy with moisture deposited BY the
surcharged atmosphere. He went down
with stumbling thump. and an In
slant later two men fell bodily upon
him active, strong fellows IN the
dress Of fishermen. He was suffered
g rise only as prisoner. helpless in
the grasp q two pairs Of powerful
hands. b. Fl 81 Il
He saw Barcus, Tudely reused and
stu dumb with sleepy confusion, 81
no better case 55erked TO his test and
held captive By two more fishermen.