Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-07-10


Ia full pitcher
He knew that there was moonshine
whisky in all the houses Of the Cum
berlands.
Murmuring that she would see, the
girl went back to the house. Nothing
could have pleased the mother more
than Haynes request. She loathed
the deed that she had been forced to
plan: her sympathies were with
every fugitive. as every hill woman's
must be; but that two thousand dol
lars meant incredible wealth to them.
Haynes understood the extremity of
their temptation. too; that was why
he had let the scythe fall.
Now. If they could make him drunk,
he would be captured without danger
and without making any resistance.
She babe the girl fill the pitcher to
the brim and carry it out to the man
in the barn.
The girl set down the pitcher at
Haynes hand and with murmured
good night" went back to the house.
Afterward, from where he lay in the
straw, Haynes saw her stink away, a
shadow in the night. along the road
to Hendricksville. He did not plan
to drink the whisky. Instead, when
he became assured that no stealthy
watcher was near, he poured the con-
tents of the pitcher into his little
gasoline tank. A quick test showed
him that the motor would run on
alcohol-not so well as with gasoline,
Of course, but the top, once set in
motion, would run Of its own energy
for SO appreciate q period that even
a partial or spasmodic action of the
motor was sufficient for his purposes.
When he was ready to depart he
pinned two fifty-dollar bills to the wall
of the barn; he knew that they would
find them and understand. Then he
crept out into the pass, fastened the
gyroscope to his feet and waited.
An hour later he saw shadows NOV
ing along the road, and, crouching
low among the underground, per-
ceived two armed guards and the
girl pass by within three feet of him
and make their way toward the barn.
He let them pass When they were
out of sight he stood upon his feet
and started the mechanism. Then,
with whirl and a rush he was away,
flying down the dark pass under the
fleeting clouds and brilliant moon. He
found the road at Hendricksyille I'M
guarded, crossed 1t, entered upon the
main state highway, and, three hours
later, removed the gyroscope in far
distant region.
But this adventure made Haynes
realize that henceforth there would
be no peace for him in the United
States. And he craved peace, longed
for 1t as only the hunted man can
long for it. He wanted rest Some
how, before he died, he must become
reconciled with his soul. He wanted
to be alone, without companions, in
some wild region where, toiling next
to the bosom of the re-creating earth.
he might refresh his spirit. And
there. in such place, he knew that
he would find peace at last.
He must leave the new world. He
would go to Norway. Once before,
travelling to the northern part of the
great Scandinavian peninsula, in
search of one of those who had
wronged him, he had been almost
turned from his revenge in the ma
jestic and solemn presence of those
mighty mountains. He would go to
Norway and dwell for a year in some
remote hamlet He still had five
thousand dollars left; that would
amply suffice for his needs After
that year he would know what to do.
But how was he to leave America
when every port would be guarded,
every ship inspected? True, he might
turn north and west and strive to
cross the frozen straits at the ex-
tremity of Alaska, but even with the
wonderful gyroscope he doubted his
ability to do this; moreover, he was
tired of travelling He could not en-
dure the desolation of that icy wilder
ness. He reached New York and took
up his abode In a cheap rooming
house; he spent days walking the
streets, bordering, starting at every
word addressed to him by every
stranger.
His nerves were giving way at
last. He must decide speedily.
Should he risk taking passage aboard
some liner? Or should he ship before
the mast? But either course seemed
equally hazardous--and at sea the
gyroscope would be useless.
Then 1t was that the idea came to
him for his last adventure. He would
travel by the electric cable underseas.
Preposterous as the plan seemed,
he had accomplished things almost
equally extravagant. The cable lay
along the bed of the sea. Even un-
der the tremendous pressure Of the
salt water the spinning gyroscope was
not likely to suffer injury, and II he
could attain a speed of one hundred
and fifty miles an hour he could cross
to- Ireland in twenty hours. The gy-
roscope would run true and straight
as an arrow along that slender rope
I. 49,. I