Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13


There Was neither policeman MOI
a Waterman Of any sort in sight;
Nor Was there. for all his hopes an,
prayers. haxed on the telegram 1,
Digby. n sign % g motor car
Stili. not much OF the street wal
revealed The docks on either hanc
we're walled and rooted. cutting OF th,
view
n they ran for q. they must surely
be overhauled Something must b,
done 90 hinder tho crew q tbs
schooner from landing.
'HereiT he cried sharply 10 Barcus
You take Rose and hurry 10 the
street ard fDd that lnotor-car
know she's there. Digby never failed
the yeti"
but you"
Don't waste time worrying abou,
me III be with you In three shakes
I'm only going 10 put a spoke IN Ju
diths wheel I've sot a schemei"
As for his scheme--he had none
other than to give them battle. to sac.
rihce himself II need be. to make SUR
the escape Of Roae
Sheer luck smiled on him TO this
ertent. that 10 turning his eye lighted
on a fourfoot length Of stout. three
inch scantiing. an sxceIlently for
midable club.
But soon. disarmed. his case was
desperate and there we're two al.
ready safe upon the dock and others
madly scrambiing up TO reinforce
them.
Wildly be cast about Tor some sub.
stltute weapon. be leoped toward
small pyramid OF little but heavy kegs
and selling one. swung II overhead
and caAt II full force into the midriif
OF his nearest enemy. 30 that this one
doubled up conyulsively. with a sick
ish grnnt, and vanished In turn over
the end OF the wharf
His fellow folio = ed with less injury.
But Alan had no time 70 wonder
whether the man had tripped and
thrown himself ia his effort to escape
a second hurtling keg. or had turned
and fed. 1t was enough that
no had returned. precipitately and
heavily. to the schooner.
The keg meeting with no resistance,
pursued him even To the deck, where
the force Of its impact split its seams.
None Of the oombatants. however.
Alan leas, Of all. noticed that the pow.
der that filtered out was black aud
coarse Alan. indeed. had only the
haziest notion that they we're powder.
kegs he used as ammunition That
they were heavy aud hurt when they
colllded with human fesh and bone
was all that interested him.
In the same breath be heard a
friendly voice shout warning far up
The dock, and knew that Barcus was
coming TO his aid
A glance oyershoulder. too, dlscov.
cred the cause OF the warning. two
men who had thus far escaped hia
attentions were maneuyering to fall
upon him from behind The bound
required to eyade them brought him
face 10 face with Judith as she landed
on the dock
ooh" she cried, Il hate you. hate
YOU"
so you've said, my dear. but"
His final worda were not audlbla
even 10 himself In his confidence
NOW that Barcus was taking care OF
he others and his impatiencs with
he woman. and In his perhaps un.
worthy wish TO demonstrate conclu.
lively how cheap he held her. Alan
iad tossed the pistol over the end OF
be wharf.
II was AN old.fashioned weapon. and
he force with which Il struck the
ieck released the hammer.
Instantly the - cartridge blazed
nto tho open head OF broken powder
Ieg
And With u roar like the trump OF
loom and mighty gust OF flame and
Imoke the decks Of the schooner we're
iven and shattered. her masts tot
cred and fell