The daily Alaskan., 1914-10-09
A WATER
 RESCUE
By LOUISE 5. CUMMINGS

| owned was SBlu WlLn IeS-o -ulutIon | sail; the second was dory, rigged in the same way; the third twenty foot single stlcker, and when he reached the age of twenty his father gave him 8 yacht, capable of sleeping half dozen persons comfortably.
 George found it all he could do to run his yacht on his limited income. Indeed, he could not have done so at all had he not been his own captain, quartermaster, cabin boy and cook for the greater part of the time. Once while laying up near New York he was attacked and robbed by river pirates. He at once provided himself with arms, including couple of small can non for'ard and a single gun of great CT caliber astern, which he called Long Tom. After getting aboard this armament he felt easier. Unless sur prised he felt that he could stand or any ordinary gang But to avoid lone liness he took into his service Cyrus Barker, a boy of fifteen, who was at home on the water and i'll at ease on land.
 One hot July day, when there was no wind, George was moving under the power of his motor engine, making to- ward Portland, Me, from the south. He had the lighthouses on his port quarter standing out white in the sun, but he was rather interested in a yacht to the westward of him. She was some seventy tons burden and very trim. No one but a rich person could have afforded to run her. While MacElrOy was looking at her the flag | flying frOm her stern was lowered and raised again, union down, which Is signal of distress. It remained flying | for about q minute, when it was hauled down and replaced as it had been be- | fore.
 George was puzzled The yacht was moving along at steady rate of about eight knots and did not seeT in any | way crippled. There was no likelihood | of illness aboard or want of supplies, for Portland was within an hours sail. The signal seemed to be for the Hope Georges yacht-fOr he was much nearer than any other vessel to the boat that had signaled. Something must be wrong aboard of her.
 George pointed the Hope to incline toward the signaling yacht. When the flag was righted it had been done in 6 hurry, as though some one was offend ed that it had been put up union down. 1 Perhaps persons were aboard who needed assistance. If so 1t behooYed 1 the skipper of the Hope to keep sharp lookout and be on his guard at the same time. | In the course of an hour the Hope was sailing directly astern of the yacht and about a mile distant. Cy Barker was on the forecastle and sang out 1 that there was a woman's sunshade | floating on the water ahead. George put the Hope on line with 1t, and on reaching it Cy picked 1t up. It had been used to buoy q bottle containing a note written in woman's hand: Help! I am Kidnapped by my guardian, who is taking me to an insane asylum. | EMMA BORLAND..
 Here's an adventure and no mis- take" said George to Cy. i've count ed three men on the yacht, and we don't know how many more there are, but we've got guns and ammunt- ,tion enough to sink her, and we must effect a rescue. She's evidently not going into Portland she'll probably lose herself among the islands to the | eastward-that is, if she's trying to throw any one off the track. We must catch her before dark or lose her. Get I'D the ammunition for the two fore ward bankers and load them" l George put on all his power and gained rapidly on the yacht, whose name-the Swallow-now appeared on her stern. She did not seem to fear the Hope till George sent shot after her, which he aimed to go a cables length to the starboard, and then so | great was the surprise of her crew that they didn't seem to know what to do. But presently another shot, still nearer, caused them to shut of their power. George when he came within haillng distance did the same.
 "What do you want?" was called from the Swallow.
 "The person of Emma Borland."
 "On what authority"
 "On the authority of myself: Send
 her to me in a boat or I'll rake you
 fore and aft. I've three big guns aboard"
 There was evidently prolonged con- sultation on the Swallow. What was
 said. whatever their reasons for as- senting to his demand, George did not
 know, but presently boat put out and was pulled for the Hope. George
 and Cy kept it covered with rifles.
 When it came alongside there sat a very pretty girl and her maid. George helped them aboard, the boat pulled back to the Swallow, and she sailed away.
 Miss Borland had got one of the crew, who was at the wheel, on her side. and he permitted her to hoist a