River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-17
SYNOPSIS

Valuable governmental papers are stole
by Thompson. follower Of Loubeque. in.
ternational spy, from General Love, whonl
Loubeque hates, in Manila. Loves daugh
ter Lucille flies to steamer to recover
the papers in order to clear the name of
Lieutenant Gibson. whom she loves.
Loubeque, tampering with the wireless
on the steamer. is hurt Lucille nurses
him in an attempt to recover the papers
Lucille gets the papers. but the ship is
wrecked. She is cast ashore on Pacific
island and is taken by a native chief to
his hut to nurse his sick child.
The native child is restored to health
and the grateful natives idolize Lucille
Loubeque, also cast ashore, tries varioty
plans to recover the papers, but In vain
Lucille falls into the hands of a tribe
of ape men, whose leader drops a neck
lace of priceless rubies. which she takes
She and Loubeque are rescued from the
island by yacht commanded by Captain
WethereI.
The girl and LoUbeque are set adrift IL
an open boat by Wetherell after she re
pulses tine captains advances and he
takes the papers.
Saved by fishermen. Lucille and Lou
beque are in China. AS she passes d
house Loubeque's diary Is thrown to her
mysteriously She tries to board a vesse
bound for America Loubeque recover
the papers from WethereIl
Continued from last Week.
Again the Gatai booming sound from
the warship whose outlines were
growing more and more distinct each
moment; again that splash. followed
quickly by a ripping hiss Of air as a
great cannon ball sped across the1r
bows The proximity Of their danger
threw the men into a panic. All
thoughts OF injustice. of chivalry dis
appeared instantly before the omni-
presence of the menace that threaten
Wetherell in a body. pleading, fairly
on their knees, for him TO take com
mand and avert the disaster that was
upon them.
OF them all be alone knew the posi-
tion of the yacht, the fine points OF
navigation, the crooks and turns OF the
ocean in this vicinity.
Wetherell Strengthened as another
cannon ball hurled across the path OF
the yacht His voice rose stentOrian
as he whirIed, pointing a finger toward
the girl
Take that passenger revolver from
her Bring the Chinese passenger on
deck They must not be found aboard
If we are captured Lower a lifeboat
from the davits and set them adrift
with provisions for three days and a
cask Of water"
Lucille felt arms about her. the pis
toI whiring from her grasp and rico
chetting toward Captain Wetherell
who. with malicious smile. picked II
up and thrust it in his pocket
She did not protest there seemed no
use for protest. for anything. In a
haze she found herself In the tiny boat
that was being lowered As through
a thicker haze she glimpsed the face
of Hugo Loubeque, facing her. The
cracking of the davits ceased, and the
tiny craft bobbed about on the bosom
of the waters. She did not move. 1t
seemed q dream, q nightmare. Hugo
Loubeque silently, grimly, seized an
oar. motioning her toward the second.
I'VE must get out of the firing zone"
he said quietly, reassuringly, almost
gently. Singularly enough, as she tug
ged at the great oar she almost felt
kindly toward the spy.