The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-21

| In the same breath he heard a
friendly voice shout warning far up
the dock, and knew that 3arcus wns
coming to his aid.
| A glance over-shoulder, too, dis
covered the cause of the warming:
two men who had thus far escaped
his attentions and who were maneu-
vering to fall upon him from behind.
The bound required to evade them
brought him face to face with Judith
as she landed on the dock.
| Oh" she cried, Il hate you, r
hate you!"
so, you've said, my dear, but"
| His final words were not audible
even to himself In his confidence
(now that Barcus was taking care
of the others) and his impatience
with the woman. and in his perhaps
unworthy wish to demonstrate con-
clusively how cheap he held her Alan
had tossed the pistol over the end
OF the wharf.
| 1t was an cld-fash.oned weapon.
and the force with which 1t struck
the deck released the hammer.
| Instantly Hhe IA cartridge blaz-
ed into the open held of a broken
powder keg.
And with a roar like the Trump OF
Doom and mighty gust OF flame and
smoke, the decks Of the schooner
were riven and shattered; her masts
tottered and fell. :. :.
Iv-ANTIcLIMAx
| Alan came to himself supported
by Barcus-his senses still reeling
from the concussion that thunderbolt
iW
| od-the cloud OF suiphurcus smoke
not yet dissipated by the wind.
| Judith lay at his feet, stunned:
and round about other figures of mon
insensible. If not, for NIL he could
say, dead.
And then Barcus was hustling him
unceremoniously down the wharf.
| come! Comem ho rallied Alan.
Pull yourself together and heen O.
sun upper lip. Rose is waiting in
the car, and II yop don't want to
be arrested. you'll stir your stumps,
my SON! That explosion is going to
bring the worthy burghera Of New
bedford buzzing round our cars like
swarm of hornets.!"
His prediction was justified even
before II was made; already the
| nearby dwellings were vomiting half
clothed humanity: already score of
people were galioping down toward
tEe head OF the wharf: and in their
number policeman appeared as If
by magic.
And while the man i,esitated, Alan
grabbed him by the shoulder, threw
+; him bottfly from the car dropped In.
to his seat, cried a warning 10
| Rose. and threw In the clutch, The
! machine responded without .. ;nr:
they were 9 hundred feet distant
! from the scene Of the Incident be-
fore Alnn was fairly settled in his
place. III t, rl5
Yet his congratulations were pre-
matnrei they were not ten minutes
out OF the cnvirons OF the city when
Resp let her seat and knelt behind
his. to communicate tho inteili-
r"nr" hat they were already Icing
pursued. e ilje;1
| "A heavy touring car. she said 1t
| was, driven by man. a woman In
the scat hy his eide-Indith the !at-
Iter. the man an old cmyloyo of her
fathers by the name of Marrophat.
Marrophat!
Alan remembered that one.
He could only trust in his skill as
/ q driver; and skill Is the lesser fac
tion In such o race.
| AS they approached at express
speed the stretch where tho road
PARALLEL the tracks Alan sought to
hing the left hand side OF the road,
4 but In vain. .. I ~
He heard the far toot-toot OF a
freight locomotive. :.
| Tho sun swung I'm the heavens like
ia ball on string. There was n
crash, roar. :. There was moth
[ing--obliviop. :. ..e.. @
The car had turned tu,tle, pin
!, ming Rose and Alan beneath IT,. :.
"Alan!" she gasped. "You are not
ldlled?"
Monet even much hurt, fancy
he replied. "Aad your"
/ mot much" a
| The deep-throated roar OF tte To-
connective believing danger silenced
him. He closed his eyes.
Then abruptly the weigh. was lift
ed from his chest He saw a man
dragging Rose from under the ma
chine, and saw that the man was
! iMarrophat And almost Immediate
ly someone lifted his head and shoul-
ders. caught him with two hands be-
meath his arm pits. and drew him
clear OF the machine. Rg
And the face of his rescueri was the
1 face OF Judith ;Trine.
well, II you must knGw-it's
true. I can't bring myself to kill
, you. would to God could. But
/, can't. ..p.. For all that, you
shall die+-T could not save you if II
/, would. And this promise you: YOU
| shall never see Rose again before.
ynu dietn 4ss
And while he stood easpiag, she
swung from him and ran, quickly