Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-13

e ths deck that u ,rassrvsd for you o.
you viii 20 hllew ana stay there"
She 6ushoA with anger and stoed
there with Der hesd thrown back. ~.
ing mo With Z contempt TINT cut No =
the quick. The next moment shs
wheeled md. raising her hand, dung
toward the rail the key to the store.
room door. caught her hand-too
late.
But fate was on my side after all
Az stood still gripping her wrist the
key fell ringing almost at my feet 1t
had struck one Of the lower yard
braces. I stopped and. picking II up.
pocketed Il
She was daxed, I think. She made
no effort to free her arm. but she put
her other hand to her heart unexpect-
eddy, and l saw that she was profound
" shocked. led her unprotesting to
. deck chair and put her down In It.
and still she had not spoken. She lay
back and closed her eyes. She was too
strong to faint She was superbly
healthy. But she knew as we'll as
did what that key meant. and she had
delivered It into my hands. AS for
me, was driven hard that night, for
US stood there looking down at her
she held out her hand to me. palm up.
PLEASED" she said pleadingly. What
does It mean to you. Leslie? We were
kind to you, weren't We: When you
were i'll we took you on, my sister and
|. and now you hate us. Peaser'
"Some one will suffer. Would you
have tie innocent suffer with the
guilty?"
III they cannot prove 1t against any
one
"They may prove 1t against me-"
Your
II was in the after house," I said
doggedly. II was the one to raise an
alarm and to find the bodies You do
not know anything about uie. am-
Elsas jailbirdr
"Who told you that?"
':It does not matter-l know 1t.
told you the truth. Miss Elsa; came
here from the hospital. But l may
have to fight for my life. Against the
Turner money and influence. have
only this key. Shall l give it to your"
held 1t out to her OH the palm OF
my hand. 1t was meiodramatic, prob
| ably; but ! was very young. aud BY
that time wildly In love with her.
thought, for moment. that she would
! take 1t; but she only drew q deep
breath and pushed my hand away.
Keep it," she said II am ashamed"
We were silent after that. she staring
out over the rail at the deepening sky:
and. looking ut her as one looks at q,
star. thought she had forgotten my
| presence. SO long she sat silent The
voices Of the men aft died away
gradually. us. one by one. they rolled
themselves in blankets on the deck. not
| to sleep. but to rest aud watch. The
lookout, in his lonely perch high above
the deck. called down guardedly to
ask for company. and one Of the crew
went up.
When she turned to me again. 1t was
to find my eyes fixed on her.
'You are not getting much chance to
rest" she said. with sigh. and got
up. went with her to the companion
way and opened the door. She turned
and looked Mt me.
Good night" s ?
Good night. Miss Lee
ell feel very safe with you on
guard" she said and held out her
hand took 1t in mine with my
heart leaping. 1t was cold US Ice.
That night. Mt four bells. mustered
the crew as silently as possible around
the jolly boat and we lowered It into
the water. The possibility OF dead
calm had convinced me that the sooner
It was done the better.
We dropped the jolly boat astern and
made fast the rope, 1t gave me
curious feeling. that small boat rising
! aud falling behind ms. with Its dead
crew and its rocking light and ON Its
side above the water line the black
cross-a curious feeling Of pursuit. as
II, across the water. they In the boat
were following us. And. perhaps be-
cause the light varied. sometimes 1t
seemed to drop behind. as II wearying
of the chase. and a:.,lin In great leaps,
to- he overtakins us. to be almost
upon US.
| (To Be Continued.)