Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

"a01eQ fha
preaching craft, one Of them. 49, =
only. Bill, revolving In his brat. ~ -. =
ent plans for escape. va 9.
There's only one hope IN,
said presently. 'Tf we can b,s. :
may think the boat deserted u
they'll do then nobody know, ~
have to take what comes. Per-
not finding anything of value 49,,
they'll go away"
Tdel" exclaimed Tom. ~u
hare we goin' tn ider-
There's only one pIaee-tba t,.-
If they don't look in there ws. :
right If they do it's all up WIN !. =
All three, STOPPING as tbsv
shuf1ed down the cofnpanionv,~
the furnace. Charlie pulled oue,
door and went in first Tom sps -
stood each waiting for the otb.- :
was not pohteness that caused ~.
defer to the other, but pride -
wished to be the last to shun tho -
ger.
go a'eadr' snapped Tom.
Realizing how hard a Briton /. :.
move, Bill yielded Tom entered 10
and pulled the door to behind hin
You lunatic" exclaimed BIN. svA..
did you do that for? We're pen,sS :
We can't open the door from The :
side"
But If we'd left the door unl,.s.,
they'd ave got u.s." replied Ton.
If they were not discovered By n. 4
rates they might possibly be bosra.,
by some one who would release ths-
1t was not long before they heard
babel Of voices ON deck and knew n.
Siren was being searched for lo,,
After exploring the upper part Of d,
boat they came down into the ens,.
room. Only Charlie understood VII.
they said, and the others dared not a.
him. When the boarders had discusss
the matter Of finding the Siren deserts
they all ran upstairs together.
After awhile a sound was heard m,
destroyed hope-the sound Of an sur.
boring. The pirates were scuttlins q.
ship.
Whoever was doing the jobwas son.
time about 1t. Gradually the SOUNDS
above ceased, and it was evident th,.
most of the pirates had gone, Leaving
the man below to finish the seuttliur
All became still except the sound Q.
the boring.
"Charlier said Bill.
"What?"
"You bawl out that one Of you
heather gods is in here and II the
bloke doesn't light out hen be struck
dead"
Charlie did as required. The man I'D. |
dressed, as soon as he heard a roics
coming from the bowels Of the ship |
ran upstairs. There he talked excitedlT |
with another man, and the two cane
part way down to the furnace room
and listened Bill ordered Charlie to
repeat what he had said, and Charlie
told the listeners that he was the most
ferocious of the Chinese gods and Il
they didn't let him out he would visit
them and theirs with fire and svort
even to the tenth generation. 1hkpfc
tbt t1CNt utCltGh, anu AAAO WV
was opened. Bill sprang out and seized |
one of the Cinnamon, while Tom To-
lowed the other nearly TO the deek
Both were secured and bound
The danger now was that the pirais
would get tired waiting for the M
they had left for the scutthns az
return. The anger had been lsfi
the hole it had been making. and tasr.
was nothing TO fear from tat. y
went up the companionway, EeepNs
out of sight, to reconnoiter. Ias 10
thing he saw was a boat the pnass
had left for the men who were
scuttle the liner, the second was ~
pirate craft moving away unnef II
sail, and the third was a Chinese s'F
eminent police boat chasing ner
Bill shouted the good news % le<
and Charlie, who came running "
companionway to see for tnenss'S
Their narrow escape from cro"iihs
locked in the furnace room wss 49,
to exhilaration at watching tne -
BOAT chase the pirates. The forrie na'
ing nothing but sails to proper DC. eI
the latter having steam, the cnhse
a short one. The police quickly s's
hauled the outlaws, and as soon q -
was done the men on the Sra
out a tattered United States n's
hoisted ii. union down, as a sishs'
distress. whereupon the poiice
came up alongside.
The two pirates aboard the - -,
were put on the police boat, am -
disabled boat was taken in ton.
all started for Picking. Reacoins
CITY. the outlaws were turned ore
the proper authorities, and on ne =
of their execution the three men
had been locked up in the i''
room went to see the JoD oons. L
somers in narrating the adyeh ~,
saws that it was the worst n'is
ever kicked him into. and ne a0
see how there can be worse
when he started from Picking sssh
had found an opportunity to sea n
Siren for a profit. and after psy:ns -.
price agreed on to the astonisnee - !,
eogor he went on rolling down
british territory. where he irvessN !.
equity and striking a good thln.
stead of rolling farther. accum
small fortune. Il