The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-20

The Sixth Member of the Boarding
 Party Was Judith Trlne.
 signals of other shipping sounded a concert of discordance-the man power horn of a catboat crying the warning back to the deep-throated whistle of a coastwise steamship and the impertinent drumming of a motor boats exhaust with the muller cut out.
 This last boxed the compass, sound ing now near now far, though the com plaints of other shipping diminished in volume and died away in the dis tance, giving place to others still, the plutter-plutter of that motor was never altogether lost; if at times it faded, it seemed certain always to return in even louder volume.
 Vainly straining his vision against the blank pallor of the encompassing fog, Alan wondered, worried, dreadedl
 At irregular intervals, starting from preoccupation, he would manipu- late the brass pull on the wheel-b0x, provoking the horns stuttering blasts of protest But the need for unremit- ting vigilance and exercise of the fog signal failed none the less to reconcile Alan to that blatant clamor which so widely and so hideously advertised their whereabouts
 If there were anything still to be feared from Judith and her crew-if, for instance, as Barcus had suggested, they had sought out one of the life saving stations on Nauset beach, ap- propriated its power-driven lifeboat and renewed the pursuit. if ever they heard that horn there would beyond question be the devil to pay!
 The loneliness of his vigil was even tually relieved by the appearance on deck of the woman Alan loved.
 The tableau that greeted her vision as she emerged from the companionway, of the haggard, unshaven wretch at the wheel and the other who lay at his feet. where he had fallen, in a stupor Of fatigue, instantly wrung from Rose little cry of solicitudo And she was quick to do what little she could to alleviate their discomfort. For Barcus she fetched pillow and blanket from the cabin, and this one suffered her ministrations without once rousing from his slumbers. Then hastening forward, she got the galley fire going and prepared a makeshift breakfast for her half-famished lover.
 Warm food and hot coffee-such as they were-lending a little tone to Alan's spirits, he was presently able to discuss their situation with some optimism. Yet nothing could gloss the fact that the problem confronting them was one whose solution bahled their utmost ingenuity-one the simple contemplation of which taxed their courage and intelligence to the ex- treme.
 He summed up; q cant see any thing for it but father and Judith are determined to have my scalp, and I'm hanged if can see how to protect my self without taking a leaf out of their books. What I'm most afraid of is that some time I may forget it's a woman I'm defending myself against When a fellows fighting for his very life he cant always stop to calculate the weight of his blows"
 The young man sighed, shook his head, laughed uncertainty, and held her closer to him. Don't fear; I'll find some way out without injuring either Of them. l promise you that!"
 He sealed the pledge upon her lips.
 And in that moment of their obliy- ion to the world from some point for ward 6 mufled crash sounded simul- taneously with the dull shock of a collision with a smaller vessel, and a strange voice cried cut with an ac- cent of high exultatlon.
 Before either Alan or the girl could disengage the decks rang loud with a rush of booted feet pounding aft.
 The figures of the boarding party were already taking shape through the fog as Alan sprang toward the com, panionway to fetch the rife And in this action his feet slipped on blanks greasy with moisture deposited by the surcharge9 atmosphere. He went down with a stumbling thump, and an in stant later two men fell bodily upon him-actiye, strong fellows in the dress of fishermen. He was suffered to rise only as prisoner. helpless in the grasp of two pairs of powerful hands.
 He saw Barcus, rudely reused and still dumb with sleepy confusion, in no better case-jerkcd to his feet and held captive by two more fishermen. A fifth had taken charge of Rose, clamping her wrists in the wise of cne big hand.
 The sixth and sole other member Of the boarding party likewise in the l..