Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-26

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1T is" said the governor sourly.
And suppose this adventure will be
in every newspaper in Cheynesboro to-
morrow morning"
ut won't get out through me, .
Haynes answered respectfully. mo,
sir. rely on me. But you don't remem-
Der me, see. sir, though we have met
before. My name is Jones-I few in
the aviation meet last week. I've got
my machine right handy, and IL you
will accompany me. can take you
home in jiffy."
You're sure there's no danger?''
asked Harding.
She's as safe as train, governor.
Well fly low, too-not higher than the
dome of the capitol. relatively speak
ing. We must go that high, you know,
sir, to avoid being dashed into the
ground by sudden winds. This way!"
He led the governor to the little
hangar which he had set up close to
the terminus of the line, where, hidden
behind the intervening sandhills, it
would not have attracted the attention
Of any passers by. The gyroscope he
left lying in the pit; that he could Sc
cure afterward, If he should need it. It
would not serve the purpose that he
had in mind.
Here she is,' he sang out, as they
approached the wooden structure.
Nov you wait there, sir. until bring
her out"
He went in, tested the apparatus, in
spected the motor, and wheeled the
machine into the open Jump in, gov
ernor," he said cheeri1y. 1--WE can
make Cheynesboro in twelve or fifteen
minutes"
Governor Harding got in gingerly
and took his place, clutching for sup
port upon the vertical bar in front Of
him.
"But we won't" Haynes continued,
as the machine, after bouncing across
the flats, took the air and scared to a
height of some three hundred feet.
"Eh?" said the governor, his voice
on him by this unexpected sensation of
aerial travel.
II said we could make Chenyesboro
in twelve or fifteen minutes, but we
won't"
What do you mean?"
Were going somewhere else, you
damned, thieving scoundrel," said
Haynes in a soft, even voice, as he
handled the wheel. He did not even
turn his head.
''What the deuce do you mean, sir? ?"
cried Harding, angrily. "Are you try
ing to kidnap me? What do you want
money!"
mo, governor, I'm not one of the
Paulding gang" answered John
Haynes. Guess again. Did you ever
wrong anybody in your life-wrong
him unpardonably and ruin his life and
that of those dependent on him?"
Plenty of them, sir, plenty" shout
ed the governor 1--WE trodden down
many good men in my time and hope
to do it again. That's life, sir. I'm no
damned sentimentalist. Kill or be
killed. eat or be eaten-it's the law of
the jungle and the law of humanity.
Just now you seem to have the upper
hand over me. How much do you
want ?"
81 don't want money, Harding"
"Then what do you want? Who are
you? Are you the man you spoke
about? What have done to your"
"I'll tell you when we get down.
Haynes answered. I'VE make stop
upon, the way, you know. Now sit
back; I'm going to make steep bank
here. Put your hands together on this
horizontal bar-so."
Harding obeyed and in moment
Haynes snapped a pair of handouts
on his wrists. The governor yelled
with rage; he would have struck the
other with the metal, but just then the
monoplane tilted so sharply that he
was forced to grasp at the bar with his
fingers instead. Haynes laughed and
brought the machine down to the
ground.
Nov, governor" he said, turning
upon him, "I'll tell you who am. Did
you 0VCI ACdI III Ln0 NOAOu4A0 A%c1AO
company?
"Haynes!" shouted the other, peer
ing at him through the darkness, try
ing to distinguish his features.
"Haynes?"
Haynes" answered his companion.
We'll, / guess you've got me. What
is it to be? Murder? I'm ready"
mo, don't want your wretched car
cass, you dog" said Haynes bitterly.
Il want to know where my wife is
my wife who was torn from me nearly
six years ago when you leagued your
self with Robertson and Beyers and
the rest Of them to put me away for
fourteen years in the penitentiarys
Where is she? You know"
Eyes, / know" said Harding. "And
shall continue knowing"
"You won't tell me?P cried Haynes
in establishment.
mo. Why should I? What bargain
have / that you won't kin me as soon
as tell your"
What bargain have that you'll tell
me the truth if I spare you 2"