New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-30

Flerre who wrote telllng you or ru7rip ,
death: Not Vonique, was it,"
"YoH devil" he burst forth, tortured
Deyond resistance. His teeth ground
together savagely. and he burst into a
string Of oaths.
'lhats enough" And got to my
feet. = see Ill have to gag you AGAR"
replaced the gag and took a survey
OF the cabin to make sure all was Sc
cure. Nothing had occurred in the out
er cabin during my absence. bnt the
growing shadows evidenced the APP
proach of twilight. In those waters
nlsht came quickly. Locking the cap
tain's door. ! entered my own state
room and sat down on the lower berth
to walt. leaving my door slightly ajar.
The cabin grew constantly darker. al
though outside. through the open port,
could still distinguish CLEANS of light
along the water surface and the heights
OF the island. Herman came down and
entered his staterOOm, but without clos
Ing the door. He remained but q mo-
ment or two and then hurried back on
deck Suddenly gust of wind blew
In through the port, and it began to
rain gently. but in huge drops. Far
away was the rumble of thunder, echo
ing across the open sea. The storm
was evidently coming up slowly from
the east. as all the western sky was
clear and streaked with golden red.
Then sailor came down the COM
panion stairs, his oilskins rustling, and
pounded on the second mates door.
"All hands, Mr.. Broussard.."
There was a muff1ed response. and
the creole. buttoning his jacket as he
passed. followed the other on deck. A
moment later heard the slow throb of
the engines and nced out to note the
shore line Slipping past into the gloom.
The Sea Gull was under way.
1t would be some time yet-ffteen or
twenty minutes at the best before I
dared attempt to carry out my plan
OF escape. In spite of the overspread-
Ing cloud and steady rainfall daylight
fingered in the west. and spectral
glow hung above the ocean. There
were preliminaries to be attended to.
and | was eager to be busy.
The steward had aroused from his
nap. and watched him lower the ia
bic, and spread it with a white cloth.
Now the distant clatter Of dishes
proved him to be in the pantry. He
could be dealt with there even to bet
ter advantage than in the cabin. and,
noncombatant as he undoubtedly was,
| felt it safer to place him beyond
power to create any alarm The task
confronting me was far too serious to
leave our rear unguarded. slipped
silently along the short passageway,
and. watching his back closely, investi-
gated the lock of the pantry door. It
was of the spring variety, easily set
to fasten. and could not be operated
from the inside. AS pressed in the
catch there was a clicking sound
which caused the negro to turn around,
the whites Of his eyes cleaning oddly.
"Oh, my lordy! nebber heard you,
Massa Craig. BY golly, sab. dis we're
niggah sure thought he was shot,
mot vet. LOUIS replied quietly,
standing in the opening. one hand still
on the latch. but it is Just as we'll
for you to be serious about tive got
the weapon all right-see." and push
ed the revolver butt forward into his
range of vision. II don't mean to
hurt you so long as you keep STILL
''What-what you a-goin' fer to do,
sah?''
Get away from this ship if / can,
and you are going to help by remain
ing right where you are, boy. First,
what's in the small boat, hung to day.
Its astern-provisions. l mean?"
''Thar's a breaker Of fresh water,
an'-an' package o. sea biscuit, sab.
Allah reckon that's ALL"
Good! Do you happen to know how
far we are away from the main
coast:''
'A-about thirty-6ve mile, sah.''
.'Florida?"
Yes. lsah.''
Can you tell me the compass
point?''
He scratched his head. his confidence
that he was not going to be hurt re-
turning as / questioned him.
WAL, sab. amt no sailorman
myself-no sah-but de second mate
he done point it ont dis mohnin when
All was on deck, an he say it lay
nor'east by east, sab. All members
dat distinctly
That will be all, Louis. Now listen
to me. l am going to shut this door
and lock you in. I'll be on board here
for an hour yet, and If you utter so
much as whimper I'll come down
here and fill you full Of lead.''
closed the door, testing it before
turning away, smiling grimiy to my
self at recollection of those white eye
balls glaring at me through the gloom.
Louis was evidently not the stuff of
which martyrs are made
There was q small fnlltaln cOmnasS