The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-22

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there in rack Then he dartsd back
aud with ringing strokes began his a.
sault upon the wall. Suddenly from
within he heard ! woman's shrek.
Meal" cried Annette's voice within,
and 1t was the voice Of girl beside
herself with sgony and fear. Meal,
it il I-Annette. Como, Tor Gods. sake,
COME" ST
Neal delivered one more crashing
blow, then he motionsd to his fellows.
Come boys he, said. there's not
Q second to lore. This thing has got
q Co."
The corridor was fairly broad. The
Mttle squad. Of sailors withdrew and
hnddled against the oppogite wall.
Then a. one man thia human batter.
.ing ram lunged and lurched across the
hall. and propelled. itself, against the
already splintered partition. .E
With q crash the secret door went
down, and with q bound Neal was IL
the. room. Annette. her dSsss torn
| her hair disheveled, struggled, with
the, brute in one corner Of the room
Ponto had released her. With : bound
hi crossed thereon and sjerksd aside
tie fireplace. disclosing . secret exit,
He cra~ted through tho aperture and
dtsappeared. ,s',. ~ ~ 49,
4, Hernandez stupened With astohish.
mept. yet had an expression Of tri.
unph and siee upon his face, He was
thrulting Z yellow parchment into hia
pocket. Annette with Z final struggle
slipped from the brute'si grasp and
darted toward Hernandez, calling to
Neal. s.,s
Neal. Neal,'' she cried. he's got
my fathers map" f.;t4 81
With one spring Neal was upon Her
|.nandes. He snatched back the hand
with which Hernandez was pushing
the map into his pocket. Tho map
came out ton and crumpled. An
nette. beside herself. snatched 1t II
with both hands. Neal grabbed pt It
9ad also got . hold Hernandez still
held IL in his iron clutch. 49, ~,
81 All this took place In an instant. In
aAother instant ;4ho three had faliun
#bach,; esth' Observation-Disclosures. The
map had parted and each ciutchot Z
pioce Of It,. ss,:s'srs M ~. i sS$Sss; 's'
Hernandez, with an. oath, turned
md Owed intostke ,Seoret passsgsway'
Rive minutes later. the fsstsst host
slong tho shore the boat which Inc.
Castro called her .own--was chnE'
chuSsing out sto ses, with three aI.
urea huddled in her bottom-the brute
and Ponto and their chief, Hernandez.
They had wriggled. somehow through
the surrounding circle, had szig.zasged
in and out Of shots-had made good
their escaps. w. -
When the chase was over Neal re-
turned and half apolosized to Inez.
Sorry, Miss Courtisr, = he said. '.but
they've made away with.your fast mo
torboat. We couldn't get totours In
time. We landed half . mile o. 90
just up the shore: How do you feel!''
Better" exclaimed Inel. ''lt's the
excitement. the noise, tke. pistol shots
they. have made me welt again. e
=, Neal thrust Ms hsnd into ,his. pocket
and pulled fortA: :, erumplsd piece Of
pa1Chnsnts 4 J. err, ~, Il, Is, y, n.
what did YOU get, Anaette!" he IN.
qpire1. go n So! = Z, 9tssSfS- !.
Annette thrust her hand into. her
dress and pulled forth her own tat
tered PORTION. lnez. watching, bent
her head to listen. Neal aud Annette
spread their two pieces Of Tie map out
upon the, little stand. Between them
they had the bulk Of the lower portion
Of the map. It was blank surface,
save for three things-a little tail OF
the island sticking down and the words
longitude" and latitude" and moth.
ing else. Annette laughed in glee.
We've got everything We want,
she said to Neal What is here is
important. What the man with the
saber cut upon his face has got is OF
no use to him or us. We beat him
to it, Neal, we beat him to it,"
Over on the bed Ines, In her crouch
ing attitude. still listened. wondering
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