The evening world., 1915-02-13
CHAPTER XIV.
tCoutinueh.l
Victory!

came 10 tHo iOoD
chalk-line and paused .
moment to study II. still
the captains whole atten-
ton was on the sparkling
water ahead.
! A tremendous thrill went through
Robert Pollard. II ever a mans mind
had strayed miles from his person.
captain Velvet's mind had done II
now. His whole soul was lost In the.
Lavinia's race.
| Cling. after all their suffering and
! terrors and disasters. he was actually
within their clutch at last!
Robert Pollard. therefore. dropped
his hand inconsr icuously TO the cool
rubber butt Of his revolver and saun-
tered on.
The captain squinted aloft and then
concentrated his whole attention on
the Eleanora. a little way to port.
L Now Mr.. Pollard could have reached
put and touched him, and still he sus-
Pec;ed nothing.
x And now. by all that was astound-
ing, Mr.. Pollard's ugly revolver was
directly under Captain Velvet's .Isc.
ana Mr.. Pollard was shouting:
"Throw up your hands, or Ill blow
your head Off"
Tho Snake and william Ryan.
ciutching one another for an instant
Hike two frightened children. waited
for the dreadful thing that would
happen to Robert Pollard-And It did
mot happen!
CAPTAIN Velvet, the absolutely fear
less, threw up his hands 20 suddenly
that the wheel weIt spinning! a
queer SILVER ran through the Lavinia
:, More, evsn! He stood there with
hands aloft and eyes and mouth wide
open in well-justifed terror as hs
gasped:
"why-why-Robby. your
Mr.. Pollard permitted himself
wild and ugly laugh.
SNOW keep 'em up!" ne snaTfed.
Cant. Velvet tremblsd vidbly-al'
most too vtsibly. =.
"In keep 'em up. Robby." he saae
thickiy. "but''- And there the tor
ror in his eyes grew suddenly ana MI
>>yoice rose to q scream. "Grab tina
Wheel, Robby!" the captain shrieked
6rab that wheel! We're goinl
ivsr!"
The Laxinia, to be sure. was wig
l~,,n~ and flaming and heeling In tn
strangsst way.
Robert Pollard grabbed the wheel.
The Snake and William Ryan
MEANWHILE, had seen the wonderful
thing that was going on and releass'
each other. Pistols drawn. they cam
dashing at tho unlucky captain-jus'
In fact. as Mr.. Pollard grabbed tn
wheel.
Az TO Just what happened In tn
absorbing ten seconds that foliowe'
nat ono of the trio retained . clea'
intelligent impression.
Mr.. pollard, darling at the wheel Il
the most obliging fashion. fancisd 10
an instant that the yacht had turne
upside down.
Il Another instant and he know that
n, stray diriglble had caught him WI
" its trailing anchor-because one moo
fastened somewhere near MT. fo'
lard,s waistline and another cAugn
him sauarely under the collar. hi
4 hands tore loose from the Wheel NJ
'l pistol hurtled Off to a watery gray
and Mr.. Pollard himself went VI
up-up!
III There was a whole acre OF WIFI
Xranyas at one side Of him anu
dreadful stretch of water beneath
Krh.ro WAS a slender spar which gre
n h,.ger as he scared toward II an
st which he clutched-and, faiiins
81 catch IL, he seemed to have been y
N leased. for he was heading dowh"a'
< sagain! s A.. <n.t 4,
: sa,taS,mai fraction OF time betwe<
Ma rise and his descent. he noted I'M
The snake had rolled up ike q os
and screaming, was tumDnns aloI
the deck, He saw the mighty hst
cant, Velvet shoot out, 700, anu oe
low Ioated up from William Rya
Almost In the same second MT I'VE
had fiattened out upon the deck. Hu'
As II q steam roller had passso os
him, and Robert Pollard was shootii
downward, straight at him.
For another twinkling tnstant
Searod that he was going TO fan q
Il rectly on tho unfortunate Spani'
II brute, lying there so limp and 81
II with eyes closed and mouth open
Il and his fears were fully justified. Pa
OF Mr.. Pollard hit the Spanish Bru
and part Of him hit the deck,
Then, Sasplng, half stunned. he al
1.-The Spanish Brute were sitting 81
.Wbyl side upon the Lavinia's deck. whi
a S1iat trim little boat SCARED along h
s-ajnted way. and Capt. velv'
- with one hand. allowed the
;lNn the cavern0us mussle
N held IN the othsgl