The Monticellonian., 1915-08-19
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bis n,urderous knife She he" ms nluiusi UT, .ba oa1 door as he looked again pt p'N bis knife Then the lock tuFhel, The door creaked But sh[ "a h'N nropped the chair well. anu II nei1. nett Inst then she heard loud report % ontsida and an instant later anot!fi, an.e Then followed the crash of sonlethins heavy on the deck above aceouipa.'er ,.,i,,, by a volley of vile oaths ano a,rs qal1g footsteps. as Gregor gave hast! oi i1s-4 to his crew. ,==.54o,,hlad 1,.l afforts He seized a ire ax hang ing near by and attacked the 'oo' with that. hacking furiously.
 one after another the table a elfs'' everything movable, Elaine piiea ap against the door as it splintered. bu' it was of no use -....#..
 She moved over fearfullv as far away as she could to the porthcie and looked at the black water, as she leaned -H' out. then up at the deck only It" feet above her. With frantic strength porn ui 'e''' tbe heroic girl wriggled out of the port hole. as the schooner heeled e9ef anu managed just to catch the scuppers Of the deck. Fear lent her strength She succeeded in pulling herself up to the rail and then over on the deek just as the piled-up furniture tuhi6ieo z---. . f4z.. tl-a laAr gave WAY
 The Ghinaman, infariated, caught just 8 glimpse Of her through the port hole. turned and rushed for the star way. .a,
 In the commotion Elaine had actual, fy come over the rail unobsefFed. Bat she knew that she could not be that way long. There was just chance that a white man might heed her ap- peal. Forbidding though he was even in the moonlight, Elaine started to- ward Gfegor.
 Just then the maddened face of the Chinaman appeared at the hatch. A moment later his 1.-the body wormed itself out on deck. As he came near CT. Elaine retreated further toward Gregor.
 4oh, sir" she pleaded, save mei have done nothing"
 Gregor, one eye on the approaching revenue cutter. the other on his ship and crew. had not seen her till then.
 4Get out of the way he groMied roughly. pushing her aside. Save yourself ,"
 The Ghinaman came step nearer, knife upraised She fled along the deck. There in the shrouds was lad der. h desperation she seized a rung, swung herself around. and started Up.
 Her relentless pursuer followed, hand over hand, cleuching the knife in his teeth In her terror she tore off a piece of spar that had been loos- ened by a shot from the cutter and threw 1t full in his face.
 Still, Oh he came She sreW herself up There was no escape. 4 moment she trembled alott.
 Then, from a erosstree. she jumped, diving far out into the water The Chinaman followed.
 Hand over hand be charned the waves after her
 
 Ne were now nearing a low, rakish craft. Though We signaled it, they paid no attention. Instead We could hear the chugehug of an auxiliary gas engine.
 BrainaFd sent a shot across the sehooneris bow Still she did not stop. Instead, the topsails broke out in spite of the gale and she headed away faster
 Another shot flashed out from our gun. This time a spar was carried away, as the searchIisht playing on the schooner clearly showed
 We were rapidly gaining now
 "Brainard-stop fring-for heavens sake, 7 shouted Craig from the bow. "Eook,"
 We followed his finger as he peered forward tensely
 There in the rigging hanging peril ously, Was Elaine. She was clinging there holding a Chinaman at bay.
 Suddenly We saw her draw herself up and deliberately dive into the wa ter. The Chinaman dfved also Hand over hand he went after her. We watched, sBeeehless.
 Kennedy turned and seized the rapid fire gun. whirling it around and aim. ing carefully.
 The Ghinaman was powerful swim. mer and was rapidly gaining on Elaine We could even see tie eIeam of the knife in the searchIight. Care. fully Craig sighted the gun. The mic take of hairs breadth meant life ar death '''e VI
 lie fired.
 Not minute too soon the shot rleochetted over the waves Tho Chinaman arms went up in raute snr. render His head sank below the srr. face of the water.
 Instantly, Craig and We're Ioanina Tar over the side of the cutter as. with power off, she slipped along. close fo that hgure swimming in the cold black water. Neither of Us paid any attan. tion to Gregors frantic signals of snr render as Brainard covered tho schooner. tue
 As We passed Craig reached over and caught Elaine, lifting her bod,1r Ur9n into our boat. N'-sts soh' eFaig!@ she gasped. as Ken. nedy' wrapped his greatcoat about sa bFainard-some , hot drinks-quick.p j. tn ne ordered as he carried her, balr
 Thank heaven for the wireless telo. phone phone he muttered as he wortaa sef 1fahucally to bring her aronna VI 'eu