The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-02-25

concert OF olScoFaaHS0
mower horn Of a catboat crying the
warning back to the deep-throated
whistle of a coastwise steamship ana
the iprertinent drumming OF motor
boats exhaust with the mufder cut
out.
This last boxed the compass sound
ing now near, now far, though the COM
plants Of other shipping diminished
In volume and died away in the dis
lance. giving place to others STILL the
plutter-pluttsr OF that motor was never
altogether lost; If at times 1t faoeo'
| 1t seemed certain always to return III
even louder volume.
Yainly straining his vision against
! the blank pallor OF the encompasslng
| fog, Alan wondered. worried, dreaded!
| At irregular intervals, starting
from preoccupation. he would manlpu-
late the brass pull on the wheel-Dox'
provoking the horns suffering DiastS
of protest. But the need for unremit-
ting vigilance and exercise OF the fog-
signal failed none the less to reconcile
Alan to that blatant clamor which SO
widely and so hideously advertised
their whereabouts.
II there were anything still to be
feared from Judith and her erew-H'
for instance, as Barcus had suggested
they had sought out one OF the Ire
saving stations on Nauset beach, APP
propriated its power-driven hfeooat
and renewed. the pursuit, II ever they
heard that horn there would beyond
question be the devil to pay!
The loneliness of his vigil was even
tually relieved by the appearance on
deck of the woman Alan loved.
The tableau that greeted her vision as
she emerged from the companionway,
of the haggard, unshaven wretch at
the wheel and the other who lay at his
feet, where he had fallen, in a stupor
OF fatigue, instantly wrung from Rose
little cry of solicitude. And she was
quick to do what little she could TO
alleviate their discomfort. For Barcus
she fetched a pillow and blanket from
the cabin, and this one suffered her
ministrations without once rouslng
from his slumbers. Then Fastening
forward, she got the galley fire going
and prepared a makeshift breakfast
for her half.famished lover.
Warm food and hot conee-such as
they were--lending a little tone to
Alan's spirits, he was presently able
to discuss their situation with some
optimism. Yet nothing could gloss
the fact that the problem confronting
them was one whose solution bafiied
| their utmost ingenuity-one the simple
contemplation of which taxed their
courage and intelligence to the ex
IRENE.
He summed up: 81 can't see any
thing for 1t but father and Judith are
determined to have my scalp, and In
hanged II can see how to protect my
III self without taking leaf out of thei
books. What I'm most afraid of II
that some time l may forget it's
~ woman Pm defending myself against
~ When a fellows fighting for his yer.
life he can't always stop to calculat
70 the weight Of his blows"
The young man sighed, shook hi
=, head, laughed uncertainty, and he'll
~ her closer to him. Don't fear; II
find some way out without tnturin
- either of them. promise you that!
;, He sealed the pledge upon her lipi
>. And in that moment of their obli7
~ ion to the world from some point TO
AZ ward a .muffled crash sounded simu
=. taneously with the duh shock of
-, collision with smaller vessel, and
=, strange voice cried out with an a
cent OF high exultation.
,v Before either Alan or the girl cou
disengage the decks rang loud with
on rush of booted feet pounding aft.
90. The figures of the boarding par
nj were already taking shape through Il
are fog as Alan sprang toward the col
panionway to fetch the rife. And
n this action his feet slipped on plan
greasy with moisture deposited by Il
surcharged atmosphere. He went dov
with a stumbling thump, and an
slant later two men fell bodily up,
him-actiye, strong fellows in L
dress of fishermen. He was suffer
to rise only as a prisoner, helpless
the grasp OF two pairs of powerf
hands.
~ He saw Barcus, rudely reused al
still dumb with sleepy confusion,
s no better case-jerked to his feet Al
III held captive by two more fsherme
. A fifth had taken charge of Ros
s | clamping her wrists in the wise
i one big hand.
81 The sixth and sole other member
the boarding party likewise in I
Ia vough-and.ready garb OF fsherms
81 was Judith Urine,
III Down the side a heavy nfe-bC
#1 ground its way astern. the loose e
of its painter slipping over the r
even as Alan caught sight Of It. {
IL seemed Barcus had guessed shrev
III lyD
Observing this, one OF the men
~ charge of Alan made as II to lea
him to the other. addressing Jud
inc for permission 10 prevent the loss