The evening world., 1915-02-13

leaves: "Say, I can get EN- from
here! I can get EN- nice. Lemms
do It,"
Then the hoarss voice spoke again.
Nov. listen" It said. This u
my Job. We don't want to start NO
shootin' till We can finish 1t first
crack. because We got getaway to
mako. Anyway. this Is my Job,
yos''-
well. why amt It minef" . shriller
tone demanded from the depths OF
the bushes. wasn't I eleven months
stackin' up that fourteen hundred
they trimmed me fort Amt I got .
right Z croak one of 'em7"
A still louder voice broke in. II
came from . tall. handsomsly-dresse
person. who stood revealed ON the
narrow beach ana shaded his eyes to
got . better Wow Of tho rowboat.
TN bump OF the whole three Of
en- before any Of yezl" he stated.
'Only for them I'd DO buying Luke
c:;sy, es sEnt for out :a' very night and
Tho snake hunched down into .
small ball.
They're lighting over the Job of
killing us!" he gasped.
Mr.. Pollard tried In vain to smile;
the white lips would not expand.
''That's-probably how they feel
about It," he submitted.
You pull about ten moro strokes
and you'l start q whole battle of
Gettysburg In those busiest" the
Spanish Brute contributed.
well. have no idea Of pulling
them-you may DO dead sure of that"
their leader said In acid tones.
80 we'll have to 60 back above
there and land. hey?"
And have that swell mob lynch u
or throw us into jail-when they're
probably coming up from New York
with warrants by this time. anyway
Mr.. Pollard's voice was harsh. mo:
we'll have to row straight across to
the Long Island shore"
There was a stranglsd sound In the
Snakes laugh.
with spike Andrews and his gang
waiting there for us?"
ia forgotten III" the leader con-
fessed. becoming desperate. al
right. then. we'll 90 back to the
yacht"
"Why not land her now and got |,
over with quick?" suggested james
Evans dismally. According to the
millionaire kid In the launch there
the old mans going to hand US ouri
anyway. II we land hero wen mover
know what hit us with that regimen,
OF sharpshooters waiting"
II prefer to know what strikes me
going back to the Lavinia."
"a nd When Velvet cOmes?"
"If rye got to die. I'd as soon have
him kill me as any one else. 1t MAJ
give him some enjoyment" Tit
guiding mind pulled tho boat arount
again with unnecessary violence. and
after q last stare at the rustlini
bushes and the heads among tn
branches. propelled It at speed tina
would have done credit to q profes
sional oarsman.
Swinging about on her anchor chai'
the empty yacht at least offered NJ
protest to their presence. Silentl
they climbed aboard; silently. toe
they hoisted t. nStle boat TO tn
davits. Haviug uowed for the bes
part Of an unpleasant half hour. the
were back at the starting point.
And they were by no means prett
just now. Mr.. Pollard. having bee
hurled aioft, had strained some half
dozen Joints In landing. He wake
with . considerable limp In tho LEI
leg and there was a spot on his RICH
side that caused him to yell alou
every time his arm came down to
suddenly.
Mir. Ryan. too, walked with hi
/. darkening, bewhiskered jaw held at
very odd angle and felt along 1t q
regular intervals. The Snake, VII
. had bsen slapped by q terrible pain
, was using only one eye by this TIN
. and talking mainly through the col
: rsspoollng corD9 AZ hie ueeuth.