Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-14

INK bptt WITH Aifhef ~ y -'
nooforboaf In me pisce Il VAS vel
manned with . crew o. niH " to-
most dlarepatabie. looking Character
that ever drew the breath o. ''iH' he'
naadez talked 70 them Hiib money
no lights be cagtloned' ana
mDfiie that kicker And be qnieH
about h now"
~ j. all right. aonofT aid me man
AZ the fillef. we are about az hopf
o. tho night 80 one thinks Of na
one way or the other" lie pointed
out 20 sea ~Yon perceive" be said,
there are other Usher boats
Good said heruaqdes The more
the merrier"
Without lights hey kieksd 20 with
IN almost haiiirz distance of me A.
bany Then Hernandez. showed
light Il was Immediately answered
from the deck ~ is good" he said,
"wo understand each other"
inez FASTENED from he deck and en-
tered her cabin
Her cabin was Annattea a. well.
Her plans we'll laid and she bad felt
they wore the only plans % make she
retired for Tho night but not 20
sleep
A. three O'Clock she rose ard nm.
twisted tho bundle that Joe bad
hiched Tor her She sighed With salts
faction az SHE shook Il out Of ilh
H.NAm
Meals She donaed u swntly hur'
fiedly silently There was no light
IN Tho cabin. save the noon Sitting in
through port holes AnnctleR face
was bathed in Mght Hut Annette was
fast asleep.
She was totally obllvious 10 tho
presence % the proWllng figure In
male uniform who stole near aud ever
nearer who now CROPPED about her
neck
Suddenly. with one quick and mai
tug inez wrnncned At the channels
bag.
Annette woke with scream upon
her lips. But tho hand 81 lnoz was
quicker than Annetfos voice incTs
hand closed over Annette her 9ueo
crushed down her breast
The wildcat ID Annette rose. She
was q nne hghter She nqulrmcd with
one twist out OF ODE grasp of thia
unseen foe, and grappled with her u.s.
sallant inez was mo- metch Dor nor
and soon found Il out
Annette dragged her 90 the ray OF
moonlight and looked or her
She gospod and dropped her hold
"Yon irene Courii0r. she cried
nut Irene IncE Castro 70 YOU plaase
was no longer there ln that m.
slant and that was the instant Tor
the last few seconds she had waited
ior IN that instant she had leaped TO
her feet nnd made her getaway
And mex knew the Albany every
part OF that huge battlcshlp she bad
studied with the care OF sn engineer
sho knew Just What 20 do and where
10 80. ard how td elude pursuit sho
rushed to one spot where safety lay.
reached the rail-. ioaped over lt. and
win the agillty Of d professional diver
struck the water with scarcely a
splash
Now said Hernandez 10 hls helms.
man liRe mad for that spot Of white
Ines. frcsh aud supple notvithstand
ing hor struggle IN fact the struggle
nad norvod her upswam toward tho
hshlng boat and tho boat steamed
towari her within q short time
almoHy iess time than 20 iakos to ten
q Ponto was once moro kckng the
brute Aua the Brute In turn loaued
over the side 90 the kicker. and with
the sweep ~ one powerful hand anil
arm drew q dripping object srom the
water u was Inca gasp'ne Tor
breath
Now Ike tho devil for the shore Do
whispered Hernandez
They ohcycd Hut 10 luet now caspod
for breath. Annette had ceased to rasp
for breath Her nrst coherent Thought
was 60 feel Tor hcr chamois bag IL
was safe Her next effort was speech
She screamed AZ tAo top ~ her lungs.
Her thlrd was action She dartod to
the deck and gave the alarm
Within moment launch was
manned aud had put cH from the
cruiser Neal IN command
suddenly ono 81 Nctla mon point
ed toward the shore Tho ssarehlleh.
~ che cruiser was waving upon a
kicker making fun speed south
That's our boat. said Noal. liko
the dcvn now"
In ave mira;vs they caught her.
Neal saw az glance she showed ma
lighta !, convinced him Without &
word ho swung bic launch aioarm3e
ara hia mon icapod across the gun,
vale Every JACK tar either haa his
man hy the throat. or was tickling
his ribs with knife.
We've cot 'em all" said some
body.
where's the woman quoried Veal
But there WAS no woman no Iner
Castro What's more there was No
Hernandez. no routo no nruta
NO use said Neal the birds have
Gown. So use chasing Thorn no con.
ccicd whom those birds ay. they ~
We've got 20 give 'cn credit"
Annette, he told that Young iatv
later. I think now we're SAFE. Thc
Job all aleng has been an inside ioh
Irene Courtier has been handing Won
Yes and Uncover 20 tae enemy