Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-31

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down suddenly on the lamp. snashins
u into thousand bits a. hey hisseo
into the water
Elaine dre~ back In horror. IN hei
hand vas merely the handle OF th'
lamp Il seemed o. y her last hopt
had been blasted
"Cspn--iook over the stern--n
poft'" cried one o. sbe mep On watch
he pointed and GreSor raised NE
gisss DC the rest. including the China
man 70 whom WI bad entrusted
Elaine. Grow ded about
There vas asarchiiFht HEeepins
The water. AZ II fast boat sere hunt
ing for something and we're npidiS
Overlooking them
-ite revenue cutter grn~iee
Gregor. lowering hla glass af'ef
quick acritiny 81 the mysterious cfan
Crowd 90 more sail-atart The aaE
Hilary motor"
he golieyed forth HE orders hoafse
y Instantly the deck vas IN an 40
roar For The moment. in their nnrl
etY 20 eecepe. they seemed 20 have
forgotten Elaine all except TIE
Chluaman who had been set "a glart
her silently be dree from BITE blouse
a knife and slipped down the comgau
ionaay.
Elaine. her ears nov sharpened af
fear a. The mysterious smashing OF
the light had heard the c0mmoiior
on deck She seized a chair and
proppod Il against the door
hho had acted not a minute too
aOou Down tho paaaaFcNay. already,
be could hear some one creeping
stonlthily u was the Chinaman with
hia murdcroua knife She heard him
pause al the door az no looked again
a. bis knife. Then tho lock turned
The door creakod But she bad
propped the chair veil. aud Il held
Just then uhe heard a loud report
outside. and an Instant hter another.
Then followed tha crash d something
heavy on the deck above accompanied
by yplley Of yilc oaths and qnich
fo0Nicps az GrosQr gave hasiy orders
io bits crow
The ChinarHn af the door redoublud
his efforts ~ seized q Gre an hang
ing near ~ and attacked the door
niih that hacking mriously
One after another. tho table a chest.
every thing movable. Elaine piled up
against the door as n sgllntercd Hut
o Nau " no aae
She moved over fearfuIiy az FAR away
aH she could to the portfolio aud looked
AZ the black water az che leaned far
oat then up al the deck only a few
feet above her
With frantic strength born OF fear
The heroic glrl wrisfiod out ~ the port
hulo. aa the sChoourr hccied over and
managed lust to catch tho acuppers
of the deck Pear laat her strength
SHE succeeded ln pulling herself 100 to
tho rail- and then over uu the deck
just as mo piled ua tumiturc tumbled
over after the docs a., Way
Tho Ch'nainan mr1aied, caught
just glimpse % bier tlluagh the port.
holo. turned and rushed Tor tho stair
way.
la tho commotion Elaine had actual.
o. como ovof tho rail uunbserged But
She hnow thst She could Dot o, thai
way Ions fhcre Was just chance
that d white man might heed hor az.
peal Forbiddips thaush ho sas even
in the moonlight. Elalao started 10
ward lreEor
just then The maddcnod face 90 the
Chluaman appeared AZ the hatch A
moment later hiH 1.-the body aurmed
itself out ou deck "A be- came near
cr Elaine reiterated further toward
drognr
on. dr. she pleaded "saye me,
have dome nothing
iuttkor. oiio ere GA the approaching
revenue cutter. the other on HE ship
and crew. had not seen her IN then
Get oat Of tho way" be grow led
roughly pushing her aside. save
yourself"
The Chinaman came a step nearer.
knifa uprgiaod she fed along the
dock. There IA the shrouda was a lad
dor In desperation she scisod a rung.
swung hersrif ground. ard STARTS. -.
5lor relentless pursucr followed.
hand OVER hand. clonohins the knife
10 his teeth. Ia her terror she tore
90 a pieco 81 spar tnat had been loos
euod BY a shot from the cutter aud
ihrew IA hIll Ia his face.
Sull on he came she drew herself
up There WAS NO escape. A moment
she trcmblod aloft
Then. from croasireo. she Jumped.
diying far out into the water Tho
Chinaman followed.
Hand ever hand be churnod the
waves after her
We were now nearing low. rAkssh
craft Though We slgnaicd n. they
paid no attention. Instead We could
hear tho ehasohu 81 an auxiliary sas
engine
hrainard sent a shot acrosa the
nchooners bow Still she did not stop.
Instead, the topeails hroke out in
spite Of the gale and she headed away
faster
Another shot AAshed out from our
sun This time a spar VAS carried
away. az The soarehllEht playing on
the schooner elcarly showed.
We WIRE rapidly gaining now
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