The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-10
81 uy to run away from rne steamer.

as I meant to do. So far. you have
bound me by your candor. But be
yond that | make no promises. My
parole will be at an end when the ON.
GERS appear. and shall do what can
to dodge, or TO escape II I am taken
Is that fair?"
1T Is more than fair; can't under
stand"
! What Is Il that you can't under
standg-
How you can do this; how you can
do such things as the one you did last
night. aud still"
He finished the sentence for her.
land stiil be a common robber OF
banks. and the like. | fancy IL is a
bit puzzling-from your point OF view
Sometime. perhaps. we shall all un-
derstand things better than we do
now. but TO that time. and beyond Il,
! I shall be your grateful debtor for what
you have done tonight. May go
now"
She gave him leave. and when ne
was gone. she went to her stateroom
To write as he had suggested An hour
later she gave the newly written letter
to the night clerk; aud the thing was
done.
In the ordinary course OF things.
Miss Farnham's letter should have
reached New Orleans in time to have
procured Griswolds arrest at any one
OF score OF landings south or Mem
phis. When the spires OF the Ten
nessee metropolis disappeared 10 the
southwark. he began to think that her
resolution had failed
He had no means or knowing that
she had given her letter to the night
clerk within the hour or their inter
view on the saloon deck promenade:
nor did he, or anyone else, know that
1t had lain unnoticed and overlooked
on the clerks desk until the Belle
Julie reached Cairo. Such. however,
was the pregnant fact; and TO this
purely accidental delay Griswold owed
his first sight OF the chief city OF Mis-
souri, lying dim and shadowy under it's
mantle OF coal smoke.
The Belle Julie made her landing In
the early evening. and Charlotte was
busy up to the last moment getting
her own and her aunt's belongings
ready for the transfer To the upper
river steamer on which they were TO
complete their journey to Minnesota
Hence. II wac not until the Belle Julie
was edging her way up to the stone
paved leyee that Charlotte broke her
self-imposed rule and slipped out upon
the port promenade.
! The swing stage was poised in the
air ready to be lowered, and two OF
the deckhands were dropping from
the shore end to trail the bowline up
the paved slope to the nearest moor
Ing ring. There was an electric arc
light opposite tina steamers berth. and
Charlotte shaded her eyes with her
hands to follow the motions OF the
two bsnt figures under the dripping
hawser.
One OF the men was wearing a cap.
aud there was small bundle hanging
ut his belt She recognized him at
onoe. At the moorlng rlns he was the
one who stopped TO make tho line fast.
and tbs other. negro. stood aside. At
that moment the landing stage fell.
and In the CONFUSION OF polarization
which promptly Followed. the thrilling
bit OF byplay ut the mooring ring
passed unnoticsd by all save the silent
watcher on the saloon deck
While the man In the cap was stih
on his knees. two men stole from the
shadow OF the nearest freight pyramid
and flung themselves upon him. He
fought hercely for moment. and
though he was more than doubly out
weighed rose TO his feet. striking out
viciously and dragging his assailants
up with him. In the struggle the
bundle dropped from his belt. and
Charlotte saw him kick It aside The
waiting negro caught II dsftly and
vanished among the freight pyramids;
whereupon one OF the attacking pair
wrenched himself out OF tho three man
souffie and darted away In pursuit
This left but single antagonist for
the fugitive. and Charlotte's sympa.
thies deserted her convictions for the
AiVtuNHA buA WHitt snt VIM Uftfuh
her lip to keep from crying out. tbs
fugitive stepped back and held out
his hands. and she saw the CLEAN OF
polished metal rejecting the glare OF
the arc light when the officer snapped
, the handouts upon his wrists.
II was with distinct sense OF cui-
pabiiity depressing her that she went
back to her aunt. aud she was careful
not TO let the invalid see her face. For.
tunately. there was a thing to be done.
and the transfer to the other steamer
came opportunely to help her to re-
establish the balance OF things dis.
torted
She was sorry. but. after ali. the
man had only himself to blame. None
the less. the wish that someone else
might have been his betrayer was