The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-29
which Woodward and Arnold had =,
ready trayersed d.

which Woodward and Arnold bos =,
ready traversed d.
Arnold was still gazing, impatior,
now, through the glass. He couId
the foredeck of the ship where % pee
Mar, muff1ed up, and his men bad e'
ceeded in dragging the cable to tb.
proper position on the deck Thay , mo
it down and Del Mar was directiny tp
preparations for cutting it Us .Ie
lowered his glass and looked oL u
helplessly. '0u'
Just then Lieutenant Wood,ro
dashed up with the officer and co1'
pany and the field gun. They wbeoIas
it about and began pointing il arS
finding the range.
Would they never get it? Arno,a
WE almost beside himself. One Of Nv,
Mars men seized an ak aid was ahor,
to deliver the fatal 3low, Hs ewuno -
and for moment held it pot1ea MO-
his head.
Suddenly a low, deep rumble Of ,
reverberatlon echoed and re-echoed
from the hills over the water. Tbs
field gun had beloved defiance.
A solid shot crashed through tSo
cabin, smashing the. door. Astounded
the men jumped back. AS they did 50
| in their fear, the cable, released
slipped back over the rail in great
splash Of safety into the water ana
sank.
The first shot had dismantIed rho
| doorway of the cabin. Elaine croucbAd
| fearfully in the furthest corner. not
| knowing what to expect next. Sudden.
| ly another shot tore through Just be.
side the door, smashing the woodwork
| terrifcally. She shrank back further
| in fright.
Anything was better than this hid.
den terror. Nerved up, she ran through
the broken door.
Arnold was gazing through his glass
at the effect of the shots. He could
now see Del Mar and the others lean.
ing into a swift little motorboat along.
side the steamer which they had been
using to help them in dragging for the
cable.
Just then he saw Elaine run scream.
ing out from the cabin and leap over
board.
"Stop!" shouted Arnold in fever Of
excitement, lowering the glass;
There's a girl-by Jove-it's Miss
Dodge!"
"Impossible!" exclaimed Woodward.
81 tell you it is" reiterated Arnold,
thrusting the glass into the lieuten.
ants hand.
The motorboat had started when
Del Mar saw Elaine in the water
Look" he growled, pointing, there's
the Dodge girl
Elaine was swimming frantically
away from the boat. Get her." he or
dered, shielding his face so that she
could not see it.
They turned the boat and headed
toward her. She struck out harder
than ever for the shore. On came the
motorboat.
Arnold and Woodward looked at
each other in despair. What could
they do?
Somehow, by a sort Of instinct
suppose, 1 made my way as quickly
as could along the shore toward Fort
Dale, thinking perhaps of Lieutenant
Woodward.
AS I came upon the part OF the
grounds of the fort that sloped down
to, the beach saw a group OF young
officers standing about peculiar al
fair on the shore in the shallow watHr
half bird, half boat
AS / came closer, recognized it %
a Thomas hydroaeroplane-
1t suggested an idea and hurriez
shouting.
One of the men seated In it was eT'
IDENTIFY explaining It's working to ~
others.
Wait" he said, as he saw me run
ming down the shore, waving anu
shouting at them. Let's see what tHS
fellow wants"
1t was, as I soon learned, the l@
nous Captain Burnside of the Unllee
States aerial corps. Breathless, tol1
him what had seen and that we "ei'
all friends of Woodward's.
burnside tnOugnt a mdlleH'
quickly made up his mind.
"Come-quIek-ium up here WIZ
me-" he called. Then to the otne'
men, "I'll be back soon. Wait LEI"
Let her go!"
I had jumped up and they spun Wv
propeller. The hydroaeroplane fea'I
cred along the water, throwing clou1
Of white spray, then slowly rose IN 'H'
air. -
AS we rose we could see over ln'
curve in the shore.
"Look!" I exclaimed, straining ~
eyes. "She's overheard. ThereS
motorboat after her. Faster-over 'n''
wayt"
Eyes, yes shouted Burnside apo,
the roar of the engine which ailnO''
made converse tion impossible.