Charlevoix county herald., 1916-06-02
THE GRAND
GETAWAY
BY A. n. c. MITCHELL
Copyright by the Frank A. Nun
sey Co.
BY A. n. c. MITCHELL
CHAPTER XVII.
Lent Plots Treason

fast. keeping weather eye on the
castaways, before he aroused his com
panions.
Then he turned in and slept the
better part of the day, snoring through
the rattle of the piano and the various
noises made by the others.
It was a rather uncomfortable day
for everybody. The outlaws remained
on the beach or in the shade Of the
palms, in close view, and made no at
tempt to create a diversion. At meal
times one of the three was called to
the house, and he received food for
his party.
or course that sort of thing could.
MT last. Tyler and the others were
not to be trusted for an instant. They
knew it and the young men knew it.
The bother Of keeping the villains III
der surveillance began to wear on the
nerves of the watchers.
Up to the time of the arrival OF the
three men everything had gone along
smoothly. Everybody seemed con-
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they came. The lazy life suited them
all. The twins occupied with their
music, had found the time passing
quickly enough.
Mcdonald was satisfied, or ap-
peared to be. He was in no hurry to
disturb the order of things. Lent
never said word unless spoken to,
but to all appearances the days OF
doing nothing were just to his liking.
Hemenway of all the men in his
party, had been most anxious that
nothing should happen to disturb the
quiet existence of their life on the lit
tie island. He would have been per-
fectly willing to remain there as long
as their supplies lasted.
He knew very well that the police
force of San Francisco and private
agencies were moving heaven and
earth to run him down, but he felt as
safe where he was as though in an
other world.
He believed the longer he remained
on the island the less chance there
was of his capture. He was not yet
ready to make use of the fortune he
had stolen.
With the coming of the three vii
famous sailors the peaceful and con-
tented life in Little North America
was at an end. Before the day was
over the twins began snarling at each
other over some trivial matter.
Lent developed a crouch and even
Hemenway found himself biting his
nails through sheer nervousness, hay
ing great difficulty in keeping himself
under control. Mcdonald woke up
sullen and demanded his supper,
swearing he would not cook another
meal
"Here, this won't dol, exclaimed
Hemenway when the prospect of
general fight seemed bright. 81 know
what the trouble is with all OF us; it's
those rummies down on the beach.
Well have to get rid of them right
away. We better plan to do 1t to-
morrow.
George, you and Jim look over
your charts and pick out some place
to land them that will not take sever.
al months of our time, and after we
have dumped them some where we
will return and make ourselves COM
Portable once more.
ITS like sleeping over volcano
with those three devils on this island
They would cut our threats in min
ute, if they had half a chance"
The others agreed, and II was ar
ranged that they would make start
the following day. They decided to
leave things as they were on the is
land, simply leaving note in the
house for information of the owner
or any one else that might by chance
happen on the island while they were
away.
1t was Lent's turn to keep watch
that night For a silent man Lents
bump of curiosity was highly devel-
oped. He was not satisfied to sit on
The porch during his vigil, as Melon
aid had done. He wondered what the
three sailors on the beach were doing.
II they were talking he wondered
what they were talking about. He de-
cided to find out.
When his companions gave audible
evidence that they were fast asleep,
he sided off the porch and very eau
tiously crawled toward the beach. The
breeze rustled the palm leaves and
outnoised any sound he made. But so
carefully did he progress that it was
fully ten minutes before he was close
enough to tell what the men were up
to. They were seated close together
as per orders, and Lent could hear the
low rumble of Tyler's voice.
There was a clump of palms not ten
feet from the spot where the three
sat. Lent edged up behind IT and lis
tened. Tyler was still talking.
Il figure flood tide in about an
hour. Thatll be time enough to
move" Lent heard him say. Hawkins
spoke:
But wot I don't see Is 'ow will we
cut the hawser; we amt got no knife"
Tyler swore at him.
You got matches amt you? Burn
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