The evening world., 1916-09-09

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or.~ and oook and dhang the oour'
Tho neafcr the tus came the iuuieI
the pilot and the crow yelled al hal
and the less Gloria wanted To mes
thsm. She had never m.t any tusmet
and felt no ambition To got into theii
social set u Vas growing w darn u,
now that they could noa see who val
al tho lillcr and they Kept calling
"Tfask" or "Oh. Jcil"
Al length uioria decided that she
was not needed any lonEor. She had
noted the little boat bobhinE alons
after the barge. ana aho felt that abs
might IA we'll capture that. IL wsI
more nearly her siHe. She would NJ
safer alone In n skin than ON th'
barge when the tuginen release,
frrask. lilo had p!anrej to Mn ,el
before she tied him up. lIe wonla
certainly do no less 10 hat no lad
escaped. jed had evidently picked
himself up from tho rocking char
trap. unticd Traxk and unmufisd
Nell. The three had been pounding
and bowling for some time. The
hatch held for a while. but they VEN
going at Il now with somethins ~
heavy as a b~attsrins RAM. II would
yield soon surely and thcn where
would she bef
She ran to the edge OF tho barge and
hauled In on the painter attached Ia
the little boat. The barge was swish-
Ing In tho tide and IL was trying "a
run over tho skin. But Gloria had no
Other avenue Of escape. She hung
across tho edge OF the barge and
dropped into the akin. Her aim va
not very accurate ana the river nearly
GOT her. But she sat down quickly
and steadisd herself and the boat
She began 10 ply the oars with sreA,
sAssrness. but little progress.
Al length she noticed that abe ha<
forgotten to NJ OF. She ran to the
bow and had TO unite the painter. The
wet knots were torture TO her delicate
banda but At last she was free and
the boat nsn away from tho barge,
The river was dark and psnacins,
and IL current VA like some invisible
geaie dragging the akin away to IL
hair. Htili. whom Gloria saw the tug
come alongside the barge and make
fAst. and saw Trask. Jed and Nell
dash up the companionway and me- o
the tug hands on the deck. she felt tina,
he current would b. kinder to hel
than the men would have been.
What explanation. Trask and jed
nads shs could not imagine. Evidently
y was not a rood one. for tho crew
from the tusboat R~esticulated vto-
kntiy. and Il looked as IL there would
b . big tight
Tho tugboat crew vent hack to their
quarters. Trask ran back to stare "a,
Gloria He shook his fist at her and
she rowed faster. But the barge
moved northward. following the pun
ing tug.
Gloria breathed a sigh OF relief a,
her escape. Then she realized that
after all Trask had also escaped. She
was 50 angry at this cancellation q,
her success that she started IN row
back after the barge. Wha, sh. vou,e
have done had she oyer,ak.n n sh,
did not stop to think. Tn. cu,r.n,
prevented the possibility Of knov,nv
The Hudson. str.aminy into IN. 60
carried Gloria with 4, IN anti. =, =,
her efforts at the oars shs gava ~,
at length and devoted all har .r.r.,.'
10 rowing ashore Tha r..r., -.
.. A.. .....- '"'''
Wv 'a'h" TOT her' pecauS
landing on'the west bank would compe
Q bsngthy roundabout 70 fetch h.r .,
her home on thu .a., MI "
'-'' AS
one rowea Tor the New York shor'
and crept toward II slowly. though
the boat turned s~outherlv so Pa, tho
.h. ,..,.a .- ~"
~ 20 '"'p' on uowh U
u citys water pavements
1t was lonely out there on the darl
river. Her arms ach.a w,,h ,a,,n,,
- VIZ" ia',su'
""' po"ch'hs win dis
tiers.