The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-10-19
CHAPTER xxI-contlnued.

He dropped down 10 the deck and
rested hts rife across the rail The
bullets We had received had Travelled
nearly a mile, but by now we had cut
that distance in half. He fred three
careful shots. At the third the boat
steerer let loose his steering.oa and
crumpled W. IN the bottom OF the boat.
! guess thatll fix them" Wolf Lar.
sen said, rising 10 his feet. Il couldn't
anord to let the hunter have II. and
there Is a chance the boat muller
doesn't know how to steer. In which
case. the hunter cannot steer and
shoot at the same time"
His reasoning vas justified. for the
boat rushed at once into the wind and
the hunter sprang aft to take the boat.
steerer's place. There was no more
shooting. though the rifles were still
cracking merrily from the other boats
The hunter had managed TO get tho
boat before the wind again. but we ran
down upon II. going at least two feet
to Its one. A hundred yards away. |
saw the boat.puller pass a rife 10 the
hunter. Wolf Larsen went nmIdships
and TOOK the coil Of the throat.halyards
from lie pin. Then he peered over the
rail with leveled rife. Twice | saw the
hunter let go the st~eering.oar with one
hand reach for his rife. and hesitate.
We were now alongside and foaming
past.
Here, you'll" Wolf Larsen cried sud.
denly TO the boat.puller. Take a
turn"
AZ the same time he iung the coil
OF rope. II struck fairly. nearly
Knocking the man over, but he did not
obey. Instead. he locked to his hunter
for orders, The hunter. In turn, was
in q quandary. His rife was bet veen
his knees. but II he let 10 the steer.
ins-oar In order to shoot. the boat
would sweep around and collide with
the schooner. Also Le saw Wolf Lar.
sens rife bearing upon him and knew
he would be shot ere he could get his
rife into play.
Take a turn" he said quietly to the
man.
The boat.puller obeyed. taking q turn
around the little forward thwart and
paying the line as II jerked taut. The
boat sheered out with q rush. and the
hunter steadied II to a parallel course
some twenty feet from the side OF the
Ghost.
Nov get that sail down and come
aongside!" Wolf Larsen ordered.
nnpn akAa.1 Az. 49,
hoisted In the boat and under Wolf
Larsen's direction carried the wound
ed boat.steerer down into the fore
castle.
IF our FIVE boats do "a well as yor
and | have done. well have a pretty
full crew" Wolf Larsen said 10 me.
The man you Shot-he Ia. | hope"
Maud Brewster quavered.
in tho shoulder" he answered
Nothing serious. Mr.. Van Weyder
will pull him around as good as ever In
three or four weeks"
But he won't pull those chaps
around, from the look OF H." he added.
pointing at the Ma~cedonia's third boat.
for which | had been steering and
which was now nearly abreast Of US
That's Horner's and Smokes work.
told them we wanted live men, not
arcasses. But the 10Y Of shooting 90
hit Ia n most compelling thing. when
once you've learned how TO shoot. Ever
experienced II, Mr.. Van Weydent"
! shook my head and regarded their
work, II had indeed been bloody. for
they had drawn OF and Joined our
other three boats in the attack on the
remaining two ~ the enemy. The de-
serted boat was In the trough OF the
sea, rolling ~drunkenly across each
comber, its loose spritsail out at right
angles TO It and futtering and tapping
In the wind. The hunter and boat.
puller were both lying awkwardly In
Ihe bottom, but the boat.steerer lay
across the gunwale. half In and half
out, his arms trailing In the water and
bis head rolling from side to side.
Don't look. Miss Brewster. please
don't look" had begged OF her. and |
was glad hat she had minded me and
been spared the sight.
Head right into the bunch. Mr.. Van
Weyden," was Wolf Larsen's com
mand.
As he drew nearer. the arins ceased.