The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-13

planklng. n chain. a rusted stay
II vas the broken stem OF a
schooner
The girl was GU, and flying along
the ridge. Then | Saw dyinx fire
before which stood negro. and
beyond him apparently = rough
stockade bulk out over tho watsr
and seemingly over the mldship sec.
ton OF the suAksa vessel. Above
this stockA6s was q rude derrick
On the top OF this mat another negro
who was looking down With arnars-
mcnt to mademolselle She was
speaking to Thorn sharply. They
turned to look at me and | saw the
stupefied fear on their broad, shin.
Ing faces One was HoEiaw. tho
renegade fireman from tho dredge.
Slowly ! was Erasping the mean.
inE Of tho stockade Of slabs. II was
a rough cassion built over the
sunken cabin OF that rotteG schoon.
er. and tho midnight workers we're
trying TO pump the water from her
midsection.
jumped on the edge % the
s,ockads and looked over tho red
pools and runways to the marsh
Now. knew A mile away was
Williams dreaEe and another round
Of cutting thru tho marsh would
bring II almost upon the secrcs
workers At the wrecked ancient
schooner.
Laur~ was back upon me sus-
piciously. seeing mo peering over
the stockadc Now she carried a
rifle and slid II under the th~arts
OF her pirogue. "Come-eoms. she
cried: Il have a plan for them
those fools who win rush into
death"
She swept her Graf, out in the
pool. The burning grass was show.
ering down about us. the heavens
were aflRme. When we were hun.
drcd yards out In the marsh. the
light was as from world on fire.
She was watching the domss OF
smoke cloud. The fire.line was not
a mile distant now. We had come
out into tho dug canal now. and
far down It's shining length We saw
tho launch against the fIre-line. II
had come thru by some miracle.
and was sweeping on to us.
pointed toward the drsdgs.
The dynamite" muttsred. You
see. mademoiselle7"
Il see. The fire ia TO it'--the
moorings are burning. II will drift
out and down toward those men on
the dredge--"
Not II Williams can reach I,
first,"
She glanced at the launch not a
half.mile distant.
"fIe will never reach n, messieur.
Nor will Il reach the dredge." She
had grounded the pirogue on the
canal side across from the fire and
was out among the great olods.
staggered out and to her side
The sweep OF tho hot wind was
intolerable; the first draw OF II
down my lungs made me reel. /
saw Laurie muffle her mouth and
nose in the hollow OF her elbow.
But she stumbled on down tho
embankment. dragging the rifle
after her.
Laurel" 7 shouted. come back
what are you doing7"
She was measuring the distance
intently TO the square.ended scow
under whose corrugated roof was
stored the dynamite. stared at
her and then the launch that was
speeding on to pass VS.. Suddenly
she turned to me and cried out:
In which end OF the hold is the
black powderY'
Alt was forward-in canisters OF
tin, think. The dynamite 10
boxed"
And before tho words left me
she had fired the automatic rifle
deliberately into the scow side.
And again the girl fired again and
again. | could not hear the reports
In the roar OF the fire across from
Us II was soaring my face. and
my clothes were blazing Laure
fired again at the dynamite scow
/ heard her mutter despalringly |
She could not locate the black |
powder cans with her steel-iacket. |
ed bullets-and each instant