East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-12

whiIe?"
The engine was cranky IN start
ing" answered h cripple anu
had To-"
He broke off as the engine
Iy ceased its chuggfng the oo@&
began to drift helDlessly along on the
crawling tide.
Seer" explained h cripple IT'S
stalled again."
You said you knew how to run a
motor boat, you cIumsy-fngersu
boobi" snarIed Tanner Get her
started again and bring her along
side or I'll hurry you up with a SO
slug of hot lead. Get busy!"
re-
the cripple lookeo ohoc -.
ner's nenacing PISTOL then sot ~
engine into motlon anu WIN -
pefatingiy aWk"aru raaa
a the rlchety oN ~
ing stage.
Tanner and Morr1soh ihteu - -
ence aboard bodily ana set her uo
in the stern
Keep guard over nef' theFe, yoc
Tanner ordered the cripple
no use at the steering WheeI. -
rison, tax the wheel VIII Jou3
know where to go.
Morrison obeyeo- Iahnsr -
himself ! M DOW pesIde t1e ss@
man. The cripple siuInpSo NO.
seat alongside the fettered ano
gagged girl As ne dlo 50 NJ -
swept the bank ana the roAo DeSOHN
it for the tenth time.
But now his bieareo glance prlsHt
ened at what ne saw. An autoLnoo
was racing down the Zane uoNa0
the In It's tohhedu' us
ing the Montrose 10 greatet
speed, sat Dr. Montrose hlnseiI ans
Robert Layton
The cripple oke aheao. MOTT
son and Tanner were taking ~
gether. Neither saw the a~pproaenInS
car. But Clayton had seen the ooAt
and its he also sa" tnAh
h car was thirty SECONDS 700 leN
For already the motorooat was ieaF-
ing the landing stage ana MOVING
downstream.
Clayton Montrose stared para
lived with fear, for an instant Then
Bob gave the chauffeur a QUICK or
der and at the same time began To
grope for something in the toolDoE
beneath the automobiles rear seat
The chauffeur swiftly turned ms car
and sped it along the river bank roaA
toward a bridge that spanned the
stream a mile below The cripple. Al
the same time. saw Clayton fish q
coil of strong, light rope out from
h toolbax.
Next ONE the a was shut on
from sight by, a row OIL watersloe
trees
> The cripple once again looked rnr~
lively at Tanner and Morrison
; e stealthily he drew a gold
: penknife from one OF his ragged
! pockets. Again making certain that
the others were not looking back. ne
lashed the cords that bound the
/, girls ankles n wrists. He also IN
! tied the gags not.
Florence, d~umbfounded at h az
ton of the cripple, nevertheless tool
her cue from him She made no move
ment and foreboie to cry out Tei
she looked at her crippled any IT
wondering inquisitiveness As she
looked she saw him glance intentfy
at something far in front. and almpz
imperceptibly point with one grimx
finger.
She followed with her ewes the d.
rection he Indicated. At some Iittls
distance ahead of them she saw tk4
span OF a bridge. A motor car was
just drawing to a halt in the ceptes
of the span.
A man spranr from the car ana
hurriedIy accosted two policemen
who were crossing the structure lust
SuSau OF mem
that distanon - pab even NJ
"a" issuance, as BOD Ciayton.
lJon.e JOiheu Dy br
nv r. "ut % car ana
Eoran Doos hahaS
Ha be.an . OF
ooii ,.o,- 70 49, "ue enc OF the
"a the rona - ~. uS nAnu-
raDidIv - ,bs- ' eNptAin'hS
AFTER wbicb he ~ ~
the bridvs narar IS ofeF
cred him ber1 80 - Io
one arm he g,;,,o5 - VIZ
steady himself wv 70
Florence co,Id ep5,,r, tho
no Iongar So IaNua :. sup
'Shriekine piercinrlv 10 bar 49,
Morrison. whirlinr abo,,t ana -
her standing there unbound IaT, a.
wheel and ran hack 10 seize re- r."
ner caught hold 81 The ahaaa1.
wheel as Morrison rea-he5 a. -