The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-01-18


dangrroasT'
"of capture. and possible imprssoa.
mant--yes. Probably our lives will
not he In any special peril. We hare
10 arms with which TO resist. & once
overhauie5. q prize crew would be put
ca board, and we would be taken To the
nearest British or Preach port, an psis-
Dn~rs of war. Oar cargo. destined So.
tAs Gestaaa gosfEaAeas, would he AMI
ply sufficient 10 eoadena US. Under
the circumstances. our cwn country
would make 40 effort TO protect us. +
should not mind. bu, I cannot expose
you TO hardship and possible impris-
onment,"
Her eyes were shining. and her hand
reached forth. uneonscioasiy. and rest
ri on mine.
How long would II requ;ref"
Weeks, probably: should choose
the more northern route. around Scot.
land and then skirt the Norway coast
through thu North sea"
rTo' 'pfars ma DID sas,t,e ether vessel
a, SEQ would spoil your plan. Mr.. Hcl.
ffkT'
I'll would render our chances Of sue
ceas much less. The only possibility
would be the meeting Of some Amsri-
can ship. humrwsrd bound. whose cap
taia would promise To make no report.
Such one might he hard to flnd. espe-
ctaliy n he suspected We wsre endesv-
ering to carry munitions Of war to Ger
many"
DO you believe the Germans are
right In this wsr--that you ought to
aid themY
Il cannot answer that" answered
honestly enough. 'for DO not fully
understand the conditions To be per
feetly frank. however nay sympathics
are with England and France. In
this case ain not considering either
side. but the poor devil WIG owns this
ship and cargo. What we carry on
board here will not be q drop In the
bucket, but Its loss will spell ruin TO
him. and that is the though, which In
t'urncrs me"
And | could not even dispatch q
message wlre!ess."
The Indian Chief has no equipment.
No, Miss Vera. we shalt be absolutely
lost to the world until We are either
capt0rrd, or safe In some German port
| would not deceive you.+.the project
~ ftu*t'a desperate " 6angyscas
one"
The girl remained silent, her eyes
lowered 10 the deck. | had said all
possible, determined as was not 10
influence her decision Az she IL 4 not
speak, or change her attitude, arose
and walked across the cabin Ia where
| could hook out forward.
"Mr. Hollis"
"yrS" | turned.
Il mus, decide thist You mean TO
leave Il all to uleF"
There Is no other way"
"Rut do net know what 10 way.
thought at trxt | could answer yes.
gladly. nm not afraid. not the least
hf, afrdity and rr l'enuid only xst scss~
word back to my people In New York
that am safe. would almost welcome
The adventure. | am only gtri. you
know, and IL like such things Hut
they will worry horribly, Tor they have
no knowledge Of where am. No oas
knows, TT have simply disappeared.
aud papa will have detectives hunt
lag gor me. aud will have To tell
mother They viii imagine all sorts
OF herrid thingA And yeu say 1t may
he WEEKS or even n,en,hs before l
| could set message to American
Il ana afraid ~. Miss Vera I wished
you 10 understand the exact truth"
oh! do not think that would b.
riSht--'lc your
Il though, yua might feel that WAY,
snd 50 made no pledge before telling
you the story. az course. knew moth
sag II how YOU were situated; or nn-
der what circumstances .nu had left
| home"
Il stole away unkno~n TO snya0s
II vas Just lArk. a foolish take Ne
| one knows where l am, II csnld crly
send them wort!''
touched the beat head sens,y with
my hand
an, nat worry said kindly. we
will give the schesse Mp entirely. snd
head toward the nearest American
port. Perhaps luck may favor Us, and
| II wc mest an American ship ve cat