The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-04-12

TIE tsree Of US rfrrg 60 the ssdesr
Raxislg ,iowa. the ilxAt fron the lautsFn
revealing our faces Masters wss mat
Ecas q napuaasat but bis vuac9 bad
changed
-Tuny's killed. sir be called up CT
sitesfly. ~He's tying ca tho coal In
number enc huaksr. sus In tho hack
with a knife"
Thn words we're not cut Of ais
noath before we we're serAnahlinx
down Bur our haste gained W Moth
lag. TIE oaly trail tsascosa had ssss
WAS the dead Italian. stretched cut In
the half empsaed coal hunker, hls tips
cscsvd forever, II was u knife threst
which bad Killed hlEa~-last such
thruss ~ had duaa fns bis two mates
In the eshla shove. hut she nadtaaa
had disappeared. However, here was
proof positive tina, the fellow was s,iii
% board; still hiding he,weea dncka
He had not reached the op~n. or Auas
himself into the SEA. Masters eoula
tell M aethins: he had heard NO
seurd seem no shadow. He had been
ollsng the machinery. and Ga&n could
have slipped down the ladder aneb.
served. aud escaped asata III the same
way. There was no ether entrance %
tie enginsroom the forward buikhcxd
was solid: there were two ventiiaioF
shafts hu, neither WAS large enough
for the passage al mans body. and
the coal chute was kept clcsed and
locked a, sea. Nevertheless ! bad thcss
examined, determined To sAts nS
chances. aad our lantern penetrated
every inch n the rnxiaerectn and raai
'-aanAn1x., :As sss ,sSssss asssxsE Axakna.
White gave vent TO an cath.
1T beats me. sir" be confessed
ho~rse,y. ~uni~ss IT'S q spcok we're
a.huntin' fer
II wtsh II was: the trouble II II In
tasn. and q mighty dangerous. oas.
Wei. he's not aown here. and he must
have gone back by way If the ladder.
The fellow has either found some
means of gastiar into the bold. ar else
he's managed to slip en- deck end per
haps IL hidden 10 the forvcastle---n 40
onr messe~ there nowY'
NO, SIR
~rhen iet's have = lt,cs up above !:
cotne on, mcn."
~Yev Amt gein' ter leave me down
here ill alone, are yer. captainv' Qne&.
toned Masters anxiousy, with Tony
lying dead In there, an = murderer
prowtin' ahoutf-
"lle1i not be Down here again, bat |
suppose you must have . nremaa---
White. yon better stay
Taint no Job l like. Or: | shev-
eled coal here already for eight hours"
"rll tarkie II. SIR" interrupted Oh
son quietly '~rha, big boob would
throw = nt down hero every time he
saw shadow. After yvu get those
Assshaa ~fs ,sefs hhsi IN NH ssr.e' ~
cargo There'd he no danger o. bis
eet,ln' hgrt II Bascem was = hi5,a'
there"
"fer a dirty Hart I amt % more
afraid than yea are r.
"fhea why dent yen stay heref''
I'm plumb tired 90, shove,in'."
'Tha, viii do. men" broke In
ssernly There wlI he work enough.
aud maybe Sighting enough tor both ot
you, As long ~ you have volunteered,
Olson. you may take turn down here,
and White will ~ with me Keep a
sharp eye out you men below"
The swo Of us clamhered Up the iron
ladder. the sailor with the lAatern In
his haad. the mssaane spike thrust late
his beit. ssstG the bulShsad ttpnr
again ~ We came Ia II. ha, I, seemed
~. SOLID. a. the steel wall ltself, and
thoroughly satisfied that IL had not
been opened since the ship sailed, We
moun,si 60 the open deck.