The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-03-29
CHAPTER xIv.--Contlnusd

CHAPTER xiv~-centinusd
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Oaly some miracle, or tAs eonsolida-
ton oS their interest temporarily on
whnt was being done forward, had
saved % from discovery. Yet ] could
not resnnia there. almost In plain view
Where should turn nrxti Bascetn
would be- Of no value, even II ! re-
leased him my only hope OF assistance
ley In the two sramen- Gripplng The
Iron bar. the revolver snggiy slowed
away In my pocket. cr~pt down the
black pas~aEs&ay iesAiinx forward.
glad to escape from the light Of the
enbia.
MeCann believed his prisoners were
secure that il was quite cafe 10 leave
them unmatched for the short period
before deserving the ship. The very
fact that the inefficient pats had been
left alone In the cabin 90 watch over
Miss Vera. and myself. sas evidence
tina, he needed every seaman 10 carry
out the work on deck. The measure OF
hts confidence. hts coneeis. was what
gave us this opportunity 10 act, Ny
hand, fumhiing for the heck ehsoun-
tered q bar. \ stoJ, wooden bar ex-
fsssdfag Yrpai [Jahab ID jaf,h, and my
heart bounded madly, Tats Was the
place. had found It already, and the
inen came TO release were npris
oned exactly az I had been. tapped
gently Oh the panel
"who In itr' Low IN the whisper
. was, I feit ronvinee,i the spynkrr usus.
be Leayord.
''Holli.. stpnd By now: are you
aioner
Yes. Olson and Masters arc to-
gether Ia the bosnns quarters"
Masters when did they lock him
upr
About an hour ago hs made quite
fight Of II that's how ! knew what
was going on, sir, Can you get me
outr"
"Ayei III RIP this bar on In )ltyy.
Have you light In theref''
"iiiaek IA the inside ef a whales
belly. air.
got purchase with my Iron lever,
and put my full strength to t. The
bar was Of oak. but the jambs soft
plne. and the nails drew out. rreaking
slightly. but making no uoisn 10 create
amy alarm II was so Intensely dark
could not even perceive tho outlined OF
the mans figure, yet felt aware that
laayord fruntei me In the open dooE,
lie found my hand somehow. and
: grspp~d Il. <>-< -s,..,-' q ,->.,~> <, =, )
"i'm sure glad to meet you captain"
no exclaimed heartily, ''and get cut o
that hole. What's the word. slrr'
Release the others. and .et busy
minutes are worth hours now. Mctann
aud bis gang are desertiag ship, they
have the boats proyisions,i. and along'
side already. that Is why the guards
have been withdrawn"
They were goluI 10 leave us aboard
locked ,nf''
"Aye, and with the sea.cecks open
dead then tell no tales"
He whlstled. his fist smttlna the
wood Of the door,
The dirty hound And where are
we, arr"
"ag the Newfoundland coast. they
think tess tf,an hfsy mites bur there's
nearly n hundred miles Of blue water
10 the west u us. Here's the way u
Il In nutshell. was lncsed In my
sta,sroom the sane aS You, II was
Miss Darlington who gave US our
ehS,ice she hecam" friendly with Nc
Csun. and agreed Il - Wgra htM, She
WA left free IN hoard amt managed
10 release me while the crew wero Rll
on deck The steward Was left on
watch In thu Goblin, aui she had To h,t
him With this Iron"
she dtd Lord, III never have
thought Il ~ that Nip ~ th,nS
WHAT'S hc,rmc o tNr sirtr'
shes In her rvopl waiting for Nc
Cam TO cume down for hsy. She'll ,l,s.
lay him I'll she can Is this the d,,erf'
AYE, aye, sir ana stve ne tNe iron"
He WAS net o utpute AZ the },N, aud
Il required scsrvciy longer ~ s,Nuaint
TIE other two released a'ca Nlth a
knowledge ct thr sitmJha Vi>oa
picked M the bar ot vuod soy n
HsaaNN. Sfry sftl1,iy
vat we d. aew, cSptasn' ISIS Il 10
axhtv'
Hash y whispered Masters "therr's
wssneene cssu,lng ny che ladder"
We crypt back Into the h'nSpT's state
r~sn and waited hr~a;Alessly. There
ess scarcely rssEn fer the taar II as
and the dssor caught and would mot
wholly cleSe A Gia light reelected
alaag the waits IL the passase, making
uc swsrv .aat the fellow whe WAS
slowly climbing the !rNa ladder frcra
below. had lsatrra With hin Lea.
yUrd retained the IrV>n leg and 9rew
my gun bedding II tish, srtpped in oae
hand, Ths maaS AsNt aud shoulders
ea,erTI .hgpaea tss round ssc~ninS.
and the dim IiSnt coaAled rie 10 rS>sS,
eiEr Toaa pagSn lie paused 90 the
e,lsr, kseSius Down.
~Ail eaitt eaaaea pp here. ha called.