Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-21
AyLMER.s VENGEANCE.
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Out OF the blanket OF darkness comes
faint murmurins sound. ten ripple of
parted waters and the soft si.thering
Of wood on wood. Quick with that
searchl.ght." the skipper cried. and 4
great beam shot out aud swept the
waters or the bay. But they were
coming sure enough. twenty-,hrce OF
them. great canoes filled with dusky
men bending hard on their paddles
Th"y had spread out in Nat arc, like
pack OF wolves drawing in on A
hunted deer. and as the light swept
slowly from end 10 end. the watchers
on the yacht could almost discern the
fierce faces above the gunwales. By
every iotty PROV, decorated with hui
man bones and sharks teeth and sur
mounted hy grinning skull stood n
hgurc arrayed in hideous panoply
and bearing a huge spear
Less than quarter of a mile away
! theE Mere and coming fast, but when
the great burning eye Of the yacht fell
uton them they stopped padding.
skipper, and the steam winch ground
reply. Ready by that gun there"
Aye, ayc, sir! What shall II be-"
Case Al that distant; have you got
the range, Ned
sure" said the whiskered giant who
WAS squirting along the gun.
captain"
Ayimsr ;spr3ns to his side and
My turn now" he SAIL.
The fraiL fabric OF the yacht reeled
beneath the discharge. Right in the
the searchight rested the whirlwind
Of death struck and cut bloody line.
Sp!intcrs hew from the canoes and two
o! them reeied sideways hcaped witt,
arose, and Aylmer shouted and clapped
his hands.
waving. his arms wildly forward and
1 aft. and then from Maxim and rifle the
4 storm broke on the defcnseless saw
| ages The skipper sprang upon the
/ bridge and caught the bell rung in the
\ enSine-room and with flames playing
/ along her port side like lightning on
I the edge OF cloud the zach, swept
l in short turn between the fleet of
| wa. canoes and the land.
| GOOD for YOU. Fowler" Aylmer
cried, turning up his powder grimed
/ had been sweating like common
sailor Good God, man what arc you
going 10 do?
Run Elm under water. every banned
one of them was the grim reply.
Cease firing there and see the
vengeance Of the Lord"
canoes, saped and torn, had huddi ed
! together. and, straight for them the
steam roaring from the exhaust and
her binding eye immovable the yacht
tore up the water Crash!
Fair amdships she struck the larg-
est canoe and the yachtmen leaning
over the BOWS saw beneath them
tumble Of torn bodies and !vid, blood
stained faces giaring upward.
Three savages sDrang and caught the
deadly cable along the side, to hang
shr!cking until they were beaten down
by rifle butts from above.
Crash and crash again. and so
through an inferno the yacht. swept
was over and the sharks were tear
ing and hshtins and ,hrashns the
"S e, I NOT ono n" of Them escape aIss smte
the Amoleke,es. hip and thigh" Ayl-
mer cried wildly as he sprung into
Back and forth the rays travelled
Tine dogs" he cried. DO they
FR .e ss ay sn 30 easily lie Hole sap e
back 10 his station. Once more the
travelling shoreward. The blood debt
had been paid in fun.
They found him next morning lying
in deserted hut, unmutilated save
breast. Near him were the TWO sea
men who. had met death with him.
y
lagc. Far inland the natives We're
fleeing from the wrath OF the white
man.
From the edge OF the palm fores.
they had watched the canoes steal
forth. seen the steam burs, and heard
from the darkness the sounds OF thun-
der and familiar voices crying IN
agony. and they knew il was not we'll
!" stay.
They dug three graves in the shade
OF the palm trees and buried him with
q stout seaman on either side. Dust
TO dust. ashes to ashes"
sob, and tears were toiiing unre-
STABBED cheeks.
Aylmer ben, and kissed the pale
| forehead and laid the photograph Of
! the woman on the dead mans breast
yachting JACKIE! !, smiled M at him
as il had done so many times from
the Rod frame in the cabin.
bury IT," How those careless words
''Nood-by old man" he said, in "A
broken whisper. 1T is all can do
for YOU. | know you would have
wished IL. And-I wonder what she
viii say when she HAIRS OF IT..
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