Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-18
CHAPTER X-.tCon,inucd


had been forced to held a handkerchief
or a brutal hand over her mouth, per
haps at her throat. His blood grew
hot with rage at the thought.
For three quarters of an hour longer
the swift padding upstream sontin.
ued without interruption. Then the
river widened into "A small lake, and
Philip was compelled TO hold back
until the two canoes. which he could
see clearly now, had passed over the
exposed area.
BY the time he dared to follow
Jeanne's captors were quarter of a
mile ahead of him. He no longer
heard their paddles when he entered
the stream at the upper end of the
lake. and he bent to his work with
greater energy and less caution. Five
minutes-ten minutes passed, and ne
saw nothing. heard nothing. His
strokes grew more powerful and the
canoe shot through the water with
the swift cleavage of a knife. y per.
-spiration began to gather on his face,
and a sudden chilling fear entered
him. Another five minutes and he
stopped. The river swept out ahead
of him, broad and clear, for a quar-
ter of mile. There was no sign of
the canoes,
For a few moments he remained
motionless, drifting back with the
slow current of the stream, stunned by
the thought that he had allowed
Jeanne's captors to escape him. Had
they heard him and dropped i'll to
shore to let him pass? He swung his
canoe about and headed downstream.
In that case he could not miss them.
II he used caution. But if they had
turned into some creek hidden in tn"
gloom-were even now picking their
way through secret channel that lei
back from the river
A groan burst from his lips as he
thought of Jeanne. In that half mile
of river he could surely find where
the canoes had gone. but it might h"
too late lie went down in midstr"am,
searching the shadows of both shores.
His heart sank like lead when he cam"
to the lake. There was but one thing
to do now, and he ran his canoe clos"
along the righthand shore looking for
an opening. His progress was SLOW. \
dozen times he entanglued himself IN
masses of reeds and rice. or thrust
himself under overhanging .tr"e.topS
and vines TO investigate the deeper
gloom hevond. He had returned two.
thirds of the distance to the straight.
water where he had given up the pur.
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