Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-27

/ He did etActly ~ ! told him, NOV.
lng a. though paralyzsd BY fear. yet
unable to resist.
you are Q negr-x slaveT
"Yas, sab; Abs Mana Dnnaldson's
boy frum st. LoueeT
"Hs y the shsr16r
"Yas sah-sas. sab whHr 10 Massa
Donaldsonf Yer amt done bin sent
yus BY him. ] reckon. Pears like
meyer sec yer afore." .......
Met but he u quite safa What u
your Manner
'.Sam. sah-3ust plain SAM"
eMlll IN I understand you srs an
ienginssn Now. II happens that I want
10 use this boat. ana you are going to
run Il for me. do you understand ]
an going to nit down hero On the
edge Of This cockpit and hold this
loaded pistol Just back Of your ear.
Il might 20 OF at any minute. and
surely viii II you make false move
or attempt 70 foul the engine. Any
thick, and there II going to be a dead
niger overheard. know enough
about eacnes to tell Il You play fair
10 don't take any chances, boy"
I sAh.-Ah-reckon - how I was
Aoin' fer ter run her all right, sab ;
lshs's sum consid'ble contrary ct times,
sab, but Ahu surely run her, II thars
tIeny run In her. sab. All Amt carin'
Fbout bedn' no corpse"
| Fl thought not, you'd rather be q
Afee nigyeH perhaps7 Well, Sam, II
you viii do this Job all right for me
itonisht IN put you where the sheriff
VIII never geo hide nor hair Of you
!EaEai~na bot yet; wait q moment,
Gkhers u another passenger"
A she came Instantly in answer to my
INV CALI ana through the gloom the
started negro watched her descend
M bank. . nero moving shadow, yet
Win tho outlines Of q woman. half
believe he thought her . ghost, for I
could heat him mutterins ilarticu.
lately to himself, ! dared not remove
ny eyss from the fellow. afraid that
HIS yer1 e1cess Of fear might impel
him to Sorns reckless act but I e1.
tended ono hand across the side Of the
hoat to her assistance.
'sTake my hand, Rene" said pleas.
iantly, to reassuro her, "and come
aboard. Yes. everything Is all right.
I've Just promised Sam hero . ticket
for Canada"
helped her across into tho cock
pit and seated her on the bench, but
never venturing to remove my eyes
from the negro His actions and what
ever I was able to observe Of the ex-
preston Of his face only served to
convince mo Of his trustworthiness,
1st I could take no chances.
| SShe's Just . real, live woman, sah?"
he managed to calculate, half in
doubt, "She sure amt no ghost, sah?'
/ by no means, Sam; she is just as
1Yeal &c either you or L Now listen,
IboyAyou know what VIII happen to
yen aftef this. II Donaldson ever gets
hold Of your
1 Il tpscts I does, sab. He'd Just
natarly skin dis niger alive. All
reckon
svery well. then; It is up to you
I'd get away, and I take It that you
understand this river. We are going
to head upstream"
~Yas, sir; yer plannin' fer ter 90
nor. Wal, sah, OARS plenty O. watah
fer dis yere boat right now. wild de
spring floods. Nothin' fer tor be
afeerd OF bout dat"
~That II good news. Now, Sam, !,
am going to cut this line, and, want
You to steer straight across into the
shadows Of tho Illinois shore. I be.
lieye you arc going to play square,
but for the present I'm going to take
no chances With you. am holding
this pistol within . foot Of your head,
and your life means nothing to me Il
you try any trick. What is the speed
Of this boat upstream s..I
Bout ten mile an hour, sah."
swell. don't push her too hard At
first, and run that engine AZ noiseless-
~ % possible. Are you reAdy1 Yes
then m cut loose"
severed the line and we began to
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