American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-05-29

cover iUdt the Ntst0n was Heauoty.
with rust that to have fired 1t would
have been more dangerous to the
shooter than to his object of aim. He
saw the horror on the girls face a.
she made the discovery.
II did not think about the car.
tridges," she cried. II heard you were
In danger and I seized II and came to
you. What shall we do? I am going
to die with YOU"
I'VE IRE not going to die" he an
swered. But he felt trickle of blood
In his eyes. He pulled himself to-
gether to face the situation, thinking
with all the concentration Of which
his mind was capable.
He heard the sails being run up. and
the creak Of the cordage In the wind.
Then the schooner. grinding her
course through the drift ice, began to
roll and pitch as the force Of the gulf
current struck her. And through the
portfolios Hilary saw the lights Of st.
Boniface reel into the enwrapping fog
and vanish.
With Madeleine's arm about him he
thought with desperate concentration.
Doubtless the ruffians had gone to as
slst Dupont In taking the schooner out
into midstream, confident that their
victim was at their mercy. Once the
vessel had passed the dangerous Ice
and deadly sunken rocks Dupont
alone could keep her on her course.
And Dupont had planned his death.
He remembered the hate on the old
mans face; but he could not imagine
the cause Of II. for he did not connect
II with the story about Marie.
They would return, they would dis
cover that the revolver was useless /;
his life was worth about ten minutes
purchase, and Of Madelelne's fate he
dared not think. He must fight for
her and live for her. He got his shak-
ing limbs under control.
"I'm all right" he whispered. 'Tve
got my plan now. Keep behind me
and be ready to help. The doors
locked. supposeT
A quick attempt to open II showed
him that Ii was. But he had u
chance. II he could break down the
door, for the sound might pass I'M
heard In the gale. with the crashing
OF the Ice against the sides Of the
schooner, enabling him to pass into
the hold unseen In the darkness.
He hurled himself against the cabin
door, fists, shoulders, body. with every
muscle set tense. II broke upon Its
hinges, and Hilary fell, sprawling into
the passage between the piles Of
stacked lumber, which rose to height
of twenty feet on either side OF hin
running to within few feet OF the
cabin and the deck ladder.
He crouched there for few sec
onds, hearing Madeleine behind him
and looked upward. The wind was
roaring through the rigging with q
noise far louder than that made by the
| falling door. No one had heard the
crash. Above him swung the great
nainsail, obscuring the gibbous moon
that scurred like pale ghost among the
drifting clouds. ha,0ed In the fog. Hi
AIRY could just discern the hazy hg
ures of three men. hard at work &c
gain the middle channel. and the Ian
tern that hung from the mast above
family Illuminating them.
He had seen, but had not conscious
~ observed. till the remembrance
came to him then. that pile OF lum
Der, placed In the ship but not yet Sc
cured, lay about the center OF th'
open space In front Of the cabin. u
could not shift with the rolling OF
the schooner. so as to destroy her equi
/. IIbrium. on account Of the stacks OF
either side. II consisted Of the las
load OF logs, which had been droppe.
there from the end Of the Hume. HI