The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-04
Quite a Heroine
b. tLvAH J. CARTE

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IRWIN rrask did not take his eyes
away from her from the moment she
had come la view OF the top Of an
incline leading down 10 the waters
edge She carried two large psstebOard
\ boxes which She SET carefully upon a
/ stool
/ Just IN time. Captain Taft" she
remarked 10 the rotund. bustling own
\ er Of the launch Twin you stop for
me az Ashiou?'
Wed stop for YOU In the middle
OF the ocean II You asked u TO. honey
girl responded the captain with gen
uine ar,iOr. In, Barton"
Every time piped the man At The
wheel enthusiastically. and then cap
tain and wheelman cha.ted with her
about the health Of her father. things
| up at the little farm and variety OF
subjects. eyincing an Intimate knowI-
edge Of her affairs aud an interest IN
the same
The girl looked sweet enough 70 de-
serve the name bestowed upon her
honey girl"-but Trask soon dscoy-
cred that this was not. as he had nc
first supposed familiar endearlng
epithet She was called honey girl"
because her father operated small
farm specializing In honey and bees.
He reared and dealt in a rare and de-
sirable breed Of Italian bees and
shipped as well as delivered them all
over the country. The two boxes the
girl had brought aboard probably held
some OF these which she was taking
10 customer at distance
Two grim faced. unprepoSsessing
looking men taken aboard M the river
sat by themselves at the stern OF the
boat No particular attention was
paid TO them They had paid their
fare for the through trip. They got
up and moved about the deck with
some animation. however, as the boat
travcrsed part Of the river that
broadcncd out, with little islands here
and there The captain had gone mp
close 10 the wheelsman when the craft
entered this stretch, as If the tortuous
course demanded careful attention.
Trask had never seen the girl be.
fore and the captain had motiOned 10
him ms he went about his duties.
"Nlr Trask OF tie Byron bank. Miss
Warren he said, I'VE have two
treasures aboard this "trip the banks
biz iron box and YOU honey girl"
Very soon the twain young compan- |
ionables, were eonyersing pleasantly TO 4
pass the time. Trask was interested I
la the unique calling of the young lady |
and her father, and Ada Walen 1
learned that once n week he made the |
trip with large amount Of ready cash |
for a city correspondent bank. Her
eyes opened wide as he observed that
there was over fifty thousand dollars
In the heavy clamped box IN the cabin.
The two strangers had approached
the wheel One Of them carried with
him common tool bag the other sud-
denly revealed two revolvers.
Run The boat against that island
over yonder. shut of the power and
get to the stern with your passengers
or we will do some shooting" gruffly
ordered the man with the bag Keep
them lined up, partner" and within
the ensuing next few minutes the
startled Ada and the young bank man
knew that they were In the midst of a
hold-up. The wheelSman and Captain
were compelled TO crowd back between
some benches. held az bay by leveled
weapon Ada sat pale and inert on
make no move or he would show no
in her favor because
she was a woman
Then his confrere entered the cabin.
They could hear the blinking Of tools
and heavy blows as he began his as
sault upon the treasure box. Ada
glanced pityingly AZ Trask The loss
10 the bank would be great. but no
one dared move from under the domi-
nation ~ the armed rufiian. for It was
apparent that he was a desperate
,haracter
Gradually Ada's color returned. Her
yes glowed with resolution She Was I
rot guarded as closely as Trask aud
he wheelSman. She suddenly caught
~ both Of the pastehoard boxes,
Knocked IN their top against the out
ide of the cabin sent one box ard
hen the other through window. V
.rashing 10 glass frame aud all and
rose 10 her feet defantly facing the
.rmed guard He directed weapon
4 her menacingly Then ia profound
mazement his hands dropped 70 his L
ide m
For from the cabin there burst
orth TIE most frlghtful cries Of rage
nd distress The next moment. beat S
be hts head and body with bis hands !,
"a covered with beeS. the occupant
Z ne cabin dashed ONE upon deck and
B a frenzy - his singing torture +
1raug overheard 70 relieve himself ~ !.
- t0rmcnter>
That was the critical moment Tor
da She seized e wooden har and di
elirered one crushing bios ~ the "a
rmed man who taken on hls guard.