Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-01-27


Iiteadlong toward the canal boat. Then
Il was that girls face came to the
window,
The canoe almost crashed against
the side Of the bigger boat as 1t came
l$sidewise Of it. and Philip caught at It
desperately. Slowly lifting himself
up he thrust his face close to Tony's
She was staring at him blankly AZ If
his ghost had suddenly risen out OF
the storm-tossed lake.
Don't do that, darling, he whis.
l .pered as she drew back in terror. "I'M
.going to take you away"
Then she realised who 1t was, and
preached out and clntched at him.
breathlessly.
'Climb through" undertoned Philip.
~.Quick, climb through, and when ! tell
you to drop, do 1t, but not before"
By holding his body rigidly erect, he
managed to keep the canoe upright.
Then he waited, but not for long. Al
most Immediately girls bare arm
shot through the window. Something
wriggled in her clutching fingers.
Philip almost lost his hold ON the boat
as Gussie came against his face. He
shatched the pig and dropped 1t at his
feet. Then a pair Of bare legs fol-
lowed and Tony's body began to wrig-
4 gle through the narrow aperture.
Once or twice Philip muttereds an
4 ejaculation as a streak OF lightning
orOccoH k1,n .ra.tvv ~ S34n4 ~
the water as dark as before. It was
taking the girl IN interminable time to
squeeze herself through that opening.
Suddenly her shoulders. were through,
and she was hanging on by her hands.
Just at that moment the tug ahead
became silent, and. Philip heard the
i two men walking back along. Its roof.
They were coming aboard the canal
boat, and If He crushed the canoe
nearer, lifted one hand and jerked the
hanging figure Of the girl away from
the window. She Topped face down
ward into the bottom of the canoe,
and Philip left her there limp without.
a word. Then he let go his hold of
the canal boat, and a great wave lift.
ed his slender craft upon its crest and
thfH shot away toward the bank. 4.
IT took q shorter time than its:takes
to tell 1t for the canoe to reach the
shore. Under the overhanging trees
where they were shielded from the
wind. Philip turned and looked back.
A mans face was thrust through the
window which had just yielded up the
quiet little figure at his feet. Then
two forms appeared upon the stern
deck. From the hand of one Of the
men hung lantern. Philip remained
very still. He knew they could not
see him hidden away, there in the dark
ness.
For long time. through which Ton
nibel never moved, Philip waited. The
men on the canal boat seemed filled
with terror. They ran from one end
Of 1t to the other He heard them call !,
ing to and fro, and once IN while an
oath escaped from Devon as he
screamed his daughters name loudly.
It was not until he saw one Of them
climb upon the tug and heard the sud-
den clang Of the engine that the boy
took up his paddle and moved slowly
along the shore southwark, and, as he
was going with the wind, Philip made
rapid progress toward the head Of the
lake. ;.5ls,
In a little cove he drew tlfe canoe to
the shore and, springing out. dragged
II its length from the WISER. n
Then. he called softly: ss5
l E0ny-llttle Tony. m IA ss5
The girl stirred and lifted her head.
Yep" she sighed. sim here"
Come out, Z. said Philip, leaning
over and taking hold Of her arm.
there Child. don't shake so. You're
snfe here with me. and / suppose they
think you're drowned by this time.
Can't you step out, dear r
She was trembling, 80 he had to pick
her up and lift her ;sut IN his arms.
Then he carried her under an over
hanging rock and placed her on the
sand. s.ss;s a &. Is
Through many sobs and tears, she
told him all that had happened on the
canal boat, and that her father had
said her mother was dead. And 90
touched was Philip Mace auley, He felt
the tears rim his own iashes. For
lsloaE time. 10 fact until the rain ceased
kt0s beat snDon the rocks and shore, they
stayed under cover. Most Of the time
they were silent, most Of the time Phil
sip held the curly head against his
breast. hen the dawn began to break
Tennibel reused herself. Ell. h /.
sssR 10 ROin 0Way fIt,w., shaT satd
I've ~ ~ M 10 my friends. And
cant tell you Just how much I'm
thanHtns you + ssss