The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-03-24
(cnApTER xv--cen,iassd.)

tin q wing clipged." We obeyed In
silence and looked on white the piratrs
with .o!hsh voracisy desoared the
neal which had heen meant for Us.
They had pocket TASKS with tbsan, and
ss they attacked them With Frequency
the talk grew louder aud wilder By
degrees II sHs possible 10 comprehend
the extraordinary disaster which had
h~falen %. q, least Ia a skeirhy oat.
line OF which the detail was Dlled Ia
later. Tony. Il appeared was the mas
ter of small power srhamler which
had been nt,ing out to Sau Francisco
for t.ibnstering trip 20 The Mexican
eoaSt. and his lhree bard COMPANIONS
wsr the ere. None WIS % IN. Old
hearty breed u sa srs, bu, wharf rats
pure and simple. s-ly dregs whHn
chance had he'd toS foiioW The sea,
Tony. IN whom 0us dsicfied certain
rough force and ability was ma ltal-
taar an. oal!a~ sss, l|.sA AZ .5aes hyred
which man. he ishng feet putting
forth frou thr haFt.or Of san Firm
clreo. When ana whrrc be- aud Mas
nus had been friends | do 30, SNOW
hut 80 sooucr had the wisdom Of Ni,s
Browne itdY@~gvft tfs s-g-sr,sss,,~s,, &c
bee ehancs acqualutahee. VI The Mes
York whhryes, ghBn he had cpWmuut
cated Win his 0l' PAL, Tony TIE
power Schu,prr with her unlawful rur,
40 stole cot through The gate. uats
her delivery ~ the Mexican part, t-.A
~, taa'tS s.lnpllys. pnA slqod aAay Tor
Leeward island The Scitesn an.hM
age had received aud suugty hIdtcn
har Captain MagnGs, meanwhile rs,
means Of mlrrur flashed from Louk
~, had maintained copuunlcati6n
With bis friends, and even visited them
under cover ~ the supposed shooting
expedition And ROW. while Ma had
been striving 10 overcome the recal
ritraucy ~ Mr Tubbs, Captain MAG,
nus had taken short cu. 20 the same
snd. You lei, thu, the secret " MIR
Tubs would bc extracted. Il aee,l be.
hy no delientc methods
Bnt Mr. Tubbs' character possessed
none OF that unreasonable ohS,Inacy
which would make harsh measures
necessary Under such conditions. lila
eonntenancr. NJ the Illuminating con.
versatinn OF the pirntrs had procced.
eli. lost the siscklcd appearance
u hich had characterized Il at the
height OF HIS terrurs, Something Ike
his normal hue returned. he sat up
strug htrr, moistcned hts dry lips. and
hooked around upon us. yes evru uruu
Aunt Jane and Miss lI'gglesby Brnwuc.
With whom hc had been So lately aud
~ trndrr'y rvcpnctled, with side
Lang. calculating. glance After the
pirates had eaten, the prisoners 90 the
los were covered with rifle aud their
hands united, while Cookie, Ia Ia.
gubrtous silence made eloquent by his
rafting ewes. pRSwed arpupd sHnns as
tire remnants " thu tcod Yet under
all the terror was a bedrock confidence
that there was, there must IL, some
fnf~ w the. esscIieo, of ihiu4s. AL strr
nal riSh,urss which would keep ue
safe tr0m Captain Masnns, And AS
looked across vt nuGsld Shaw and
met for aa instant his steady watch
ful eyes. | uanas,,' swift ttt'r Smile
4 rather wan sshifr. I ,iay~- sax var !
sen q Nnllc.
tuthher1 Ware caught. 80 TO snrak,
the tan ~ &, aud aas electrified | n
saw his lp, foym at Nj >Aaws ear
the w,ols, "Woa8eefR, u't}e sport, ny
lvvr r.
A cnFtags .si.llen9.says- trad lGy,..'}e nyer
CUthhcr, ksne t0g tac first time IN NY
know irdse y htm hr showed the run,
syiouSn,yS nstrud x pnly -be sah.
tsc d.sepucp nt-
tween Naruan tled ana TIE o1i.Aary
tiaia ilss shoulders squared
M ic~, his Eahtaal easy aan~e ana
81, erect and tai Something stera
and agaiine Showed th0aSh tbe
beauty ~ a.~ fare so tisss v'-i
theaght % et1ikisS ~ crtsaat9S SnIxbts
stretched ~ thelr sncient tou,bS ln
Itch stanton Church. lie Was their
.rar descendant after MI, this s.aw
es,n. Erutl,. mHnogrsI tathhert II