The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01

ANb VI q Nhu' Nt " H''fa
The Sally was tied up somewhere.
She must have reached Mich gan
City. The only thing the execution
Of the shippers sentence awaited
now was sunrise. Shot at sun
rise! No; not that. of course, but
something almost as unbclioyahly
horrible. Taken through the
streets. In handouts. perhaps.
locked in Jail. she and Bill in dif.
ferent cells!
Was there chance. she won.
dered, that some friendly eye fail.
ing upon her as she was led off to
prison would recognize her and
come 10 her aid with file in
loaf Of bread. or few drops Of
some irresistible soporlfic for the
warden? Or would all these be-
holders fall into the same infuriat-
ing error as that of the chauffeur
and the muCh-too-wise young man
on the Sally, and say There goes
somebody who's been told she looks
like Leda Swan"
Joe. the skipper's younger
brother. hadn't. she felt, fallen into
that error. Joe. from his looks,
really knew who she was. Could
joe be begged OF bfibed into help
inN her and BIZ TO escape?
Abruptly, at that idea, she sat
erect aud rubbed the last grains
of sleep out Of her eyes Now. in
the last dead hours Of the night,
while all was still aboard the Sally
still I'm the intervals of that bells
= II
tie time to find Joe!
She felt her way softly TO the
mast and thence 10 the green cur
tains. which with caution she drew
a little aside. There was nothing
to be got in there, however. II was
almost pitch dark. BY straining
her eyes she could make out the
position OF the companionway but
apart from that there was no light
al all. She could hear three per
sons breathing, all Enthusiastically
asleep.
She dropped the curtain and
crept TO position directly be-
meath the open hatch. A lantern
at the masthead revealed the fact
that the sails were down and
furled hut nothing much else.
What she wanted most to know
namely. who or what was ringing
that horrible bell--was concealed
from her.
II the agency was mechanical
she'd take a chance on writing up
through the hatch and prospecting
about for Joe II it was human
(And, of course, IL II was human
Il was hostile. What motive but
malice could there be for keeping
up a hideous din Ike that?) she
could hardly hope to get out un'
observed. She made a spring for
the hatch coaming and pulled her
self up part way, but found she
hadn't albow-room enough to get
through; so she dropped back,
waited an instant to discover
whether the thump she had
alighted with had reused anyone.
and then hauled a duffle4bag di.
rectly beneath the hatch for an
other attempt. She was in the act
of completing these preparations
when the light from the masthead
lantern was cut off by the protru.
sion Of head and shoulders over
the hatch.
| Caught She reflected bitterly.
They would probably put her in
irons now Then she was electri-
fed by a friendly whisper.
y DO you want to come up on
, deck? Wait until | ring the bell
! some more and I'll help you
! through the hatch
The bell-ringer was Joe himself!
In the instant of that realization
hope came flooding back into the
breast OF the Princess. She and
Bill might not be at the end of
their yerilous adventures; this
might not he the NTH reel Of their
story-the happy ending never
came until then-but at all events
she was going to escape from the
sloop.
She was already halfway through
the hatch when Joe, having finished
his violent bell-ringing, was ready
to help her.
you must be awfully strong!" he
said in an awed whisper, comment
ing upon this feat.
I'D not be much good III
couldn't do a thing IKE that" she
answered. "in my business" Ther
she asked. "Why do you keep ring
ing that horrible bell?"
ION account of the fog" he told
her" so that some other boat wont
come ramming into us. That Ian
tern up there wouldn't show at al
hundred yards away"
The Princess looked around
There was no land in sight any
where; nothing TO be seen but .
gray impenetrable blanket OF mist
Even the after part Of the Sally
was yelled and only family visible
where are we?" she asked.
Joe told her he didn't know. He
reached back then and again smot6
Justify with the iron clapper upor
that Internal brass bell. The Prin
cess covered her cars with hoi
hands.
Cant you" she asked, when the
clangor had ceased, stop ringing
II for few minutes so that the
others will have a chance TO sleep
There Is something | want to talb
to you about"
"lt would wake my brother like
an alarm clock" he said grlmly