Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-05

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mittee and delegate at-large to the Chi
/ cKgo convention in 1920. During the war
sic was captain Of the st. Louis motor
brigade,
possible, he'd knife you I know that
kind Of snake"
, Il positively refuse" she Jared, 'to
leave any human In that condition. II
you go this way, you 20 without mo
Hunter laughed shortly, threw his arm
around the girls waist and carried her
up the stairs to the deck
Haven't you any feel1ng1" she gasped-
mot for that swine was the chilly
| answer. THE best think I could have
done would have been to kin him, but
couldn't bring myself TO shoot man
with his hands tied Now, Miss jameson,
you are under my protection, whether 1t
suits you or ont. and while you are you'll
have to do as ] think besc. After You are
safe, you're welcome 10 think Of me just
as you please"
He put her into the yaw1 at the storm
davits, the lashings Of which he had
either cut or uudoue. lie managed 10
lower away the boat without a spill and
they pushed off. she sitting on the mid
standing UP to sculI He doubted the
girls strength being sufficient TO handle
one Of the heavy oars. They headed for
the land, dimIy outlined IN the gloom.
Faith sat with shoulders dropping,
hands folded in her lap head aching
with the tumble Of thoughts that went
racing through her mind. She felt curl
ously secure and afraid at the same time
afraid Of the strange man with her, yet
feeling secure 50 the conviction that
clung to her that he would protect her at
any cost 20 himself Yet she folt chat no
was cold. merciless. relentless He had
struck Jansen down after leading the
man TO suppose thcre would be n con-
ference, and then he had left the fellow
helpless. 10 suffer maybe 10 die I'm agony
she hated trickery. But It ala take
cold nerve 10 do what the man had done
who was now facing her busy with thu
boat, striving to get her 20 safety
Perhaps Hunter knew best. after all Any
way, it was all too much for her little
head and she gave 1t up With q pitifuI
sigh.
Mr.. Hunter" she interrupted her own
musings, what became Of the money ?"
There's the miserable stuff in mat
canvas bag at your feet. II was hidden
behind secret panel waere they never
would have found it without tearing the
cabin to pieces"
Hunter. keenly alert, caught the boom.
ing Of surf Fortunately. there was
little sea running and be was fairly
Vel skilled In handling Il boat; go no
ielt reasonably certain that he could
I beach the yawl without disaster
Day was breaking as he nnxlousIv
scanned the shore line, trimmed as far
RS he could see with the white foam Of
the restless waters, To his left he spled
what looked to him like a small inlet.
where the fo0ming surf seemed more
quiet. For this he headed
A little later, after passing through
sprinkling Of spray which to the girl
seemed raging torrents they gIided into
smooth water. and Hunters tension re-
Taxed.
The inlet was narrower, not moro than
fifty yards from shore to shore They
drew the boat up on the small beach as
best they could.
Now" Hunter sighed with relief, If
you VIII help ty carrying some Of those
rghter packages, woU unload AID look
around. I put enough provisions. such
as could find, into the yawl to East
while, anyway. It was the best
could do. There was no Cine to spare"
As they unloaded, Faith cast troubled
glances at the forest confronting them.
In the pale light Of early morning the
woods looked black and f0rebodIng, and
the girl could nos repress a little shiver
She wondered what new things Of hor-
ror were before them; savages, prob
ably, Wild animals, snakes But then
here they had at least a fighting chance:
there on board the schooner It had
seemed the end of all things And 1t
would have been but for that cold
blooded Dick Hunter
within the woods it did not appear go
bad. Very few things are so black and
ugly at close rnnCe as they appear from
distance. The ground was thick with
rotting limbs and undergrowth Dick
set to work with his hands and
hunting knife and soon had a fairly
good space cleared after q fashion. near
running water.
Wen stay here for a little" he said
cor until we can look about and find
better place Here we can have . sman
fire to cook with and not be seen from
the schooner"
He had brought a tarpauHn among
other things and this he spread on the
ground, and then sat down to resi-.
AT a pinch" he commented this tar
paulln might serve as a makeshift tent
for you. It wouldn't be very spacious.
but it would be better than nothing"
After resting a few minutes Faith got
up and began examining the goods
brought from the vessel She found
some salt meat, bread, some canned
goods, coffee, and navy beans; two tins
that would do nicely to boil coffee ana
beans in; two tin plates and cups, knives,
forks spoons.
why, we can get along fine" she ex-
claimed you've thought OF everything
that could be thought Of in that short
time.
Camping is no new thing to me-" he
shrugged. I'VE can exist for a time, at
any rate And now III Hight a fire; then
if you don't mind, you get something
ready to eat while I slip down and LOOK
at the schoonek,.'