The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-21
CHAPTER XXXY

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% laugh to herself. In order TO make
the story more credible Ida hadn't
been taken into their confidence.
The bomb Vas TO explode, the FIRE
was % break out and Ida WAS 70 be
rushed into the Inflated lne-boat,
from beginning TO end ignorant
that the whole affair had been pre-
meditated, ignorant, TOO, that Kay
was 70 b Of hand. II for no other
reason, Il would be worth the whole
business to give Ida . good scare,
Ida had frightened them BY FALL
ing into the shark-infestod water.
Finally the time came and Kay
started che Kayo's little motor and
headed out toward the open sea. The
wind seemed TO b growing every
minute and the sky WAS more
threatening, yet there Vas . thrill
u steering the small boat out into
the Atlantic. Il gave her sense of
Independents and resourcefulness,
and Of the same time the quick,
hesdy sest Of danger. This Was the
sort q thing she really liked to Do
quo 000 KEW III
By the time she WAS Q little way
out from the inlet she was wet with
spray and she knew that she had
real job on her hands. The Kayo
would hold up, she knew, 4 only
things didn't get any worse. She
had no fear for herself; her only
worry was that she would b respon-
sible for the lives Of the others-
Harrow and Ida and Ida's brother
and probably Spike. The extra load
would weigh down the little Xayo,
making the battle doubly hard. 4
just things didn't get worse until
they were close in to shore at least
Then Il didn't matter what hap.
pened. a wreck, she supposed,
would even add to the glamor Of the
situstion. That would be all right,
too, much @ she hated having the
xsyo endangered:
Back 81 the Halifax river, Earl
Harrow eat watching the dark
shorelinAs drop behind. The Com.
mandsr ms making good speed
southwark, toward the inlet, and the
wind and occasional gusts OF rain
made no trouble for the little party
that eat n the deekhouse, smoking.
Ida Campbell, though, was wor-
siod. She complained that she
sometimes became seasick and
hoped she wouldn't % soon on the
cruise. Harrow could see that she
thought they were foolish. leaving
With . storm coming up. His ex.
cuse was that he always had wanted
= So how the Commander would td
Deytons during tho last one, to e.
cape it, fury. but thi: time. since
ss. xss 70 indication st.a. It that "sn tss
70 put hIs craft to The test.
6Always got . kick out Of Tying
n rough weather" he said, and at
go I've always been glad to see z
blow. The Commanders never had
= ehsnce. thouGh, 10 show me what
che can do"
Spike pretended 70 side with Ida.
You would pick . time when Xou
had me along" he growled. my
idea Of sailing Is sitting on . pier
and feeling the big ones slap at the
pilines. That's Ill the pitching and
losing ] want. + this river =
rough 9 new ~, wh :. that :esan going
s;If e eets too bad, ~ can put
IN &C tho Inlet" Harrow said. AT
ieast veil talEo Q look outside. Cap.
tain johnson isn't Worrying any,"
"Hs's got Ans" 6piko objected.
sThat bird Was born IN TIE water.
But that isn't any sign ! want 70
dio there"
"You'd better have . drink" Har-
row suegestsd bsnteringly:
"It's . daTnsd good idea. III have