. The call to the colors . king out the otherside at the deck hands. The pilot, also, with onehand to his wheel, was looking down to where themen were hauhng the well-roped boxes others were warping the barge lines aft. Warty, whispered Corporal May, swinginghis service revolver out of the holster, theres noone on this boat except the skipper and those three fellows will jump back before thebarge goes clean astern. Theres an axe by theengine house. Now, well rush back, Ill coverthem with the gun, and you swing that axe downon the tow line. Then well settle for the fello
. The call to the colors . king out the otherside at the deck hands. The pilot, also, with onehand to his wheel, was looking down to where themen were hauhng the well-roped boxes others were warping the barge lines aft. Warty, whispered Corporal May, swinginghis service revolver out of the holster, theres noone on this boat except the skipper and those three fellows will jump back before thebarge goes clean astern. Theres an axe by theengine house. Now, well rush back, Ill coverthem with the gun, and you swing that axe downon the tow line. Then well settle for the fellowson this boat. All right! Warty was creeping astern. They felt the barge give a last heavy crash against the gasohne boats stern quarter. Then Warty dashed boldly out swinging the axe. One man stood watching the two on the barge. Jimmy was by his side, the pistol at his ear as Warty raised the axe and brought it down on the taut hawser. The deck man even then didnt realize the game. He did not see Corporal May at all, 258. TFL r-V.^ VuRKpj?:jC library i\-TOP. LENOXT] :CJi;DATlONS CONTRABAND OF WAR but at the second blow Warty made at the line,cutting it neatly, the man yelled and plunged athim. And Corporal May, shifting his gunswiftly, laid the plotter sprawling on the deckwith a blow from the butt of it across the two men on the barge yelled the towboat, freed of its burden, leaped on,and in a moment the space had widened so thatthey dared not jump. At the same time, Jimmyheard the engine bell ringing violently. The pilotmust have seen the tow-line part. The heavymotor began to reverse and the boat sheeredaround in the seas. Silently Corporal May ran forward, leaping tothe low cabin top and then around the pilot discovered a swearing skipper pulling hiswheel hard over, and jerking his engine bellagain. He supposed that his crew had bungledthe stern lines and lost the tow, but when he sud-denly faced a dripping and breathless soldierwho
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