True Blue: Stirring Stories of Naval Academy Life — page 57: what you’re looking at

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me off the trail for a few hours. Ah! what ts that?” ~ Clif’s eves distendedvas their glance fell to his teet. There lying on the ground was an envelope, face down, with a conspicuous red seal closing its rear flap. Thrust through “it deep into the soil, to hold it from washing away or blowing away, was Clif’s sword. The grim mystery-of the presentation was unique. in The blacked up man calculated’ on keeping Clif quiescent till he got a4good start into hiding. — = é $ se. « . a - , va. + ‘ : . . - . <<" + . . = 4. . ~ bat * > a *, 4 . Ate ty = ee ae te. ~ i ee ey fal SS iy inl? 2 e , edi 5 . tn . \ sta me on hse ee -* m%, sag ? c m eS 1) age et ~ ing s RATE OE Glen Sa, ee BER Pia | <7 oe Aven Ne | 5 eee . : 7 ; 2 rs. : . ° ‘* ¢ P ie | — ; "WwW id he take all thi ble?” soliloquized Clif i eT “Why did he take all this trouble?” soliloquized Chif in ae «> ~ . . Oe a puzzled way. It looks as if he simply wishes to hold - oa - 1 ~ | He had left his dictum, his proposition, behind him ir ‘ . the shape.of that well-secured letter. eae é And when he came to open it—if he ever did—the naval * cadet felt sure that he would learn the motive of Bessic — Stuart's abduction. * Pr | Bo ee . “CHAPTER XI. oe 7 ay . - A SLIDE FOR SAFETY. 3 ~~» “Now the letter!" i pax: . a, = What fetter 2” | | “Under my sword.” ~ “Why, this is like a play!" : Clif Faraday spoke first, just releaged from his uncom- fortable position of captivity. Ridgely steadied him while’ Clif stretched his cramped limbs. | | Rescue had come to Clif. He had got his gag displaced 4 and his voice djd him best service. ae At the termination of ten minutes’ shouting there was a hail from shore. _ eee Ridgely and a boat soon came dashing across the dan- -gerous current, and now Clif was tree. | — ~ “Aem all right again,” observed “Clif. “My sword— a: | thanks. The letter—best of all!” ~The boat Was soon beached. lt was the one that had borne the blacked-up man last away. ) A signal halloa greeted almost the instant they got. _ ashore. mtn 18 5 _ “That's Fisheake,” declared Rideely, gave a toot, ancl ¢ lank plebe loomed up a second later, ° hh wale, |: a) te > ¢ © ~~ » » : q * ." — * * 2 a - , : ai ¢ * 4 oT hd j - ~ “ o~ ? wh ; “eo >. 4 :- a }/ & ~~ | — * ° 4 P ; ~*~ 7 ~, 4 , ie c . ef . : s ba ay L- o, 4 Se. - t S¢ r a i* ae s.. ‘ a 4 Ne ° - : ‘ ‘ a! ~—>) * Ve r s/t? "a o .* ; ry —e,’ >» ae comicbooks.com