Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05

being brought up to the wind. Again ad.
dressing Calum rapidly in Gaelic, tho girl
pushed him aside and seized the tiller.
"Hullo! what are you doing" cried
tho young man. "Ycu're mover going to
trust the boat to girl like that ?"
A loud cry from the girl interrupted
him. Sho seemed giving instructions in
her own tongue. In a moment he ran
forward to assist the other hand with the
sheets, while the girl brought tho vessel
round just few feet from 4 large black
mass projecting out of the sea.
"That's close work." cried the gentle
man ne1vously. "pm afraid we'll come
to griet"
The girl spoke again to Calum, and he
interpreted.
"fhat's Dhu SOUR, sho says. But
there's three fathoma water to the very
edge Of the reef. We're coming up to the
narrows now and need every inch %
room."
Another cry from tho girl, and the vcs-
sci was around again on another tack.
They we're now quite in the shadow of the
hills, and all seemed darkness and cou.
fusion, especially to the unaccustomcd
senses ofthe man. To him the land seem.
ed closing in on every side, the mountains
towering straight above. the wind coming
in ali directions. A wild tumult was in
the air, and the water seemed swirling nnd
boiling below them with an angry roar.
"We'ee in the narrows now" cried
Calum "that's the bciling O tho tide."
The wind was sweeping dead out OF the
mouth Of he Loeb; and again and again
the vessel put about, 10 rapidly, indeed,
that she scarcely got way upon her ono
tack before she had to come round again.
Once, for this reason, she refused altogeth
or to answer the helm in coming round,
and seemed drifting right on the rocks Of
the channel but in moment, urged by
the girl, Calum doomed out the staysail to
windward with an oar, and the vessel slow
II completed her swing out. All seemed
to grow darker and darker after this, for
they got more and moro in the shadow Of
the hills, but by.and.by the young man
saw that they had emerged into more open
water, and that several lights, like those Of
a village, were glimmering from the dark.
ness Of the shore. The wind still shrieked
loudly. -
.Aips safe now, sir" said Calum.
" We're close to tho anchorage ard 90,
Of a. danger"
So saying, he ran forward and assisted
bis fellow seaman TO haul up the chain on
deck, that it might RUN free, and to hois,
the anchor over the bows. A minute af.
forward the vessel was brought up to the
wind and glided steadily along through
smooth wator for about hundred yards,
when the girl cried out to the men forward
and released her hold If the tiller.
The yacht was quite stationary. Down
went tho anchor. with that delicious sound
which only the weary cruiser knows and
loves. For some minutes there was con.
fusion in the darkness. The young man
went forward to sec all snug, and to take
u look about HIM. So far as he could
mako out in the night, they were tn a nice
natural harbor, surrounded on every side
by hills, and sheltered almost entirely from
tho wind then blowing.
- Five fathom water" said Calum, haul.
ing in tho lead-linc sand fine soft mud
for the bottom. We couldna be in snug.
ger BERTH"
The young man who had been plunged
in deep reflection, touched him on The
shoulder.
"Come aft with me and speak to the
girl" he snid. "In all probability she
has saved our lives"
But whom they went in search of her sh,
had disappeared, and the old cobble il,
which she had rowed out to their assist
ance had disappeared also. They strain
ed their eyes into the surrounding dark
sess, and listened for the sound Of oars
but all was quite still, and they could mo-
get = glimpse Of the stranger.