Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12

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vessel. With the fury of hate and the
strength of despair, so to speak, they
plunged one by one upon the schooner,
like Wild beasts frantically endeavorlng to
tear her to pieces.
With light laugh, the helmsman
dashed the wet hair out of his eyes, and
strained his gaze toward the land.
(which is the Urihol land? he cried
to the old Cet who had first spoken.
"Can you make out the mouth Of TIE
Loeb ?"
The old man shook his head.
al know fine she lies somewhere in yon-
der" he said, but Eve never passed the
mouth. luff, sir, huff! Wen put about
directly--there's ii nasty bit o. water fair
ahead "
The young man uttered an exclamation
expressive Of impatience
"Here, Calum, take the helm, and let
me have a look at the chart.
SO saying, he again resigned the tiller
to Calum, as the old man was called, and
plunging down the companion to the cabin,
soon rn.emerged with the Government
chart of the coast in his hand spreading
it out on the coach roof" and following
the marks with his finger he studied it
attentively, now and then CHANGING at the
land while the yacht, having put about,
WAS dashng along through squall after
suqall, and coming nearer and nearer to
the shore.
He was man of eight or nine and
twenty, with "a rather handsome style of
face-~hroad, high brow, a nose of the So
called Grecian sort, and Il proud sarcastic
mouth. Wis skin was dark and tanned,
as if he had lived long in the sun of
warmer climates. lie was clean shaven,
all save the upper lip, where he wore a
thick iossy moustache, very fair In col or.
His eyes were blue and very large, though
he had n habit of contracting them very
much when he was looking at any one
In his whole person, and in every gesture,
there was certain air which bespoke the
gentleman by birth. His expression,
nevertheless, was married by audacity anu
superciliousness, and bis laugh had not the
ringing clcarness of youth, but sounded
hollow 1t times, with sort Of spasmodic
gaiety his face did not share.
As he studied the mysterious lines of
the chart, his face grew very black. 1t
was clear that this gentleman, whatever
might be bis good qualities, possessed II
very passionate temper.
why the devil did come here with
out pilot ?" he exclaimed. Look here,
Calum the mouth of the loch is full of
sunken rocks in every direction. Far ont
to the right there's Bo Scarph, a regular
reef, three feet under water at high
springs; close by--see there's another, Bo
something else; and then there's hult-a-
dozen here and another half.a dozen
there. TO crown all, there's only six feet
ut low water in the deepest part OF the
channel, although we are drawing seven
feet af. and, by George the channel it.
self is only about two cables lengths
across. 1t would be certain shipwreck to
enter without Il pilot. What are we
to do ?N
1t was in answer to this question that
Caum recommended that they should
signal to the shore for II y lot and so the
little yacht was kept running to and fro
on the wind, just off the sno,e. On coming
thus close in under the mountains, they
could Just distinguish, balf n mile ahead,
the silver CLEAN of the mouth of the loch,
and, seen from atnr, it looked very narrow
indeed-only II few yards across. just
inside, as they knew, there was good
anchorage in small snug basin just OPP
posite the village"
But an hour Of great excitement passed,
and there WAS on answer to their signal
from the shore. Every instant the squalls
grew more terrific, till it seemed the little
vessel must be lost indeed Worst of all,
night was near; the hills were already
/ growing dim.
"lt's an awful coast said Calum re.
( fectlycly rs he shook the boat though a
a violent squdl, +" | mind once of a smack
of hundred IONS being clean foundcred
1 Just of here. And there wasna any sea
she was running for the south with herring,
and had twa or three empty barrels on her
ueek and the wind came off yonder hill
aud sunk her as we'd sink spoon in Il
bowl o milk wouldna sail an open
boat here for heap o money!
/ "No one appears to take any notice of
MS, cried the young man. "What is 10
be done The boat won't stand much more
! of this.
The boats a good boat, " said Calum, y
but the NIGHTS going to be bad and nae
/ yacht o this size can live If it comes on
gale. II nae man comes of from the
shore, we'll just have to run for Loeb Uish,
STRAIGHT down the coast LIS no cannie
run in the dark, Cor there's the Mackenzie
Rock, and the reef where SAnde Cow lost
the Spell land forl yc that, theirs the Black
Rocks, but we Il dac our best y
llumph then it's only Il chance that
We get clear out of this contuunded
mess