The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-31

violent squat. u mind once OF o smack
OF q hundred tons being clean founded Just
oil here And there wAsna any sea; she
was running for tho south With hertink,
and had twOor three empty barrels Oh
her deck; and the wind came off yonder
hill and sunk her as ye'd sink a spoon In
u bowl o milk, wouldna sail an open
boat here for heap o money"
mo one appears TO take any notice Of
u.s., cried the young man. "What Is 10
be doneT The boat won't stand much
more Of this"
1.-THE boats good boat" said Calum,
but the NIGHTS going 10 DO bad; and nae
| yacht o this size can live II It comes on a
| gale. II nae man comes of from the shore,
we'll Just have 10 run for Loeb Uish,
STRAIGHT down the coast. It's mo- cannie
run In the dark, for there's the Mackenzie
Rock, and the rect where Sandie Cow lost
the Spell; and forbye that, there's the
Black Rocks, but we'll dae our best"
"Humphl then It's only a chance that
we get clear out Of this COMPOUNDED messr'
70 ay, Just Aichance. Tho folk'n be
ava Of the fishing, and its bad NIGHT for d
boat like this in the open"
Something in the perfectly unmoved
and phlegmatic tone Of the speaker took
the others attention, for the young man
stared at him for some time with half
comic, half sneering look Of astonishment;
and seeing the grim, weather beaten fea-
lures perfectly unmoved, he broke into q
hard laugh.
"You take 1t cool enough, at any rate"
he cried. = ~ fT'Tf - -
"And what for should / no talk II cool.
Tyr I'm only q common maun, and maun
TAX the winds as they come, and earn my
breed"
Can you swim?"
mot u stroke" replied Calum, burying
his face In hands to light his black Guilty
pipe; while the man ct the torepart Of the
vessel, reclining against the bits, hummed
IN low voice the doleful, lively ditty of
"Gillie Calum."
Still finding secret amusement in tho
stolidity OF his companions, the young
man laughed again then, entering the
cabin once more, he re-emerged with q
iowling.piece, and fired two shots rapidly
In the air; when an enormous black dog
sprang up the companion, and, rushing to
the bulwarkS, gazed eagerly out on the
waters.
Down, Nero, down." cried the young
man. "Hethinks Ihaye shot something.
Hal thenoise seems to have attracted at
tention at last. Look yonder."
On the small eminence overlooking the
entrance to the Loeb two or three figures
were dimly seen; but it was already too
dark to make out who and what they
were. The twilight had quite fallen, and
the wind was blowing with great fury.
"Hang Oft ten minutes longer" the
young man said, "and then, II no one
comes, we must risk the run down the
coast" , I1sE u flGN IST
The helmsman nodded, "put about"
once more and ran through the wind.
The squalls could still be seen whitening
the sea to windward when they struck
the water; but every minute the coast
grew DINNER, so that only a very familiar
eye could have made out the landmarks
Ten minutes passed, and the order was
already given to let the vessel run with
free sheet, when Calum, knocking the
ashes Of his pipe into the water to lee
ward, said quietly.
"Wheest minute /, hear the sound
OF oars between US and the shore"
Listening intently all could hear the
splash, splash Of oars coming nearer and
nearer. Immediately small boat, row.
ed by solitary figure, shot out of the
shadow Of the hills. 1t seemed to BIO
rude Cohble, quite ut the mercy
OF the wind, but very skillfully
managed. While Calum brought the
boat up to the wind, the young man
leant over the side OF the vessel and re.
garded the small boat intently. Pres.
emily he uttered an exclamation which
bore q suspicious resemblance to an oath,
and turned angrily to Calum,
"LoOk therel Confound the idiotsl
They have sent out woman. '''
Calum, who was quite aslonished, but
exhibited more sell control, nodded sharp.
". The boat was indeed rowed BY q
woman, 10 all appearance strong and
young, but her head was covered by q
dark hood and they could not see her face.
Angrily enough, Calum addressed the
stranger in Gaelic, He was answered in
clear, ringing tones in the same language;
and almost before he could say another
word the cobble was along side the
yacht, and light girlish figure, with a
speed and agility perfectly marvellous to
the southerner, had sprung on board.
1t was too dark to distinguish her
featurea, plainly, hut she seemed fair
complectioned and very young. y Her
hood had fallen back, and her face and
hair were damp with spray. Perfectly
lost in amazement at so strange an ap.
paratiOn, the young man stood staring
open mouthed, while the stranger and
Calnln spoke to each other rapidly in
Gaelic, 70 a. f=H-~~1 ..a.... ar'-r
What does the girl sayP" he at last
inquired, impatiently. us any one COM
Ing off 10 pilot us into the anchorageH"
Calum replied in the methodical way
peculiar TO him and his class
"Thc lassie says there 8 not imam in the
village this NIGHT that can pull an oar or
draw net The whole village Is ava
after the herring at Loeb Uish, and there's
nothing LETT but wives, BARNS and old bed
rid men,"
A furious squall struck the yacht as the
fisherman spoke, and almost capsized her,
for she had entirely lost way through DO.
ing brought up to the wind. Again ad-
dressing Calum rapidly in Gaelic, the girl
pushed him aside and seized the tiller.
"Hullol what arc you doing?" cried
the young man. YOU'RE never going to
trust the boat to girl like thatP"
The girl seemed either to understand
what was said or guessed at the meaning,
for she laughed. BY this time the yacht
was again running rapidly through the
water, steered by the stranger.
"The lassie says" observed Calum,
phlegmatically, that there's no better pl.
lot in the place than herself and If we