The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-10
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T s;s4|a ,a'zs link It's s'@'" ." to
80 at oohss4ikcgit suwsin the not east.
~ seeeme to Bo aifillin' &ihsto:lceward, too
EYES, it looks bad all round. guess
we'd better count on bunking at the sta
s'*saon tern1ght." a, y 81
ss;s "Well, sposSsc must 81 you saX So.
a~zearaff has been h Watching the weather.
all the afternoon. Seems as though she
knows when I've got to 60 on station
fore 90 myself She don't like to have
me leave 'lcr slonea wiz, the children;
and to tcllthe truth, cap'n don't really
Teller without family. wonldn 'rmind
it."
'Neithcr would l, David; and yet
don't want reckless young chaps ill my
- gero~. Boys that think it's kind of lark
s<S'' to spend the nightat the station will do
very we'll in ordinary times, but if it
comes to going off in tac boat I'd rather
rest my life with steady men, who know
Just what the danger is and arc viii lin
VI. to face it; men WHO go because it's
Christian duty; and il there $ some on"
.'sBBcsss;yssssE fF en- at H"e, e much the
"Of course I'm ready To go, cap'n. d.;
you think we'd better muster the whole
crew."
Better notify EN- to come down if it
turns ont rough night nyd. # the
] wind off shore ii shifting; TO ward,
we shalf Catch it fcavy Sbctorc mid
night
:. avery well, Eli send Stv,v, Hentrick.
round toll tho mon '"
e "a ~ "Yes; lind ut him come down to the
i; station and get my mare. III 60 and
I { saddler her fog him. Tell him to come
"a "a ready to stay all night. TOR We may want
him if anything happens.
'Stevo is too good y boy to lose, 'musct
Capt. Woolcy, rs he turned back to the
life-savng station Of whlc'' he was tll''
keeper. "Hc is doing all he can to sup
- port his; mother, and will make true
man. I'll keep him in tl,c Aousc toni ght,
and not put / i'm to rnugl service. lie
had a narrow escape in the last storm,
and some one else can take the chances
-, this time
~! The keeper Wis. as good as his word.
and when Stephen returned from IS
round among the crew of G station lie
found his orders were to take charge OF
the house, keep up the fires and have hot
coffee ready when the men came off duty.
boy. accustomed to exposure and eager
for adventure; but Capt. Wooleys crew,
although volunteers, always obeycd orders
without mumuring.
The storm came down heavily during
the night, and watch was detailed to
patrol the beach, about half the men 60
ing out. Toward midnight call came
for help from station No. Z, the next sta
ton up the beach. There was wreck
ocl,1 <1,o | r.
tricts, and Capt. Woolcy went up with
the remainder Of the crew.
Stephen was left alone, with only the
T.. fire for company. lie found the hours
passed very slowly. Hc had been hurt
in prcviou, storm, and laid up at homo
for several weeks. Money had run low
49, + the while, and I Re time;was near at hant
:. - when the interest Of a mortgage on his
=" T. mothers place aould fall due.
His thoughts, as he sat by the fire, were
not pleasant, for his mother had no ont
% seS ;:is ST. re sa,! Rna' tS;
needed money before quarter-day.
HI WAS only lad of fifteen years
This care weighed upon him heavily
q tsfs Residcs the fear Of troubicin case tue in
, rs: ersst was not forthcoming. he had III
old-fashioned feeling of honor about pay
ing debt when it was due.
With this anxiety on his mind 1t
dropped into dose, and dreamed of sec
ing . rainbow over the sea- with one en(
resting on the beech. He remembered
in his dream the couplct:
g =. ! i, .,', "Where arainbow touches ground
.a,,: Apot Of money may be found"
He, thought "Of course there ism
&'4s any money there, but III just dig dow
s~,". alittlc ways for fun;' and he was STRAIT
-~} ing for the spot when he heard voice
calling:
Here, Steve! Here's the money owe
He sprang up, hardly knowing whethc
he was asleep or awake, and present.,
heard Dave ThrockmortOn's voice hail
:, Ing again:
p ~ 5'"nere, Steve! show light, can
you2'
He ran and threw open the door, an,
, All Dave came in with another Of the Gre
= ~ sbSanng the liteless form Of man on
stretcher, with a tarpaulin thrown owe
.. it.
"He's gone, l guess said David
I'VE dragged him out of the surf, but
back en- spar struck him, and I'm atraie
gz~ he'i past helpnr-
They laid the bruised figure CAREFUL.
in bunk, and then fastened back t
the scene of the wreck. But Stephen
after examing the injured man, came t
-, the conclusion that life VAS not extinct
i J $1and he therefore set to, work, applyin!
such restorativcs az the station afforded
-" The limp form was that ola youn!
man, whose fair skin and soft hands tol.
re-, that he was not q sailor. Brown curl
were matted over the pallid face. TIL
lips were drawn tight over clenchctlwhit
~, : g tssth," but Stephen saw, with new sens
of pity. that the fea rrcs were cast in
pleasant winsomc mold.
S93rS The Lad worked industriously and in
'St 9 = telligently experience having taught hin
what to do, and after time he had tn
sss r, satisfaction of seeing his patients eye
= alowly.opcn. Having succeeded in Re
a. storing consciousness, Stephen admins
tered stimulants and nourishment acco,
ding to his best Judgment
; , - Inc nightwotc slowly away and still
no one came from tho wreck.
The "rescue," as those are called VIII
have been rescued from the sea, breathe
enough to show that life still fingered
49,, and no more.
'0''Ate~ ALTERS time the fire burned low an
stephen rose to put Oh more wood.
While drawing the Goals together, Il
was startled by a cry from the bunk, an
< turning toward it, he saw his ward tryin
to raise himself from the bed,
Help! help!' called the "rescue