Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-08-05
MiSttllauenM5.
THE MISSING MAN.

The inspection of tho life-saving sta
ton was finished, and | was cOmpli-
mcnting the captain upon the efficiency
of his crew when it suddenly occurred to
me that one Of them, whom | had espe-
cially remarked at my last visit, was
missing.
"What has become of the man YOU
used to call Harry p inquired "Ho
was the strongest and handsomest fellow
| over saw--quick as cat and light
on his feet MS a feather. Has he left
your
The captain looked at me aghast.
What Haven't you heard about
it ~ no faltered. "NoY Well, it's quite
a story. II you've plenty of time I'll
tell you about it,"
| had plenty of time and wanted to
hear the story, so we sat down near the
door, and the captain began:
Il suppose you recollect that long,
fierce southeast gallo we had last winter,
don't your Well, it blew from the south
east for two days, with heavy squalls of
ai I'll ~; oo'1. r'o'y,",ns
worst sea that have heard of began
tumbling up on tho rocks.
"On the morning Of the third day the
D ,";.I ,; D'sIu ~ o'1aI away ana Tue
vi VII" ~ Wv. nv up"A " 'en' sal1. Almost
a. =, .n0 s ,1 , 'S e '"s 'osuS got un-
o., WY , In' o'a.; S, 'or iiarcny naroor.
'o'n0 u, 'lo I"a''o' 'noS "au 10 put
1'NN' '"o gu oo'"s wv n'a'y' out 'he
a.So' oneS SI %ops On anu suppose 'hoy
'au' gnu 'u" VI w. "S 'ne VIM was
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70 ipa' n's"' - s'"r'eu ~ W o'ow as
:. ~ s wao po's'Ss', 70 olVw 'ne eaf'h Oh
'.' 'oanua''E Sr, az ~ clock IL began
ono" crs nv iaAe' were ABOUT as pig
as n''y oont piece making IL impossi-
W. " ''T rI "'no ~ T",ng pVGr nse leot
awuy ne Sno~ 'eii ui'l' ABOUT ~
Vn'uA' '"". S'o"y pesan 10
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u'"''n,'neu '''o"g'"' h' uayi9ht IL
""s p'o",ue iiouo,"'e sou.noriy oreeze
Nv TO t"e sAy "ao 1'o"' w So"ron.u
t sno o"oi ,3 '"a eoa io' signs Vi "ro'k'
o's Joulu No' n"u any
was JUST goine 70 Put inc glass
away "nu.i NY oJ1 oausn' Tue waVing
" so'ns.n,"s on na"'ne is'anu' as
ooo' 40 '"o s,'"o "a' ofouBn: W ooar
81" '"'oG VI 'ou' ,non running arounu
.no'o. SuPPo'c '"oy were Tying 70
Keep themselves 'ro" freezing lneres
inc 'Sian" ." 'hcrc INC ONO 'ha' III NJ
'po SRI roun1
nc 'siana rosoS ,r ABOUT twenty icet
ou' VI '"o "a'er; ino cl'n" aro a''hoS'
sun'en' up anu uo"n, WIN t"enty-ohe
l y, VI "ae1r ~ 'ncir oaso' put on
'no sou'nern sue mere u Smali Dcacn'
"n'c'' Is oare ~ ioT wafer rr1" 'nis
ocacn aIo Prolcc'ou TWO rco'S 'ha. "re
a" WINS. ~ low ''uo' my ''I.n ''''urai
Je'ueS, anu .ney arc ABOUT h''ecn IT, ,ect
apart ana pafa'lei 70 each o!her' lney
ex'ehu gu. from Tue peach III q Soath,
cru '''eo''on 'or ao'"' '"o hu"'rcu
'ect
! had inc crew cai'oh' ana every
th'ng was soon ready Tor Starnng' we
decided 'nat tme only Sa'o way LOT us 70
get inc men 0" from Tue isi"nd wouid
DC Tor US 10 90 as c,oSc as possible ana
y'nng mere Shoot tue mo inc 10 them
ana maui them through the SURF 10 inc
BOAT !. was rough way, DuI a. thore
was 10 ot"er lcn''ple pa" wo haae our
preparations ior hs execution me
only place on wn'ch poat coma 'anh
on me 's'and was on tna1 small beach,
ana 70 get mere we woulh nave 20 go
between those Jett'e'' ana even IN me
weather u was RISKY JOB with snch
large boat WIN inc sea thon running
1t was not 70 DC ,ho,nght o. I.4.. .'
hs Soon "s ! hal seen every arrange
n'o"' III ,hp V loa, " w., '"S so"r ~ P'aoo;
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