The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-30


81 wlnd az nad before nearly stretched
me. Grace shrieked and threw her arms
around my neck the cover was closed,
and the interfc Instantly becalnied
again.
Z. Who's that?" roared.
= Ne. sir sounded voice out Of the
blackness whore the companion-stepe
stood -" Files. sir. The capt p 8 asked
me 10 steb below TO report whats hap
pened. He dursnt leave the deck him
self"
/ relensed myself from nv dgrlings
c!inging embrace and lighted the lamp
for the third time.
. Now for your report, Files; and bear
hand 10 u, for mercy's sake
" We'll. sir, It's Just THE: IL had been
bteeztng up, and we double-reefed the
main-sa!l, Captain Caudel not liking the
look ofthe weather, when slap Of wind
carried pretty nigh half the mast over
the side. We reckon--for we can't see
that it's gone some three or four feet
below the crostrees. The sail came down
with q run. and there wasa regular mess
of It, sir, the vessel being buried. We've
had to keep her afore until we could cut
the wreckage clear, and now we're ago
ing to heave her to, and I'm to tell ye,
with Capt'n Caudels compliments, not
to take any notice Of the capers she may
cut when she heads the sea.
How does the weather look, Filesf
:. Very black and noisy, sir
TELL caudel to let me see him when
ever be can leave the deck, unwilling to
detain him, lest he should say something
to add to the terror Of Grace, whose eyes
were riveted upon him as though he
were some frightful ghost or hideous
messenger Of death.
! took down the lamp and screened II
whist he opened the cover and crawled
out. No man could imagine that so heavy
a sea was already running until Caudel
hove the yacht to. The instant the helm
was mt down the dance began. As she
rounded to, whole green sea struck her
| full abeain, and fell with q roar like a
volcanic discharge upon her decks, stag
| gering her To the heart,-seDdtng throe
Of mortal agony through her, az one
might have sworn.
Grace sat at my side, her arm locked
! In mine; she was motiOnless with fear;
! her eyes had the fixed look Of the sleep
walkers. Nor will deny that my own
terror was extreme for. imagining that
4 had heard d shrek, believed that my
/ meI, had been washed overheard.
1 / waited few minutes with my lips
/ set. wondering what was to happen next.
lholding Grace close to me, and harken-
| ing with feverish ears for the least
4 sound of a human voice on deck. There
was u second blow,--this time on the
yatchs bow-followed by n sensation as
OF every timber thrilling, and by a bolt
like thud OF falling water, but we'll for
ward. Immediately afterwards heard
Caudel shouting close against the sky
flight. and cannot express the emotion
In truth, / may call it the transport OF
! ioy--his voice raised in me. It wns like
being rescued from a dreadful death
that an instant before seemed certain
At the expiration, as / supposed, Of
twenty minutes. the hatch-cover was
] opened, this time without any following
screech and blast Of wind, and Caudel
descended. Had he been beam Of sun
shine he could not have been more wei.
come to my eye He was clad from head
to foot in oii-skins, from which the wet
ran as from an umbrella In a thunder.
/ shower, and the skin and hue OF his face
resembled soaked leather.
We'll, Mr.. Barclay, sir, he exclaimed
land how have you been a-getting on
It's been bad Job; but there's nothin
to alarm We, I'm sure" Then, catching
sight OF Grace's face, he cried, tn,
Young lady amt been and hurt herself
hope, sir?
Her fear and this movement" | an
swered, /. have proved too much for her
i wish you would pull of your oil-skin
and help me to convey her to the sid
there"
He instantly whipped off his stream
ing water-proofs, standing without tn
least Inconvenience whilst the decl
slanted under him like a seesaw, and II
d very few moments he had safely places
Grace on the lee locker, with her heat
on pillow. made shift to get roun'
to her Without hurting myself, theI
Il cried to Caudel to sit and tell me wha
had happened.
well, it's just this. sir, he an
swered the mast was carried ava.
some feet below the head of it. 1t Wen
8 Ton a sudden in the squall in which tn
twind burst down upon US. Perhaps
was as we'll it happened, for she la,
down to that there houtfly in way 8
Ihobstinate that did believe she'd neve
lift herself out OF the water ag'in.
lis the yacht tight, do you think
Caudel? cried /,
j .Ihope she is, sir.
Hope! My God but you must know
/. Caudel r.
Well, sir, she's a-draining littl
/. water into her,--I'm bound to say it,
! but nothin' that the pump won't kee
! under, and believe that most Of il find
! ! its way into the well from up above.
i stared at him with ..s.@slon {
! anxiety and dismay, but his CHEEKY blu
/ eyes steadfastly returned my gaze, a
though he would make me know that b
: spoke the truth,-that matters We're nc
!, worse then he represented them as b
e ing.
! HAS the pump been worked7" ! ii
i tquired.
+ He lifted his finger as / asked tn
! question, and could hear the beat {
a the pump throbbing through the du
: ,oar Of the wind. as though man ha
d seized the brake Of it in response to m
inquiry
1 WAS any one hurt by the sea as yo
rounded TOT"
n Bobby was washed aft, sir, but he
: Al right ag'in."
piled him with further question
It mainly concerning the prospects of tt