New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
N3EEOU ESCAPE or THE CATBOIT
4 LIGHT BORE DOWN OF IT SWIFTLY. BtI
TURNED AslDE IL TINE.

A LIGHT BORE DOWN OF IT SWIFTLY. BtI
TURNED side ~ TINE.
The man with the long clay pipe blew few
wrcaths of smoke into the air and looked rehecuvH'
At tie ceiling epeakinc Of yachting now h" said
TO the man with the co.orcd me"r'chalm Ill l. some
times a little risky. hut lie worst scare | ever Iai
was when | went sailing In Il ca'boat last 'rnn'r.
1t was a beautiful day. ana invited Agnes ana her
aunt for a sail. ere WA, not cloud III thc shN
when we started early In the afternoon. ana HN'N
breeze sent Us skimming over the water. II was not
far from Newport Away spend my 'umm'r' near
Newport Get ~ close 10 IL a. can without min
Cling in II, cayccs ypu know. Way ont to sta ia"
funneI, of a big steamer appeared over In" h0rl1 d..
ana not FIR away tn" > ninG whit" huh Of Fall
River boat cleaned In II" SUNSHINE. There were
trim little Yacht, with their great sail, b"iynG IN
the wini ana We coud ear the sound Of music ana
Taught r from naphtha launch which elldci by. AMI
went on ana on until is brightly cplor"d awning
looked like ncck Of crimson aud gold between e
blue of the water ana the azure Of the summer Sky.
The eirs were delighted Yes. said ,irls for A:ncss
chnpcron was only n year or 20 her senior In
fact, all 80 cnrap;ur"i with u" seen" mat
We took no notice Of the time. We almost failed 10
see that the sun had hid III, face behind cond ami
that the air was growing damp.
All ri once ! realized that Il great fog was coming
In from the sea- II looked Hike a solid wall booming
ND above the water. Then ii seemed 10 break ant
advance toward II /, not Il pleasant thin. TO b"
caught I'm calboat In fog and 10 De- in danger 0f
being run down at any moment by steamers and i--
inc schooncr, The Girl, took no notice Of the fog.
and thcy laughed and chajtod. Tn" great masS Of
vapors came sweeping down upon Us, Ob,curlng the
sea and land All The water could great
underlined shape, looming up rough The mist. and
the sound Of fOghOrns and the piping Of whistles
could be heard from every direction | hardly knew
whore ! was, yet | Lad an idea That was not far
from Covington Cove. stccrcd the boat I'm what /
slp2osci WAS the direction Of the shore. fanccd
flat | saw bit, OF s"awccd floating around in tie
water and ! felt that safe at last. threw
out the kcigr and prepared 10 spend the night on
watch | sent the girls down below. and brownie
Brownie was tie dO:-and sat ut the bow listening
b. the fog whistles.
- Was just going of into dozc when ! saw Il
big light shining through the log ard bearing down
upon Us at II Tremendous rate. seized the foglprn
and blcy with all might tn" great of iainc
CARED at me through the fog ana darkness. thought
II wa, Tie light OF one Of those fishing steamers which
waS In d. pair lcapcd ABOUT the boat and ycrc
until almost chokcd, and sounded the foghOrn until
the cchoe, Knocked ne, kcpl my eyes fastened upon
that dark object. which came hearing down upon our
little craft nj the rate twenty knots an
IL was almo,t upon | closed my and waited
for the crash IT did not come. looked up and
there was the fierce glowing through T." gloom.
suddenly 1t vecrcd TO one side and was swallowed
up In the night. f"ll sick and faint into
the cockpit Wh n had T'HGvT'a nog II
found that just where thought / was, In
Covingtnn Cove. The catboat lay AT anchor few
wards from "A place Whrr" the railroad takes Il sudden
motive. and the eye Of flame headlight. had
seen early morning train 20 around the curve.
The girls They never knew anything about H. They
never woke mp until We lad been on our way back
Newport for over hour