The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-02-24

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'Stand by to set the for'sI," replied
Dick, who was seaman from top to toe.
''Cast of that tackle. lively. Heave
hearty, men"
"But want to speak,
~ havn't got time to palaver now un-
til we get the schooner under way, and
even then 1t would be better to let the
matter drop. Ready there in topl Let
fall, sheet home and hoist away"
A few moments more and the good
schooner was bowling along before a
10-knot breeze. with the wind over the
quarter, her best point Of sailing.
Then Dick walked slowly forward.
and Harry came up to him again.
Dick turned upon him like q tiger.
Now. look here, Harry he said.
You and have been good friends, but
know what you want to say, and you'd
better not say it. give you fair warn
ing that it isn't safe"
What are you going to do about it?"
demanded Harry defiantly. "rd have
you know that understand how you
have sneaked and crawled to undermine
me-"
A cry like that of wild beast burst
from the lips of the young sailor.
He gasped for breath, and for a mo-
ment it looked as If he would strike Har-
ry, but he seemed to recollect himself.
and turning on his heel he sprang to the
companion and rushed into the cabin.
All through that trip these two, who
had been dear friends, did their duty by
the ship; but. working side by side, they
never spoke.
So they worked in sullen silence, and
after month Of absence the schooner
was standing in for her own port, per-
haps 20 miles away, in one of the dark
est nights that ever fell upon the ocean,
and with a gale blowing which threat
ened at any moment to take the sticks
out Of her.
The captain lay in the cabin, stunned
by the fall Of q block, and Dick worked
the schooner. And there was o loud,
exultant ring in his voice as he gave the
word Of command.
Two miles out Of port a rocky point
ran ont into the sea--a point on which
the bones Of many q good craft had been
laid.
But Harry was thinking Of Milly-of
Milly, who waited and watched for his
coming, and he thought, with pang at
the heart, that perhaps after all he had
wronged her and Dick.
Then came great crash, an awful
yen from the men, and the schooner was
ON the rocks and the great breakers beat
ing against her with cruel force.
''Send up q rocket" cried Dick in q
hoarse, strained voice. Hal They see
usi There goes a lghtr'
And there flashed up on the beach q
bonfire. In its light men were seen dart
ing here and there, and then, pushed by
eight strong rowers, the hfeboat darted
out.
They brought mp the injured captain
and laid him on the deck, and he was
the first they lowered into the boat as it
came up. ....E
The men went down one by one until
only Harry and Dick remained upon the
deck.
Cor commanded Dick. She'll only
Dear one more, ana III won't Do LICK
Dean. You suspected me of loving
Milly. | did, longer than You think,
more than you know. Get into the
boatr
81 will mott" cried Harry.
'She said, In that dreadful hour, when
you have to choose between good and
evil, think Of me and do right Take
him, men"
He caught Harry suddenly by the
shoulders and dropped him into the beat.
It shot away instantly, for it could not
have borne another without filing.
Next day they found him lying upon
the shining sand with his head pillowed
on one brawny arm and smile upon his
face, which only good men wear-men
who die at peace with all the world.
And Harry Watson, coming with his
children to the grave of his dead friend,
speaks softly the story Of that night
when the Hesperus was wrecked on that
point. t.--St. Paul Globe.