New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16
REYOND UNDERSTANDING.
y,CHTsMAN SURPRISED BY HIS WIFE
AND SISTER.

Perhaps the most mysterious thing In the woriu
=. ma, ,s his own family. If you doii .''',n
ca Won should know Mr.. Yachtsmah' iou ano
% h,, s,rd,. in a perplexed way his WIFE, VINO Is
. uttIa hit of n thing and his pretty S'Ste'' ""o
has Slim white fingers and deHea'e P"aa,as,
cream" complexion lie never Wv 49,, ,ha,,
chan, and recently he understands them less thah
ever He Just looks at them h'"''"e'''
shows II certain awe for them. ., .,
~, y,cb,smar has always had good reasons W
,,ou what towards they both are He has ''''iioe"
mountains with them in Europe; he mas h"u ''''''
with him In railroad wreck anu Nv -
Them turn pale and gasp painfully ior p'ea."
his little soopyacht sailing close up 10 VI. ,
hos heeled away over and the foamihg wafer mar
,no1 md v,hstled over the lee rail, making thh'
,sb,rr sound that thrills IA lover OF sailing p",
| terrI6es people who fear the sea "he' ''' WIZ"
| that blows Is strong. From all these c''"''
| there has been no doubt in Mr.. fachismah MN"
| about their courage. He knows no" 'he! e''
gasping screams In spite OF themselves anu 0''''e
| 20 something that seems at least a little hrm I'M
| III the mink Of their finger nails turned whi'e VIII"
| their clingng. And this Is partly why III ""o"'
that his wife anu his sister are cowaFus-o'' '"'"''
why ne did know
| Perhaps YOU never went through rum "', v"
\ black night with almost "A gale b'owihs' rt'
| hans YOU don't know where II IL. out NJ inc e
| 81 onp Island where the tide runs Ike WIZ
! horse Well most yachtsmen Know al ""o" :"
and all that this wife and TINS slse' h'e" wa
| that II was somewhere near midnight anu VIZ
| black that the wind was blowing hhru' an" %
| the little Yacht was pitching terribly In inc iur'
ons waters where the tide rushing through PUN
| cut met that sweeping out OF Gardner pay
| Tho little Yacht did seem 10 have nara 'ih''
| and the water did rise alarmngly over her s'''"
| I'm. Mr. Yachtsman at the wheel reaSs"'e' '"
| every time the lee rail went under ana eNp"'"'"
| a dozen times that nothing could happen. IL was
|
| him whom his hands were so full In handling Inc
| hoa. md he could not but let them know MS re-
| greet that when the crew. soH'ar! one ''""
| was SO calm and unconcerned. they sho"ih S"o"
! themselves helpless and so buruehso"e
| And that was the way IT was until something
| ho,,.,.d The women did not know what 1t was
| Thcv only heard Mr. Yachtsman sing out some
! hing with a roar and only knew that. while 'h'
mainsan was Jerking and whipping ana s,n ,,n
| ,biny that resulted in "A creakIng OF blocks. J,
made no difference to them that oiiN - 10 80
! had parted ana there was no danger Ihey kne"
| hetter They knew that their last hour had come
and they just chung more tightly TO ths IN , pn'
hat the conflicting tides whirled and dubbed
around them Mr. iachtsnan st"U .darn f"st ur
| in the bows There II great deal OF hurt!
| about IT, for the tide was setting them ba.S nv"
dangerous waters. and MI fachtsfi,hh "" h1, ~
mainsail up again as quick as you can MOST J"
isIy While keep her Sde Wy n aSa inc VIVA" VAS poor
! fob The boom was too low. but II had To go a.
|
| What Yr Yachtsman wanted was Al fn'tihSalI, anu
when he got II and could defy the ia" again me- JOY
| mi voice was ccstntlc. he cried out. LOOK ogt
| m. "crev' was stll forward clearing sOm"thlnE
| II swung and SIR Yachtsuan was zone from the
wheel lie had no thought of himself then "hen
ne was In the boiling waters. lie could SWIM am
he did no, feel the pain where the boom hAd STRUCK
| him over the eyes and across the forehcad. NV
| no greater fear eyer possessed a man than M
| Tor those who were the yacht lie was sur
prlsed when. coming 70 the surface almost IN
| stantlv he saw that the yacht was sthnding up
into the wind her sails shivering, hut dplng u
harm He was artonished. when, grasPng the
| rail he found his little pink and Whit" -iStrr
| there right over him with the end OF sheet for
him 10 grasp. 80, a.. ,.,,,
| lie was astounded when he pulled himself aboar
and saw his wife the HrT9nt coward. AZ the "n"''
| with 4 white fac. and set mouth, bat holdlhf
| the Yacht Just where she ought To be- . 81,
| And it's no wonder that h" looked 40 rtuplb thh'
| black as the night his p"rpleNity couId DC
| nlainly s.en-for those cowardly girI--th"y are
| always girls TO hm-haJ not even cried on, 20
| the Grew" forward. They didn try TO explain
| why they had done what they had done, or no."
| they knew and ne didn't try 10 understand Jusi
| standing there dripping and hbashed al me whr'l
! which he had again taken he looked AT them 10Y
| a minute feeling as he afterward said the chani
| p,on foot Then he slipped one OF his arms quicklN
| around his wife holding with the other the wheel.
| and gave her sudden squr"z" ,
you girls brickS. n" Sald' ana again th'
yacht stood for the red hght