Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-27

OF beiQg washed oyerhcar1 Hutcling-
ing fpSii nctiyelX tgthenpI Fnii1pst gun
sW'aa1e, We succeeded III r1ghtihg Tie doff{k;,
and working her clear of the wreck.
Again we were adrift indeed, for WE
had lost an oar, and now had but one.
Y" Oiir destruction now was apparently
but Question of moments. for if wees
capped :the reefs: and boiling surf upon
one side, we were almost certain to be-
dashed against the iron sides of Manand
y upon. Jthe sother:z s ~; -. g. &c &,
1Mas in the;boN, p4ering abe Id, whear
the hull Of asTessel suddenly lo3med: up
almost directly before us, and sappar-'
emily at anchor. While the captain EN-
deavorea TO keep the dory headed for,
her, 4besnt one end Of my coil of line 4t6.
the painter; ring. Then grasping: a.
!: blight in NY: hand as. the dory grazed
the: schopneE's sides, Il made sprihg
..for the rail and climbed on board. Then
caught my line round a elect, checked
the drift of the dory and brought her
alongside. ~. ;.
We soon found that the schooner was,
deserted: Her crew haaa Sought safety,
on shert VIZ thought ourselves eH-.
ceedingly fortunate that their vessel
had been in our way. -:
But we had been upon the deck
scarcely aaltess when the.captain
startled usswith the announcement tina
II 1T was
evident that she had dragged from the
harbor, and rstsstriking upon the reef,
had swing toshfrs resen tpesition. st.:
WhiletheespYa saaarched fora spare
oar, I CRASHED Che line byswhich had:
fastened the ddory aid was Mortified to
find it slack. No dory was there--the
ropewhich had held her trailed away
.astern and was lost in the darkness.
aOurs.last hope seemed to have departed
But no rras III peered through the
gloom caught sight of a boat attached
to long warp that trailed over the taft
rail of the schooner. It was a seire
boat. We quickly drew it up and got
into it.
Our drift in the dory had carried us
considerably to the leeward of Smutty
Nose, so that in our present position the
force, of the sea was much broken As
we crouched beneath the gunwale of
our newrefuge, momentarily expecting
to see the abandoned schooner go down,
light from Smutty Nose gradually
shone out over the waters. ..': .
4 We saw that d fire had been kindled
upon the island. Down at the waters
edgespeople were moving about among
the rocks. In a little while boat
seemed to leave the shore and drift slow
ly toward us.
AS her cratic movements seemed to
indicate that she had no one aboard, but
was drifting at the will of the wind, I
attached no special significance to her
appearance, though 1 glanced TOWARD
her occasionally. Yet nearer she came,
sometimes directly toward us. r.
At times a heave of the sea would
throw her far to one side, then she
would seem to inger a. moment, to
start off anew in our direction. Half
dazed from exhaustion, watched her
with tagging interest until she was
close at hand. Then saw the captain
reach out and grasp her by the gun
vale and hold her fast alongside.
He shouted for us to get into her. No
sooner had we all obeyed than she
started swiftly for the shore. Then
perceived that a long warp led from her
to Sm;utty Nose and that the people
there were pulling us toward them.
Owing to the direction of the current
the boat could not be dragged back to
the point from which she started, 'and
We struck the outer edge of the wide
reef OF rocks. 1t was nearly low tide,
and, though the sea did not break upon
the reef, every wave that rolled through
the narrow passage boiled up over it
in swelling flood, submerging the
rocks many feet, to subside again, leav-
ing them entirely bare. d
TO run this gauntlet was our next
trial. Waiting until sea retired. we
started over the slippery, weed-grown
rocks and ran as fast as we could until
an incoming wave overlook us. Then
we flung ourselves flat upon the reef
while the flood boiled up over us, clutch
ing the rockwell with both hands and
clinging to resist the terrible undertow
backward.
When the refux left the reef bare
again we rose and ran once more. Four
times the food passed over us. Then.
bSeathless, bruised and half dead, I
felt grasp upon my collar and was
dragged up out Of the grip of the sea
safe at last.,--- - Youth's Companion.
Jones-'I've just been doing some
thing thatalways makes me feel cheap
Smith -'sWhat is that?" Jones-"Com-