The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-06-19
SHE'S ALL THh
WORLD TO ME-.
By HALL GAME,
Author Of "I'hc MuHrmGp," 1.-THE Deem
stCr," etc.
CHAPTER XVI


away, Corteen and Killip knelt on the floor
and felt the body of the master and knew
that he was dead
Lets get off anyway, said one; let's
away to sea, as the gel said The facs is
agen us all, -
Maybe the man was right, said the
other ITS like enough she's got the Cas-
tie Rushen fellows behind her, and they'll
be on us quick. Come, bear hand"
Their voices sounded hollow They lifted
Kisseck on to their shoulders, A thin red
stream was flowing from his breast. Cor
teen picked up n cap from the floor and
stanched the blood 1t was Danny's cap,
and as they passed out it fell again in the
porch
Danny himself stepped away from the
door to let them pass. He had watched
their movements with big wide eyes. They
went by him without a word. When they
were gone, he followed them mechanically,
scarcely knowing what he did With bare
head and the pistol still hanging in his
rigid hand, he stepped out into he'night
1t was very dark now. They could see
nothing save the glow of the fire burning
furiously over the Poolvash And only the
sharp crackle of the kindling gorse and
hear. They took the low path back to the
Lockjaw, where they had left the boats
They body was heavy, their steps were I'M
certain In the darkness, and their capture
seemed imminent. AS they passed the
mouth of the old pit, Corteen proposed to
throw the body into it, Killip assented, but
Danny, who had not uttered word or sound
until now, cried "No, no, mol" Then
they hurried along.
When they reached the Lockjaw, they
descended to the bay, got into one of the
boats and pushed off The other boat-the
police boat that Danny had brought from
the castle-they pulled into midstream and
there sent it adrift 1t ran ashore at the
next flood tide, two miles farther up the
shore When thoy got clear outside of the
two streams that flow round the head, they
were amazed to find the Benny -chree
bearing down on them in the uncertain
light What had happened was this
On running down the lamp that was
put up on the ruined end of the pier the
two men who had charge of the fishing
boat had lain to and staid aboard for some
minutes Dayy Cain and Tommy Tear
having effected their purpose ashore, had
stolen away from their simple companions
and were standing on the quay. The two
couples of men were exchanging words in
eager whispers when they heard shouts
from the castle Whats that? Kisseck' :
voice2" No" Something has gone
wrong Let us set sail and away" So
they stood out again to sea, passing close
by the Castle rock. They now realized
that the voice they had remembered was
the voice of Kinvig That was enough to
n - 4. -
They rounded the island and saw the fire
over the head of the Lockjaw They filled
away and kept the boat off to her course.
Soon they saw the dingy athwart their
hawse and pulled TO. Cortecn and killip
lifted the body Of Kisseck into the fishing
boat, and Danny Fayle, all but as silent
and rigid, was pulled up after it, AS the
Lad was dragged over the gunwale the PTS
tol dropped from his hand and fell with a
splash into the sea A word of explanation
ensued, and once more they were standing
out to sea, with their dread freight Of hor-
ror and crime, The wind was fresh out
side 1t was on their starboard quarter as
they now made for the north, They saw
the fire burning TO leeward 1t sent a
long red, sinuous track of light across the
black water that flowed between them and
the land Danny stood forward, never
speaking, never spoken to, gazing fixedly
at that sinuous track, To his affrighted
senses it was as the serpent of guilt that
kept trailing behind him. When they were
well away and the men had time to COM
prehend in its awful fullness what had
occurred they stood together aft and whis-
percd They had placed the body of the
master by the hatchways, and again and
again they turned their heads toward it in
the darkness. 1t was rs though the body
might even yet stand up in their midst,
and any man at any moment might find 1t
face to face with him, eye to eye. The GER
tainty that it was dead had not taken hold
of all of them. 1t still bled, and one OF
the crew, Quilleash, an old man reputed
to possess a charm to stop blood, knelt
down beside Kisseck and whispered in his
ear
"A few good words can do no harm any.
way" said Tear, and even Davy Cain was
too much aghast to jeer at the superstition.
"Sanguis name in te, sicut Christus Sc, y
whispered the old man in his native tongue
into the deaf ear, and then followed wild
command 10 the blood 10 cease flowing II
the name Of the three cody men who
came to Rome-Christ, Peter and Paul
liz blOou SVOppOu luucCu' DuV IMAM
arrOo as clagh, " said the old man, looking
up, as dead rs a stone
Danny stood and looked on in silence
His spirit seemed to be gone, as though II
could awake to life again only in another
world
When death was certain, the men bcgar
to mourn over KissccG and recount theil
memories concerning him.
We'll Bills cruise is up, poor fellow
and " rael good skipper anyway"
Poor Bill What's that it's sayin-'H He
who makes ditch for another may fal
into 1t HIMSELF
None spoke to Danny. A kind of awe
fell on them in their dealings with th'
lad They let him alone. 1t was as If h'
had been the instrument in greater hands
He hadn't a lazy bone in him, hadn'
Bill Aw, well, God will be aisy on tn,
poor chap"
You have to summer and winter a maj
before you know him. And leave it to mt
to know Kisseck. I've shared work, shareC
meat with him this many year
And a fine big chap, and as straight a
the backbone of herrin Aw, well
well, well"