Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-10-09

trpss' was hdtteriEg above Tue
vessel. Should Polly run down to
get Uncle RonaIdi When In sum-
mer, during the season OF closed
doors and vacant rooms at the
station, any disaster might Ippen
on the water, tue proper procedure
was to run for the keeper and
notify him. At the head OF as
many Of the old crew as be could
gather from cOrnfelds aud fish
houses the keeper hurried to the
station, operating as might be ad'
visabIe. Uucle Ronald, though,
WAS off on 'tater- patch,' a mile
away. In the mean time the whole
United States navy, ducking their
heads one after the other, could
sink off this very station.
Wasn't female crew running
this station todaSf soliloqni7ed
Polly, 'I'lI answer that signal my
self
The schooner was so near the
shore that if her sails had been
set the appropriate signal would
have been the JD of the Internal
ional code of signals, 'YOn are
standing IN to daugrr.' but this
vessel had propped her canvas, as
if meaning to halt anyway, AMI
then she had a suspicious look, as
If sinking.
I'lI let them know they are rr"-
ognizod. and that thew may rxpr' {
help thought Polly, working
swiftly.
Turning away from the SIAN, It
whose head now hIrtered Ihl-
signal like a tongue Of cberrlrg
SPEECH, Polly ran down the short
stairway intO the crews night
quarters, than down the stairs
dropping to the Kitchen, aud crlrd
I'm Jerks:
'Oh-obl Auntie-qulck! Dan
gerp
'Wbatp
'Qnickr
She was now darting through
the outer door.
'Git your uncle, POlly'
.Too-too-far Of! CJmep
And Nabby sprAng after Polly.
observation-disclosures, Aunt
Nabbyp
We go OFF,
'Yes-yes! You can row; so can
L.
Good for YEP cried Auut Nabby
Il am with ye.'
They rush uncle's boat down to
the hrm, shelving sands. They
pulled 1t through the lOw.ranning
surf, and soon alongside the
schooner in distress.
'Quick-quickP said a sailor
bringing a box to the vesso's rail
sWe ran on the rock IN the night,
lost our boat though we got Oh
the rock, started leak, and have
been settiu' ever since-there, P'l
90 back with ye. Then I'll pull
of and get another load. Cap'n Il
in the cabin getting things up.
You are good to come of women
too. Readyi Hum-nowl All
together. PullP
The boat was rowed ashore, the
box, precious with papers aud
money, carried up the sands, and
then the sailor said.
Lemme go back alone. Will
make more room for the next load,
with cap'n or any one that cpmes,'
Il won't marry that captain
running on a rock thought Polly
He must be slupid and homely
Give me handsome saIlOr.'
She thought of OJusin Joe and
the homely captain perchOd In
state on the mantel-piece at the
house.
As If looking behind and DIS
covered her thoughts the sailor
remarked;
1T wasn't the fault OF our cap'r
that we were on that rock, or nary
body's. Things Will happen, you
know
& wouldn't marry him any way
silently resolved Polly.
As the boat was rustliDg through
the surf, Aunt Nabby said:
Now. Polly, We are the crew to
day you know, and must do jest al
a crew does to the shlpwre cked
I'll start a fire in the kitchen stow
IN the station. ] saw some coffee
and sugar there in the pantry, ant
, III git some milk and cake an
biskit. Well fix 'em. You watch
j by the stuff, as 1t comes. Rest ol
the crew agoln' to tue station
Load after load was safely brough
: from the schooner, which a
4 th,s tina was aettllnQ. With th