The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

said to his companion, while they stood
together al the bow:
'Craddock, this pile of natures ma.
sonry contains the unwritten epitaphs of
thousands who have persisted here. It
has other secrets, too, and one of them
l have discovered, and will show you. Do
you think, If we climb to the summit
yonder, that you can keep your hold upon
the slippery rock against the gale?"
Craddock shrugged his shoulders, and,
without reply, turned toward the dingy
which had already been launched and
was mooreti on the port side of the sloo..
They sculled 1t quickly to the head of
the bay and soon began the precarious
ascent of the Devils Nose. Two-thirds
of the distance to the summit they came
upon a level space no bigger than a din
ing table, which in the center was cleft
apart, leaving a space not more than two
feet wide and as dark as midnight within;
and into this forbidding place the big
man, without explanation or hesitation,
dropped. Craddock followed, and a mo-
ment later they stood in a natural cavern
that was created when the rock was
formed.
81 doubt" said the leader. '1f there
lives another man to-day who knows of
the existence of this cavern. Hark Do
you hear that whistling moan? 1t is like
the vibra ton of a hundred aeolin harps.
have a lantern here; wait till 1 strike a
light and l will show you, something
grander than you ever saw before" Then,
presently he led the way up the slippery
rock. and as they advanced, the weird
moaning and whistling became louder and
shriller, until 1t seemed as if there were
living things lowering around them and
shrieking In their ears. II was the voice
of the gale as it rushed through an open
ing In the rock high over their heads; and
after they had mounted to it, Craddock
saw his friend put the lantern down; then
his arm was seized in a firm grasp, and
he was led around jutting boulder into
the light of day
The wind struck them like a blow and
for moment forced them back again,
but they held their ground and presen tly
stood upon a ledge formed by an indenta-
ton which Nature had left in the mighty
mass, with the summit of the Devil
Nose, a scarce three fathoms above their
heads
The view was grand and awful. The
storm was at its hight. Black clouds
rushed toward them and above them like
chargers Of Hadean host. Seas. noun
tains high, plume-crested with white foam
tumbled onward ip mad expostulation to
be shattered against the rock on which
they stood, which of itself did not even
tremble.
Craddock loved such scenes with not
less passion than hls friend, and while
he stood entranced, his arm was seized
again with crushing force and the voice
of his friend but family heard above the
tempest shouted in his ear:
Look yonder. Grad! Look therep and
with his disengaged hand he pointed
straight to windward.
Scarcely a mile away and driving tow
ard them with the speed of locomotive
was n schooner yacht under bare poles,
rolling and pitching and tossing. now half
submerged beneath torrents of water that
fell upon her from the pursuing waves
and again appearing like helpless chip
upon the summit OF an angry sea.
She seemed to be making straight for
the Devils Nose. Upon her deck a dozen
forms were visible, dashed to their places
90 prevent being swept away by wind
and water.
As she drove onward nearer and nearer,
Craddocks companion again shouted in
his ear.
Il know her, Grad II is the favorite
yacht of tho Princess Charlotte Of Dem