The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-18
Chapter xvI.-rhe Boat Full.
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.

ct and pulled out Hardy's watch and saw
what o'clock 1t was; the stars flashed over
the nastheads with each floating reel of
the buoyant girl-controlled fabric; the sill
yer dust Of the speeding star vanishing
In length of fainting light scored the
deep midnight blue between the clouds;
the voice of the ocean rejoicing in the
swinging dance of the breeze filled the
air with sounds of the cataract, the foam
OF the waterfall, the Wrangle of the fresh
ct with the sea.
Suddenly, far forward past the shadowy
drch or the fore-course you heard the
oeep pay OF a great dog. A ship was III
sight.
Oh' God,' cried Julia at the wheel, in
terpretlng the deep-noted thunder of the
great creature, What am I to doY'
But such bark as Sailor could deliver
was not to sound unheeded in the sleep
ing ear OF. seaman. Hardy started, roll
ed out of his hencoop, and was Inv Juiia'
side in few pulses.
Il see her. he shouted. and. seizino tF,o
wheel, he put her hard a-port.
linen on the port bow loOmed an ashnn
apPanton with one red light. like the
4llueouS 4ta- stare of drunkard, visible in
Tue Stagger of the bows. 1t was full
IissHo SNIP clothed to her trucks with
Whlte canvas, about a mile and a baIf
instant. She was standing to the south
M1FQ ana westward and the red eve of
siie 1ofk was upon her; there would have
peen no collision, but Sailors voice was
tlnely Hardy brought the shin to her
course again and the stranger was on tha
poW' sIldlng like a churchyard phantom
deep. u lhe
She is an American" said t4ardv
How do you know?" asked JnI;a
enc Is clothed in cotton, that is whv
Know What a noble lookout is SoiIor
Didn't you see her?" 'e'-'''i
sbo see her now, but not before now"
Brave dog" said Hardy.
- called to him, and the Nevfo,,,,l7,o,,a
ca: ca rushing aft with many tokens vic
lole IN the starshine of the emotion of
sauSfactlon which good dogs feel uJbe1
lhey nave done their dutv.
oG are Wearied out Julia. " said TIar
ay' 20 you feel as stiff from STANDING
"9 shroud of wire-rigging?"
II is half past g." answered the e,ir,
aanr II your watch. George. Lie down
dearest, and I will stand here for aro+%aI, uIhl,
hoqr | am not tired"
l1o-o the wheel whilst I trim lhig light ,,
was was ms answer When this was done ha
eaIu' NOW to bed, my lass --0
oHe heard command in his voice ord
IraS baS,, "ereG; 1 Should love to lie in. .vonr
sn,5g - vi your nat and get into it. 'rris
anG sIo enough. Pull the Jacket over Won
he ab1o eep-sleep; and then you will
~ 'pIe 10 thank Mary Queen who san+
the sleep that slid into your so,Ii Tens pit
foCd'' e0' d niue Wine and
80 was as obedient as q good sai1or
ioIIl 49, sileo herself in the cabin where Tho
n1nn -s1imp was burning, and returned with q
@And NJ, uin In ana water and d biscuit.
ban my pipe, said he. And he toId
bacco Pipe ana the to-
said to her: me Heh-coop he
,, wish l could teach the dog to steer.
oul that is impossible. But + teII yn;,
VIVA hdt.When those Yards need trinrni1ce
ei,dI want spmeonento hold on to the
do it, eo" ''"ilor ShaH
why doesn't God enable such cre,-
ture as this to speak as we do9, esid
luna. 1t has the mind-why should #
ldch the voice when even the fIthiest
Inn nnioal may use his t0ngue?"
Get you to bed. Julia!n
one crept into the hen-coop wranned
her clothes about her legs, pulled the
sdiior coat over her and lay watch
Ing her lover
Hardy stood at the wheel with pine
kennel alongside. It was not for long
that Julia was allowed to sleep. When
II was quarter before T. when the
darkness that grows deeper before the
dawn dwelt like a sable vapor upon the
lace of the sea- when the flash of the
star was fast in it's westward sweep. and
red scar of the moon looked DULY down
IKE piece of broken glass thick stain
ed, through which the crimson splendor
ABOVE drains and IND
suddenly three points; twas then almost
abeam.
He called TO the girl. Her awakening
found her astoLnded by her situation
Was she in a coffin? He called again,
and the saint-like voice of love
brought her from her sepulchre of hen
coop with an eager cry of: ST am wide
The wind has shifted, Julia. Do you
know what l mean? ?"
THE wind has changed"
Yes, you are awake. Take hold of
this Wheel
She grasped the sp kes. The dog would
be of no use then: all Hardy could do
was to slacken away the weather-braces
and haul taut the lee-braces as well as
single pair of British arms could. He
clapped on the watch-tackle here and
there and made the best job possible un-
der the circumstances; but he was both
cred by the want of somebody to hold On
to the slack. However, by Delaying the
watch tackle and then Delaying the
brace he in one-man fashion managed
it and when he returned to the wheel the
ship slipped to her course again with her
shortened canvas rap-full, and a wake
like a millrace.
"Hurraht' cried Hardy with slap of
thigh; storm along Old Stormy! Whilst
she creaks she holds! I'll teach that dog
this morning to pull a rope. He has
teeth and sense and some sailors have
neither because their teeth are worn out
by chewing salt junk, and the crimp
drugs their brains till the skull is like
rotten nut. full of dust"
'It is my turn at the Wheel" said Ju-
liza
Just you go and turn in," he an
swered Here's the skipper and there's
the bed l shall take an off-shore spell
some time today. Rest till breakfast
time and then you shall light the galley
fire and boil some coffee.
She crept into the hen-coop after
holding the pinnacle lamp to his pipe
and the ship moved in the glimmerinS
shadow through the hour OF darkness
with slightly restless yards at every
solemn nlunge, for like the figure of a
beautiful woman she was the fairer In
grace and the easier in carriage When
nodded by the fingers of art
Sunrise is beautiful at sea on a me
morning; the sky ripples with silver
and rose and the sea uplifts its foun-
tain notes of rejoicing as that great
imperial mystery Of the heavens the sun
floats off the verge of the deep. The
fhn TIyhn