Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
CHAPTER xIy.-(Continued.)


Look exclaimed Yarnall, Selling
Sutherland's arm with one of those pow
erful grasps that an excited man is apt
| to use when directing the attention Of
another to some object of more than ordi-
nary interest. The latter was for an in
slant startled by so rude and unceremoni-
Gus an appeal. but turning to the indcat-
cd direction he beheld the clouds lifting
themselves rapidly from the horizon. and
exposing sky of bright brazen tinge be-
You'd; then food of sticky light poured
in upon the waters. and the air became
suddenly as cold as the atmosphere of
high northern latitude. IT'S coming
said Sutherland: and he had scarcely
time to seize hold of the mzzen rigging.
before the hurricane. in all its wrath. was
upon them. Instantly the Sparrow Hawk
commenced driving through the ocean
with a velocity that piled the waters
about her bow like bank of snow, and
sent them roaring in foamy burrows
astern; the wind howled through the rig
ging and spars. and so deafening was the
chaos that heavens artillery would have
been all Hnheard amid it.
The foresail and man-topsail cannot
stand it much. longer" shouted Yarnall.
| Sutherland acknowledged the truth of the
remark with nod, but he knew it would
/ be useless to attempt handling them, as
| the united force of the whole crew would
/ be insufficient 10 clew up either of the
| sails after the sheets had been started.
| In another moment the fears of the first
| lieutenant were all verified; the main-top-
sail was blown out of the bolt-rope. and
whirled away by the force of the tempest.
on flKn 20. eat1 10
ment, and lashed and tapped itself to
| fragments Immediately afterward.
The hurricane was at the very height of
! its power, and when Sutherland again
| looked upon the ocean, he saw it covered
with foam, so that it appeared more like
vast prairie, after the prevalence of a
| snowstorm. than the wild, unstable world
| Of waters that it really was.
| At this moment an exclamation of sur
prise burst from his lips, for his gaze fell
] suddenly upon ship, not more than half
| a mile distant, driving like the Sparrow
/ Hawk before the hurricane under bare
! poles. He needed not a second glance to
assure him that it was the Sea King.
! ''She shall not escape us this time, Var
nall" said Sutherland; but the lieuten-
| ant shook his head with a doubtful sig
/ IluCdliOH. SOle Las neF THREE LOpSdilS
in snug furlsl aloft, sir; and we've none
! but the fore; and as soon as the wind
abates little she'll sheet home and be
off,"
but we can bend ours, Mr.. Yarnal."
Not with the same breeze that she can
/ spread hers"
For two hours longer both ships con-
tinued dashing madly through the water.
] but it was now observed that the hurri-
cane was gradually losing its power; the
clouds overhead began to break and sep
arate, and the clear blue of the hrma-
ment was in many places visible; the sea,
too. commenced rising as the wind abat-
| ed. and the Sparrow Hawk pitched and
/ tossed with unwonted violence.
! Two hours more passed away. and the
! sun shone brilliantly from his high place
! in the heavens; the storm-spirit had van
! ished and peace again smiled upon a
| scene that but little while before might
/ have led one to imagine that she had quit
| ted it forever The Sparrow Hawk was
now sweeping through the ocean under a
broad spread of canvas, but wide waste
of water interviewed between her and the
Sea King. for the dim outline of the lat
ter was just perceptible on the furthest
verge of the horizon.