Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19

contains the unwritten epitaphs of thou
sands who have persisted here. Il has other
secrets. too. and one ot them | have discov-
cred and will show you. Do You think II
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 d,nSey,
which had already been launched and was
lrcured on the port side Of the sloOp. They
sculled 1t quickly to the head of the bay,
and s"on began the precari"us ascent of the
Devils Nose. Two-thirds of the distance TO
the summit they came upon a level space no
bigger than a dining table, which in the
center vas cleft apart, leaving a space not
more tnun TWO feet wide and IS dark as
midnight within, and into this forbidiing
place the big man. without explanation or
hesitation. dropped. CradIock followed and
a nrnent later they stood in natural cav
crn that Was created when the rock was
formed.
Il doubt" said the leader. IF there lives
another man today who knows Of the
istence of This cavern. Hark, Do you hear
tOn of hundred aeolian harps. | have a
lantern here; wait till l strike a light and
VIII show you something srander than You
ever saw before Then presently he led
the way up the slippery rock and as they
advanced the weird meaning and whistling
became louder and shrl.lor, until IL seemed
as II there Were living things lowering
around them and shriehins i'll their ears. I,
was the voice of the gale as il rushed
through an opening IN the rock high over
thelr heads; and after they had mounted to
u Craddock saw his friend put the lantern
Gown men his arm was seized in a firm
grasp and he was led around a tu,ting
boulder into the light of day
The wind struck them ike blow and
Tor a moment forced them back again hut
they held their ground and presently stood
upon a ledge formed by an indentation
which nature had left in the mighty mass
with the summit Of the Devils Nose a
a All h.ir
The view was grand and awful. Tie
storm was at its height. Black clouds
rushed toward them and above them like
chargers OF Hadean host Seas noun
tiuhs nigh. 'ume-crested with white foam,
tumh!ed onward in mad expostulation 10
be shattered against the rock on which
tremble
Craddeck loved such scenes with not less
passion than his 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, shout
ed in his ear. Look ynuder Grad Look
there. and with his diseIgaged hand ne
pointed straight 10 windward.
Scarcely a mile away and driving toward
them with the speed of {, locomotive was
, a schooner yacht under bare poles rolling
and pitching and tossing now half sub
merged beneath torrents of water that fell
upon her from The pursuing waves and
again appearing like a helpless chip upon
the summit OF an angry sea.
soi4F S'f-iilCu 20 Dt- making straight Tor the
Devils Nose. Upon her deck a dozen
forms were visible. lashed to their places
to prevent being swept away by wind and
water.
AS She drove onward nearer and nearer,
CraddOck's companion again shouted in his
ear.
Il know her, Grad. 1t is the favorite
yacht of the Princess Charlotte of Den
mark. God grant that she may not be
aboard IL now. She loves the sea as We
love IL, Grad, and-look, for Gods sake,
look" He pointed with his disengaged
hand. and Craddock saw the figure of a
woman wrapped in cork jacket, dashed to
the pinnacle Of the beleaguered yacht,
which was now not more than so fathoms
from the rock.
AT the very instant that the two men
discovered her mighty wave rolled up
| over the stern and broke in mid air, over
whelming the yacht with food of water
| that crushed and made a wreck of her be-
i fore their eyes.
For two seconds they gazed spellbound
| upon the scene, and then without a word
\ OF warning or intention Craddock's COM
| panion feapcd upward and outward and
| plunged head downward to the water fifty
| feet below.
Craddock did not move. He stood as II
| petritied, clnging with both hands to the
| rock from which the wind seemed deter
! mined to hurl him; and he gazed with
| every faculty concentrated in his ewes upon
| the awful scene of wreckage and destruc-
| ton. The yacht careened over, half filled
| with water, and, surely laundering, was
! thrown by the violence of the wave that