The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-20

The hoet ecuses arouni u tAs - ssss
Fesr men hare heez left aboard and the
! hoszn s-eAair + ALREADY rizxea Down
4 xoes -fru1 fhe he razin Fard and
bEinxs ID 3 uuGz1- Down again up
~ixh another. Thea coEes q Esd with
cAild IN his arms then rsoFs us1
TIE steward zizzstsrs zsfo tA@r1 and
the boat disappears Ens0 the graz.
The ether hoats hease IN sSxht. one By
one. and dssehzrxe their living freight
fhen--haek to the steamer. and beck %
rns Saip- TIE decks are Sling with uer
and boys and here and there q WOMAN
or chiis. Sore SEX be sheiter Of The
forward hors~. and ssSre 70 wirtward
at the rsd glare upon the gray VAL. One
upon the fore hsech. and books steadily
1p st ne
We are drifting faster than the blaz-
ing steamer she x row on cur pert
hhx. sr3 Our distance i Increasing. bat.
as watch. the black line on hsr for
ward rail grows thinner ard thinner.
while boat after boat cones oct OF the
Snow ard returns 20 her The1 they
come. the four together. and ] hear the
joyful hail OF the serond mate Got
en- all SIR. Good thing. too. There's
powder IN her hold
step to leswarsa and look down on
the confusion below where three heats
endeSvor 20 keen clear Of each other
while q fourth unIcaaS Then I return
10 the capstan where. facins ne IN the
furry OF SnowfakeS Is 4 slight figure
woman. One small hand rests upon
the cspstan. one snlali foot peers from
beneath her dress. I had seen this at
titude IN a girl at 4 gate in the moon
light. The uarallel Is more complete
there Is the same slow. troubled noddins
of the head, Il IS more thSn cOnrless;
Il Is the girl. For. though cannot dis
tin<uiSh her features. / know her voice
when she speaks
s-You would rot cone home. 50 come
TO you- Wins would you not comet l
waited 80 long
spring toward Der and she advances
her head still slowly noddiu< I forget
The situation-she storm. the crowded
decks my position on lookout. our $50
lated prominence in full view Of thoSs
who would look. and I extended my
arms.
But a sudden lighting no OF the dull
hued blanket of sea and sky startled us
both. Then come the gray darkness and
on the port bow Is a faint point 81 light
where had shown the flare Of the burn
ing steamer. then shock and a report
like the boom Of near-hy thunder. and.
with the Doint OF light fast fixed in nv
ewes. | hear a laundering voice from
the poop: Keep good lookout for'ard.
there"
A shiver. colder than the snow. posses
through me: the girl seems 10 move
away into nothinsness: the gray ef the
snow-filled air changes 20 the clear
brightness OF moonlit sky and | am
hanging over the capstan. still gazing M
point of light burning steadily on the
mort how. 1t bursts into n flare for 4
second. then subsidies to its steady glow.
Ave. ave. sir | manage TO answer.
while my brain reels and my legs CULVER
under my weight. Flashing white light
on the port how. sir
All right-all right. Keep your ewes
open on lookout. there But he does
not come forward. :.
| have slept on lookout How long I
10 not know. until watchmate appears
within call and I hail him.
How many times did the mate sing
out to keen a good lookoutT'
Once He saw the light fore you did.
Been asleep"
about second or two"
Dreams are curious in that they re-
anire no time that can be measured bv
finite units. That call from the mate to
keep a good lookout for'ard there"
which | heard twice at different times in
my dream was the call which Weakened
me A dream is an instantaneous pho
tograph. not a moving picture of Sc