The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-12
CHAPTER TX.
WE LOOK OUT FOR THE SOUTH
Erin gUDHa

WE LOOK OUT FOR THE SOUTH
Erin CROSS
The wind blew a hurricane all that
fnight. and was Htili a full gale when
dawn bruko To say that no man
amons AZ slept II 60 put down a very
ohsiuua thina The roaFins Of the
breakers. the showers u stones which
the heights fainrd down. the dreadful
noises ike Wild human voices Ia The
hiils, drove aissp Tar from any mans
eyes AND more than that there vas
the ship 70 think o. what had be-
cume Of the ship Where did she Ne ?
Whsn shonld We sec her aEain1 Was
q well Nith the ship 90 iiif ar. Jacob
we kaew 60 be good seaman. none
better With him this decision La o.
fun Tor open water or 60 risk syafY-
thing Tor our sakea II hs made up
his mind that the safety Il tho South
era Cross demanded sshruum DO would
take IL. and Jet tomorrow look after
itself hot I was anxious none tha
lees. Tot. Il The ship Weru gonc Cod
help ~ on kfu'H island ! said
Sow the Old Freedman vas the
first t. lv moving Nhen tha day came.
and 80 saeHsf did al tie higher peaks
show ns a Eiimmsr q The daWniisht
than he set 90 the ladder aud began
% chow ~ he way 70 ths mounlala
top
'sYeu make signal. you fetch ship
Aaiiqfmen 60 down where iandmAu
afraid Little boat aama tn hhip=
mate 80 cut Old Clair de-Luur he
knows Al. ulrinsirgrs. tho sind Is
very dreadful today what Fuu call
harftkrn. nthsf day. ali quite easy
plsn~baf tbs daY uui 80. great satefi
al white 40 81. no man"
IL Saa quesf talk. and ~ might have
laughed al him u Sad havs forgotten
that he saved our irua. laat night
and waa waiting - save THEM again.
this HsofninE We made haste 70
scramble up oai u the % and % FOL.
low him e. the heights where the
{ uth should b. knoWn-the basf q ID
or the worst For the path or its
dangerous places 80 cared nothing
nov. Imagine h3@ Ne raced Tor the
summit. nov up GA our feet. nov on
all foers Ike dnRa And M wonder
20 wonder our hearts beat high and
eur hards we're unsteady. faF beyond
the haaiu We should find the sea. ssa
the view mlEhi HhoW uM life OF DEATH
otd Clair. DE- isgus wac the first TO
Be up. bat I vas close upon his heels
HaeA AFRA4# NNANA AH#=h AsAH AFNAAAA nv
who spoke the first Nera | aou {
fiEhtiy rseoiieei. but hadn't been on
the heights more than ten seconds
wifsn / knew why Il was spoken and
whst the true meaning of 1t might
ID.
The ahip has gomez
All tho eyes In the wide world could
mt have found her on that angry sea
below as. or anywhere on the black
and looming hafiEan heyonds The
night had taken her. Hope as We
might. speak up az we might the one
aars fact remained that the Southern
Cross had steamed away from Ken .
island aud left ua to our fstea.
Hen be running for sea-room and
come in whom the sale fallH." said
Peter Bllsh. when We had stood All
Together = little while. az erestfaiien
a lot az the Pacific ocean could ehow
that day. trust Mister Jacob 10 be
cautlous-hs's n stcotchmRn and would
think first q the ship"
That's true" cried Dolly vsnn.
"rhe ships gone. but shs'n como back
again" And then Co ma said. very
EARNESTLY. roh. she must come back.
captain.
AYE. lad" said I. let her ride out
TIE gale and she'll put back right
enough. Mister Jacob isn't the one 90
desert frtanda. I'm only wondering
what sort - shoss-piay II 10 keep us
afnused until we sight the ship again
Well. they looked doleful enough. but
mot a man among them complained.
T9ey understood what the conss-
|Gueness u the Enia might be. They
were no fools. to imagine that a man
could get from Ken's island 60 San
Francisco IN any cockeisheil the beach
might show him. Hut none 81 them
talked about IL; none charged me with
t. The ship had gone: the Lord only
knew when she would come back
again. II was not for mo 90 be cry
ing like child for that which neither
I nor any man couid make good.
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