The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11

THE MINNEAPOLIS JC
gloom where the singular phenomenon had appeared.
At conjecturedit pail of smoke, but
Ing earnestly it looked too dense mass for The
bette to view it, stepped to the bulWarkk rail- hold
ing tightly by to steady myself
Suddenly the vessel gave terrific lurch as rlgny
silent, black wall of water trimming to her sides
Over yet she heeed before could recover my
poise, feet slipped from underline and with cry
of horror, felt the yield to my weight as swung
upon it. Then, with tWang. it tauntened and was
my grasp soused into the water My dive
long and deep. Happily, Twas good swimmer and
Notwithstanding the shock Of my sudden immersion my
presence of mind not paralyzed kept my up s
pursed, waited for head to rise again curiosy
enough but possessed at instant OF gong
overheard flashed into brain with the trst
chill my plunge-the dread of sharks.
The brief seconds seemed to run into eternity pc
fore came again. then trod the water
whilst squeezed brine out of eyes and drew
deep breath 1t little while before vision
grew clear; and naturally my first thought was to find
the ship With that swift process of reasoning which
fits thru mans brain in the moment OF peril con-
cluded it unlikely that my mishap had been
caused bv the fr,ghtfn1 urchne Of the There
fore, effort would he made to pick
I looked around for moment or two, lightly
breasting the phosphorcscent water and noticing with
dsmay the increasing drag of saturated clothes.
Where the ship? Father of mercy Had she found
cred? No, yonder she doomed; solitary light twnkng
aboard of and looking remote that marvelled at
the distance which those few had put between
To be the wash Of that great volcanic wave
have carried her along with struck out for her.
but had dozen strokes when in
tack with large heavy, floating object laid hold
L,
grating, which have fetched away and
board when the vessel reeed. dragged myself upon it.
and squatted, Laser fashion, easily bore my weight
like raft.
1 tried to shout but my voice weak that
could raise no than husky rafting in my
This could only have been due to the effect OF the
shock for I had not swallowed spoonful OF water IN
my plunge It this moment that felt a gentle
tanning Of air in my fee faint breeze ruffling
water nostris heavily laden with the
fumes OF sulphur For few moments the slsnhcanee
of this did not erouched upon the graf
ing designing to rest before swimming to the ship
kept my her shadowy FORM with the single rec
Bile light glnmering and then, with the percep
ton that her outline growing more vague, as tho
deeper shade of gloom rolled around her, 1t hasneo
upon me breeze slowly but steadily bearing
the away.
curiosity enough on realizing by perious plight.
NV mood immediately changed of hopefuness.
NV nrovidental encounter with the grating not only
rescued the prospect of drowning but put me
out of reach of The as fiat as mirror
and the breeze at present little
raw. argued with myself that there chance
of it's expiring again. and leaving the barque motion
during the remainder of the night. But if it
held steady, providing did not increase in weight,
knew it would not watt the Lodmore of the circle
horizon before dawn long this they would
thatI missing, and in sweeping the
around with the glass thew would of nerceve me
" Whilst I thus reasoned, sitting with my chin in my
hands and gazing about me- suddenly taken
by the big dark mass have before spoken of, which
seemed to follow the wonderful upheaval of flame from
out Of the ocean. peered at it fxedly con-
cluded that it not far distant I first
supposed The gentle wind blowing directly
It, and knew from the fact that the barque slowly
melting into darkness that she must be bearing away
advantage of this little give mysterious
shadowy heap wide offing as possible
Well, the night Lodmore vanishing
entirely about two houts after fallen overheard
fancy could measure the time. The moon
about ~ o'clock, soaring sea-ne like
great rudy Chinese lantern glowing thru mist
speedily Frightening into gold breeze freshened
little about this time, and the water
softly among the square apertures Of the grating.
searched the eagerly for the barque when
out in svered violet under the lunar dawn tho
fancied perceived her the northeast could not be
outline of the strange close by was =
conical point of land, like the peak of mountain
judged it to be of pale color for it
the moonbeams, like snowclad hill viewed thru smoked
glass. How high it was, could not then determine
In the Elusive light put it down about hundred
feet but afterwards found that it thrice tina
altitude. The soft wind continued quietly te
push towards it, for which thankful for such
amazing and conspicuous object rearing itself Of
the ocean bound TO attract the attention any
passing vessel if the Lodmore should &c