The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-28

NAsllh ANfH ttfNtNHt tNAA Ah'iA fNtt
fadcH are but fom. and two Of them
eaundad gflevousiY no lonesf
feel au anxiety about that which ia
below. and I have told Miss RUTH aa
much. she has naW been iva h1ufs
With Captain Nopnen. Hcr NHy ai
ilfa draws hnr rgmpatbftlntliF to-
wards that brave aud gentle man.
II must be- So The world has put II
gruutsVulf between the simple sta
man aud those whom fortune fhaIs
ters at her heart A plain haiiat has
hts duty 10 do. the world would
laugh Al him IL be forget u barausa
the years have taught him tn wof=
ship Il wouian's step and 10 seek that
goal Of NE t. which her hand maf
lead him
And hour later.
We are 10 go ashore with the dara
10 see II We can save any OF the ref
uFeen maroaurd or the iHiund ~ II
ID desperate chance aud my cost
good mems lives DO not forbid It.
for / have lived ana Suffered on
ikeua island myself II there are
living men thsre nov a may be
women too held ~ that trance Of
death from which they must HNnks
20 mndnesa OF never sake again
the cummuneHt instinct Of pity says
10 me. 10 Dr. Gray IL doubtau
81 the venture. Mind what YOU 'afe
doing. l beg Of you" he says. Are
there not women 90 save la this
hDus- 80 Mics Ruth o4arhenrs him
and draws ns aside. and. putting her
] hand upon my arm wiuBinRiy she
/ IFS her pretty face % mine and
says, Jasper. You viii save thrmi'
1 alta going ashore aud Captain
Nupeen goes with me.
Al 10 o'clock.
We put of boat 81 10 O'Clock and
rpWed straight for the open beach.
( II was "a glorious clear night The
ships boats made 30 many black
shapes. like ocean drft in the poole
Of Hight. and Czefnys yacht lay a.
al eyti omen ga the anchorage 70
{ the nufthuHrd. sounds Of the night
ctiue "a ua from the dismal island
we heard the lowing % the kline. the
sea birds hout. ever and anon the
terrible human cty which spoke u
suul iu agony.
There were four with me IN The
boat and Captain Nepesn was one
Of them. ! had set Peter HiiEh at
/ the tifiet aud seth BARKER and an
American seaman 10 pull the oars
[ There we're rifles ia our hands. good
[ hope al our hearts. PcfehHpces even
/ yet. We should awake some Fellow
creature frVm the naueiehs sleep Ia
the woods whose beauty yciied the
/ living death.
Curruyn men we're firing rifle
shots AT the anchored schooner and
l that sound MAS a true ehauteY fnf
car ears. what eyes would they
Z have for uH when their salvation lay
/ aboard the YACHT We we're moth
/ ina 60 thru the chip was alt And.
[ be SUR We IA not go unmatched or
I helpless Behind ua. at the gate We
I had jeff. our gun showed Is barrel
I like tire fang 81 a slipped hound.
Cunning hands we're there. brave
I fellows who followed us IN their
/ hearts. whiie We crossed the basin
swiftly and drew near the terrible
shore.
We made the island a the wcstz
ward end that we might have a clear
sheet Of waier between Ckrrug'A
boats aud cur own. and We - set
cur course that our gun could sweep
She Intervening Hrss u any eye de-
I tested a. The land vas ioWlytna
ard mafshy. yet The FOG icy Hight
upon a. u HAD been planned be-
Z tween "a that Captain Nepeeu and I
Z eHHWtA 80 ANhnlN WINE AfAf 8ANFAH
held the boat We carried reviewers
I IN our henas. buf no other arms
I The deafh fog Was our trua defense
I ard against that saeh man vote the
I reauiratur that Duncan Gray had
made for him. Sleep might be our
/ lot but Il would come upon Us
I siaNiy.
III viii be straight for the woods
captain" aaid I. and all our heart
81 with un Your friends. who were
I put ashore. last night. vii never
stray Far from the beach believe
me Wen search tks fufeabore
and leave the rest - chance A. f0t
going under. We Eha'nt think ~
/ that IL would never 40 to begin By
being afraid ~ it
lie answered readily enough that
be HAD never thought of such a
thing.
Where you lead there follow.
Captain HeEE. aid he shall not
BE- far bNhlnd guu. rely upon Il
And me not far from the shore
uhen It's bout chip and home
again. chimes IN Peter Hiigh. God
a. with you, captain. for you are q
brave man entirely
/ laughed at their notion Of IT. and
vent little cay up the beach. The
respiration about my fnouth per-
shifted me TO brcaths at first with
some ease. Aud what VAS more
extraordinary was this. that while
la the woods the fog had seemed 20
saffucafe me. here II wan eNhitarat-
ting. hFacing mans steps 80 that
he seemed TO Haik on afr. exaitfnK
aim 80 that hss mind was on fire
aud his head fun Of the widest no
tious No coward that ever lived
would have known a moments fear
under the Stimulation 90 that blue
vapor. A whole world OF strange
Figures and wonderful places opened
~ to. ctr eyes when We began 10
push arhore and to leave the SANDY
beach behind us. And that was but
Abe beginning Of u. for more fearful
things we're 60 follow after.
Imagine. n you can. an unduisting
nirech of pasture land. n meadow
flooded over with a heaven % stars
bafarred about by heavy woods.
dipping 10 the sea on two sides and
extending swell on the third. Sag
that a hot blue fog aalveFs IN the air
aud Ia breAthed Ia at every breath
you take. Conceive a mind ~
played upon b. this vapor that the
meadows and the woods beyond are
gradually lost to view. and a won
der world quickly takes their place.
DO this. and you may follow me 20
a phantom city or majestic temples
| hawn out OF a golden rock aud mt
ting upward until they seem TO touch
the very skies. you may peer with
me into abyszss ~ profound that no
eve can fathom their teWeied
depths: you may pass up b FORE
walls built wholly 81 gems most
precious. you may sleep IN woods