New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-17
ODE %forn.
BY HARRIS BURIAND.


Williams pulled in the painter e the dtnEy end
banks. and they had 10 wade for several Yards
The dingy Up a yard TWO. fastened the painter
and made their way across a nat sWanpy piece o.
ground 70 Dowsetts house.
heavily with his fsJ, and waited for an answer 70
Is summons oGt none cane Inen he ssIGcA S5
through the whole house Again they waited. AMI
beat down upon them IN JoTren1z
Then suddenly a window opened above them, and
= great scOwing face looked out
What want you, my masters cried strideut
voice.
Fresh water" replied Janthry. lust to make
cup !!v OF Ca a,i II you'd be SO sind; 49,. -.,
ment later the contents OF IA Jug uoured Gown upon
their heads. Janthry laughed Then. moving back
pace two hung his great bulk against the
wSa a b sGre Ja l9eS oqt OF me wS9d%9F Inc
stairs 10 meet them. with poker IN her hand.
JanJhry avoided a blow which II it had stFuc.S
Then he sraPDled with the teruagant, hung her
and LooJ with his belt and handkerchief She
shout away" said Janthry. Il don't suppose
a scream in this house that has never reached an-
They. proceeded to search the house room by
mem, al they found Joan Dowsett Janthry
picked her up and carried her into the hail. Will
II have come TO take you away" said Janthry.
trust me; you know how I love you.
-, y eS ulqrrnured Joan. and a red flush came TO
her white cheek. IT know how you love me. dear.
l
and kissed him passonately. He held her close TO
MN a moment. and showered kisses on her face.
anu ne told her 70 get lew things together and
Very few dearest he said as she few up the
STA Io-norrow or the day after viii buy
In a minutes time she rushed down the stairs
fsherman's boots She carried nothing in beT hand
Tn ready" she said; TN take nothing from
Jams and the three made their zsy doVrn 70 the
sril
hear the screams OF the infuriated woman above
IN less than i've minutes they were on board.
ana 49, . - s'oVeS away "a Ine dTY
ana the Trixie was running before the wind toward
What's the programme nowT' asked Williams.
repe5 a s25 10 get into 18th the thick Of il 9gsn
any port where there's a railway stati0u-Sheer-
things go I'm ready for anything I've a thousand
mem What's that. Wilhamss' and he pointed
emerge from the haze Of rain She Vas beating gp
me creek and tearing from bank to bank at
Tvfe HI o t one ana LAY 50 much over 70 the
10 time and half Of her deck have been under
Lew .Dqwsett' said Janthry Curse hts black
/ soui Wen have twenty minutes start OF him ard
An the devil He Tee se 3 ths ~ boat nor water
A tt sure as tate Dowsett had altered his course
The twenty tom bost made s4ai e [l m aeF G0"n,
as she drew near he men could see the look A on
/ RJowsetts face He certainly Intended to smash
| Haul IN the sheet.' he yelled and as williams
and shot clean across the creek TIE rT S bSars
passed Within foot OF each other and Trixie's
EtPPings up a white line the black paint and
Dowgeft turned round sh5ok Sis Ssy g. sal Ss,
out some oaths that cannot be erystaTzsd in print
and once more the Trxis ran before the gala
the house that rad been fsft unto Lir, - 5 $780,
And n the dry but stufry little cabin Joan Dowsets
that her husbands boat might be slow to reach it5
In ten minutes time the Trtxie was once nor. TN
T ne Sntck or the sea and II was then that Joan
repgs been an 9Tt In worse weather than this she
/ END hand and II the worst comes to the worst
They rounded the sa an and. as they wen,
Of the tempest pinE no 5 20 - ne , IgI I1ry
vas nov 5aS water s7vil-tr from her decks r
BODY were strained to the uttermosr limit
s+o rI' up. up tne Aghts' yelled Janthry ABOVE tbs
soon the lights rwinkIed through the mist OF spray
tartousy. And behind them though thew Could not
STdS WIZ more canvas than she could carry, and
| VIII VII a mailman at the helm
TOOK NE =, storm 1 increased IN fury and the little CRATE
waves and tSv r$ - Upon 1heIa val after val %
| ianls.s fear had not vanished. but he had con
played the POolest part on that Ttl nishf l's VINO
Tn going to take her in 70 the sh0rs g1i a66I
| on the fats" Scarcely had re sDoI.e- vrbs- =
most level with the sea She rghted a little Then
| Lns JIo sheet broke and the sail streared out IN
/ mtg ne WIND, and at the same moment a great
VA OF wafer came az them from the west poured
/ over ana Oouterdred them, broke the painter OF
ne dlngy. and carried it Off into the darkness
The cabin doors burst in with the enormous Dres=-
| Gre. The Frtxie was waterogsed. and her deck
was almost level with the IL seemed a.
though the end OF al things was at hand
| .A6en out OF the blacNness came the rwfnAIins
| or HgnIsL IsreIl White and red-and then dark
| Joan Dowsert placed her hand 10 his mouth
! .LL--s5s q crown. she shrleked anything but
yelled again and his voice rose above the storm
aiu Lev Do WSeJt heard IL be smiled, and put
/ The Mary Ann came back out OF the rain ana
( spray and doomed gigantic in the feeble glow ~
/ the lights. Janthry heard the hoarse crtes %
men ana the long rattle OF a chain as the anChOis
I sank fathom after fathom into the sea Then with
/ an arm round Joan Dowsert's waist and win ina
waters close 70 his head. he heard the loud Hap
or a man cling 10 the stays and hold out lantern
across the roaming seas. The Mary Ann was but a
boats length from them. and he could See The
/ tendish LOOK on DOwsett's face
I Then suddenly the TriXte sank from beneath his
,C. " u = suPtrn1il'tn eJIorJ ne hung hinselr
clear or the na1Cslil, spars. and Curdaze. cast
. ward the cresc of a wave snatched at a scrI
and missed IT. and then tried swim and keep
not stand dogs chance in his heavy boots and
woman The fSamin ns sea a4 1a,T 9urden OF a
he saw Lew DOwsett Afnas himself rom me 5scI5
/ Of the smack ana then the Volume 81 v1ara :
crushed them down and down till be thought thar
/ their feet would touch the sand below Then they
/ began slowly TO rise once more choking for the
air that would not come 70 them, and with tina
/ weSpsr or death n their ears Then Janthry
seemed 70 be SLIPPING away from all tangible
When he TO his senses the roar or the wind
/ and waves was still about him In the dim ighr
he saw Joan Dowsett hUdded against a basket "
Spr4ls and Win one hand clutchinS an iron cleGt-
Williams was covering against The mast. Janthryr
/ going northward, that she was reefed down three
anu .ha' me NaIsr was SWirins over the lee bull