Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-22

ing waters heaved in pillows OF
rose and crimson.
Close at hand rocked the white
boat, oarless and empty, as before.
And then over the waters came
the low. plaintive wall like moth
ing earthly, and up rose the figure
of the phantom woman, and
/ stretched out her pale hands to
the Augusta's horror-stricken
crew.
And Capt.Gray fell back with a
stified cry of amazement, for the
face of the phantom was the face
of Agnes ArmOr, as he had last be-
held it.
And even while he gazed, the
vision faded as before, and only
the trackless sea spread out be-
fore him, unmarked and lonesome
as the plain of a great desert.
Capt Gray did not talk with any
of his men of this strange sight
they had seen. Whatever he may
have thought on the subject, he
was silent, but all night long, in
the light of the clouded, watery
moon, he paced the deck, and
watched the heaving, desolatc
waste of waters.
Before morning it was evident
that the fine weather was at an
end. The wind tore through the
rigging and shrieked like mad
fiend; the breakers, capped with
foam. rolled in from the wind /
ward. and the ship tossed and
pitched like a drunken man, un-
mindful of her helm.
The sailors whispered together, |
and gave each other little mes
sages for their families. They |
spoke in subdued voices of the |
phantom boat. and bewaiIed the
fate which had led them to ship
on the Augusta. !
Capt. Gray stood on the bow is
suing his orders clearly, but never
taking his restless blue eyes Off |
the tumbling mass of waters to the /
Ieeward. He, too, they said, was
looking for the boat.
The fury of the wind Increased.
the pillows rose into mountains of
mist and spray, the surf broke over
the decks. and the helmsman was
dashed to the wheel. Only God
knew if the ship was to- outride the
storm.
And then. as darkness be
gan to gather tossed upon the
summit of the great waves, they
saw the boat, and, standing up,
as before. drenched and shivering
in the death-cold spray the WON
an with the golden hair and the
face of marble.
This time she did not fade away;
this time the boat rushed on and
Capt. Gray, hurriedly fastening
rope around his waist plunged
over the side of the vessel and was
lost i'm the swirl of foam.
The men said he was mad, and
looked upon him as lost; but di-
rectly he signaled them by the
rope. and they drew him on board;
and i'm his arms was the woman
who had caused them SCI much ter
rOr.
After this the wind lulled. the
moon looked through the clouds,
and the angry ocean subsidized and
calmed itself, until its breast was
tranquil as that of Il midland lake.
And in the cabin Capt. Gray
listened to the story of Agnes.
She had never been false to him;
she had never married the rich old
suitOr. Her mother only had been
to blame.
\ week before she had sailed,
with her mother, 70" Europe. The
ship had sprung leak in the TEN
pest, the crew and passengers had
fled to the boats. but the aD~lV |
waves had swallowed them MI bur
Agnes, and he hadsaved her. This
was all of it.
And when she Wept over tn"
fate of her mother. Capt. Gray held |
her to his heart, and dried the |
tears from her face with passions
ate kisses.
When the Augusta reached Liv- |
prpOOl, Capt. Gray's marriage took |
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