Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-08

wv ND II he at our backs, and were
rugged for il too. What d'you say. Mr.
lIazcltine:"
! Ralph WAS only too glad of the op-
pOrtunitX TO SEE. at least. the finish
of rescuing expedition, and he said
50. 81 they got into the oilSl>inS again.
pulled their sou westers down over
their ears and started OH the tramp
: To the life saving station.
Tie electrician is not likely to forget
that walk The wind was. as the cap
tain SAID, at their backs blu it wills
tied in from the sea with teraific
strength and carried the slert with it..
! 1t deluged them with water and p!aS-
tered them with flying seaweed and
| ice. The wet sand came in showers
like hail and beat against their Shoul-
, ders until they felt the sting even
through their clothes.
:, They walked as near the water line
as they dared, because the sand was
harder there Captain Fri went
ahead, hands in his pockets and head
down. Ralph followed, sometimes
watching his companion but oftener
gazing at the sea. AT intervals there
would be lull. as if the storm giant
had paused for breath, and they could
see for half Il mile over the crazy wa
ter, then the next gust would pull the
curtain down again and whir of
rain and sleet would shut them in
Conversation meant only series of
shrieks. and they gave it up.
At length the captain turned. grinned
pleasantly while the raindrops splash
ed on his nose and waved one arm.
Ralph looked and saw ahead of them
the clustered buildings of the life sav,
ing station. And he was glad to see
them.
"Whew!" puffed Captain Fri as they
opened the door. Nice mornin' for
ducks. Hey, Lutherp' he shouted.
Wake up here! You've got callers
They heard footsteps in the next
room, the door opened and in came
not Luther Davis, but Captain Perez
why, Eri"' he exclaimed amazedly.
For the lands sake, Perez! What
are you doin' here:'
What are you doin' here, l should
say. How d'you do Mr.. Hazetine?''
Captain Fri pushed back his SOU
wester and strollel over to the stove
IA lph followed suit
"Well, Perez said the former ex-
tending his hands over the fire. its
easy enough to tell you why we're here
We heard there was a wreck
There is. She's a schooner, and she's
off there Oh the Hogs Back. Luther
and the crew put off to her more'n two
hours ago, and I'm gittin' worried
Then Perez went on to explain that,
because Of the storm he had been per-
that Captain Davis had been over for
Il mol en1 that evening on an erfan.
and had said that the schooner had
been sighted and that, as the north
easter was coming Oh, she was almost
certain to get into trouble: that he
PEREZ, had rowed over the first thing
III the morning to get the news and
had been just in time to see the launch
ing of the lifeboat as the crew put
Off to the schooner.
''Ihere amt nothin' to worry bout"
observed Captain Fri. "It's no slouch
of Il pull off to the Hogs Back this
weather. and. besides. I'd trust Lutte
Davis anywhere on salt water"
Yes. know replied the uncon-
vinced Captain Perez, "but he ought
to have been back afore this There
was a kind of letup in the storm jest
afore | got here, and they see her fast
on the shoal with the crew in .he rig
gin Luther took the small boat cause
he thought he could handle her better,
and that's what's Worryin me: I'm
'fraid she's overloaded. was Jest
thinkin of goin' out on the pint to see
if could see anything of 'em when you
folks come"
'Well. go ahead. Well go with you,
out of him."
Ralph was feeling warm by this time,
and after Perez had put on his coat
and hat they went out once more into
the gale. The point of which Perez
had spoken was wedge shaped sand
ridge that thrown up by the waves
and tide, thrust itself out from the
beach some few hundred yards below
the station. They reached it's tip and
stood there in the very midst of the
storm. waiting for the lulls, now more
frequent and scanning the tumbling
water for the returning lifeboat
"Schooner's layin' right over there"
shouted Captain Perez in Ralph's ear.
pointing of into the mist Bout a
mile off shore, cal'late Wicked
place, the Hogs Back is. too
winds lettin' up little mite,' bel /
lowed Captain Fri. "We'-e had the
wust of it,sI guess. There amt so
much
He did not finish the sentence. The
curtain of sleet parted. leaving quar-
ter mile long lane through which they
could see the frothing ridges racing
one after the other endlessly And
across this lane, silent and swift, like
moving picture on screen. drifted
white turtleback with black dots
clinging to it, 1t was in sight not