Arizona republican., 1905-05-21

placing it under his body he found he could float well enough to keep his nose out of water. tolerably secure from drowning. for time at least.
 The mist closed in upon him, was swept asunder and shut down again. The current was bearing him toward the harbOr entrance. he decided, and, l as he had fallen overheard about Oppo- site Goat island he mnst, by this time
 be in the fairway, drifting for the
 Golden Gate and the Pacific. In Professor Vango's ears the sob ping of the siren on Lime Point was lulling him into a sleep that promised eternal forgetfullness, and the Alca- traz bell was tolling gruesomeIy of his passing, when his senses were aroused by brisker iOte that came in quick paddle beats through the fog. He sum moned his drowsy wits for a last eff fort. and gazed into the gloom. Sud denly piercing the cloudy curtoin drawn about him, came a small launch stern on. chUrning it's way at full speed
 straight at him.
 In another moment it would have sped past him to be swallowed up in the darkness agan, but with a mighty struggle he threw himself at the boat and, lodging the whirling propeller, cIutched the rail with a violence that made the craft careen. It dipped as
 to throw him off, but Vango held on ! and screamed hOarsely for help. No
 reply came from the boat, nor was any i body to be seen in it, so at last he he
 made shift to climb aboard and reach l *he cockpit.
 1 He had taken but a few steps when his foot struck a soft somethig upon [ -;4E,
 fear as he groped down and made it 1 out to be a human form. That it was woman he discovered by the long hair that had overflowed her shoulders
 in crisp waves, and touch of her body 1 showed that sne was alive He lifted 1 her to a sitting posture Oi the seat 1 then loosened her dress at the neck
 and chafed her wrists and temples. Her
 breath soon came in gasps; she sighed | heavily and sat erect with a shudder.
 She gazed into his face in the dim-
 ness, then cast her eyes over the boat | and fell to weeping.
 | So for some time, the launch, carry ing it's two wretched passengers, and
 what more Vango dared not guess
 plunged on insanely through the fog. ! Suddenly the swing of the choppy i sea flung the woman full length across ! : She arose now and scanned the fog ] then peered curiously at the medium who was silent from very terror.
 Where are we? Where in heavens name did you come from? 2" she cried ! sharply, and she approached him with i a searching gaze.
 Trickster that he was, he sought i some vile to outwit her. He mumbled
 something about having fallen off fish ! erman's wharf.
 She stumbled to the cuddy under the 1 seat and brought out a lantern and a i box of matches. With these she ob-
 tained light and held it flaring in l Vango's face. ''I don't know who you
 are" she said "but you've got to help
 me get this boat back. Are you ! armed?"
 The medium made an emphatic de-
 nial, for the woman's face was stern : Iy set. She was, indubitably a quad
 room, by evidence of her creamy
 swarthy skin and the tight curl of hel
 hair
 Come aft and help me with the ma chinery," she commanded. We can't
 keep on at full speed bacward, heaver
 knows where, through weather like this. Eff, now, and keep your feet .'' They went to the tiny engine, where
 fumbling with the levers and stopcocKs
 she brought the machinery to stop
 The silence crowded down on them as if something had just died VangC
 noticed that the woman kept between