The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02

ING, DECEMBER 2, 1906.
rain beat vciousy against c.b windows '1Wonde.
what boat it is down heres''
AS he finished speaking, the vehicle to sud-
"we've broke down. declared Paul, opening tho
It true but, fortunately they were within three
blocks OF their destination Bidding the driver pull in
to the nearest Livery stable for repairs the men
whose roaring voice almost drowned their speech
In ten minutes they reached the beach, and joined
efforts reinforced by detail of city police bent
upon devsing to land the Of the doomed
peril of pounding to pieces breakwater From the
hfesayers the two reporters CLEANED what facts OBJ
men shot line the vessels bows but there
one to make it FAST and each time the effort wasted
Fast to the rigging and halffrozen, the sailors the
manageable schooner apparently powerless to
nelp themselves and after few attempts it
decided that trial to board the luckes,
cra1t from shore, II the crew was to be saved.
But how to reach the vessel the poser. She was
simply the sport Of the waves with her almost
on the breakwater the carried back 500
derelict = =
Just the fesavers were sighting for another shot
with the line, there was startled cry Of "Here she
comes from half dozen hoarse Voices and Paul turned
his gaze lakeward in time to mighty the
schooner upward, if she puny toy boat them
before any Of the perurbed watchers could guess the
result down in the middle of the breakwater with hor
Hung, fair target for every succeeding breaker;
With her back broken, big opened in her
wounded sides thru which the water poured and her
masts snapped off Short the wrecked schooner evidently
could not long hold together exposed spot and to
rescue the mperled must be the work of alert and
Grabbing line from of the patromen the end Of
which remained in the surfman 8 hands, Paul darted
after the captain of the fesaving crew. who already
was plungng thru the shallow toward the outer
PIER on the apex Of which lay the groaning ships hulk
Both seemed possessed with the thought,-to get
of m MAJ he hrano
buoy and send the helpless ashore before the tim
That was a hazardous Journey The water was lev
cold and the that beat the pier drenched and
buffeted them in merciless manner Their greatest
might take them off their feet and in the reco
carry them out into the lake. Fortunately there was
sailor fashion the two scaled the breakwaer Under the
lee of the Of timber above them The instant
they shining the sides of the by
OF the ragged cordage and rigging and almost together
gained the deck Of the vessel. !:
"Here, lad'' cried the captain thinking he addressed
one of his own pile up that center make
last the line When haul in the slack tie the big rope
Without murmur of dissent, Paul sprung into the
tangled shrouds that still chung to the mast and sides Of
the boat, and in few minutes managed to get stout
yesd asDfs H
venng space to the Shore and presently the stout
line passed that great friend of all shpwrecked
man, whose services in helping to and load the
ha1f:frozen sailors were urgently needed.
In snort order, the captain and crew of
sent safely ashore and after them followed Paul.
whose identity by this time discovered by the
really gallant help but he insisted that Paul should pre-
eede his fellows in leaving the wreck and nothing
loath, the young reporter stepped into the buoy.
That was brilliant story the Mercury had next
morning The account Of the storm covered thirteen col
umns the first third and fourth pages Of the paper
columns of which credited to Pauls fertile
pen It O'Clock in the morning before he
in his last piece of copy and treder lad would have
been hard to find in all Chicago.
The e1 in nd
Travers, that's great piece of work I graduate
YOU my boy" the youngster experienced thrill Of
pride that sent all thoughts Of WEAKNESS to the right
about, and he happy youth when finally sought
his pillow, hour later there to remain undisturbed
until noon.
(To Be Continued.)
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