Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-09-14

Then two life buoyS were attached to
other ropes in case there might be
some slight chance of using them. The
tackle which the unfortunate captain I
of the Chinook had cast adrift was
utilized to construct safety lines in
tbe entrance way Loops We're fasten-
ed to them, in which six of the strong
EST men available were secured against
the chance of being swept through the '
door to instant death
Meanwhile the three vessels had
steamed close to the mooring buoy.
which. it viii be remembered, lay IN
full view of the kitchen window. Con
stance gave them casual glance. he
ing versed in the ways of the sea, she
instantly discovered that some unusual
event was astir.
She, called her sisters attention to
the maneuvers of the steamers. one,
the Trinity tender, lay broadside on to
the incoming tide.
.sThey are lowering a boat, do de-
clare,' she announced after. they had
watched the proceedings for a little
while with growing curiosity. At the
distance, nearly 600 yards, it was diff
ficult to discern exactly what was TAX
ing place.
"No boat can live if it comes near
the rock" cried Enid. And then a wild
Thought brought her heart to her
mouth.
"Oh. Connie" she cried in a sudden
access of terror. 81 feel sure that Jack
is doing something desperate to save
us! Dad knows. They all know, but
they would not tell us. That is why
Mr.. Pyne has not been near us for
hours"
at cannot be- No one would permit
it. Father would never give his sane
ton. Enid, my dear one, why do you
say such things? You frighten me!'
But Constance's lips were bloodless,
and her eyes dilated with the fear
which she, too, would fain deny.
, They were perched so high above the
sea that the dancing hillocks Of green
water could not wholly obscure the
l stoutly built craft which bobbed into
l startling prominence round the stern
= of the tender.
at is! 1t ISL shrieked Enid. "Look,
D Connie! There is Jack kneeling in the
, bow. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Is he mad?
| why uOI sup NeAAAo1
e bear to look. Connie, tell me-shall L
see him drowned before my eyes,?
: The girl was distraught, and her Sis
j ter was in little better plight. t'as-
cinated, speechless, clinging to each
l.. other like panic stricken children, they
e followed the leaping boat with the
b CLASSY stare of those who gaze open
eyed at remorseless death.
y They scarce understood what was to-
L ward
AS the boat, a strong craft, yet such
: mere speck Of stanch life in the tum
e bling seas, was steadily impelled near
h er they saw the tug lurch ahead OF the
e other vessels until line was thrown
E. and caught by Stanhope, who instant
b " fastened it round his waist. The
II rowers wore cork jackets, but he was
'r quite unprotected. Bareheaded, will
IS his well knit limbs shielded only by {
Is Jersey, loose fitting trousers and can
# vas shoes. he had declined to hampe
n his freedom of movement with tn
y cumbrous equipment SO essential 10
Is any one who might be cast adrift II
l that dreadful sea.
ot The girls, even in their dumb agony
were duly conscious Of a scurry o
feet up and down the stairs. What di
it matter? They paid heed to naugh
save the advancing boat now deep i
- the trough Of a wave, now perche
-, precariously on lofty crest. Whoeve
- the rowers were, they trusted who'll
to the instructions given by the galian
youth who peered so boldly into th
fyySv1 naI 7
and high tossed spray gave to th
=. lighthouse the semblance Of alternatel
- lifting and lowering it's huge fram
~ amid the furious torrents that enci
ns cled it. Nerves of steel, strong heart
"a and true, were needed by those wh
would voluntarily enter that water
inferno.
Yet the men at the oars did not falte
~ w nor turn their heads. They pulle
n's evenly and well, with the short, dee
ne sunken stroke of the fisherman, an
7o' Stanhope, now that they were almo
in the vortex where the waves lo
their regularity, produced a padd
" wherewith to twist the boats head
meet each turn and swirl
'eo Stealthily the powerful tugboat cre]
LIZ in the wake Of the smaller craft uni
I'll: it became clear to the girls straine
:eo vision that watchful helpers, lashed
u the vessels bows, We're manipulate
, another rope as drag, thus helpil
-he the sailors efforts to prevent their fra
LUZ argosy from being swamped by
7n breaking sea.
OF Then a miracle did happen, mirac
esS of science. When the boat was y
200 yards away, Brand, looking o
ais from the gallery in stony despair, su
ecu denly behaved as one possessed of
eo' fiend.
M ..Eo,1or, MOP, ba rosred "Com