Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-06-29


 Tue presence of fh;. steamship. d tiny dull spot Oil tue glowing picture, peo- llcti tilv void with fife and hs,dShed poetry with the thniy sheeted ghosts of the fog !n q little more than an hour she would be abreast of ihe Golf Rock light The watcher believed was almost certain, in fact siat she WAS tl,e Princess Ros;li hon,,s,',sfd bound from New York iu Southampton, From her saloon deck those enthusiasts "hG had risen early enough 10 catch a first glimpse of the English coast wt,rf' al ready scanning the tri'nly t,1'2-s,fsi oil'. lines of the Sciiy isicS and s'@irhins win their .lasSes fn, the Lands End and 1l1n lizard
 iH ! few hours they would he in South: :tiupton, that Iti@rU3)1 ill isjo.' dol, fonti0n. the Mecca nt ti," "hril, from which two years ago f't' fed N';h ioa1'iing akin to terror ii. '''2 ship oHt there, raHti;t2 a>it s1'itji}t'lS as fl she Were beg jl4silf., i33t fl.sallttf, fer pecan race of .:Gen n9it.s. ,Hsi>. ca1'@in@ eager ba4t,io,5S t0 tAa> p.,.i..s;i's:s aii# foi!ies of t}.e grseH, 9.,E. 2ot Ike. 'l,a s4aa smoking un! :i "ssiv ..43'.:E.29 Il S..n growing tadh ef @:HoN" ! Son'@ man, foo: h1nN.o+5H. "t,.t.is #.lt, i!.e eieaD. si1aoth ft.iiito If he :eriSl9rrs' ha,' surt@s! i.a hsseI: at i; ;t3 alai sought .n,! tos'nl l}es:>t slala. l' tite 2i}''if- pillar On :; .I1"ts r..e.t.
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 The man on the platform so.s,1cd to be aroused from :4 painful rntcs.e ny the jingle &, curiouslv apropos 10 bis thoughts He tapped his pipe on the iron railing and was about to enter the lantern-aDd so to tbe region of sleep beneath when suddenly his glance. trained to an acuteneSs not dreamed of by folk ashore rested on some object seemingly distant mile or less and urf1in. slowly nearer with the tide.
 At this hour a two knot current swept to the east around and over the trcacherous reef whose sUDken fangs were marked by the lighthouse In calm weather, such as prevailed Just then, it was difficult enough to effect landing at the l,aSe os tue rock, but this same smiling water raee became an awful. raging, tearing fury when the waves were lashtSl into storm.
 He pocketeG his pipe and stood with hands clnched on the rail gazing in- ten!ly st a white painted ships life boat With a broken mast and a sail trailing over the stern. its color, with the sun shining cn II. Su less than the vapogous eddjes fading t1own to the surface of .be sea. had prevented him from seeing it earlier, Perhaps be would not have noticed fl at all were il na: for tue flashing wings Of several set birds whicl. accompanied the craft in aerial escort
 Even yet ian6Smau would have stared insoleDt!y in that direction aud declared that there was nauGht else in sight save the steamer. whose tall masis and two black tunnels were new distinctly visible, but the lighthouse keeper knew be was net mistaken. Here was 8 boat adrift, forlorn, de- serted Its contour told hun that it was no ioca. craft straying adyen- trlroUSly fr0n3 island or mainland. It's unexpected presence, waited thus strangely from ocean wil1s. the broken spar aud tumDieG canvas, betokened an accident. pe:chance tragedy.
 "Jimr' he cried.
 His mate, engaged iD shroldlng the gieaming lenses from the suns rays, came at the ea.j. He WAS lame, the result of wount! received in the Egyptian campaign; nevertheless, he was quick or bis feet
 What dc you make Of that?''
 Tie sailor required no more than gesture He shaded his eyes with his rich. ha nd. mere shipijoaId trick of concentrating vision and brain, for the rising sun was almost behind him.
 Ships boat" ne answered laconicai- ly. Collision. expect. There's bin no blow 10 speak of for days. But they're gone. Knocked overheard when she was took ahack by a squaH Un- less them birds
 He spoke ill species of verbal short hand but his meaning was clear enough, even to the sentence left un- finished. The craft was under no con- trol. She would drift steadily into the bay until the tide turned. wander in
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