The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

Far to the southwark flickered the in
termittent flash of the Dogs Tooth, and
on the eastern point of the entrance
the red sector of the Tide-Trap Shoals
glowed a warning that paled as the
lower rim of the sun rested on the sea
lire. Suddenly, as he watched, all three
lights expired, and almost at the same
moment the swift sunlight touched
with color all that had been but mon
otOnes of gray.
Really. it's not half bad" said Mr..
CARING to himself, rather surprised at
his enjoyment of the bleak surround
ings; nevertheless, he was glad when
his launch slipped up to the landing,
for there was a raw chill in the air
which made the prospect of coffee and
an egg most attractive.
When he accompanied Miss Chester
to the landing after luncheon the char
acter of the day had undergone a
change. The cloud-bank in the north
west had covered half of the sky, and
the air was several degrees colder.
1T will snow before night, observed
CARING.
81 think not" she replied; "it is too
far south. A snowstorm is rare down
here"
Miss Chester seated herself; then, as
CARING was about to shove off, she
sprang to her feet.
Il mean to bring my rifie.' sho ex-
claimed.
It's not worth while" he replied dis
couragingIy. You would never hit q
duck from a boat like this: also a load
ed gun in boat is a dangerous conbi-
nation. Nine-tenths of the accidents
You may lie down behind the engine
when / shoot" replied Miss Chester
sharply. II wish to take my rifle, and
l will ask you to wait until l get it.
She stepped out of the launch and
walked toward the club house while
CARING. a flush on his high cheek
bones, rolled cigarette and waited III
silence A few minutes later Miss
Chester returned carrying small u
repeating rife.
As the swift launch tore out of the
little cove the exhiliration of the mo-
ton banished the girls resentment and
she glanced more kindly at her silent
cavalier
They are wonderful machines, are
they not?' she exclaimed to CARING
who with one elbow resting on the raj
WAS looking listlessly across the stretch
OF open water
"Oh, yes" he draWled. but like au-
| tCmobiles and race horses and stas
dinners and ether fast things, not quite
reliable. Suppose your twelve-horse
mower engine gets balky-then where
are you? I think they're downright
dangerous" he added languidiy.
Il am sorry to be the cause of eX
posing you to so many dangers" re-
/ piied Miss Chester coidly. Il am afraiC
| that with the early rising, the posi-
bility of q snOwstOTm, the presence o
| 2 firearm in the boat, and, above all
the prospect of the dangers of break
down. you will be quite Frustrated afte
YOUR Christmas holiday. I am sorr!
/ that / omitted to bring my salts: ais'
that none of the men understand Thu
engine so that you could have gone Of
/ the steam launch with papa and tn
girls
Il am much happier with you" n
replied with unruffled calm. even de
spite the perils and privations of thi
! sea-going automobile. If | vas abOart
| the Silver King l would probably be
come unpopular by begging the girl
lot to eat so many bonbons or 10 stant
too near the rail. You see I am curse'
with a spirit of caution and an inclina
ton to follow the line of least resist
ance and. by the way, you had bette
not sit quite so near the fiywheel, a
your skirt might get caught and throw
you into the machinery. 1 once hear
OF a girl who"
spare me-" cried Miss Chester
throwing out both hands imploringly.
Before long they We're half-wa.
across the mouth of the inlet. The It'd
was ebbing like mill race and CARING
found it necessary to head well abov
their destination to avoid being carries
out to sea. Far in the offing they coul,
see the Shark ShOal lightship-the onI,
break i'm the bleak horizon.
Think of the poor fellows spendin;
their Christmas out on that desolat
water," exclaimed Miss Chester. 'Hoy
forlorn and sad it seems-and hOv
selfish it makes one feel. [ wish tina
we could 90 out there and take then
some of the good things which we ex
pect to bring back with us-don't you?
II should like to send them some
thing" agreed Mr.. CARING, condition
ally, but" he glanced at the sky :
windward. 81 think I could forego tn
pleasure of taking them in person thi
afternoon"
a few minutes later they reached III
landing. and with the expenditure of
little time and some northern gold. sue
ceeded in inducing the express agent t
send the supplies down to the launch
AS they started back Mr. CARING oh
served that the breeze had freshene
and that there was a suspicious raw
ness I'm the air.
They were crossing the mouth of til
inlet when suddenly Miss Chestel
whose eyes had been resting on the ey
panse of cold, gray water, sprang t
her feet.
There goes a flock of geese," sh
cried, excitedly, ''see-straight out
close to the water-there. they llav
lit Let us run down and get a shot 2
them,"
i the launch seward
Look at her goi" he cried with