The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22

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wires with his knife, and soon ne no
ticed that the oyster tug, whatever
| that might be, got no nearer.
she amt sparkin' right-them dy-
namos is on the bum" he heard Salt
I ers complaining below; and then 1t oc-
CURED to him that the woman in the
cabin might be frightened at the sound
/ of firing, and he fastened to reassure
! her
! As he went below she shrank away
| from him; it was an imperceptible
movement. but his froBtiersman's sen
| sibilities had in many ways the keen
| edge of a child's.
Don't you be afraid, ma'am." he
said cOmfortingly, that shoOtin' was
/ just a little fun. There's some boys
a-chasin' us on sort of little tugboat,
and since they got shootin' l kinder re-
/ turned the compliment"
'Was-was any one hurt ," she asked
| TREMENDOUSLY.
I reckon not, l wa ant tryin' very
hard. It's too pretty a night TO kill
/ people he continued cheerfully. Too
bad it's so cold, though; you'd ought to
set up there and see them big waves!
Why, even this ships beginnin' to rockl
! There d you feel that?'' he cried ex-
citedly. Didn't you feel her tip? There
she goes agen," He leaned toward her.
his eyes sparkling like a boys, enc hand
Steadying himself against the bulkhead.
The woman started at his curiousIy.
You are not used to the sea?'' she
/ asked, and her voice mad lost its trem-
Bile
Master laughed. Me? I never saw
it until today. ! declare, l never did
think they was that much water in Ine
World!' He laughed again. His face
nd In
embarrassed.
I'm a cattleman,' he said ~ got
IN some trouble out there ana then met
up with Salters, who was layin' low
down in Sonora. He got me into this.
not that I'm kickin' any" he Went on
hastily, only I wouldn't have stood for
carryin' off any ladies if III knowed il
in time. But never mind, ma am, don't
you worry none. I'll make il nv par
ticular business to see that you get
back home ali right. and mighty soon
at that"
Listen" she cried suddenly. raising
her hand. Six quick reports came down
on the rush of the icy wind and the
last brought with il a scream. muf-
fed. but shocking. Masters sprang for
the ladder and reached the deck in time
to see Murphy pitched headforemost
through the open door of the wheel
house to the deck. Salters was peer
ing at him from the shelter % the
hatch Masters rolled the PROSTATE
man on his back.
"Cashed in" he observed to SaItery.
Now, who's gOin' TO steer!'' growled
Salters angrily- "LanSing's sick as A
fool an / got TO run the engine
! Masters eyes spaTkled. Don't We
reckon | could if you showed me how,
to do it," he asked with eager diff
dence. There Nwere four bullet holes
through the light structure of the wheel
house; Masters felt that TO stand there.
the wheel in his hands. successfully di-
rectinS the course Of that great vessel.
would be the prOulest achievement of
his life.
Come in an try then" grunte,i Salt
ers and leaped across the deck and IN
to the wheel with a nimbleness surprie-
ing in man of his burly size. Masters
! followed eagerly.
Git a-hold of her-huh," painted Salt
ers, breathless again. Now twist her
the way you want her to go-head for
that star where she's pintin now"
"Over-tOp o. that pole on the from of
her?" u
| 'Huh-thats it. now twist her a lee
tie this way-huh-you don't need 10
twist the wheed often her-huh,"
| Satisfied that the mans intelligence
was equal TO the novel task, SaIters
/
room; Masters, grinning with delight
utterly unmindful of occasional bullet :
| ripping past him, held the wheel in an
ecstacy. A few minutes later the fir
ing grew more distant. when SaIters re-
j turned to see how the raw helmsmln
Jared.
why. it's easy as ropin a steer
cried Masters, proudly delighted
! 'Huh-she's beginnin to 60" grum-
hInd sfnnpn4
het up she'll run like a scarf dog" he
added
Lord O love" cried Masters. lies"
lux at them waves Amt they dam
dies?" He glanced over the starboa I'd
bow and almost yelled with excitement
at what doomed suddenly on the skv
line.
Hey. Salters- what's that thing?-
iceberg?"
'Huh-schoOner tackin' in-shore here
where it's still water" answered the,
other and climbed below to the hot. liIv
comfort of the engine room. Lansing
was there. all but comatose from nau-
sea.
Masters gripped the little wheel in a
glory of achievement. He had awaited
! the charge of a grizzly on foot, with a
rifle in his hands; he had fed across the
Bad Lands with a sheriff and a posse
at his heels. He had helped to hold nm
the Limited and had rustled MANY a
COW but this an. this was diff
ferent, This was life, This soaring
through the glittering, star-fecked.
/ spray-fiown night with the white seas
crashing on either side, and vast.
vague limi,si expanse of ocean ahead
This ocean, previously TO him a myth.
term, now encompassed him; his little
j life lay in its great grasp; here before