The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-09-13
boat, small, low affair that only car

boat, small. low affair that only car
ried one. and that In fair weather.
"You amt going out OH Michigan
with her, are your" asked the boy.
Tenant smiled grilnly and spraug into
the boat as the next wave lifted it up.
1t was a mere silver of thing, built
on the lines of racing shell. He had
owned one Of his own the previous
summer and understood the mechan-
ism. With the wind cutting sharply
across his face he whipped clearly out
into the bay. Somewhere he would
hnd her. he told himself, bending low
over the little pilot wheel and holding
his breath as the little boat took the
water fairly. Cutters boat! He
laughed to himself. There was a GER
tain fitness about the proceeding that
pleased him.
Murie had headed the Mike due
wes,, straight out through the narrow
channel from little Lake Glenora into
Lake Michigan. Two arms of land
and rock stretched out to meet Michi-
gan. On one, Rock point, stood the
big summer resort hotel. The other
was long, barren waste of rocks that
seemed endless when the lake was
calm. One by one. overlapping each
other, they lay from the beach far out
into the bay like some gigantic neck
lace. The windstorm would catch the
little launch before she could possibly
reach the open channel, Tenant rea-
soned, and blow it over ON the reef.
Lock out for the Chicago boat"
shouted the deck boy after him. She's
coming down the lake now"
Tenant hardly heard him. The
storm had broken In full force, and
the tiny shell of boat shivered and
tremb!ed like a frightened animal as
he turned ii into the channel. Straight
for the reef he headed, but the waves
were so high he could not even catch
a glimpse Of the chain of rocks. and
suddenly a path of clear white light
swung leisUrcly across the sky and
flashed directly on the reef. 1t was
the nearcllight on the White City.
Two things it showed Tenant In that
single wave of light. Just ahead of
him vas Cutters boat, riding the
waves like a gull. dipping with every
lurchiag swell and showing the next
Instant on tn" tOpmost crest. And 1t
was directly in the course of the White
City. AMI c!inging to the little pilot
wheel. striving to guide the launch
back safely. WAS Muriel. her long dark
hair loose and whipped 10y the wind
across her face. Just for an instant
he sew her. then the great are Of light
had swept back TO the far end Of the
little lake and all was blaciiness ahead.
glindly Tenant drove the little mo-
tor boat forward. and suddenly side
by side 1t crashed into the launch. For
one Instant the two touched. but I'm
that instant Tenant had made the
leap safely. Before he could recover
his balance the motor boat had vanish
ed like leaf in the storm. and he was
In the launch.
''Giye me the wheelr' he said hoarse-
ly. And as the White City swung by
the Mike rose on her swell. wave
swept and battered. but secure, with a
strong hand on her little brass tipped
pilot wheel.
Phil. Phil. listen to me!'' Down he.
side him In the boat knelt Muriel. white
to her lips. but happy. happy in spite
Of the fact that they two had faced
death together but an instant before.
Did we smash his old boatf"
Absolutely" Tenants arms tight
ened about her. The pilot wheel was
very much In the way.
II knew that you would come" she
went on. Il saw you on the pier, but
I thought yon would come right away
that was why went out alone"
And light dawned slowly on Tenant.
II was his first lesson in the contradic.
tlons Of Muriel.
And | was going back on that boat
tonight" he said.
Muriel laughed and pushed her wet
hair back from her face.
"Mr. Cutler took that boat, Phil"
she said.