The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-19

deck house on the poop was In the
act OF being closed from within and
as ii drew TO | clearly saw the nutter
OF q womans dfess, THAI was the
reason Of the strangers agitation.
There was some one left behind
Nobody interferes here" | heard
him saying. Il thought her TO have
gone off In the launch Now that she
lives, no one has more right 70 be
at her side than |. and whilst live
NO one shall stand between ms
Are you her husband my father
asked
"Oh, yes, If you like" replied the
man; 'of uncle or father. or anything
else that pIeases YOU Goodby,
That was the last we heard He
had been working himself rapidly
along the rope, and as the. gale Was
blowing as hard as ever again. his
voice would not have carried even II
he had tried TO make (which !
doubt. His face WAS turned towards
the ship, and | think she held all his
attention
He reached the top, swung himself
on deck by a hackstay. as before, and
strobe of towards the deck house
door where the woman had disap-
peared.
He passed inside and seemed TO
stay there an age Was he never 60
ing to come out again? Heavens!
did not the man know the crazy fab.
rlc might dissolve like a saHdpit AT
any moment beneath his feet
Finally the door OF the deck
house opened and the pair OF
them appeared. The woman seemed
to be holding back; the man persuad-
ed her, dragging her. Against his
strength she could do nothing, aud
ratline by ratline he carried her up
into the mlzzen-top. set her down and
cleared away the ropes end which
had damned the tail.block We on
| the cliff had remained the hauling
lines, and directly it was clear IAN
the breaches buoy mp to them
/ Moments we're precious. The sea
was full of planks, boiling and pop.
pling amongst the foam. Every sec
ond they were being added TO. The
malnmast had lurched overheard. rip
ping a great gap from the deck In It's
fall The lndiaman was breaking ny
fast Any wave might send the 70
naming mast after its fellows.
That those on board knew OF this
We could tell by their gestures, bat
yet they loitered He seemed try
ing TO persuade her TO do something
ION which she withheld. We could
see him make some proposition and
then point to the breaches buoy, which
would convey both of them 10 safety
But again and again she shook hei
laad
We were standing by the whip ready
- heave them shorewards at a mo
Ients notice. and We could see Tn
man point this out But his compan
ion held to her resolve. and he vat
evidently determined not 20 leave her
He waved his hand to US In farewell
shouted something which the gall
carried hopelessly away, and then
J. turning TO the woman. kissed her pas
( sibnately-- Oh the. lips aud --lAen HI
clasped her tightly in his strong arms
The mlzzen mast swayed owe
. wifif 'aesSy, sicRfy sfowners. lieele'
{ down till the grating OF The tep va
almost perpendicular and then plungel
! in the dark greencavern Of a combin
] sea
b, When It came up again its huma
r freight had disappeared.
The Indiaman name We neye
: learned. nor the womans. nor tha
1f the man whom We Grst saw in IN
:. mizzen-top. What their tale wa'
' whether innocent or guilty. how thei
3 tate vas ruled. whether b. themselye
81 By others. and why they preferre
. 70 down together | never learned