Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-07
Bv LOUIS TRACY,
Author Of The Wings of the Morning. Etc.

the wind than in being driven along b.
| fore il. Moreover. sha had gr atsr .unti-
dauc- during this second transit ov.r t.e
/ expos d portion Of the deck 81 fit
/ fourteray dragging '"r on !rrcsisi )
/ until they gained the lee # tie smoking
/ loom. He It her rest Their. beneath l.r
/ ladder leading To the bridge. Then a
/ stranEa revision o. feeling cane To hifl.
/ H experienced an ov-rW Ginning u sire
not to be parted from he; ne lad "a siat-
ening tear that h might never So. I-T
again; 50 he shouted, v-ry Close t" Icy
! cheek:
Would you like t, sit in nay cabin a
little while. if bring Miss Barring
She thought that wonld - splendid.
| Coutenay. If any one. would sUvc "a in
! canning Isohcl. In Order ~ max" ncrs !
! heard she. III turn. had to put H.. l.!s
quit near to Courtenay's face.
Yes. she cried. I ssau be only too
! pleased. Bat ne patient with her: she :
very frighten ID
/ There is n accounting for the wo kings
| of mans mind. CJurt~nay, at uu tim"
a lady's man, most certainly had 9th +
matters to attend to just then. Yet her.
| he was thinking only Of a WUnlan's com
I fort. His dismal fo.ebodings were ban
! ishrd 10y a rush of absurd delight at iae
! thought that Il" would have an opp,r-
! tunlty OF speaking to h.r Occasional j Y.
| What brave girl she was, What a wi -e
/ for q sailor! In truth, these " re mad
notions that jostied IN Lis h, ain when ms;
! life and hers were not worth an hour :
/ purchase He drew her to the foot ,. tine
/ ladder
Run ahead. joey" he cried. The dog
a weird little figure leaning forward at
q ridiculous angle against the tearing
( wind, obeyed instantly. Now. you he
said to Elsie, but wait until | pass You
| at the top"
/ Though her skirts We're Troublesome she
managed the 2sC Mt. Then she was taken
/ off her fa-t 1gJfn and hardly iEfi.
whore she was .ntii Size found herself in
| the haven of Court1nay's cabin. JOY was
glad to be there. too. He shook himself
nosiiy in his heavy coat.
You won't mind if | fast-n the door on
YOU? and the captain 50 lar iOr2ot his
anxiety as to smile.
NO indeed and she smiled in r.
Spouse.
Very well. shall bring Miss Barring
in about FIVE minutes. You won't stir till
we Gomez"
What? FACE that gale without you?"
She almost laughed at the idea. tie
| holted the door. and he ran into Tie chart
house to tap the baron ter. 1t NOV d
apprecfably. It was rising All ii only
the wind mod rat he could save the
Kansas yet. He glanced at the compass
Stll the same course. Not a fraction
point gained to the north. That bad.
The ship was already within the danger
Zont. Pray heaven for falling wind
was in an altogether more cheerful mood
that he regatned the promenade deck and
made his way toward the saloon.
He was in the very act of entering the
doorway when a shudder ran through the
ship and she lifted slightly. Clinging to
rail, he waited. rigid as Il statue. A
second time the great steel hull shook.
but much more violently. Then the Kan
sas ran her nose into shoal swung
round broads!de to the saa. lifted again
struck heavily and listed 10 port
COurtcnay was on the starboard side.
He heard yell Of dismay from tie men
attending to the boats. Screams came
rom the saloon. The sa leaped tri-
umphantly over the rails, and nearly
snothered him with its dense spray. 50
this was the end? Ii had come all too
soon And what place fer the snip to
be cast away Twenty miles from the
nearest land, in the midst of a sea where
~ boat could live. God n"lp them all.
TO 10 Continued Tomorrow