The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-06

| the partnership any longer. All the
other fishermen had made their ar
Irangements. IL would be very hard TO
/ find somebody 70 work together with.
and she, her young brother and the
! boy could not take care OF them
T selves
When she reached the holes in the
I Zee she saw that Juertens had done
/ her work. but he Immediately left TO
go 10 another hole. She appeared not
/ 10 notice and started 20 work. for
there was plenty TO do. Fishing had
| been good and one basket after the
other was filled with FISH.
On the shore az the top OF the downs
old Wendelin Was trotting back and
forth excitedly. He talked 10 him
self quite aloud, az first whole sent
enccs. then afterwards broken words
as Lhe- fog went AeHa into his lungs
suddenly he felt breathing easier
what was Il? Yes, he had been right
anyway.
\ sudden gust OF wind tore asunder
/ the fog the clouds rushed across the
sky, then another stronger gust
chasing the fog inland. The north
west wind which Wendelin had
warned against was rising in all its
/ power and already the tee was begin.
ming 70 burst with reports like the
rolling OF thunder. Because OF the
many holes chopped into the part OF
the ice where the fishermen were
working was the most dangerous, but
50 far there was no real danger yet.
a crowd of men. women old men
and children who had hurried from the
village to the shore saw the fishermen
making every effort 10 finish up and
InaeA =Sl4eFe=tt=fii Fstt tFJs locked
at the scene with certain amount OF
pleasure but suddenly there arose a
cry OF terror deafening even through
/ the bowling Of the storm. The fisher
men were running towards the shore
as fast as the. could. The Ice must
+ have bursted and II was rocking and
+ trembling under the feet OF tho run.
ming men as II Il would go down any
minute. They had left tools and seNas
behind.
Katherine had started 10 work as
hard as she knew how, especially since
she had discovered that Juertens was
helping his cousin at a hole NOT far
away. She felt annoyed that ne didn't
go 10 his own place. where the fishing
was so good. But OF course II didn't
mean very much 10 him and that was
what he wanted 10 show her
She felt like leaving everything be.
hind and running away-then the first
squall OF wind came and the fishermen
started TO hurry towards the shore
with their catch. but Karl kept on
working.
Are you crazy. katherine Oilers?
Hurry up and get ashore, an old fish
erman cried. but she didn't seem to
hear him. neither did she care for the
warning OF the boy and her brother.
You start and I'll be coming right
away"
She started To load the brothers
sleigh and when that was done he ran
towards the shore, believing that she
was following.
, Now she was quite alone. she
! thought. The wind was bowling
worse than ever and the ice began TO
crack and burst. Suddenly she felt
somebody take hold of her arm and
pull her away.
For Gods sake Katherine. hurry
up the Ice is BREAKING
There he was again this fool Karl
Juertens'
moment ago she herself had had
Keeling OF danger, but now her
stuooornness was aroused She tore
herself loose and ran stiA- st,EtAas-,e.t.-
Then another squau. deafening
crash and she was thrown from one
side TO the other. All around her
were the waves full OF floating ice. In
rev, minutes the part OF the Ice
upon which she was lying would be
( crushed by the others and she would
tail down among the foaming waves.
her body would be crushed and go TO
the bottom.
But what did II matter? What had
( lie 70 ofrer poor girl like her? Moth
ing but poverty and work But what
about the sick, helpless father and
her young brother.
Where was Karl Juertens now, Had
he gone down? She felt q tinge OF biz
ter blame. She, who had waited too
long and for her sake he. too had
stayed behind. She looked all over
aud thought she saw the body OF
man on another piece OF ice floating
back and forth.
IL was bitterly cold and she felt her
limbs growing stiff. until at last she
no longer noticed how the Ice cold
water ran across her feet. All she felt
now was a sharp pain in her hands,
especially in the fingers which was al
most too much to bear
Time and again the piece if ice car
rying her was about to be crushed
among the others. II grew continually
smaller and very soon IL would be too
small to support her
Then the terror OF death came 10
her. Help. Help" She shouted as
loud as she could. but her voice was
now only a hoarse whisper which
didn't carry through the storm at all.
Help Karl Juertens Help"
How strange that this name should
come to her Ups Just then: the name
OF the man she hated Besides he no
longer could help her, for surely he
must have drowned.
Everything must be over, nobody
could nelp her any more. In a few
inmates she would run up against
that big piece OF ice now already a
few feet away and she would go
down
~ first she had looked death calm
ly INTO tho eyes. but now her courage
vas gone and like every healthy
young being she wanted nothing more
than 90 1--we. trembling went
through her body and she stared with