New-York tribune., 1908-11-08


with that tempest beating upon them, Oh # l
could only be out there with thern!'
Christabel did not answer words. >-- vas
listening to the voice Of her own heart l. vas
a new voice. too.-deeper. more confident. 1-ore
poignant, than any her heart had ever spoken n
before. Yet she knew It was hers
moment stand clnsheltered IN the tempest with hat
man who kissed YOUR hands last night, the MAJ Jou
threatened to Kill this morning, the man " H. new
your mind better than YOU knew II yourself The man
whom neither contempt nor peril nor detva- an
1love-you had rather stand beside h-1 a his
moment than anywhere else IN the ''o-L l. -V'
It 5 true, i ; true
FIorence's hand was resting on her shoulder
Come. dear" she said, we had better g --"n
with the others
Mechanically ChristabeI rose 10 obey her. -aey
left the room their arms linked together. and started
down the broad stairway Hallway down + --1----e
.fFhev NAV come vet she said of course they
would come that wav and l never thought ~ T.
Then she explained. The cave under Fort House,
which Gregg had used for a vine cellar V1-r1.
IN the good old days OF Calico Jack, had served
many more sinister purposes oossted q -l---sl,
which ran quite through Fort tt1l and opened n ne
hillside lust beyond and below the wireless S--l d
The rescuing party when they got their man our
would undoubtedly come back by the tunnel rather
than risk being caught by the second half OF the hr-
ricane while traversIng the distance IN the open
The vaulted echoes Of the tunnel might be Answering
their footsteps at this moment Al any moment ne
rescuers and rescued might still De expected O. -l-
pear
The possibility Florence suggested had ev1de--F
not occurred 20 arv of those who had remained II ne
library and II lifted for little the pail of horror t
had settled over all of them with the reCurre--e Il
the storm But their little Candlellght Of hope a-s
soon extingu1shed. \ servant who was despatched
down the tunnel TO verify this possibility came --A
with the report that one was there
A FTER that, grim endurance was all that vts .e.r
n for anv OF them. Il seemed an U-er-----lt.s
time before the storm began apprecIaby % DIMINISH
Toward the end Of IT. amid a perfect ram OF light
ming bolt fell SO near that they thought az -Is- II
had struck the house. The room was t-l oL d-i-ne
for a perCeptble space OF time The ISN- instant
the house shook and there was Jr-~1 as II tHe
whole cliff was going INTO the sea- out tl.rs
that every half-hOur marked @ .5sSenlnS q lit
violence in the gale. 1t brought no corresPo1d--s
elation of spirits 70 the exhausted group about me
gl1tterng candles in the library The thought q ne
four men who had been out al the mercy -t ne
worst of II became sharper ,.rd more depreSsl 5
the discomfort Of their own situation grew less
About ten O'Clock the men lighted lanterns a1i
set out as a relief expedition but were able -o-
corlplIsh nothing. as the gale was still too 1--1-
Their lanterns were almost instantly tNtirE,
and they came back after half an hour ot ling
about over tree trunks and the rest OF the ee.@
the storm without getting more than A-,..sd
Yards from the house Clearly there was r.--inS
Ilo~e for them % do till morning They mus Eee1
C,,- ne rligh- as best thev could.
After that no one e-.--ed