The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

pocket and fling me the tobacco box
Rantaine cursed. He made step
forward. s!sur clubin aimed at him
fellow become like child before such
a thing as that" and sullenly threw
the tobacco box at Sieur Clubin. That
mariner skillfully opened.it and assur-
there without letting his revolver
wavAr from its fixed direction.
Your boat is near" said Sieur Gu
bin. You may go"
Rantaine scrambled down the peril
Gus ci its without nj WORD. When h ne
cried:
"sIeur clubfn. you are an honest
man. but you will not be offended II
here Is sailor who GsA,ngs to st. sIalo
and who will testify to Ae same effect
when he returns from his v:vage.
This malevolently revengeful idea of
less determined man and driven him to
yield up his prize. To sicur Clubin it
meant only that he would have to dare
a little more. He returned to the port
ande for departure in the morning.
You are not going. surely?" said the
people on the quays. There is going
to be great fog Tomorrow"
Nevertheless the Durande steered out
the next morning. For many hours
she moved under q sky so bright that
the prophecies OF fog seemed absurd.
but suddenly bank was seen on the
horizon. 1t seemed to rise bodily. In
IN hour more 1t was a wall. IN another
hour the Durande was swal1awed in
It.
One OF the passengers standing near
the engines. heard the engineer say to
his assistant:
This morning in the sun we were
going at half speed. Now. in the fog.
speed"
The next moment the Durande hurl-
ed to leap all at once from the deep.
Immediately the gaping hull sucked
the sea in with horrible gulping.
Captain Clubin wasted no words. The
HIS orders and the passengers and
crew hurried in. When all were In
they cried to him to follow. But Clu-
bin refused. Push off" he said. II
s shs ea stay here whsn the ship is lost
Seeing that he was immovable. the
people in the boat gave him cheer
and pushed off.
As soonsa as he was alone sieur clu-
bins face expressed a lively satisfac-
ton. But suddenly there came a little.
n very little. rift in that great fog.
and Captain Clubin became almost hag-
gard. E lli.
Two mighty pillows or rock lowered
once. None who had ever seen them
could mistake the terrible Douvres.
Steur Clubin had made mistake.
He had Intended to steer the purande
ways It was only a one-mile swim to
a deserted part Of the coast where he
could set clothing and other necessar-
les for getting away. The Douvres lay
raj u. r. M q az oh %r~. a..
great distance for even Sieur Clubln.
wonderful swimmer that he was.
It was a sudden and hideous change
of affairs. But again .sieur Clubin did
He gazed about him. AS II In answer
to his hope wind arose. The fog be-
gan to move. Sieur Clubin knew that
smugglers often ran within sight OF
sells would dare to come near those
visible presences Of death. Smugglers
would take him off, ask no questions
and tell no ties. Il the price were suf-
ticient. Il
TO get view Of the horizon It woud
be necessary to gain the summit Of
one of the higher rocks. Clubin prompts
" stripped. He fastened a stout leath,
er belt around his waist: It contained
the iron tobacco boz. Then he plunE !;
ed headlong into the sea, He sank
deep touched the stony bottom, skirt.
ed submarine rock for moment and
struck out to regain the surface. IN
that instant he felt himself seized by
one foot. t54,; y 8
That night there was a great hubbub
| IN st. Sampson. The long boat had
come ashore with the shipwrecked peo-
PIE. N ess Leth ierry stood against the
wall and listened like a cad man. His
grey hair hung around his face. His
hands were clenched.
Even a strang ger Ignorant OF the pas
l.sion that this Old man had felt for his
vessel could have seen that her dea-
truction meant his own. Henceforth
there was nothing. He was ruined and
too old to begin life anew. While they
were sti tai king the captain OF cut
tor arrived. He had heard the lowing
of oxen in the open sea. and, steering
I'm tina direction Of this puzzling thing
had seen n, the ,s 1;,s hanging te the
lany one else. He was about to Yeer
Lore again, when q terrible crash was
lheard, "a wave la d Iii ted the wreck
and hurled her bodi ~ At the twll
|5SDo,lvres, She ri uni ed In ike a pro,
|lsctile and hun there. llel Ia high In All
lhaL tween an III u tO or IN dahl I'll NC