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quickly, turning towards the direction indi-
Gated, where broad, white line was approach
ing us.
"Be quick!" warned Jack. "It's comm
fast-ah!"
While yet he spoke the great, whitecapped
wave, spurred on by the gale, was upon us.
For time it seemed though we were all
buried beneath an unsurmountable volume Of
water.
Then the wave passed, but Jack Roberts had
disappeared
Mr.. Mayburn had fortunately cut the line,
but we lay broadside to, in the trough of the
sea. l shall never forget the horror of that
moment. Above US rose the crest of wave.
the greenish water streaked with fakes of
foam, Our hearts stood still in that unmeas-
ured space of time.
Then the wave seemed to roll down upon
us. But we rode it safely, for, with one knee
pressed against the thwart, and both hands
holding his oar in the boat-steerer's socket,
stood my Cousin Dolph.
In that instant of horror, while the rest of
us sat benumbed, he had sprung to our rescue
and his own.
"Can you hold her. ProfessorY' cried Mr..
Mayburn.
"Aye, aye, siri" rang out his voice.
And, to me at least, my cousin looked noble
at that moment, as he stood clinging to the
oar, the gale blowing his long hair about his
pale face.
Mr.. Mayburn, shielding his eyes with his
open palm, gazed earnestly ahead
| As we mounted to the crest of a wave,
saw his lips move as though he had uttered
cry, but the gale drowned his voice.
| Following his pointing finger, we deserted
the sharp outlines of the rocky coast directly
ahead.
Despair filed our hearts, for it seemed GER
tain that the, gale would carry US helplessly
upon the rocks.
| 1 looked at Dolph. He had recognized the
danger well as the rest of us; but he gave
no sign, unless. perhaps, closer compression
of his lips. Like statue he stood, swaying
only, as thee, boat swayed, his eyes fixed in
| Suddenly he changed course, ever 20
slightly, yet enough to make the change per-
ceptible.
| I crouched in the bottom of the boat at his
| feet, not daring to look longer at the iron
bound rocks which we were SO rapidly ap-
preaching, and waiting for the crash to come.
Moment after moment sped by, and still
the boat did not strike. | rose to my knees,
steadying myself by clnging to the sides of
the boat.
| On our left. and not two fathoms away, was
the rugged. >waveworn face of towering cliff,
while upon the other side and before us Law
the almost unruffed waters of a landlocked,
natural cove. Behind, the breakers roared
and dashed in fury against the rocks; but we
were safe.
We all .sprang up, and Dolph staggered for
ward into my arms
| Now that the danger was passed. he had
tainted dead away. But never was boy
cared for more tenderly than my cousin. How
| the men did praise him for his coolness, and
was really proud of our relationship.
| For the remainder of the day and that
night we lay in the cove; and then, when the
sea had subsided, pushed out into the open
water again.
at the mouth Of Cook Inlet, and we kept on
to Fort Nicholas, where two weeks later the
Casco put in. for water, and we were well
lcomed aboard.
| When our adventures were related, Dolph
was the hero of the ship; and there were
others. beside myself, who learned that cool
ness and courage do not alone accompany
muscle and physical endurance.
In our absence the Caseo had made two