The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

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 when she had finished uihhsr .s,ia she went to her room to dress Tor her rtus. The rush and roar of the S storm r,ia ~sue tu. multuons spirits She was iey. her youth seemed to sweep back n on ner or perhaps 1t was that the sick es.av sasoewhere sns deep down in stephens heart was desire to be her tbsa Ptn snd if only for an hour. And 10 tnls Lustba1, externais .aSs .b" were nstter % in e her mind and arffng entirely and unconsclousy .a Sn lnannlae. she told her maid 10 eet sns gus red habit which she haa hsed nas sSs sent gcund to have out her white ArAD. while if was getting ready sne "ena e,aa once more. to the the ttSoyTrsnins toTrer 11 twilight
 IA she looked, her heart for an instan siit sfond stiu, for, after all, sne Was pus A woman. Halfway to the nors@or, n,s Ssrss1t,,v throurh the waves with all her speed. She was heading toWshuSS, ,.,s .me Iittie port beyond whlch tne snasv"s a..s,n, ~ent ,,I, the moving wall of whlte spIay sess uR Rsn fore down the turret stair, .nd sent for the steward, to whom sne gave hurried directions to nave psas 3sas prepared in nuInoe.. oA of proyisions made ready She also ordered tnst tta riages should be sent at once storae .I re fishing port with clothing Anv ha eynari. tives, ana suehl sutaliigsnee could suggest. srhere would, she felt. be need Tor sucn ll heln before time to De measufeu os minutes should nave she pasui was in the sad- sz,e tearing at full speed down tns roaa M That led to the port. The wlnu .ra@ blowing so strongiyt t,lnen ln I inc puffs of Srsnd could she hear the hooL os inc Eroom's horse gaiioping peninu her. ..r to the povt the
 .t shjn was close at hand. Ine sanes had gained terribly and II was a race for life and death. Insre hsT oranad n0 if life was to be saved at aii. msa ca stain. who in the gaps ot smohs mhIch rose from all the lore par .Sa & the vessel copld wosk os sesd weli As he Da,r,s near the shoal he ran q nt.is as rorfh. and then turned sharpy sI aS 70 throw the boats head to tn,,S1 the drive sSa shoal' Thus the wind would uih the Lne snoa. .'S ..no,xa forward and leave the after part of the vessel rec t'
 time. .Aoct of her striking the sand .as +arrific. though the tinkle or Sns heI horne in on the gale sn9Wcn rhs tha eYa eines had been slowed oowni the tunnels were shaske,nI, sa,I,nS 90 forward. A wsId shriek from a hundred tnroSs oxe rinft The rnarinZ of wl1o anu .,th aiI iThe mast fell, the foremast' ina It's cumosI,nis was tn an instant blot led out of existence, togetner stond fsff1e hand of gallant men Who sIe on t, true to tnelT taI7e issI south a man was s.an 4o Climb on the wreck or the nlnstt aff and make fast the ena oA I rSss coil of rope which he caTrieo, hsard1
 nuga man with full dark pSaau. pSa Mrn nu sailors working with fuTIou. nasss ,sss Seined him with the rope: Tne Wntvos tts',s kept raising the-ghip litrlet Ter eto q shock' humping her on dtns the SahS SelS franticaiIy to Tha vrreckage around them. ,...--. 4o srhen the bearded man. strlpplnS rS his waist and cutting % 9n an nis end of the Sn,se ro,ind his waist. The sailors stoo4 ready, one behind the other, .O Sthe out. AS great wave ro1tea 9.tn the In sea.
 tn the meantime the coastguard @ nao evad Hoard of Trade rocket appaIatusS; nS and fn a few seconds the pr9tongcr 2. aar, Loaa,,rL4 towards the ship, rising aL Sish angle so as to fall beyond II. n but 4hs eorce of the wind took IT as lt rose, w anu asserfx f verficaily: and in this position the wind threw 1t south or Us opSee M 1,,a and short of it. Another .Ychet .ss ~-at ready at once, and blue Hgnt5 were S,rred so that the course of the ven Tnro,1s swimmer might be noted. ae swan strongly; but the great WSis WSiisnS ef the rope behind him kept puiilng pt,, pt h.clS and the southern trend or nm m. .pSe c.,,rrent and the force of the wind Kept dragging him away rom tilS .ns pier Within the bar the Mases ,sre much less than without; put thSy wee ere etilI so unruly that no boat Tn tne har. asa,. bor-which was not lifepoat statiSn Sa --could venture out: o1N lnGsed, 1a m besn . phvsical imposslbility to have driven one seaward. s+anhan approach they made way yha so groom. and despite the drenching spray Iousn,S s,a- . way against the wind out on me PlerL AS in the glare of the plue que iigns'b harsb w"i un- natural perspective, she caught gI.c slEnI ,oS inc set face of the swimmer rising and falling with the wavess' neT roand ne a trsva man: and the woman in her went oi,t to him. For. him. and 70 aid mn ,1 ana his work she would nave gwen ss- erything dc done S.as Shg.nn ln an ecstacy of anx- ats. ,ba Draved with that desperate conviction of hope which comes Ill SuSi' moments of exaltatioh: that m
 But 1t soon became appsreHmx, m, eh sorce yandinR could be effected. me loace ce nS inc current and the wind were er. taking the man too far sSutn"@fTT h Then 1on nm nm or sve The eosstguards took the lead fonped cane which they use tor g,,t. Ih[oW ooyI tng nractice, and, after careiullS cVii t+ ing Lne r,,n nm" free. managed with a des- rerats wTstS effort to fling t far out. se The towards it fra2tically tSs and stsr ene mSn 1Sno ossd oesdh to grasp 1t. A wild cheer rose sg,, sgSn tHe shore and the ship. stout
 inc was fastened er to ths saqFs aPew eRa it out thS SSa He bent 1t on the rope Whicn t9 t99aiied led behind him; then. seeing that he was himself drag on, on it, tbs wish thssfs sfs khLe wneSr of his waist. he cut himself sI.e st ehe One of the coastguards on the psr helped host nS of oE TiiIng ths Tdpe nand on began 1rh@ swimmer still held the line shoEe. 1S III and seyeral men on the