Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-28

Gentlemen" said he crisply. 'Im
entirely willing to take all personal
risks. The thing is hazardous. and it's
Mr.. Orde's tug. It's for him to say
whether he wants to risk her."
GOOD Lord. man. what's the tug in
a case like thisw cried Orde.
II thought so" replied Captain
Marsh. .'I'n take her out IL can get
crew. Harvey, step upthere."
The engineer hoisted his long figure
through the doorway.
Harvey" said Captain Marsh brisk
~. we're going to try to get line
aboard those vessels. It's dangerous.
Win you go2"
"You all goin', suh?" he asked.
"Of course"
Il reckon I'll done half to 60. too"
said Harvey simply. He swung light
" back to the uneasy craft below him.
Il want man with me at the wheel,
two to handle the lines and one to fire
for Harvey" said Captain Marsh.
That's our job" announced the life
saving captain.
"Well. come on, then"
!, Captain Marsh shook the hand which
Ordes stopping, offered him. dt
"l'l try to bring her back all right.
sir" said he.
'T6 b. with the tugy cried Orde
Bring yourself back"
Marsh entered the pilothouse.
Cast off" he cried. The ''jangler"
called for full speed ahead.
Brave chaps! Brave chapsv' said
DR.. McMullen to Carroll. "But. do you
know, to my mind. the bravest of them
all are that niger and his fireman
nailed down in the hold where they
can't see nor know what's going on.'
The tug had rounded the end of the
pier. The first Of her thousand enc
mics, sweeping in from the open. had
struck her fair.
"she can stand that. all right" said
one Of the life saving crew. But wait
till she drops down to the vessels
| The Sprite was now so distant that
the loom Of the great seas swallowed
her from view save when she rose on
the crest Of some mighty billow.
'There. she's turned nowy' cried
some one.
Beneath the trail Of black smoke
she had shifted direction. With star
Ting swiftness the Sprite darted out Of
the horizon into full view. For the
/ tirst time the spectators realized the
size and weight Of the seas. One mo.
ment the whole of her deck was visi.
BILE, the next her bow alone showed
nigh as the back suction caught her
and dragged her into the hollow. A
sea rose behind. Nothing Of the tug
was to be seen. It seemed that no
power could prevent her being over
whelmed. Yet somehow always she
staggered out Of the gulf until she was
again cast forward like chip.
Maybe they amt catchin' p'ticular
b. at that wheel to hold her from
yawing" muttered the tug captain.
| The Sprite rushed at the outer line
Of breakers. The combers crested and
fell with roar, just as in milder
weather the surf breaks on the beach.
A woman In the crowd screamed But
4 at the edge of destruction the Sprite
came to shuddering stop. Her pow
erful propellers had been set to the
reverse. Thus she lowered on the edge
Of the breakers, awaiting her chance.
Il one of the waves should happen to
crest and break, the water. catching
the tug on ner nat stern derk. would
Individually bury her. The situation
was awful in its extreme simplicity.
Would Captain Marsh see his opportu-
nifty before the law Of chances would
bring along the wave that would over
whelm him?
Two or three Of the townsmen walk.
ed up and down. One woman prayed
aloud in short hysterical sentences.
20 God. save them! o Lord. q
LordW
Orde stood on top OF a half buried
log, his entire being concentrated on
the maneuver being executed. Only
Newmark apparently remained as calm
as ever.
Suddenly, without warning, occurred
one of those inexplicable. lulls that in.
terpose often amid the widest up.
roars. Between two waves the Sprite
darted forward directly for the near.
est Of the wrecls.
She'll collide" some one shrieled.
But the ting swerved and turned on Z
long diagonal across the end Of the
bar.
i Marsh had chosen his moment with
exactitude. He had taken advantage