New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY IS 1909

Lechner. Don't YOU think we'd better start back TO-
Ca,,ri now The Baby will be getting hungry soon
Ms Marshall don't be alarmed but | fear we
shall have to stay here for awhile longer P1etro m
forms us that the IS rising under VINO outs
and il will not be best attempt to go out until II
gets lower 1t NAV subside at any time In the
meantime YOU II be perfectly safe inside, and the only
virtue YOU will have to exercise IS patience
oh" said Mary. Il am not frightened on my
own account 1t is the Baby
Is it not possible Captain Hamilton, that we
NAV be compelled to remain here for several hours;
Fraulein Lechner asked anXlously:
OF course can never tell about theSe SuuuGI,
storms Frauein Lechner. By all rules we should
have had fair weather to-day. the wind was from
the east. We have good boatmen here, and the hTSt
moment it is practicable for YOU ladies and the baDE
to risk they will take YOU out IN perfect safety
Poor Roxie went pale and white eyed at all tnl9-
She began TO rock to and fro and moan IL all be
-lIr,vnded Miss Nav Nv pore Babv'n be drown
ded, | knowed when | come wah hyah l q ne[aI
get back ag'inl Well all be drownded drownded
drownded, =,
Roxie. do be still and understand that you YOUR
self are in no danger whatever! Think about this
poor Babyl It is almost time for his milk. and you
know we intended to buy him milk when We got back
to Capri | could endure all this cheerfully if it
not for the Baby. I'm afraid he Will cry himself sick
He is beginning to get restless now
HAMILTON grasped this opportunity Of proving
IL his devotion. Miss Marshall he said. Pletro
has lust told me that he could easily take me out II
Law in the boat properly 1t Is only for the sake OF
Won, ladies' and the Baby that the bOatmen Will not
90 out Now | shall let PIetrO take me out. Ne Il
row TO Capri and bring back milk tor the BABY ana
also some food and VINE for yourselves
/ couldn't think OF letting YOU take so great a
risk Captain Hamilton. on are most kind 70 offer
TO 90. Perhaps won't have to stay more than an
hour and the Baby will cry himself TO sleep
There were tears now in Marys eyes. The AmerI-
can Baby began raise the loud, 1mperiouS cry that
Hamilton knew so well. The lashIng against
the walls of the cavern.
After whispering for a moment with PIetro. who
smiled confidently and seized his oars, Hamilton
turned again TO Mary and said. Miss Marshall Pie
tro is iubilant over this opportunity TO show his
skill He SAYS to tell YOU We'll be back here IN halt
an hour with milk. Don't give our venture mo-
rnents anxiety: for these boatmen know the grottO
and the sea like book. and they all say there Is alb
soutely no danger. Goodby. Wish me luck
MARY could not speak so moved was she by con-
1fA tliCtiug emotions the anxiety about relieving
the Babys hunger, and her fear Of sending Captain
Hamilton into danger.
Pietro rovyed quickly into the middle Of the
He brought his boat near the entrance and, having
raised for the incoming of the wind lashed
How changed the scene, that storm and dis
tress and danger had penetrated the grotto,
Mary and Frdulein Lechner, pale and fearful.
watched HamiltonS boat \ big bIlOw. frothng
and curling, rolled through the entrance. rs the
wave rose to its crest Petro gave mighty stroke
with the oars which swept the boat into the hollow
left by the bllow. and on beneath the threatening
lon portal. Salvatore and Giovanni chartered and