Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-20
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terSect IL remained 10 be demon
strated whether the catboat was
speedy enough 10 arrive at this point
of contact IN advance of or stimuli
tanC0uSly with the larger vessel
lie watched the cotboat anNiouSly.
quick 20 approve her merits rs she
displayed them lie had sailed small
craft hCforC-frSu ccntcrhoUrd cat
boots. handy and swift. built Co servo
An summer wiuds and protected wa
ters, never such a one as this. Yet he
ukcd her.
O0shorc. too. the wind stormOd with
added strength or possibly had fresh
eyed For WlEutCs on end tho lee
ward gunw0lcs would run green. and
now and agVln the screaming peltlng
squalls that secured the estuary
would heel her over untn the water
cascadc,, I'm over the lcc ,omhnr aud
the rudder lir,cd clear would hang
idle uutN, smitton hy some racing bill
low. the tUlgr WouN bc all bu, torn
from Ertvood's hands Again and
again this h1ppcucd and those were
times OF treWtsing Hut always tho
cathoai rlgh,cd shaking the cunglng
waters from Ter and swinging her
stem into the wind ogniu. and thcrc
would follow an abbreviated breath
Ing spell. during which Iirkwood was
nc lNcrN to dash The salt spray from
his eyes and sourch thC wind hnrrlcd
waste for the brignRtnc. Sometimes
he found her. sometimes not
Long afhcr he had expected her TO
she went about. sud they began to
close iA upou, oavh uthcr Tie couly
Noe that oven with shortened canvas
she Was staggering Aruukcsly nUder
the ,ncr.c impacts OF the wind For
hims,Ef % was nip aud tuc|y now, ard
ne man IA his normal sense would
hive risl,cd akNpcncc ON thc boats
ehnHcc Ca live until she CROSSED the
brranunc's bows,
TtH" out OF reckoning bc WIS forced
10 kncel n Che swimming corbpI.
Steering with enc hand, using the bail
mE dlHh vlth The Other and Keeping
his cycs rcus!ouelN turned 20 the holly.
ing patch OF sail. II was hourtbrclk-
inE toll lie began reluctantly Go CON.
ecde Chat 80 could not last much longer
And if be missed tie briRnutuc he
would hc lost
Long since he had hcComc numb
with cold from inces SAINT drcnohinRs
OF icy spray th1t puyd IN over the
w.udWUrd inter, Keeping She bottom
UH' lc lCru IorJrdlC's OF bis lahurioUs
hu Intermittent efforts with the bah
,us U. % tud the two, brlenuune md
cu,ai,. lcll. wore drawing together
wien appalling dcllberJuon,
but chat his voice stuck I'm his
parehed throat he could have shouted
I'm his clatiou WHOM eventually he
Rgiued the point or intersection an
eighth az mile Ghaud OF the brigan-
tine and soc sight OF her windvurd
freobonrd d3 most slowly the catbont
forged ucrogs her course.
For MI that. the moment Of his II,
tual triumph WAS not yet He had still
20 carry oG success 5dully a scheme That
for sheer nudncity Of conception and
! contempt FOR danger transcribed all
that had gone before
Holding The cntboat on for n time.
| he brought hcr about handsomely n
I litlc way beyond Tie lrlgautlnc's
course nr1 hung IN the Cyc ~ the
/ wind One lcHoh Tapping mud uehtcu.
| i1g with reports i'hr rife shots ma
tlc wal.r s'asn'He about BIS crlvis
battling dIHh now altogether out OF
mind vhiio l' wotohod On. uuo.ming
yes ei a'a o.4a U-tnug with uuGci-
patton
no Doe coz 0agri Tomorrow