Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-22


now and again the screaming. peltint
squalls tnat occurred the estuary
would heel her over until the water
cascaded In over the lee combink; and
the rudder, lifted clear. would hang
Idle until. smitten by some .rAt.ing. bill.
low. the tilier would he all hut tors
from Kirkwocd'a knnds. Again and
again this happened. apf those were
times Of trembling. But always the
cotboat righted. shaking the clinAing
waters from her and awineina her
stem into the wind agaln.. and there
would follow an Abbreviated breath.
ing spell. during which Kirkwocd VAS
at liberty 10 dash the snlt spray from
his eyes and search the wind harrird
waste for the britantine., Sbmetltncs
/ he found her. sometimes not. x
Long after he had expected her t.
she went about. ard they began to
close IN upon each other. Tie .nwid
see that even with sioffsn~d canvas
she was staggering drunkenly nn,er
the fierce impacts Of the Tind. For
/ himself Il was nip and tuck now. and
no man In his normal sense would
have risked a sixpence on the boat's
chance to live until she crossed the
briRantlne's bows.
Time out Of reckoning Ne was forced
TO kneel In the sWimnilnR cockpit.
steering with one hand. using the ban.
ing dish with the OTTER and keeping
his eyes religiously turned to the belly.
ing patch Of sail. II was heartbrenk.
ing toll He began reluctantly to con.
cede that II could not last much longer
And II he missed the bfiyantins he
would be lost. a.t .a,S
Long since he had become numb
with cold from .incessant drenchines
Of Icy. spray that piled In. over the
windw&rd counter, keeping the bottom
ankle deep regardless Of HE iaborious
but Intermittent efforts Nth the bali.
ing dish. And the two. brigantine and
cockleshell. were drawing together
with appalling dellberation. q
But that HE voice stuck In. bis
parched throat he could have shouted
In his citation when eventually be
gained the point Of intersection an
eighth Of a mile ahead Of the brigAn.
tine and got sight Of her, windward
freebcard as most slowly the catboat
forged across her course.
For Al, that, the moment of IN nc.
tusi triumph was not vet. lie had sti,,
to carry or successfuils n scheme that
for sheer audacity Of. conception and
contempt for. danger trnnscended all
that had gone before. /.
| Holding the catboot I, on tor 4 time.
he brought her about handsomely q
little way beyond the briyantinS's
coyfyse and hung In. The cye. ~ the
wind. the leach hSrn,ns and tighten.
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