The Springdale news., 1909-02-13

June | From some uHaccountah.e source in that realm of the heaven securing trades came q heavy mist Possibly volcanic action. derauging by its electric and gaseous ontponrings the normal course of the winds. had given birth to it. Be that as t may. it swept down upon the cruiser. thick ening as 1t approached. until presently 1t had spread curtain between the warship and it's charge The wind died Until after fall of night the Wolverine moved slowly, believing for the schooner. but got no reply once they thought they heard distant shout Of response, but there was 10 repetition.
 Probably doesn't carry any fog horn" said Carter bitterly, vaieing general nneasiness.
 No log: compass crazy; without fog signal don't Ike that craft Barnett ought to have been ordered t0 blow her up as peril to the high seas
 "We'H pick her Bp in the morning surely said Forsfthe This eaHzs last forever.
 Nor did il last long An hour before midnight q pounding shower fett. lash= ing the sea into pho>phoFeseent white. ness. Il ceased. and with the erowi of a leaping animal sqaail fns riously 6eset the ship soon The great steel body was plnnging and leaving in the pillows It was q gloomy eem- pany about the wardroom table. Upon each and all hung an oppression of spirit Captain Parkinson came from his cabin and went on deck. .Gonstitu tienally he was a nervous and pessi- mistic man with fixed belief in the conspiracy of events. banded for the undoing of him and his. Blind or dn- hions conditions racked his soul. hnt real danger found him hot only pre- pared but even eager. Now his face WAS picture of foreboding
 "Parky looks as if Dayy Jones was pulling on his string" observed the fiippant Ives to his neghbor.
 Worrying about the schooner Hope Billy Edwards saw or heard or felt that squan coming. replied Forsythe. giving expression 10 the anxiety that all felt.
 Hes a good sailor man, said Ives, and that's a stanch little schooner by the way she handled herself"
 .Oh. it will be all right" said Carter confidently. The winds moderating now"
 But there's no telling how far out of the course this may have blown him"
 Barnett came down. dripping
 Anything new?" asked Dr Trendon.
 The navigating officer shook his head.
 Nothing. But the captains in a state of mind" he said
 Whats wrong with himf'
 "The schooner Seems possessed with the notion that there's something wrong with her"
 Aren't you feeling little that way yourself:7 said Forsvthe. T am Ill take q look around before turn in"
 He eff behind him q silent crowd Ills return was prompt and swift
 Come on deck" he said
 Every man leaped as ta aa order. There was that in ForSyghe's voice which stHns The weather had cleared somewhat. though scuddin- vrac6 stiil blew across them to tlle westward The ship ro9ed heavily Of tbc sea nausht Has #tsib.e except the aaehias waHes, hnt iH the ~lH allaz heheia ae4Ia. 84aA i slelzeaias ,ease=ef dis4sz tef. t4af ps as3a E44e =3e4@ which Lad ~a letaaaerel faeH i0a nights before
 ..Tbe aurora MaGaafe the paxmasser
 16h serlaiH Hep.fszl Ives. with sareas "nead ia tire West Com. mon spot fur sae aurora Particularly on the edge of the south seas. where they are thick
 Then what is ftfs
 seboay had an answer. Carter has tened forward and returned to report.
 "Its electrical anyway said Carter. The compass is queer again.
 Edwards ought Ia be close to the solution of il" yeutured Ives. This gale should have blown him just about to the center of interest"
 If only be isn't involved in f. said Carter anxionsly
 What could there be 10 involve him?' aske3 MeGuire
 T don't know" said Carter slowly. Somehow l feel as if the assertion af the schooner was in some formidable manner connected with that Hebt.
 For perhaps fifteen minutes tho glow continued T. seemed To he nearer at hand than on he former sighting. Bat it took no comprehensive form Then II died away and all was hlaekness again But the officers of the Nolver- inc had long been in troubled slumber before the sensitive compass regained It's exact balance. and. with the shifting wind to mislead her, the cruiser had wandered. by morning no man might know how far from her course
 An day long Of June the Wolverine, baffled by patches of mist and moving rain squalls, patrolled the empty seas without sighting the lost schooner.