The Springdale news., 1909-02-17

Having In mind the eXeasahle super stllan af the men Captain Parkinson was unwilling to compel any of them to tb dH5y Awed by the mystery of their mates disappearance. the sailors hung hack. Finally by temptation of extra prize money q complement was made HB
 At 10 o'clock of q puffy, mist laden morning | new and strong crew of nine men boarded the Laughing Lass. There were no fareweis among the officers Forebodiags weighed too heavy for such open expression.
 Ali the fates of weather seemed to combine t1 part the schooner from her convoy As before, the fog fell only to be succeeded hN sqaally rain show. CTS th4t cut out the vista into a check erboara pattern of visible sea and im- 1 pcnetrlhle erayncss Before evening l the Laughing Lass making slow way through the mists, had become sepafat- cd bY Il league of waves from the cruiser One glimpse of her between mist areas the Wolverine caught at 1 sunset Then wind and rain descend ed in furious volume from the south east The cruiser Immediately headed about following the probable course of her charge, which would be beaten fur down to eevafa II WIS a gloomy ! mess aa the Warship In his cabin ] Capt8A Parkinson Was frankly seasiek -a condition which nothing but the extreme 6f nervous depression ever in- 1 duee4 in him.
 l Tor several hours the rain fell and ] the g4He haWled Then the sky swiftly I cleared and with the clearing there | rose great cry of amaze from stem l to Sfefu If the Wolverine. for far to l ward fHe western horizon appeared such | prodigy as the eye of no man ahoara that ship had ever bcheld. 1 From T belt of marvellous, glowing ' goa Eieb and splendid streamers Of light sfffaled up into the blackness of l the heavens
 In all the colors of the spectrum tHe9 rose and fell blazing orange. i siiaQeB wonderful. translucent blues aud shmmeriug reds Below broad band af pnler hue, like sheet lightning I fixed ta fiEiiity, waxefed and rippled ! All fhe aafafas of the Horthand blend. ed ia aae could but have paled away 1 before the speudor of that terrific ee, lestiHi HfRafition
 On board the cruiser all hands stood l petfified bound ill strieture of speech. less wonder After the first cry si= i leaee 1ay Ieadeu over the ship II Was broken kF scream Of terror from for i WaH4 The quartermaster who had beeH at the wheel eame clamberiHg down the ladder and ran along the i deek His fingers sRlaxed and stiffened ] before him in the intensity of his i panic
 T He needle! The eempass!' he shrieked
 Barnett ran to the wheelhouse with l Trenaon at his heels The others fol. lowed The needle was swaying like ! eahra s head tnd as eobras head i spfts venom il spat forth T thin steel hlue stream of mcent fire Then so swiftly fl whirlea dtat the sparks seat |. tered ff7H 1t fin tiny shower + ! stopped quiycred and curved itself upward a8fl it rattIed like a faifY I drum nHan the glass shield Barnett 1 looked ft freudon.
 "Naieaniezr lie said
 ".AfiHe eyes have seen the glory Of l the coming of the Lord muttered 1 the surgeon in his deep bass. as he looked forth upon the streaming raz l diaHt heavens It's like nothing l else
 l III the west the splendor and the ter | TOT shot to the zenith Barnett whrled l the 5 heel The ship responded per l fectly.
 T thought she might be bewitched teo :. he murmured
 You may head her for the light, 1 Mir Barnett" said Captain Parkinson i calmly He had come from his cabin, i al his nervous depression gone in the face of m imminent and visible dan 
 slowly the great mass of steel swung l tn the unknown. For an hour the un- known guided her Then fell black ness sadden, complete After that ra- dianee The dazzled eye could make cut ua stars. but the leokouts keen vision disccrued something else.
 "Ship adre@ he shouted hoarsely.
 "Where awayf"
 ..TNa points to leeWard near where the liehl was. sir .
 They turned their eyes in the direc. tiaH indicated and Geheld majestic Polling volume of purple light Sud denly T Hercer red shot it through
 "fhats no ship afirc said Trendon "Noieano in eruption .
 "Aud the otherfa asked the captain
 No volcano, sir"
 Poor Billy Edwards wins his bet. l said Forsyihe in low voice
 God grant he's on earth to collect Il, :" replied Barnett solemnly.
 No one turned iii that night When the sun Of June $ rose Il showed an ocean bare of prospect except that on the far horizon where the chart show ed no land there rose q smudge of dirty rolling smoke. Of the schooner there Has neither sign nor trace.
 CHAPTER VI.
 "fNifIiS ship" growed Carter, the
 k second officer. to Dr Tren