Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-17

black eyes swapping sparks. "oh. you
caul"
Howl" Martin and me said to-
gether.
She pointed towards Ozone island.
"The sallboatl" she said. The Dora
Bassettl SAN over In her. Then he'll
come on the morning train"
swung around and looked at the
waves and the clouds. wapatomac
was clear across the bay miles and
miles away. And h,night like this was
likely to bel
Lord" says I. TITS craEyl We'd
never live"
But Martin Hartley was already half
way to the skin. or course he didn't
know the risk, and l did. but-well.
there.
IN Co." says l TO Eureka. You
head for the school fast az your horse
can travel. Tell the Page girl not to
let Duncan touch the boy till the Jor-
dan man comes or the train comes
without him. You understand"
You bet you!" says she. IT'S splen.
did! Well saw the boy and Mr.. Hart
ley will be all right with her. Oh, I'm
so glad Mr.. Van Brunt want herel"
She whirled the horse around and
on she went. gave one more look at
the weather and then ran after Hart
ley, Save the boyl A considerable
bigger chance OF not saving ourselves.
Well, my school teacher always used
| TO say I'd be drowned some day-if
want hung frat.
had one reef in when the Dora Bias.
sett swung clear OF the outside point
OF Ozone island cove. hated to take
another. for wanted TO make time. But
had to take 1t afore we tackled at the
end OF the first leg. Twas pretty nigh q
dead beat and the sloop was laying
over till thought sure she'd fill. The
waves was as big. almost, as ever
see in the bay, and when one would
fetch US on the starboard bow the big.
gest half Of II would shoot clean from
stem to stern. We was soaked Afore
we'd hardly started. It couldn't have
been much worse unless twas the mid.
die of February.
had the tiller and Hartley was
for'ard in the cockpit. was using the
mainsail altogether. although later on
did use some OF the lib to help her
point up to wind'ard. There was
plenty OF water and would be for
hours, so could give her the center
board full. That didn't bother us
not then.
was too busy 10 speak and Martin
didn't seem TO care to. He set there
looking out ahead. and when he
turned. SOS could see his face, II wal
set and quiet. And In his eyes was the
look that I'D seen there once afore-
the day OF the pig race. wouldn'
have known him for the reckless. lag,
chap he'd been for the last month
or 40.
The only thing he said to me at thil
time was, as remember Il. something
. like this:
II know that DIR. Jordan" he says
Il met him at Cambridge at football
game. was there at college and "a
ther came over for the game. Tho doc
tor was one Of fathers friends"
That's lucky" says l, "Mayb,
that'll give you some pull"
Perhaps So" says he.
IF he won't come" I asks. "whatl
, you do?"
He'll have to come" was all tn
/ answer he made.
Even this little mite OF talk mean
I hollering your lungs loose. The win
was rising all the time, the sea KEEP
getting more rugged as we got wher
the bay was wider. aud the splashin
and banging was worse than watel
wheel working double watches. Ate
awhile / made Hartley set side of me
80 that, when wanted anything.
could grab his arm.
! This was after Il got dark. And
got dark early. Likewise Il begun I
r rain. The storm that we'd had for III
I last few days seemed to be BLOWN
!. back over Us. Seems az IL Il ought I
a have rained and blown itself out
. this time. but we had proof that
4 hadn't.
}. We want making scarcely anythin
y on our tacks. The Dora Bassett's
: good wind'ard boat. too. but she'd "a
9 on and fall on. BY and by the dar
/. and rain got so thick that ! conldn
, see the shore lights. and had TO RI
by compass and guess. There wan
likely TO be any other blame fool
d afioat 20 run into as, still gave Har
d ley a horn TO blow in case theI
o should be.
/ Twas lucky did. Along about i
n when we was somewheres In the mi
die OF tho bay--oR Sandy Bend.
3 should think-it seemed 70 me that
heard toot In answer to one Of Har
d ley's. He heard u, too. guess. for B
d commenced 70 blow hard and faH
. 'Twan't much use. for anything thu
was TO wind'aFd OF as wouldn't ha,
q heard sound. and we only heeI
a 4 N A.