The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
CHAPTER XVIII.
A Dav and q Nieht

GETF IL was Deal" cried Faraday. saw
agely. by thunder, 7 Just hope he
went up 20 that house and-and the
Angry chiId.' I commented. and then
tried TO laugh, because his exhibition
Of rage was so futile that IL struck my
sense OF the Numerous
But the laugh was failure; most
laughs are, I imagine. when one lips
are cracked with salt and ones throat
hOt-orieo with thirst
Standing there az armpit-deep IN water
I rested my hands on my hips and took
look AROUND US
There vas nothing % see but water
dancing peaceably enough and sparkling
with an lnIniry Of Tiny suns. The hard,
clean-sWept blue sky came down exactly
a bold. clean line.
Above. the sun blazed. making our lit
tie Island Of refuge seem Ike a yellow
furnace set In boiling sea
But that was ALI No speck Of white
tecked the 'scape. no ship O. rescue was
IA sight % be hailed by smoke Of drift
wood fires or waving OF shirts
one wondered why one rad ever left
little old New EOrk-Woudered and
lonSed consUmediy 10 be back
Faraoay clambered up OF the slant
Ing stern OF the sloQ0 after while and
SAT down there and began 20 talk 10
Wondering IL he had suddenly gone
mad, i listened 10 his song. and found
that DE was describing With great mi
nuteucSs Of detail and I thought. i'm
mense accuracy % statement, the i'm
mediate and remote ancestry OF lIr
Deal. together with a concise and bril-
Aaul sketch OF his personal character.
and De wound Up with a prophecy as
70 Deal ultimate fate thar. as a piece
OF artistic Word-paiufiuE, was absolutely
peerless and thrilling
Yes, ] said az the CONCLUSION. you
nave u down pretty fine. You haven't
missed am essential point, nor neglected
an uuimpCTtant one
Fataday shook tlreateuiugly q rope
e-u ~ me.
''WM you look az thatg" he ImpIorec.
IT'S cu--cl=au cut with q sharp knife
The dirty little WLelp saw rs come
aboard. slipped on LIUself-IL ID swear
/ fell him brush uy me-and cut The
mOorinEs,
Here words failed him. but I felt that
1e had done his whole duty by the case.
desperate as OUTS was
We'll, what's -o dog asked
+og answer Earadsy Crau.eI crabIilln
zlgug the deck and made a line fast
20 the maIEmaSt stump. LEfS GS -n-gr
over into the water and followed L.
We've got 90 slew her around on 40
even keel before We can gsL ~ the
drinking water" be said and although
j misdoun- me we can't 80 IJ. we'A
Get JEc end Of -Lar rope over g.
shoulder. my son. and pull Ike blaze-
A'a .-AAHaa NHaaeaA a-H l.-#-|--.a-r anu
together We dug our tea toes into the
yielding sand ana rubbed our shoulders
raw str1luing ar that rope
T had no expectation Of succeeding
put fought on because Z was atnirst-
The job took hours, Is seemed Once
1 slipped ard stumbled, losing my Erip
and knocking Faraday or his feet We
both went nader, and came up spuJter-
Ing ana fighting mad. But there WASH {
any good -o be hzC by Quarrellug. 50
ne neeIJly Waded ashore and spread
our shirts ou- % dry on the sand
And JEcu we went back 20 our WORK
ir much the same condition I'm which
VIC had arrived In this world As there
was none but ourselves 20 see, IL didn't
matter
Hauling ereriastiDEly az ropes end
Is bound 10 have a result one OF the
two parties at either end ls obliged to
give way. We Wouidu t-so the slOOp
did. and riShted with a flop and "a
sWash that sent us under the surface
again
But this time we were not SO angry
We went aboard az once. pleased as
Punch. singing NalnElO-lOuSly the saga
OF our strength
The slOOD gas about half fun OF
water, as Faraday had predicted But
she was sound. and taking no more in.
We went TO work al once 20 pump
her out. and old the trick after some
hours work. That Is 90 say, we cleared
the cabin floor and got a good deal OF
moisture out or the hull.
Then We scrambled below, preached