The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-03
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away Then. just as hope seemed gone,
D the Seashark gave q sudden lurc anu
I a gasp Of relief arose II required no
/ expert TO tel her passengers InaL SOME
I thing was happening above water0a
/ something that could have but one
/ cause.
: BY has cut one Of the cables that are
/ holding Us d0Wn-there goes another
/ and another A faint light showed
( through the grass-llled peephOl6S or the
\ coming tower; promise of the glorious
I burst to come We are rising we
/ are tearing free"
Rapidly the light grew. until tiny
| beam from the WeSteT1ng sun ShOL
I straight through a window. and danced
/ gayly about as the Seashark rocked 70
/ and no on the smooth surface AT slgnI
Of Il the women sobbed aloud Wbad
I the men did in the darkness can only be
1 guessed
Rapidly Howard threw back the cover
I Of the manhoIe. and let the blessed air
1 by's head appeared Have you got my
| clothes there he demanded in a stage
whisper
with a sricker OF relief, Howard
passed up the clothes and, when the
missionary vas properly arrayed, called
al the rest to come on deck.
The SeasharS was floating in the ia
rnillar ocean Of weed No open water
was In sight: II any was near II was not
visible from point so low in the water.
WreCkaEe dOated here and there: not a
Z
olsulasted Tater-iOgged lumber schooner.
and a little farther Of were tbs tangled
4 spars Of a huge ship.
Howard looked around him and shook
his head It's farther to clear water
than 7 had thought he told Dorothy.
Not that II matters. Wen be out to-
morrow morning He turned to the
rest Joyce. II you and Jackson win
/ cut away the weed from around our
pTopeIIers. I'll do the rest Mr.. VII
loughby VIII give you HIS knives. By
the way, don't lay them down on the
water, or they'll be a mile or 80 deep
when we want them again.
Joyce turned 10 Wtlloughby, who
bluShed- Tin afraid that's Just what
7 did. M Howard % he exclaimed con
fusedly. anyway. I've lost one Of the
NO matter, sir, I've got another" IN
terjected Joyce, as he and Jackson
turned 70 their allotted task
Left 10 himself, Howard threw the
turned the fun power OF the gas-engine
70 recharzinK the electric aCcumulators-
When al was running smoothly he
turned 10 the rest
1T viii be several hours. at hest. be
fore we can start, and think. on the
whole. We had better not do so until
. toward daylight. 50 as 20 be sure OF
plenty OF light when we come Up again
If you girls viii get supper ready. We
might as well dine
Dinner-or sUppe-began Iight-heart-
/
party Civilization seemed very near,
and the spirits OF the majority were
. high accordingly Only Howard, 20
whom rescue meant something very
different from what Il did 10 the others.
and Dorothy, who Erieved IN Svrnpathy
with him. were silent and -Zistrait-
Toward the end OF Cne meal. J lCksOn.
who had been uuwOntedly taIkative
suddenly awOke 10 the realization that
the tine was rapidly approaching when
he must again become the jailer Of the
man who had saved his life and his
happiness Under this incubus he sud
denly shut up
The other three dld not understand
Howard s situation For some rea sun
Forbes Il seemed. had not told his in
formation cor suSDiCiOns1 about the
naval officer, and his single reference
70 them, at the tine Of the wedding,
had passed over the heads Of both the
Joyces and OF A-r. WillOuEhby- So they
chartered on lisht-hearredly enough IN
III the meal was over. and Howard dis
missed them 70 sleeD-
A little later hat night. when All the
rest we're steering. worn out by the
excitement and arduous labors o. the
day Dorothy -Pped up on deck. where
Howard was wlICEiEg the dials Of his
accumulators as they slowly crept tow
ard The maximum
There was no moon, but the phos-
phurescenCe OF the weed flied the air
with weird WitChlight- n which the
SeaSharE and floating WrecEa &c nuIEe5
black So strong was the CLEAN that
Howard could see the dark circles IN
der Dorothy's eyes as she sank down
BY his side
There. there sweetheart" he vvhis-
pered gently You ought 20 be getting
your beauty sleep Wen p-oba BY be
picked Up tomorrow, and you must
look your best"
But Dorothy refused 20 heed the bad
image OH Frank. Frank" she rnIr-
injured uiserzbIy- IT don't want to he
picked Up Can't-csn't We put the rest
ashore somewhere, and slip away-iust
YOU and Z When 7 think OF what xiii