The Washington times., 1910-09-02

Is, We can take you right home There's
1 a lighthouse on Cedar Island 1 see
At the eastern end You viii find
Boid water right up 70 the tOweT-a safe
channel 20 the sound Stand as close in
I 70 the hgnt as yCu can and you viii be
perfectly safe
-'Umn," CadOgan Acknowledged the
information IN a humble ''T hope YOU
won't be uncomfortable AIissLT0dd
Lne Coileen's cork IN a sea way, but
SleS safe and sound Don't fear
n not depr1vlnS you OF your state
/. room she put in as he stood I'D and
made for the cOmpanionway
It's 5 not mine-it's LOmax's. and he's
not aboard We're headed for New Or
leans, 10 pick him up Besides wei
have you home before night. T-rera-'-
ne paused with a foot on the lower Stea.
s1llAlo GSly cGnSfderate for her feeling
mere was no serious accident, trust -
-Iy own IoOishness was responsible
% -%2E nay TX, Nj CadoSan- There was no
SiIlpH ech. OF anything OF the sort I
Simply lost my oars and-drifted.'
she concluded with a laugh family
ap9logetic and embarrassed
Zoo pad ne commented. abstract
eliy, - u. ana disappeared with flying leap
The deep vault Of TIE Ornament had
served as a sounding board, fii1EinE
ch o-ch tle hTSt deep ETOWI OF the ap-
L-5e L-,5e1CtLlliS StoIIn-a hollow groan of
WelcoTne. warning the hearers thar the
moment OF peril was imminent
Sadosan took in the scene with a
gtlch glance- Their tine had been B.
DEeEIaIed. but Il had served Xvbs- ?
could be done to prepare the scbcoDe-
LoI Ine struggle was already attended
TO- All movable things had been r1s5e
secure The sails were snug reefed,
ilatcheS battened with tarpauiius life
lines rigged and both dorfes had been
taken aboard and Iashed fast amid
ships
At the wheel. ready to seize the
spokes at any instant. CreaEh stood
knOtting line round his waist Like
CadoSan. ne was euCdsed from head 10
foot IN black. glossy oilers and sou
patient
The heart Of men sickens with wait
ing on the breaking OF a tempest. the
soul of a ship no less a ship without
wind is like a man without breath.
For eighteen hours now the Colleen had
r7lled like a log in q backwater-in TWO
minutes she WAS 10 live again
gray and slCkly light, wan preSaZe
OF the dawn shed spectral radiance
ove- all. recOiliDg only from the south
rsSsJ, where the blackness lOomed a
wall dense and impenetrable- Out from
beneath this the waves sped, hunted
things in panic flight, racing the low
white SAredS Of StOrm-SCud that sped
above in tattered regiments. The haze.
too. was moving swirling In the air
Ike water. for the wind was behind
l. gathering its forces, mutteriRS,
grumbIing-
swiftly the wall Of cloud took shane
vast banks cf darkness. lower swing
ing than the main body became Wis
ible. sharply defined against a somber
At brief intervals shapeIess sheets
of lightning played athWart these
spaces. revealing bOttOmIeSs CULTS Of
dusk-much as back-droD on a stage
may be ftfully Illuminated from the
wings to an OrcheStratioa Of sullen
thunder
Abruptly a line Of purest cleaning
horizon and swept northeast like a
worldwide charge Of Cufrassiers- A
little gusty wind preceded 1t by the
least advantage
apart, hands clUtching the spokes-
CaGoSan gripped the windward rail-
At touch of the cold, clammy, fore
running wind the Colleen Shivered
Tighted. and luffed about CALAMITY to
meet the onslaught. sheets tautening
with a bang
the little ship bodily, with extraor-
dinary vindiCtiyeness and malice, rag
ing. She went Quiverlng upon her
beam-ends, and for many seconds lay
there, like a gladiator beaten TO his
knees at the first clash OF arms Then
righted. staggered IN pardona Bile
daze, and was of like a bolt from q
catapult- And her masters breathed
again. the crucial instant past
Not that there was not work still
before them Every second through
out the rest OF the day was to be one
wherein the helmsman knew that he
held in his hand three lives, his own
included An error OF Judgment
though it lay but a hafrbreadth aside
from the right, would spell disaster
IL not sudden death.
Lashed continually by the gale.
burving her nose in a smother of
green and foam, lifting great volumes
of water and finging them over
n cr.lr ctr
TO stern. with leeward scuppers run
ming under. sheets taut as iron rods
tiny patches of canvas swollen to
bursting. the Colleen fed diag0naIly
The Continuation Of This Story VIII
BE Found tn ToFzorrow's
Issue OF The Times.