The Washington times., 1910-06-13

| I could not"
| How are the men?"
"Your man is dying. The mate seems
a little stronger, and the bleeding has
stopped. The other man is just the
same"
| touched You have had no rest"
! 1t isn't that" he answered, and then
/ ne hesitated, wondering whether he
would better tell her of their probable
( peril or not.
What is it?" she asked. instantly
/ perce1ving that something lay back OF
] his reticence. What has happened p"
Il don't know whether TO tell you
Or
| have gone through al this TO blanch or
I shrink from anything2 Is it some new
/ danger that threatens2
! He nodded.
And what is it2'
! Il don't know where we are" he
salo. The last time / took an obser-
Vat-on we were $50 miles from Plym-
outn- L don't know what course the
1:Iate sailed after he got the ship, or
whether he took an observation or
He did not" answered susan.
There was no sun. As TO the course,
/ wind would let him; he was on the
wind and constantly lacking all day
| until the gale broke, and that was last
night at o O'Clock Since then We've
Yes, l should thing so from the
| weather she was making Of II. And
/ how Iast DO you think we might be
I have known the ship 10 do eleven
I knots before the wind. say, as she is
heavily loaded. that she has been going
/ ten
THAT would be about II, I should
! judge returned the lieutenant.
| Weir said Susan.
| Well said the other g~avely, "the
I mates sailing westward has been more
/ than neuTalized BY our Wild dash TO
| the northeast, and
! ''And2'
Il think we are wen "a the English
| channel and being driven toward the
! shore with every moment"
! Susan understood entirely the omin-
I Gus prospect involved in that simple
I announcement. Before her rose an the
perlS of that which sailor breads the
mOst-a lee shore.
rs there anything 20 be done?" she.
Nothing but drive on. I never ex-
| perienced such a hurricane"
/ What canvas have you got on the
Not a rag. She's driving under bare
Cant you heave her to-"
| Il don't dare
we must even do our best. I sup
But he interrupted her once again.
( That isn't all he said, now deter
/ mined 10 leave nothing untold
"The ships leaking badly forward.
/ She almost preached 10 last night
and had il not ben for yoIr Quickness
she would have gone over on her
/ be-m-ends and foundered- The ter
rihc pounding she has had has opened
a butt somewhere or started a seam,
and"
You mean she's going down."
I don't believe she viii be alCat
2 - Il raj
! sOlemnly
Have you tried the pumps?"
Yes, but we have only half dozen
men"
And the mutineers2'
There are only three OF them.
She's making water too fast Il
would be useless"
''She rides steadier than she did"
said Susan after q pause.
That's because OF the water that's
| in her" said MOrnington.
rs there anything more2' asked the
woman.
Nothing. Isn't that enoughg" he
added somewhat bitterly.
- Enough, and more. than enough.
been lost, the blood that has been
shed. the hearts that have been
! broken, for the possession Of this
ship, which In few hours viii be as
nothing! II we could only see be-
forcaand for what we strivet"
1T is as you say" said the lieuten-
ant If we could only see for what
We strive IL would sometimes take
the heat out of as. But f. rs better,
after all TO strive than TO be suDine
and Indifferent 10 fate"
Yes, yes, L suppose So said tbs
girl YEARLY Meanwhile, what are
you going 10 do2'
Get the boats provisiOned. make
all ready, bring the wounded men W.
on deck. and when she fOuuders-''
The boats would not live minute
IN the sea-. said the girl
viii die doing our best
And in his simple creed that was a
paramount thought If men must die
II was surely better that they should
die doing their best than doing moth
ing at all-and women, too.
And II she strikes before she
founders asked Susan. her mind re-
verting to the other alternative.
God help US all!'
ct may be that this viii be our last
interview alone" began the girl II
want TO say this 10 yOU-ts.a at am sorry
drove you away last night when YOU
asked my forgiveness. I didn't mean it I
My feelings say 10 in the presence Of I
death-have not changed. You viii be-
ll@ve me now, surely?' she questioned.
And hear me say" the man answer
Cd, VINO, like yourself. am facing death, /
that never in my heart OF hearts have
really doubted you. 1 know that you
are true and faithful"
appearances were against me- urged /
the woman.
'I had no right 70 think Of them for
a moment, and I want 10 tell YOU that
love you as 7 love life and liberty and
honor; that my devotion is only e0uaIed
by my shame that I have used YOU so
i'll; that I chiefly regret the death that
seems before us because ] cannot Drove
10 you my repentance and my deep
commissioning. abiding affection for YOU.
We can be nothing 10 each other now,
but beg your forgiveness. and tell you
that consider you my wife in the sight
Of Heaven"
"Whl you take your answer now?''
she asked, thrilling with passion which
not even the storm or their peril could
shadow or diminish
Yes" he said, his heart leaning TO |
meet the question
The answer is here" she continued,
extending her arms to him, 'in my arms
and on my lipsi
AT least" said the girl, drawing back
a little-but very Httle-from her lovers |
embrace. 7 shall not have lived in
vain. You love me-
MY deari My sweetr' he said. re-
leasing her and raising her hands to his
lips. Il am so unworthy of Won that !
your love fills me with shame Would /
that IN some way i could show YOU how
I feel before we dier'
It want nothing" answered Susan |
rapturousiy, but the memory of this
moment 70 go out with into the Beyond. |
Nay, no more" she urged. we have /
work TO do, and"
''Susan-Miss HubbeHr' came thiclly