The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-18
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looked eastward. Then she uttered an
exclamation.
why! Whatevers happened 10 the
Weter2'' she cried
The question was not surprising. In
the last hour the sea had changed.
From a smiling playfelloW. lightly buff
fetlng the ship, II had grown cold and
sulien- The sparkle had died from
the waves giving place TO meldlllg
luster- Long, slow undulations sWeiied
out OF the southeast, chasing each otheT
SlugglShly I'D the wake OF the snip
It did not need a sailors eye 10 tell
That something was brewing MISS
Fairfax shivered slightly and drew her
light wrap closer around her
Makes YOU feel cold. don't # ? asked
Dir Sp1gg cheerfully- Lord Diess YOU
that's nothing to the way you II Ieel De-
fore it's over. Funny the weather bu-
reau didn't give us any storm warn
/ ings before We sailed"
CThe weather bureau had, but the
warnings had been thrown away, IN
posted. by a sapient native official Of
of the Americans TO fOretell the weather
TO be immoraI)
'sWin there be any danger2"
Danger Nav Not bit OF II II
you stay below. YOU won't. even know
that there's been anything doing Even
II we run into g hurricane which ain [
likely, We'll be Just as safe as II We
were ashore The Queen don't need 70
or derelict'
A delelict2"
Sure A ship that has been aban-
doned at sea for some reason OF other,
but that amt been broken up or sunk
Derelicts are real terrors, all right
Some OF EN- float high. they ain
50 bad, because you can usually see
4 en- IN time TO dodge. ara because they
/ amt likely to be solid enough 70 do
you much damage even II you do run
into them But some Of EN- Ofiat low
just aWash-aud they're just Well
/ they re mighty lad they amt really
wood"
I suppose they are al destroyed
sooner or later2'
The little purser unconsciously STRUCK
an attitude. "A good deal later, some
tines ne exclaimed NDereiicts have
! been known 70 float Tor three years ir
/ the Atlantic. and TO travel Tor tnou-
sands Of miles Generally. however. III
/ the North Atlantic. they either break
( up in a storm within few months, o.
I else they drift into the Sargasso sea
( and stay there till they sink
The SaTEaSsU sea- IS here Is that
/ 7 suppose I used to know when I wen
! to school. but I've forgotten"
I Mr.. Sp-igg waved his hand towarG tht
east and north ~ ~ o ,LZ1. ne ne gen
Z ern edge Of Il now. See the weeds
floating in the water rhe-e2 Farther
north and cast it gets thicker until Il
Z
/ 500 miles In every direction.
Nobody knows just what Il looks
/ Ike in the middle, for nobody has evel
7 been there-or rather nobody has eve
; been there and come back 70 tell about
Z &C.. Old sailors say that there's thou
sands OF dereIiCrs collected there
The Eulf stream eDCircles the whole
+ ocean in a mighty whirlpool. you know
and sooner or later everything float
ing IN the North Atlantic is caught
7 Ia IL They may be carried away W
Z TO the North Pole. but they're bou1C
! - come south again with the Iceberg:
ana hack into the main stream an
{ some dav they get INTO the west vino
drift and are carried down the CznaTy
current. until the north equatorial cur
rent catches them. and sweeps then
into the sea over yonder-
For so years and moreover since
Colum bus-derelictS must have beer
2 have sunk. but thousands must have
p teen washed into the center Once
. there they must float Tor a long uIe
/ There are storms there, Of course, bU
( they're only wind storus-thsre can
/ be arv va yes the weed f. too thicj--
/ IT guess there are ships stiU sHoa
4 there that were built hundreds Of year
I ago Maybe COlum bus lost caraveE
/ are there maybe people are imprisoned
/ there Gee but it's fascinating.
( Miss Fairfax stared at the little maj
3 I'm auazemeut- he was the last person
I she would ever have suspected or mag
I nation or romance and here he was
Z with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes
4 IeclainlIng away ike one inspired Nos
{ men can talk well on some one sui jeCt
and this subject was M SUriggs OWL
/ For years he had been reading an
/ talking and thinking about l.
! Miss Fairfax rose from her Stea ne
/ chair and looked around her the,
/ paused awesIrucE- Down N the south
{ east a mass Of black clouds darkene'
/ the dav as they spread. Puffs OF vim
J ran before them each carrying sheets o
! spray torn from the tops Of the waves
J one stronger than the rest dashed II
[ burden into Miss FairfaN's face wit
I little singing cuts. The cry Of tn
I stewards. An passengers below. va
/ not needed 70 tell her that the deck va
] midi haro-rLrE 10 DLaCe Tor women