The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-19
CHAPTER vi.
THE REFUGEES.

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"A the deck. More thau that one
end of II stretched into the Ia.
finity Of dripping rock and fying spray
overhead. And II had been thrown by
friendly hands. II dangled from some
unseen ledge.
Of their faculties simultaneously. The
eyes of the two men met. but Coke was
the first TO find his voice.
Salvage. by Iove!" he cried. up
you so, Hozier! III sling the girl be-
hind you. She cant manage II alone.
an 1t needs some one with brains to
fix things up there for the rest OF u.s."
And he added hoarsely In Philips ear:
"Sharp's the word. We 'aven't many
minutes."
Iris permitted Coke and sailor to
strip of u life belt aud tie her and
Hozler back to back. Ii was wonder
ful, though hidden from her ken In
that supreme moment. to see how they
devised a double sling In order to dis.
tribute the strain. When each knot
was securely fastened Coke vociferat.
ed u mighty "Heave awayw
But his powerful voice was drowned
by the incessant roar Of the breakers.
Not even the united clamor of every
man present, fifteen all told. Including
the drunken chief officer. could make
itself heard above the din. Then Ho-
zier tugged sharply ut the rope three
times, and II grew taut. Amid jubi-
liant cry from the others he aud Iris
were lifted clear Of the deck. At once
they were carried fully twenty feet
seaward. As they swung back. not
quite so far aud now well above the
level OF the windlass from which their
perilous journey had started. ready
witted sailor seized few coils OF a
thin rope that lay tucked up In the
angle of the bulwarks aud flung them
across Hozier's arms,
Take whip with you. sir!" he yell
ed, and Philip showed that he under
stood by gripping the rope between his
teeth. II was obvious that the rescu-
ers were working from point we'll
oyerhanging the recess into which the
Andromeda had driven her bows. aud
there might still be the utmost diffi-
Guilty IN throwing rope accurately
from the rock to the wreck. As a mat
ter of fact. no less than six previous
attempts had been made. and the sue
cess OF the seventh was due solely to
favorable gust of wind hurtllng into
the cleft at the very instant II was
needed. The sailors quick though,
solved this problem for the future. BY
tying the small rope to the heavier one
those who remained below could hau
II back when some sort OF signal code
was established.
Once there was check. They wait
ed anxiously. but there was no sigr
given by the frail rope that they wer,
TO haul In again. Then the upwart
movement continued.
'Chunk o. rock In the way" an
nounced Coke, glarlng round at th,
survivors as II TO challenge contradic
tlon. No one answered. These mel
We're beginning to measure their lives
against the life OF the wedge of iroI
aud timber kept In position by th,
crumbling frame OF the ship II wai
fast diminishing scale. The figures
painted on the Andromeda's bows rep
resented minutes rather than feet.
Watts was lying crouched ON deck
with his arms thrown round the wind
lass. Looking ever for fresh incur
sion OF rats. he seemed to he cheeres
by the fact that his dreaded assailanti
preferred the Interior Of the. forecasll,