New-York tribune., 1912-12-01
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER l. 1912

ba, from the wrack-srewn surf was not taken up by
Gascoigne Standing high the Others he saw that
which told him that the of their work Law before
tbem The Mystic Belle lay in irons hard and fast on
the submerged shoals, broadsde to the wind Only her
after mas, standing. The rest of the ship had
crimbled away, from 'mdshps forward To leeward
the only way they could approach her, the i'm
oas,4be As the boat shot close in, impellcd by the
IRON muscles Of the life savers Gascoigne under the
ref cton of the eecy clouds something that made him
forget the torture of the cold and the heartbreaking
toll
There's ony two Of EN- on the after house an the
woman and the kid-shes got him" he told the crew.
The others must tried off in the boat She's got the
little ldliv bundled in shawl can see EN- plain :"
The words were spoken simply, even casually; for
with the desperate work toward GasCogne keeping
himself in check. But sort of groan went up from the
wei never win through that mess" Welsh said
III ony had my gun could shoot line over en- an
ropc-dance EN- over that timber yard Watts to do
now,
couldn't make it with airy line gun, Welshy," Gas
coi5,l. said Cant We see the windward shrouds on
thai, mast are almost frayed through? And them two
fellow, are froze, from looks"
In,tnctively every man turned to stare at the ship
The boa, the edge of the wreckage Long John
SON the stroke oar, looked up with set face
IL reckon YOU know what that means, Shark he
said ~ big seal send that mast whanging atop of
us And she'll split the stern O that ship when she
Gas..isne had thought Of that 1--WE got to hustle"
he SAID briefly
THE very weight Of the wind had cleared the sky un-
tl suatChes OF moonlight Shone through, iluminat-
ING the wreck. The after part Of the ship that held
three lives and the beginning Of a life fas, breaking
no on h. shoals And they were barred from that part
bvtw.uy yards Of wreckagc-dcath 70 any boat TO
tire ,n. GaScoigne, weighing the chances they lay
10 saw that il these lives TO be saved another man
mus, AXE his life in his hands.
~Sv.ug her under the heel, Bullics, .t shouted
@O1. d.. hc racE KS YOU 60 now, Swing her round.
Behl An stand by to ketch EN-.
~G..s us orders like boonlin' port Admiral. e do,
that az-5e4chcomber." Little Welsh said deiighedly
The -..1 had taken the measure OF their man.
The crew lay on their oars GasCoigne hitched the
ribbed If. prcscrvcr well up his mighty chest and
kno.-eI the end of the lifeline in the steel eye Then,
when . sea rcccded, ne caught up the end Of the life
line m leapcd ar ont toward the wreck seeking 10 win
through .lc open spaces TO the ship.
Tw,. nc made the attempt, and twice they hauled
him l * battered and bruised, but with his courage
high I'm him. At last he was "Squaring things
third tim. he plunged into the sea and struck ont for
the hull. They saw him make the wrcckage, disappear
and com. up close the wreck. where he put forth all
his great strength to hold on and Chamber up the side
~Dyei under it, by crickets Welsh gasped, cork
wes,.. IN all,
The tworan on the cabin hatch had seen the leboat,
and Gas.agne gave a CRY Of satisfaction wallowlng
al, w. deep in the Scuppers clearing his blinded eyes
from M sal, crust, he saw them weakly casting them