New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-24
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR NOVEMBER a. l'l@

his way contcmptuous Of further controversyif the
0nesdcd coloquy could be so callcdor possibly be-
cause he knew his 1t neither safe nor healthy
TO push Shark Gascogne far But the giant beach
combcr was too surprised to feel resentment
"H'm! Seems real ried Joe does. Now what did he
mean bv all that paavcr? Why shouldn't the Belle
MORT or pass safe? What's all this muck about the
NIindora anyway The tranmcn had spoken Of
crooked work the beach; but he had not believed
them he knew they were worse goSSipS than Old women
ANYWAY he had never been implicated in anything but
what ne REGARDED as the legitimate deSpOllng Of the
seas offerings and he took what he got at the risk Of
his life
would come soon enough-and if any Of the beach gang
wore in it. he would find it out or know the reason why!
For the moment he threw the thing aside he did all
things that perpexed without annoying him He gave
the Short laugh that was nearly an index to the
mans reckless character than anything else could be-
and turned in at the cottage gate
xyTHAT passed between Shark Gascoignc and the
w one person in Barnegat who thoroughly admired
the "bravcrv and hcrOiSm OF cOaStwSc sailors and
boatmcn" in general and certain brawny laughing
broadshouldcrcd one in particular, does not matter
From that interview Gascoignc departed with certain
well defined notions of the upright principles governing
a clean-minded girl like Ruth Mallory maybe slender
in her knowledge Of men and conditions, but very
Rock Of Gibraltar in the morality OF the ages.
shark Gascoigne felt as if he had been TO church
The Young woman's standards Of honor accorded i'll
his ncdTOuS Gaining anu 'IiN S''l@aJll ne
pressed him in a way he would have scoicd AT short
time bcforc-whcn he dealing with his ship chand-
Iery agent" up in the city for instance tie had cold
feeling that he had lost something he should never get
bacl, something he could never square and for the
moment rcn1orse grippcd him in both hands.
"She's right, all right! It's better 10 run straight
SOS We can look folks in the eyes without havin' to
crack EN- there right after She thinks sailors are the
greatest cvcr-spccallv coastwsc boamcn that battle
With the sea- an life savers savn wrecked salIomcn
al imminent peril Of your grandmother.
As ne swung down to the bay, passing Pop Evans
tavern a group Of bostcrOus baymcn shouted TO him
10 ioin them Ordinarily he would have accepted with
ayidtv and outriotcd the lot: now he replied by a
shake Of the head like an absorbed mas'i shaking If
an irritation and passed out Of sight over The 'rcse
that spanncd the water from the mainland.
AT the end Of the trcstlc lay his objective The small
~ white buildings Of the Ships Bottom Life Saving
Station and back stretching for twenty miles north and
south the narrow strip Of scDa sand the wreDng beach
Of the atlantic Graveyard that served as ore|atcr
for the whole extent Of Barncgat Bay
Dusk was falling; but Gascoigne notice. 'aa, the
fishing fleet was At anchor in the bay. There would be
no cas-, that night the thrccdayS lcvantcr had not yet
blown itself out The boom OF the surf ahead was
continuous rumble; not the usual broken, sleepy
wash.
~Alust a been coarse work in that Alindo~a 'aaeof.
Big lem CascO amt in the habit gct'in stove up Tor
nothing Saw he's busted some ribs and the wu'"r1otS
smashed" the bcachcombcr spccuatcd unn.E.E. lie
glanced al the sky The storm riders We're ut' mml-
ncnr prcsagc Of another will nj h' such as Oh. n"ced-