The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-27
81 ika a hammock or cake OF ice."

Like hammock or cake OF lce'
grow.cd Eanscombe. Go on.
.Ert | don't believe you'd make
geo! captain in rough weather. anu
IL act lot OF hat sort through lie,
do Il ycu k.ow Il. You're a good
,ai 10 talk to, ana all that, but
/ she stopped suddenly and STOOD
~, Ua saw in "A moment what had
Launched. Drifting rapidly out to
the open sea A. their motor boat.
coupIe of miles across the bay
WIS tha little summer camp on the
point. And they were ON an island
IN milci!annel, with no chance OF a
steamer passing before the city boat
in The morning Hanscombe kicked
off his shoes.
you're not going to try and
svi matter ito" Nan demanded in
credulously.
I'm -o.ng to the point" he re-
torted deliberately. III get Halls
boat and come after you. Don't get
ratified now. | won't be long"
There are cross currents out
there"
so there are here" he said,
grimly. Better take my match.
box and get some driftwOod togeth.
err 70. fire in case ! give out. Hal
will see it. and know there's trouble.
Gooiby."
why don't you wait and see II
We aren't missed?"
Just to show can be rough
weather captain. guess" he
laughed. Rustic after the drift.
wood, mate. have TO get into
swimming gear"
Slowly she turned and went back
over the winding shore. through the
little path OF sword grass and white
clover once, at the top Of hum.
mock, she turned and looked out to
sea. 1t was shadowy violet
haze. His head looked like brown
seaweed floating with the tide, far of
from the shreo Nan watched 1t with
keen, half.closed eyes until it dis.
appeared, the little silver matchbox
pressed TO her cheek unconsciously.
All her life she had lived at the
Point. She knew every swirling cur.
rent out in midstream beyond the
island Night after night she had
gone out with Hal while he hung a
red lantern OF warning on the pill.
ing that marked the steamer channel.
And now lIanscombe, careless. IN
dolant, ciy-brcd lIanscombe, WAS
out there fighting the sea just to
make good in her eyes that he was
no coward
She gath ,ged the driftwood into
heap, and So G!e 10 il, not to warn
iId!, but to give some chc.r to the
man out in Tie Waie. in the darkness.
She knew Ill her heart She had cared
for him from his first few days at the
Point lad was dear, but he was
just a biz brother The very faults
Of llansconibc made her indignant
against him because she reasoned he
was too d,o to put up his own good
fight Wit tate and fortune. And
she had / De up he. mind to let him
so.
Once She put her sands to her lips
and called him to come back. but
there was no answer, and as the
night closed in, she sat on one OF
the tai. sand dunes, her face buried
en- hcr arms and sobbing until sud
denly she felt liar.combe's arms close
about her.
Dear. don't do that" he said with
a new, masterful touch in his tone.
Hal started after us-saw the fire.
| think. When caught sight Of his
boat pulling out. turned and came
back. What's the matter?"
Nan kept her face hidden against
his cheek.
why didn't you come right away?'
Il had to dress and put out the fire
80 it wouldn't spread in this wind.
Nan?" He forced her to face him
there in the semi.darkness. Man,
YOU didn't care rap. did you. on
the level. whether I came back or
not?"
Nan hcsitated, and whispered very
softly.
Il didn't want the ship left without
4 captain"