Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

boat from the wracksrewn surf was not taken up by
Gascoigne Standing high the Others he saw that
which told him that the worst of their work lay before
them The Mystic Belle lay in irons. hard and fast on
the submerged shoals broadsde the wind Only her
after standing. The rest of the ship had
cr11rnbed away, from midshps forward To leeward,
the only way they could approach her, the sea was I'M
passable. As the boat shot close in lmpelled by the
iron muscles of the life Gascogne under the
reraction of the feecy clouds thing that made him
forget the torture of the cold and the hearbreakng
toll
"There's ony two of 'em the after house, an the
woman and the kd-she's got him., he told the
"The others tried off in the boat She's got the
little kiddy 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
boat.
well never win through that mess" Welsh said.
"If on had my gun could shoot line over EN-, an
repentance EN- that timber yard. Watts to do
now"
"Couldnt make it with airy line gum Welshy," Gas
cogne said. Cant We the windward shrouds
that mast are almost frayed through? And them two
fellows froze, from looks"
Instnctively every turned to stare at the ship.
The boat the edge of the wreckage. Long John
son, the stroke oar, looked up with set face.
II reckon YOU know what that MEANS Shark he
said. a big seal send that mast whangng atop OF
US. And she'll split the stern o that ship when she
goes What?
Gascoigne had thought of that. 1--WE got to hustle"
he said briefly.
THE very weight of the wind had cleared the sky I'M
til snatches of moonlight shone through, illuinat
ing the wreck The afttr part of the ship that held
three lives and the beginning OF life fast breaking
up the shoals. And they were barred from that part
by twenty yards of wreckage-death to any boat
tre into. Gascogne weighing the chances they lay
to- that if these lives to be saved another
must take his life in his hands.
Saving her under the heel, Bullies' he shouted.
"Out O. the ruck As you go now! Swing her round!
Delay. An stand by to ketch 'em.
Selves orders like bloomin port Admiral, e do,
that ex-beachcomber Little Welsh said delghtedly.
The men had taken the of their
The lay their oars Gascoigne hched the
ribbed life preserver well up his mighty chest and
notted the end of the lifeline in the steel eye. Then,
when the receded he caught up the end of the life
line and eaped far out toward the wreck seeking to win
through the open spaces to the ship
Twice he made the attempt, and twice they hauled
him back battered and bruised but with his courage
high in him. AT last he "squaring things A
third time he plunged into the and struck out for
the hulk. They him make the wreckage, disappear.
and up close the wreck, where he put forth all
his great strength hold and Chamber up the side.
"Dived under it, by crickets,' Welsh gasped, cork
weskt an ALL"
The on the cabin hatch had seen the feboat,
and Gascogne gave cry of satisfaction wallowng
aft waist deep in the scuppers clearing his blinded eyes
from the salt crust, he them weakly casting them