New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

They saw the hydropane, only silver aI STD now
suddenly dip dewise barely missing tne It t sTace
The machine spurted out and up, as II dodglne .ne
swoon of a mighty, invisible hand For a moment II
zgzagged up, Welsh driving it high to look over the
horizon then in wide arc swung oach 70 see + when
no enrungr Long Johnson looked at his Captain with
eyes that held lurking fear: r-,.o1 -,
Casco forced laugh. The hydroplane alghteo OH
the bay with the big fanwhee buzzing Demnd IT, di'
turned slowly into the landing. -,
Little Welsh white to his tanned forehead seeihcJ
dazed when they questioned HIM same way l H'u
trouble before Something grabbed r..
Like Johnny here seen 1t OaSco oesN' ii0
stopped. ,,eo1 leo,
nerved s,1rfmen who faced death daily as trade nc
unknown the unathomabe, grpped them the tear 'na'
sailors know and men that traverse inc ngil eelo.
"Hov smoke' Welsh shook himself ana sprang up
the beach. "The hull Atlantics washln, Cap ne
cried -" see when got up, an stem"1nder IN the
thick Of it,
The heavens had blackcned as by the sweep OF
mighty brush plotting out and sky Inc ocean
turned to ink silvcred by eaping fish. Sand dunes
shifted. swept hayward. The whstling buoy sobbed
out at sea. sonorous roar traversed Hridron Ncei
with the rush of railroad tram, and the sea swept H.
filling the gules, choking the inlet ana oVero"iig iil'o
the bay. ,c t..
something of tidal wave ch?' Casco roarcd cheer
fIllv "Ain't nothn' we can't sec thcrc!
Ships Bottom was at professional work, weather
blcaChcd faces scanning JliC OOCttii Oi''
tower the bell tolled thrice-"Shps sighted Cascos
binoculars picked up foundcrng up coast and max
ing bad weather Of It.
algonquin: enty-thousand-tonncr; King liner
the life Captain rectcd evenly; then, IN bull DeloW
ard give months pay to see her stern down nor dru'
She's sister ship to the Copper King 49,
The Algonquin, just as the Copper King had done,
was bowling I'D the coast with the her quarter,
croydinq the shorelinc because she dared not turn
broadsde to the gale, deep laden as she was Twice
she tried out as Casco watched and each time the seas
rolled over her iron deck.
"Next time she turns out she'll turn turtlc the Cap
tain growled AN theys a even chance she go by,
this Wcter He'd better beach her.
"Draws thirty feet an the Grid marks thirty; ore
loaded TO the guards she Sbest She do IS Craze IT,
Little Welsh had bounced on the Coastwse Record.
looking up the coming ship "Thlrty OF her crew too
"Thatll be jam load for the motor, or three loads
for the lifeank tight packed don't trust their boats
Casco said. "Get busy, Boys, fore it dark at
yon?' The Captain swept the sea with his glass Just
Our luck | knowcd we're goin to get IT, That's
rev nue. boat yondcr, butting in See her flash;
pale flare far out TO ickcd the sky, black now
as the inside OF hat No need to tell the Ships Bottom
crew that loang coaster in that weather. working her
searchlight was other than a Government craft wy
andottc. mos likely: she's this beat, Casco said
THE Algonquin. even now did not seem to recognize
her danger from the lurking reef. Far down the
beach the patrol was burning warning Coston lights,
one after the other The Government wireless operator
was irving TO raise the ship sending up crashing blue
green vollcvs and over the life station Tapped the
stream Of code signals Cleared for action the powerful
Ships Bottom motor fit to hold a ships crew. nosed the