New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
DRACED and s,rl'nrng
- against the rush Of water


c,lls he had the engineer wrist IN he iron gnp be-
fore il had passed flooding the chHmbcr and leaving
Dave with bullying eyes, clutcmng al "e arin"r III It
death struggle Braun urchng upon them IN an cii"ri
to help, received 4 back-handci SWING th't sent MN
~Buttinp in. irving TO drown the man Bronson
snarlcd Stumbling fighting for his ie anI iorry $ De
dragged him through the hatch INTO the '"rS water
on deck Red wrath roaring III MS bruh' .NiScrc'I
bv the engineer struggles his bg inst shot out with an
;rn,,rt ne could hear himself, over the grating ana
grinding Of the laboring huIks go
IF you're bound to freeze onto me, q me cE'n,c.
he ,,ntcd al the drowning man. 40 say nothn
tbcr tiperils oafnq round liable TO grab Us gon up
Tn. sharks didn't bother Bronson Ills mnd Wa
obscsscd with the necessity ot getting iorry 10 'h' sur
face in the quickest possible time. ne man "o''h
float up Of his own voition no" Una. Ms .,,'I , ",' E
haustcl The mystcriou; law Of graYt4t0n th"t de
,,and the first descent Of drowning body had not yet
taken its toll Of the old engineer Besides thc eip'c
stern Of the tea bark was in the way.
Bronson crowded past the intervening hlk, SWlrfHlH
nm the riqging with the limp form IN his arms lie won
dcrcd vaguely why Braun hadn't followed on his hce,
or shown a light anyway, ne wouIjn cid :! I'ia' ,
but recollection Of that whtc-shochcd icG pJili I
vizor as Braun stumbled back down IN the puIkhc"
only brought q rcscntful groWl ryln 10 cop every
thing he was Nobody needs hs help.
IiS missing mate was still his mind when he came
b,hL1;no ont of the sea- with old Dave drapcd on his
.r,TnrrT sboulIcr \ woman's blood-chlling wall
greeted the significant apparton but ne surrcndcred
In, burden with "a single curt motion toward thc IN
conscious engineer that set Ships Bottom working IKE
pcaiackctcl demons to restore respiration.
aFirst aiI," Bronson muttcrcd duly. That's what
that crook Of the arm meant. That nd fetch Dave
round al right terrible wcanncss stole over hn ms
brain hrobbcd with dull hatred Of the sea and all that
was down there in the black depths. Truth was joe
was only an amateur, and the experience ne had Just
passed through was calculated 70 try stone man
nerve let alone the sickcning sweet iAVor oi the pump
hadtoworkin Mentally and physically ne waS SEX
Still nuttcring to himself, he looked up to hnd the
men in the boat signaling anMousy Wtn Braun me,
line His air hose too hung limp over the side. And
Annie WAS staring up him-sometmng OF terror on her
white face Where was Bud, ANYHOW;
suddenly Zoe understood and laughed gumly I'm.
was Annie Lorrv-Buds Annie, Of course. And ne had
left Bud down there to drown, Just like hammer
head like him 10 forget that.
He lurchcd TO his feet with a rough gesture 10 the
crew 10 MAKE him ready. II Annie wanted Braun So
badly as al that So badly She had to cry for him. why
he'd 20 down and get him. just he had tshcd out her
father for her He knew where Braun was-hc ought
to- After stretching him out down there.
XYTHEN Hammcrhcad Bronson went over the side
" his last glance was at the girl, sitting there with
her face in her hands, and the men watching with
doWnclst set faces.
1t was much darker than before on the yachts deck,