The Washington times., 1913-07-21

ITHE sight of this woman following
after him for the moment held
Paul Lavelle bound in the inertia
or awe. All sense of their COM
mon and great peril left him. Wonder
robbed him of the power Of thinking
just as It had on the island when she
had drawn his head to her and pressed
her lips upon his. He comprehended
the thing by instinct alone. e..
With the powerful sweeping overhead
stroke of practced swimmer. Emily
overlook him on the crest of a foam
ing surge. The plaits Of her nair had
been combed by the sea into a free,
golden name. The grace Of Nareid-
OF the ocean itself was in her. She
might have been borne of the deep. The
myth of Thetis must have had such a
conception. AS she swung up to him
shoulder to shoulder, Paul turned on
his side. She paused, and with toss
brought her head clear OF the water.
The light of her countenance said to
him more plainly than words could
have done: Il am here! 1 am thine."
He caught her by the arm and drew
her face to his. His lips went to hers
and clung in a wild, feeting second OF
union. Then, side by side, they struck
out to meet their destiny.
Taking the weather berth, Paul set
the pace toward the strange vessel II
median line. The send of the swell,
however. more than balanced the craft s
swift drift in the swimmers favor. Yet
the half-rnile Of their turbulent course
was a test for the strongest and
bravest The willful, tenacious power
OF love sustained Emily until they came
within hail of their goal. Then flesh
and blood struck. Her spirit remained
undaunted. but the body refused the
spirits demands upon II.
Sensing that Emily was falling, La
yelle put out hand and turned her on
her back In that moment he realized,
too. that he was near exhaustion:
The back Of a gigantic surge lifted
them higher than the rail Of the bark,
Paul could distinguish every fixture OF
away with them. The next instant the
vessels leaden-colored side and half of
her copper-palnted bottom were reel
ing over them. They might have been
looking Up at her from the bottom OF
the ocean. Her masts appeared to
pierce the blue sun-shot sky
Although convinced there was no ear
aboard the vessel to hear. Paul drew
on his rapidly waning strength TO send
a veil down to her. The sails flung
back a faint mocking echo.
All the while his eyes were search
an iron vessel the bark's sides pre-
sented no chain-plates or channels
for hand hold. She was deeply laden,
but when she rolled still the bights in
which her braces hung were far De-
yond his reach. The belief that he
would be able to climb aboard with
the aid of lee brace had been with
him when he took TO the water. From
the island II seemed that the braces
swept the sea with every surge. Not
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hope The boomkins were as possible
of touching as the tops. He turned
toward the bows. There might be
chance for him, but he felt certain
that Em!ly's strength would never with
stand the mauling of the sea that
must follow catching hold of the bob
stay.
Lost for a moment in his search. the
bark drifted down upon them until a
stroke would have brought them to-
down made him aware Of 1t. II
shocked him into action. Dragging
Emily with with him. Paul plunged
AWAY lust In time to escape a terrific
suction produced by the vessels labor
Hardly were they clear Of this peril
which must be taken into account
when something wound itself around
Pauls legs with jerk. II clung like
the tentacle Of a monster .and snatch
ed him toward the vessel. The bark
was lifting at the moment He and
Emily were falling away in a valley
OF beryl Instinctivelv he threw him
self on his back. kicking as best he
could 10 free his bound limbs A glance
as his feet came clear of the water
transported him from the depths of
fear and hopelessness to the heights
OF hope. He was entangled In a ropes
end, which was attached to the bark.
He caught II Just as II was slipping
away from him. Overhaulins IL with
one hand, he found that he held the
whip of a gantline which trailed away
from a block at the end of the lee main
yardarm. To his sailor mind II told how
the vessels small boats had been hoist
ed out Of her.
1t was with misgiving that he drew
the line toward him. II came SO
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