Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-07

10y w AOI tuSdH III they
must return, for you. at least"
the girl beside him knew better
put she was conscious of the paraIyz-
ing despair of her companions heart,
ana made show Of being cheerful
When they find they are safe they
may think of US" she said. But the
men We're already crazed with fear
even before the leak was discovered
one Of their mates on the voyage
over was a fortune-teller. and he
prophesied danger TO them all on their
next trip. After they had come into
port the fortune-teller himself died
And who can blame them for their
rear? They are all superstitious; and
as no one ever regarded their fears.
now they have no regard for any
Dody's feelings but their own"
hut we are in the middle Of the
atlantic. no one knows where. We
may drift for days-we may starve--
me Lord only knows what will hap,
pen to usi"
agatha, who had been floating,
SWAN little nearer and laid her
nand on Jim's shoulder, until he
looked into her face. 1t was full Of
strength and brightness.
The sea is His also, I" she quoted
seiIly Besides, we may get picked
up she went on. I'm very well on,
TOT my part as you see, Can swim
or rest floating. thanks to this blessed
CORK thing and not at all hurt by the
iall from the rope But l must get
rio OF my shoes and some of my
clothes. if have to swim"
u is awkward to kick of ones
shoes and divest oneself OF unneces.
sary clothing in the water. and
AGATHA laughed at herself as she did
Z Not exactly a bathing suit. but
lnls one black skirt will have to do
me others must go. 1t was my skirts
ehat caused the mischief with the
rore at first. And l was scared!"
You had right to be-" Jim helped
ner keep aaoat, and presently he saw
that, creed from the ENHANCEMENT OF
so many clothes. she was as much
az hom" In the water as he. Sud
denly she turned to him. caught by
some recollection that almost elude6
her.
4 don't think we are anywhere
near the middle OF the Atlantic" she
said thoughtfully. James was silent
eating the bitter bread of despair. il
spite Of the woman's brave wish t
comfort him. They were swimming
lsicwly as they talked, still hoping t
reach the yacht They rose on the
breast of the waves. paused now anC
tEen till a quieter moment came, anO
always kept near each other In thu
pale blue darkness.
old Sophie said something tina
some one had tempered with tn.
wheel, ! thine. At any rate, she sal,
we'd never get far from shore witt
this crew"
James considered the case. 'Bu
even suppose we are within mil
or two, say, Of the shore, could 70
lever swim two miles in this heav
Egsasg
/ 1t is growing calmer every mil
ute. See, / can do very we'll, eve
/ swimming alone 1t must be nea
morning. too. and that's always
good thing" There was the shade,
OF z laugh in her voice.
Morning? That depends" grow
ed jim. He was being soothed Il
spite of himself, and in spite of tn
direfulnes of their situation. But ba
as the situation was, and would b
in any case, he could not dem tn
proposition that morning and day
light would make it better.
''Eut aren't you tired already? Yol
must be" James turned closer 4
her, trying to read her face. 1T wa
a long night of anxiety, even befor
we left the boat Weren't you fright
ened?"
Yes. OF course; but I've been get
ting used to rights of late. If one cal
get used to them Again there wa
the laugh in her voice. under all IT
seriousness, even when she added
I'm not sure that this isn't safe
than being on board the Jeanne
Dare, after all!
II was characteristic of James tina
he forbode to take advantage of tn,
opening this speech offered. Tie pos
sible reason Of her abduction. hei
treatment ON board the yacht, hel
relation to Monsieur Chatelard- I'll
was all mystery. but he could not
at that moment, seek TO solve it. Hell
remark remained unanswered for {
little time; at last he said: ''Ther
the Jeanne Dare must have beer
pretty bad"
1T was, she said simply
Jim wondered whether she knew
more about the crime Of which she
was the victim than he knew, or Il
she had discovered aught concerning
it while she was prisoner on the
yacht Granting that her person was
so valuable that man OF Monsieur
Chatelard's caliber would commit a
crime to get possession CT it. why
should he have abandoned her when
there was plainly some chance OF