Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-03-14
cAApTER vIlI.-continued.

When daylight came, they found
they bad not travelled far from the
scene OF the nights disaster; or. II
they had, the Jeanne A'Arc had drift
ed with them. She was still afioat,
and JUST as the sun rose they saw
her. apparently not far away, tossing
rudderless to the waves. There was
no sign of the ships boats.
At the renewed miracle Of light
and at sight of the yacht, Jimmys
hopes we're reborn. His spirit bathed
in the wonder OF the day and was
made strong again. The night with
It's horrors Of struggle and its dark
ness was past, forgotten In the flush
Of hope that came with the light.
Together they struck out toward
the yacht, fresh with new courage.
Now that he could see plainly. Jim
swan always a little behind Agatha.
keeping watchful eye She still
took tho water gailantly. nose and
closed mouth Just topping the wave,
Ike d spaniel. An occasional side
stroke would bring her face level to
the water, with a backward smile for
her companion. He gloried in her
spirit, even while he feared for her
strength.
1t was a longer pull to the yacht
thar they had counted upon, heavy
tax on tnS.- powers of endurance. jim
came up to find Agatha floating on her
back and put his hand under her
shoulders, steadying her easily
Nov you can really rest" he said.
i've looked toward the horizon so
long, ! thought I'd look up, way uc,
far a change" she said cheerf1ily.
That's where the skylarks go, when
they want to sing-straight w into
heaven!"
Doesn't it make ysu want to
sing?"
she showed nc surprise at the
question.
Yes. 1t does. almost But just as
thought of the skylarks, remem-
bered something else: something that
kept haunting me in the darkness all
night
Master in song, good-by, good by.
Down TO the dim Sea-line-'
! thought something or somebody was
surely lost down In the dim sea-line'
last night"
Who can tell? But had a better
thought than yours: Ulysses, like us.
swimming over the 'wine-dark sea-,
Do you remember It? Then two days
and two nights on the resistless
waves he drifted; many time his
heart. faced DEATH"
That's not a bit better thought
tnan mine; but like it. And know
what follows. too. But when the fair
haired dawn brought the third day,
then the wind ceased; there came
oreathless calm; and close at hand he
spled the coast, as he cast a keen
glance forward, upborne on a great
wave That's it. isn't it?"
don't know, but / hope 1t is.
The wine-dark sea and the rosy
fingered dawn are all | remember:
though I'm glad you know what comes
next It's good omen. But look
al the yacht: she's acting strange!"
AS the girl turned to her stroke,
thelr attention was caught and held
oy the commissions of the Jeanne
y Arc. There was a grim fascina-
ton in the sight.
was obvious that she was sink
ing. While they had been resting.
ner hull had sunk toward the water
me, her graceful bulk and delicate
mastS showing strange against ocean
and sky. Now she suddenly timed
uo"h at her stern; her bow was
thrown up out of the water for an
instant, only to be drawn down
Egaln. slowly but irregistibly, as II
sne were pulled by a giants unseen
naid. With sudden last 1urch she
disappeared entirely. and only widen
ing circles fi>etingly marked the pace
81 her going.