The Washington times., 1913-08-03

otHeT couple OI nOuTS. We are goin
to have a moon tonight, and l am go
ing to get as much sail bent as posi-
BILE"
Under the stimulation of some stronl
conee they began Immediately after
| ward to bend sail With the donkey
engines aid it seemed ridiculously easy
TO snake the heavy rolls OF canvas ou
| OF the sail room and hoist them aloft
Emily. with woman's natural quick.
ness, had the trick OF using the hoist
| ing drums in perfect control five min
utes after Paul explained IL to her.
! IL dld not surprise him, nor was this
| SO because or any personal reason. She
thought when ne told her that she was
as good working force as any two
Salors, and better than as many men
landlubbers that 1t was but an impulse
| or his natural kindness cheering her.
Not a BIZ of taffy. dear" said he,
| noting her doubt. Every word true.
only thing a woman lacks is bull
strength. and perhaps judgment in per-
The gold woman laughed.
she asked
No; but what I said is quite true" /"
he said seriously. You can take a
woman or a boy and in one trick at
wheel teach them to steer better than
men who have spent lifetime at sea.
Emily got that pleasure out of the
tasks in which she helped which comes
to one working under the direction OF
another who knows what he is about.
Nothing seemed too hard: nothing
seemed hard enough. The will of the
man was inspiring. AS she watched
him climbing aloft or dropping below
along shroud or backstay it seemed
impossible to believe that he had been
down and helpless.
The moon came to light their work.
By about 10 o'clock they had bent
new foresail, new spanker, and new
boom jib.
That much will give us another little
lease on this worId,'' Paul said as he
called quits for the night. Tomorrow
morning well get couple more rags
on her after some fashion,"
But his work was not done. The
while Emily prepared a snack of supper
he went aft and took two stellar OBJ
servations. The reckoning that it gave
him was indeed, startling. The Daphne
was 5S5 miles northeast of her previous
position! The navigator could hardly
believe his eyes. He took a third set of
observations. The result was the same
There had been times during the storm
when he had realized that the Daphne
was driving with terrific speed. but he
had anticipated nothing like this. Yet
in this moment the sight of her clean
clipper underbody came back to him as
he had seen it the morning he and the
gold woman swan out from the Isle OF
Hope.
Allowances for the distance mace
from the first noon until the time the
storm had struck the Daphne. and of
her drift all that day, gave him the
wonderful speed average of more than !
sixteen knots an hour, while the storm |
lasted. Still doubt fingered until he J
drew out OF his memory a days work |
of the famous clipper, Flying Cloud |
43Sia statute miles from noon. |
The Daphne by this reckoning was !
lying In the great circle sailing track |
OF vessels bound from the Japan coast |
toward San Francisco and the north /
coast All thought of trying to make |
the Hawaiian Islands left him. The |
California coast lay less than 5000 miles
10 the eastward. The prevailing winds
IN nj, this track from then on would be
rom the west and northwest. The
Daphne, with fair weather, should be |
able to make this distance in a month
II no vessel should rescue them they
could win home in that time.
oh, you Daphne packet!' he cried
in glee as he hurried forward to tell
Emily the good news. He went with a
snatch of chantey bursting from him
With everything drawing aloft and
allow,
She's Liverpool packet, Lord God,
see her go.
Emily was on the point of going to
The galley door to call him when she
:aught that bit of heart-lifting song. |
wild, compelling note of the sea was
n it.
We're homeward bound in a clip
Der ship. lassie"' he called as he dis
covered her. Nor would he eat or drink
lntil he had told her where the storm
lad carried the Daphne and what it :
meant to them. He was like a big,
wholesome boy, and she told him so.
His enthusiasm stirred her with a de-
ire to be underway immediately The
Daphne became personal in the gold
thoughts as Paul described
Ter capabilities. and Herewith she I'M
lerstood the love of a man for a ship
which women rarely do.
Unless we're picked up by some other
'essel We'll be up with the Golden Gate
n less than a month";
Emily's face clouded at the sugges-
ion Of another vessel rescuing them
'aul laughed.
You may not understand, but I wish I
re might sail the Daphne into our own 4
Ome port. Think what prize it would
lean TO you.
A hope lived in his heart for an in
tant that this might come true 1t was I
one when he answered her
THE first vessel that comes along We =
o in her. lassis, and leave the Daphne =
D the sea"
Yet as Emily lay down in the lounge J
little while later and saw Paul hang
light Of distress in the mizzen rigging, 3
he strange wish that it would 20 un- v
cen was uppermost in her heart She II
'anted the Daphne TO remain his. but s
he would not admit to herself the fl
eason upon which that hope was
redicated. L
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