The Washington times., 1913-07-09
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
THE GOLDEN GATE
Serial In Five Pars-Part l. By WM BROWN MELONEY
Frank A
t, 1913, Frank A. Munsey Company

I rooms as he passed. Somebody flashed
them on in the reception hall as he
| went through there Thence he took
| the social hall gangway and came to the
boat deck In a bound.
| quartermaster-barely more than
a boy-catapulted into his arms. Fear
was driving him.
Let me go," he cried like a thing
in trap. Let me go." and he cursed.
Lavelle held him firmly.
| stand fast son! You're all right!'
tone. Whether 1t was that Lavelle
said or what he saw in his face that
heart no one will eyer know. but when
Lavelle let him go and beckoned to
him to follow him the quartermaster
went at his side.
"Everythings gone for-ard" he
yelled at Lavelle above the noise.
/ i''Windjarnmer-big lumberman - no
llights-piled into us! Foremost came
-charthouse-every rybodySeverything
gone"
Lavelle snatched these things Wis
ually out of the blackness even as the
The Cambodia reeled back slowly to
starboard, but one who knew what
Lavelle knew could feel the life going
out of her. Her engines had stopped.
bark-drew away over on the star.
board side, and the grinding of metal
! against metal ceased only to have It's
! place taken by the thunder Of the
| Cam mbodia beginning to exhaust. La
velle could hear and feel the stranger
ripping at the steamer as she went
iby. The Cambodia gave a lurch IKE
a drunken man getting out OF a gut
"She's goingw he shouted in the
boys ear, snatching his head to his
lips nsiPseFgsatii Fieg out wbat fnee wsters so in
iherI Find out how long light'll last!
Tell 'em give us plenty OF light! be
The boy fed and LaveIle ran up to
s,arboard and bawied against the
Stand by If you're able! stand by,
There ,wS, was aasM.Seiir an answeTans cry 'O'
Cropping he found an electric cluster
| or each side of the social nall mouse;
| and flashed II on. He ran a1t an
| flashed on similar clusters on tne slaes
| OF the smoke-room house. 1hese hsh.s
embraced the eight small boats oaFi'eu
along the Cambodia's sides.
From below men began to come pS
| twos and threes, some supporting %oii-
! en- on their arms, some carrying .heni,
some carrying children: some came
alone and With fear tangling their feet,
and some half curfously. one caIlie
lighting a cigarette-a fair-faced young
chap-and I.avelle grabbed him in the
| social hall gangway and told MN u
let only women and cni.aren nr pad md he
took of his coat and threw II away
| accepting his task. ~ h
The glow of a man who would De
obeyed was on Lavelle's brow. Men
| knew he spoke with the voice or ~
mrser refuse TO hold the gangWay III
the social hall beside the fair.faceo
man, and they saw Lavelle sfnasn hi''
! to the deck with a blow OF his nst.
IL F.Tn
| Looking up from the deck peiom, s, tn
ilv Granville saw this. too. and fed Ter
r;f,ed awav from succoring hands. She
saw only a fiend at work: t.b.s
.'.Twenty minutes. No longer! Llghts
ten minutes shouted the quartermas-
ter. struggling TO his side: -.
! what about the steerage!
Gone like rats, Whole bows gone.
He pantomimed him to take charge
| of a boat fo'ard on the starboard sioe.
| erimy engineer came throrSh tnc cIo"u
and reported. Others came ana acGep, b,,,
| ed his mastership-men who needed put
~ he told what 10 do to find their bear
irgs and run in tEe!l A..
like fame he moved upon that
deck Who he might be fev. knew. put
| wheresoeyer he went disorder became
\ order and the spirits of brave men grew
stronger and smiled at death as upo,
! friend Like another self-the shGi""
| Of the ame-there moved Chang WINNER
| he went striking as he struck, ann hi'-
| ing up as ne ilIleu up' IL, .,.
or a sudden Lavelle saw Emily iran.
! willie standir in the port gangway OF
| the smoke-r Inm house, alone, hesltant'
| terror-stricken. She saw him. and as he
| ,an IN her with open arms she drew
hack. and then. remembering that ne
had but turned away from bGat IN
which she had seen him put httie
| Girl who cried that God might be upon
the sea, she paused in her flight.
| In that instant the guards who Id
Ill Rod stationed there were swept
Wav nv yellow horde below. 1t
hurst out Of the gangway and engulfed
/ her in its path.
There was an explosion as OF a can
non fired in the distance where another
/ bulkhead gave way. The ship lurChed
With a downward twisting motion. the
| lights fiickered and went out. ana the
| nregnant darkness burst in disorder and
panic.
Continuation Of This story VIII
Be Found In TOmOrrOw's
Issue Of The Times.