Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

in the dark. and the splinterng Of her 2O-year-
old timbers drowned the rca~ Of the waves The
Annabe Lee had ridden her death She
climbed up that reef Ike a steerlejack, roasted
for a second on the top, and then slipped down
the other side like a kid on toboggan slide
We weren't idle while she was doing It. Not
much! The moment got our feet after the
irst bump, we rushed the boats and when the
old tub was doing her last fight with the rollers
that were scrambling over her sides like white
manned pirates, we were ahoat
Give wayl" roared Cameron, and we pulled.
Somewhere out Of the darkness In front Of us
came the blasphemy of Octopus" Bailey, who
was in the other boat, and behind us there was a
sound like giant sucking up a gallon OF wa
ter and we knew the old schooner had plunged
Mackey lifted up lantern and had the first
chance of looking over the boat. There was
Steele and Murphy, Moxon, the mate Of the An
mabel Lee; Mackey, Cameron and the girl. Cap
tain Jack had carried her up from the cabin
when the old schooner had made her first plunge
at the reef.
Moxon roared out to Octopus" the moment
we were clear OF the rock, but there was no an
swer from the other boat With the sinking OF
the schooner, a silence seemed to settle over us
while that darned old ocean rubbed itself against
the side Of the boat and made a staggering sound
that got on our nerves That bowl Of sky looked
as IL IL had come down closer, ana Msckey NUT nut
tered something about having feeling that God
had cut US out from the herd for inspection. II
felt like that to us just then:
We'll old Octopus said we'd have bad
luck" growled Moxon, land II looks II he
was right He said that picking
Shut up" roared Cameron. The reputation
of Bailey and his crew was enough TO Drlng
down a shower of birthstone on the schooner
wears ago. Moxon grabbed and mum
bled something about his stupidity while Cam
eron fixed up a seat for the girl in the stern Of
the boat and then turned round TO us.
THE nearest land is over here to the west"
he said quietly. Let her go; we've got no
water and we want TO get there as soon as
possible"
We said nothing That was habit Of ours
when Cameron gave an order. I guess Moxon
didn't want TO argue, either He had a glimpse
of Captain Jacks face when he was told TO
shut up and that was enough for him.
We rowed all through the night Shades OF
Stonewall Jackson! Wasn't # lonely2 II
seemed as If every pit of land on the old mud
ball had popped under water and left US TO
paddle around ike bug on a leaf
It was just about daylight when something
happened which stirred US up. The girl, who
was sleeping IN the stern sprang up all OF a
sudden, and stared dstern. You couldn't see
ten feet past the boat at that minute, but she
pushed her head forward and looked al the
drifting mist patches as IL she saw something
out Of the common.
What Is It ?" asked Cameron.
She looked around at him, her face show
ing white IN the pearly light Of the dawn.
The yacht" she whispered. That YACHT!
Gee. didn't we get funny feeling when she
said that? We felt II Someone was poking
iclcles down our backs. Her voice was alto
gether different from what It had been the