The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-01-30


He crouched low in the blind for fy
minutes without getting n shot. ros
| and looked for the tender. TO his ho
| ror be saw her drifting helpless befor
| the wind. her engine stopped and bot
| men waving fyantically their signals o
| distress.
| MY Godr he exclaimed THE ten
der's engine is broken down."
"Why don't the fools use the oars?'
"They cant move her against Thu
wind"
'Will they go to sea? Blvens asked
with some anxiety.
mo; they'll bring up somewhere or
a mud fiat or marsh In the bay on this
low water. but God help them II they
can't fight their way back before flood
tide"
"Why?' Biyens asked lncreduIously,
They'd freeze to death In an open
boat tonight"
Norwegian sailors? Bosh. Not on
your life! They were born on ice.
bergs.''
Stuart rose and looked anxiousy at
the receding tide. He determined TO
try to reach the yacht mt once. He put
the guns into their cases. snapped the
lids OF the ammunition boxes. slowed
the ducks he had killed under the stern
OF the boat and stepped out into the
shallow. swiftly moving water. He de-
cIded to ignore Bivens and regard him
as so much junk. He pulled the boat
out OF the blind. showed II among the
/ hannua and fnnk ha nm tfo Iu
The snow had ceased to fall and the
cold was increasing every moment.
| Stuart scanned the horizon anxiously.
but could see no sign OF the disabled
tender.
He had gone perhaps 200 yards when
the boat grounded on the fats. He
saw at once that II was impossible TO
make the yacht until food tide The
safest thing to do was TO get out and
push to the island marsh. 200 or 300
yards away. There they could take
exercise enough to keep warm until the
tide came In again II would be n
walt of two hours in bitter cold and
pitch darkness.
Blvens sat up and growled.
whats the matter? Can't you hur-
ry up? I'm freezing to deathr'
I'VE can't make II on this tide. We .
Will have 10 go to the marsh"
Cant we walk over the flats and let
the boat go?'
II could walk II, but you couldn't"
"Why not?" Bivens asked angrily.
Because you haven't the strength"
Nothing OF the sort" Bivens pro-
tested viciously.
He stepped out Of the boat and start
ed wading through the mud He had
made about ten steps when his boot
stuck fast and he reeled and fell
Stuart picked him up without com
ment and led him back to the boat.
Bivens was about to climb in when
the lawyer spoke quickly:
lyon can't sit down now You've got
to keep your body in motion or you'll
freeze. Take hold of the stern of the
boat and shove her"
Muttering incoherent curses, the little
man obeyed while his friend walked in
front. pulling on the bow line.
I'm fifteen minutes they reached the
marsh and began the dreary tramp of
two hours until the tide should rise
high enough to float their boat again.
why can't we walk along this marsh
all the way TO where the yacht lies?"
Bivens asked fretfully. 1--WE can fire ,
, gun, and the doctor can help us on
board"
I'VE can't go without the boat. The
marsh is II string of islands cut by S
hree creeks. The doctor has no way
o get to us. Both tenders are gone"
Stuart kept Bivens moving Just fast
enough to maintain the warmth or his
,ody without dangerous exhaustion.
The wait was shorter than expected. II
rhe tide suddenly ceased to run ebb 4
nd began to come i'm. The reason was | /
n ominous one. The wind had hauled
quarely into the north and increased
IS velocity to forty miles an hour. and
ach moment the cold grew more ter
ibIe. Stuart found the little boat
float on the food tide. jumped in
Without delay and began his desperate 3
,attle against wind and tide.
IL was absolutely necessary for Biv- v
MS to keep his body in motion. so a
stuart gave him an oar and ordered
I'm to get on his knees and help shove "a
er ahead. He knew 1t was impossible o
or him to keep his feet.
Biyens tried to do as he was told C
nd made mess OF It. He merely sue Il
eeded In showing the boat around. q
Stuart saw they could never make e.
eadway by that method. turned and 81
hot back into the marsh.
Get outp' he shouted sternly. 'You b.
IN walk along the edge. ! can shove
er alone" II
Bivens grumbled. but did as he was hi
rdered e,
Don't you leave the edge OF that &C
arsh ten feetr Stuart shouted cheer hi
lily. II think Wen make 1t now"
1t was a question whether one man 81
Id the strength to shove the little h,
rat through the icy. roaring waters pl
I'd keep her Off the shore. He did it st
accessibility for hundred yards. and di
e wind and sea became so fierce he In
as driven in and could make no to
,adway. He called Bivens gave him dc
! onr and modp him walk In thp On