The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-30
CHAPTER vlll.-contInued.

When daylight came, tne' io..N
they had not travelled far from the
scene of the nights disaster; or, II
they had, the Jeanne AArc had DRIFT
ed with them. She was still anoat'
and lust 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 were reborn. His spirit bathed
in the wonder of the day and was
made strong again. The night with
Its 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 a watchful eye. She still
took the water CALAMITY, nose and
closed mouth just topping the wave
like a spaniel. An occasional side
stroke would bring her face level to
the water, with backward smile for
her companion He gloried in her
spirit, even while he feared for hel
strength.
1t was longer pull to the yacht
than they had counted upon. heavy
tax on their powers of endurance. jim
came up to find Agatha floating on hel
back and put his hand under hel
4 shoulders, steadying her easily.
"Now you can really rest" he said
'Tve looked toward the horizon 81
} long, | thought I'd look up, way UP
. for change" she said cheerfully
J That's where the skylarks go, whel
i they want to sing-straight up int
heaven!"
Doesn't 1t make you want t
sing?"
/ She showed no surprise at tn
question.
Yes, it does, almost. But just a
: thought of the skylarks, ! remen
D bered something else; something tina
kept haunting me In the darkness a
night
/ Master In song, good-by, good-b!
i Down to the dim sea-line-'
s thought something or somebody wa
surely lost down In the dim sea-lin'
last night"
t WHO can tell? But had bette
n thought than yours: Ulysses, like u
r swimming over the 'wine-dark sea
Do you remember 1t? Then two day
AMI two nights on the resistles
It waves he drifted; many a time h
r heart faced DEATH"
Q That's not bit better though
than mine; but like 1t. And I kno
what follows, too But when the fai
y haired dawn brought the third da
y then the wind ceased; there came
D. GREATNESS calm; and close at hand
spied the coast, as he cast ke<
glance forward. upborne on gre
TT wave That's 1t. isn't it,"
,e Il don't know, but l hope 1t
lie The wine-dark sea- and the .ros
lie fingered dawn are all | remembe
though I'm glad you know what com
next. It's a good omen. But 10,
lie at the. yacht; she's acting strange!"
ct AS the girl turned to her stroh
p, their attention was caught and he
t. by the commissions of the Jean
Dare There was a grim fascir
ton in the sight.
lg 1t was obvious that she was sir
W ing. While they had been restir
In her hull had sunk toward the wat,
line, her graceful bulk and delica
masts showing strange against oce
ge and sky. Now she suddenly tipp
be down at her stern: her bow "
RS thrown UP out Of the water for
instant. only to be drawn do,
again, slowly but irresistibiy, as
lg she were pulled by a giants unse
of hand. With a sudden last lurch S
40 disappeared entirely. and only wild,
,t. Ing circles heetingly marked the pla
al her going