The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

foolishness. My mind is playing ma
tricks, husband"
But she did not leave tho rail for
fully twenty minutes, and then 8, wa,
to step down the ladder ana % WALL
briskly along the deck until she reached
the forccastle. She could not have ex.
planned to herself what impulse too;
her there: it was something out>d.
herself, some strange power wlrk.n,
detachcdly. yet compelling her {, obey
its behests.
She crou, he'd up In the bows, watch.
ing the sparkle of water spring surr.
ling from the forefoot, watcbu- Tia
frothing bubbles stream away ua either
side the bi ok bluff bow. Always ,hs,
same feeling of suspense. as II shs
trembled on the verge OF a gra.. d!,.
covery, held her enthralled.
Vainly she shook herself and assured
her own heart of its foolishncss. Nanly
she tried TO drag herself away from
her self-appointed post. The air was
chill with he beginnings of the dtwa
wind: she Shivered repeatedly aad re.
NAMED.
The ship woke to life about hey, the
men flew loft and busted Themselves
there; somn OF them flung water .yer
the dry panking and scrubbed 'Ity
with bruums.
There seemed an extra am'a.' =
zest in the way they worked, as 8 .an
leisure of the day now gone htH H.
vigoratcd them, filed them with % d..
sire to wo:k marvels.
Mrs. Hipshott lifted her oycs AL
searched the seas far rim. Her -4z.
returned. only to be lifted again. .Il-
denly she stiffened where she Stood.
and her ears strained.
She sprang upon the rail AM s'n-l
there erect. her eyes peering iu..''y
Was ii fan y or could she aCtuu y s,s
something?
There, in the middle distance-1 g.y.-
table spcck in the waste Of waters
VAS It shadow. was it the TN
lurking shark, or was twas . -
Two sccou s she looked. then sh. ran
aft, the N, ! watching her in woI....
Hiram out there-what is il, a.
is it,
She was ,lutchlng at him hyst,r ly;
he would have shaken her off W. a
laugh at her self-delusion, but t,"re
was that a her face which held In
serious az inst his will.
What - It? Where?' He " g.!
humor her, he said, for never '.is
had a bett wife.
"Thcrc'" The finger pointed D.
i,y. Hiram, 1 heard cry
He fetch d his binoculars and fo...l
them. Ma ldeningly slow. she -.
him. II, earched Idly for 4 nj e.,
then his ii ure became rigid.
Back lie mainyard.' he r... .
mighty " ice. From the f..
whittier ls had descended. T.. .'
came aft It a run; the men ...-
fast.
"Thcr,'S a raft out there ... .-'
On it, sud- HapshOtt slowly. FL. .a
almost I'll: wned by the Clatt,g .. ..o
SW.u-.ng ards.
1t was capt. Hapshott him- y "'
spraug into the boat that Wa ......r
lowered. it was he who urged TIE p, w
,rs onward. Mrs. Hapshoit, No.. ..a.
tie thing was done, was posse. q.
a curious calmness. that yet l... eN-
pectancy- something strange Wa 49-
pcning out there beyond the rll.. ~
her vision: but all was work. 'o-
g,ther for good. She tried To focus To
binoculars on the boat and on a." rag
mcnt that fioated ahead. but -. vas
all unused to the task, and cou'1 .alAs
out not.lu, but blur.
The boat turned-hung mot, r'"ss
those aboard We're busy at som" ',sk.
Then the cars shot out like the ..nl II
gigantic spider; Mrs. Hapshot' ."7-,
beat faster and faster-so fast thu. My
with din, ulty could she DR. her
breath.
shall We haul you up. sin la'i
the mate, reaching far outhoa"' And
from Capt. Hapshott's lips ,."
hoarso, unreal cry that Jon,s as
an ai'rmL' i've.
The boat shot alongside st.N .. 12-
tains wife did not move from -
llun by the miZZenmast. IT, ,.'S
were hook u on, men swarmrl ... .'n
and added their weight TO the '.7
boat leapri upward, was swurE '-
Bear a hand here" she J., '.'
husband say. and then the
vanished from her eyes and A~
clearly, capt. Hapshott W. =
aft talkiu-; earnestly to the u,' \"l
IN his arms he carried littl.
They sid afterward that NJ pc
shOtt miGlt have been expo
SUI ll'lH llle seat
She hold out her arms AM p"
wailng mite, hushing it def',
that broad maternal bosom
! coaNmg /, smiling down IS
crumplrd face. 1t mattered
her how the babe had come Ms
there; its my fingers around ..-
| It's little head nestled against ~.
"A dead woman and a lv'
no signs Il identification"
came to her titfully, forcing
| through the strange. hallowrt
! filled her being. "Nu tcl.r
| happened must be wife of
l"r--solr survivors-who know
Mnman's lead. poor thmg-lut '
seems strong enough-will hr
IF we'd been sailing ycst,,
| have pass ID it in the dark l...
/ IN" mate; "we'd never hay. 'r
/ God! look at Mrs. IIapsl.
grown Younger"
/ The skipper walked across O.
'Wrll have to advertise
shakily, toying with the lttlu
hands, "liut likely no one ",
it's as much ours as any j"
tell the toward to make 5 N
ready"
Unto NJ a child is given I''