The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

cautiously. She'll never come Ibis a..
The look Of that little line o. rocL.
there and the narrowing of the passsna
will be enough for her. She won com.
far enough 70 examine any Elh,w
Soon It'll be about ship and mos car"
full In the turning. with the engine roor,
bells working double watches. Tack ="
the south for her when she finds sho
can't get here. Plenty of good men in
those Government boats, but thev,rn
Centrally not running long chances. cor.
tainly not Just for devilment. low.ysr
things turn out their pay .nvelone.
come ct the end Of every month resn.
lar"
"Ay. they gets their wages. captai,
but we has to earn ours first"
THAT'S It. And right here's wbs-o
we'll earn--or losc-ours. Steady
now" The Jack was nearing the pon,
where she would have to make what
was practically right anelrd turn
after which she would have Ia speed
into the wind like a top. And every.
thing would need to he donc with ~.
treme rapidity. Then when she was al
but ready to come about she would
have to be given her head. and then
away with her on the new course. which
was practically at right angles 10 tho
entering stretch.
With the wind as It was then. and
with the cutter making a need # hut.
rying. Bryan knew that he would find #
necessary to keep her under fun head
way and only TO hold her up To- check
her at the critical point. and th,n #
would have to be as one checks - race
horse. For II she ran by but "a length
or slid of as sheets were haui,1 In. Il
was up on the rocks with her and N.
end for themselves.
One Of the crew after studying
Bryan's face was moved To- ask 'WW
she make 1t, dye think, captain?
| He saw what they needed and WHY
shouldn't We make it? a quick hlndhn
little vessel and still light enough TO
see, why not?" And almost gayly drove
her up, with the freshly encouraged
crew to the sheets. without ,.gn Of
slack he let her tear on, until the neE
turned half round TO look al him
Trust me-" he called. and they. hlgh
strung but trusting, stood ready.
Not until the spray from the surge
Of the dreaded lee line of rocks was
coming over her bow and the crew
| thought she surely was about - strike
did he give the word. Bryan himself
| had the wheel then. "In sheets he
called.
They hauled like demons "Enuugh9
and they snapped the half bitches IN.
"Now pay OUT" and "S'ani 10y
again." he called, and again liz, racing
men awaiting the starters pistol they
crouched to the sheets. Now
snapped Bryan, and in they >h,e,cd
again like demons.
when I say Hold see that you|
hold" warned Bryan.
"Ay. SIR"
"Now-hold." and hold they did hlfl|
fast. and down the forearm If IN" r..
bow tore the little Jack. An,th"t min.
ute Of fair running and she M, safe
I'VE played in luck commented
Bryan, and gazing back curIoU>y a,
the bent line in his wake and the rocks
wherein the ceaseless white seas had
never allowed the moss 10 ft>'"n his
! ina gination was Off again. Like white
horses-mad white horses running wild
Lord help what they stamp under their
feet! But where's our cutter c.
me the glasses and Wen hayc Il look
H'm-there she Is, going to anchor. or
is she waiting for us. hopinr 90 head
us of in the morning, n doubt
Afraid. by the Lord, to go hJ,E vs. The
way she came till it's broad IN"
Yes, sir, that's what-she -."S no
| further on this hunt tom Br
that don't mean We don't so 'Uther
Out Of the northern gate can ... '.,s
her. Wallace. in the night
THAT I can. captain"
"Then take her, boy AM n yoH
(he waved a triumphant arH 80 The
lights and the dim hull bch..t good.
by. And now, fellows. oar r'' 'As
gulf and across to the Mad .- "r-
go while that lads thinkins r. ,'i
hid away in here" And VIZ ~
IRENE gayety he sang it aga.
''oh, flying down the coas, l'. ',-'
| tial ghost,
| And the howlin' west-nor' -N,- .'fi
| a-worryin' us the most
| Oh. meet me up at Matakan
| party there,
| o Bess o. Bay Of Islands ''l
| rose in her hair
At an hour that should Ia. '-a
them clear daylight the W.. 'A'
OF the northern entrance 90 d lii''
| Dor, but the vapor of "A fro. .'t''
morning lay like black , '"'
barely undulating sea. Shr i've
been far off shore then We u. .r WAY
to the Magdalens hut tn N'
even fatter than the s'A WIS
merely bobbing up and down man'
Ing no more progress than ''""'
mothers rocking chair '
| kitchen floor.
Bryan, no longer gay, va 'S ''
quarter; the men, gloomy W '' N'",
her waist. and being less H'"'
than their leader swore in 'i'u'
Except for their audible "N "
ard their footballs on III" u'''
not a sound echoed over ~
Abruptly Bryan halted N'S
and first cooking an ear "'"'
bent ii to the rail \ lun. '.",
to the south and he shook ID"
| yet II came after a thuN. '''
Mind. whatever happen .''"
are all right. I signed s. '..
trip, as the papers will Sill "
OF yours I had contrabanI ~ wv
hold"
At that they began to +, 20 MOI,