The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-21
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I-STRANDED.
Mr.. Thomas Barcus picked himself
up from the bottom of the lifebont,
where he had been violently precipi-
tated by the impact of grounding,
blinked and wiped tears of pain from
his eyes. solicitously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little il any
comfort from the discovery that it
was not broken, opened his mouth
:. and remembered the presence OF
lady >'-,. r-------,-.--
Poor Mr.. Barcus!" she said gent
ly. I'm SO sorry. Do forget I'm
here-and! say it out loud!"
Mr.. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his heat at the same time )
at can't be did," lie complained in
2mbittered resignation: 1.-THE words
have never been invented. -
In the bows, Mr.. 4 Law .(who had
barely saved himself headlong
plunge overheard when the shoai took
fast hold OF the keeD felt tenderly
OF his excorfated 1shfnE, then, rising,
compassed the sea. sky and shore with
the moonlight. in the distances blend
ing into shadows; never a light or
shadow, stealing sail in that quarter
to indicate pursuit.
"Where are we?" he wondered
aloud.
"Ask me an easy one," Barcus re-
piled: somewhere on the south shore
OF the cape-unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay of this land.
That's LIGHTHOUSE. over yonder."
Alan took soundings from the
bows.
Barely two feet" he announced,
withdrawing the oar from the water,
"and eel-grass no, end" $50
"Oh!" Barcus calculated with the
accent of enlightenment: and leaving
the motor, turned to the stern, over
which he DIRE ped himself in highly un-
decorative fashion while cropping .un-
deiWater for the, propeller.
That's the answer he reported;
there's young bale, OF the said eel
grass wrapped round the wheel.
Which, I suppose, means I've got to
so Ovt:0oard and clear 1t away"
Lie Mr.. Law, he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they had
bcen-but only shirt, trousers and a
belt.
"If you've nothing better to do, my
critical friend" he observed as he
stepped to hack and tear at the masG
os weed embarrassing tho propeller.
"you might step ont and rive us n
trial SHOVE. Don't. strain. vnuraeIe--
iuet see if Won can move herr
The boat budged not an inch-but
Mr.. Laws feet did, slipping on the
treacherous mud bottom with the up
shot OF his DOWNFALL; with mighty
splash he disappeared momentarily
neneath the surface--and left his tenn
AS for Mr. Barcrs...he Suffered, ,,,xe
loss within five minutes. when with
much .pains and PATIENCE having fpeeil
the wheel. he climbed aboaTi and
sought to restarf the motor Az
ter few affectjns coughs N ratan..
ed into stubborn ssiIenee. &, =
Studious examfnhffon ~ lan1th
brought out the, Fact that gtbe; pasn.
line tank was eTapty. "a z Y 4 = q
..Not a., much ,,s Z, s,r,a,, iaft "a. fsarI
Gus renortefII e !, =
eIt,s no uses u he con eedad ~ Ian IN S1tibi,i
Were hero for feepsyo -
4 tWhy not wade ashoreYs n 3ose ,,ta 1
Trine suggested mildly from the nIace
she kaa taken In the .sfefJ, iI,' c,l,s,.
to Tighten fhe unWn5 aIf sian,t tsassa
and what's one more wetfing - s,ie5
.sTs,afsal ti,e ssi,Jv se,, sft,is, 49,, "A,
that's been nttered .bvf any Marty ,,s- ~ :.
this; iunatic eriternFis 8 ,iiS,f,e So,, hove
within earshot Of me. Mr. In -; N
Mr.. Barcus. s.Respest eiiiv sn,,6,i fi a B,
".rhe verdict Of the lower courts