The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-12-12

ahoro Of Monte Carlo. y,
gtraight ont 10 ~ I ~ r. q \
ny course ~ the now casters I'D !. ~
III the lond We only Low llno b ri
ma And presently even that ln1loi>s
Nov nothing vas Visible but 'fho 1rool
sxpanso Of The ocekn. Hero ana th6rG.
rising ana falling Ike : cork upon ~
waters. I sav tiny steamship. IS ~
ger than Z toy boak And even the
disappeared q last. leaving ne o1o1o.
with ne sun and the ~ and tnor
wheeling gulls. <
Hour after hour went By. Ur6n =
favorins wind l sped. ever Ooul&vor6,
while behind me the buey uo)oF.
hummed and sang. ~Charleey Chnxlooi~
That was its refrain. thouGhf e H..
incredible dangers that I had $3.50.
Now the Journey was almost cn6o1
and there was little moro to ovetoones
I swooped lower. until I nlmotk.
skinned the surface Of the watern, toks
ing sheer pleasure IN the splash ~
the spray and the undulating Wavoa:
that rose and fell - far q ~ ~,
could stretch In every direction. ~.
the sun neared the senith ! chaneed
my course. little BY little, until new
Immediately toward Il. In the midst
Of my emulation. however. suddenly,
an awful thought occurred to me.
What II I should miss C0rsical' II
It sobered me. Heaven help me
then, for should ny straight souths
ward until reached Africa, or fell In.
to the sea. And after night straixht.,
an even comparatively straieht. course
would b impossible.
The sun crossed the xenith ana
blaxed in the west. Now / changed
my course little by little. until tho run
was on my right hand. BY four O'clock
should have siRhted Corsica: by six
must reach Scouto. Tor twiiiRht
would then be approaching. Thu ann
began perceptibly to decline. It Va
half way down IN the sky And attn
no sight OF land!
Another thought now came TO mind
for the first time and added to INV
fears. What II Zeuxis should. after ali.
refuse to return with met And. fur.
Their, what II the added weight impeded
the aeroplanei
But I forced these thoughts from mo
and stroye desperately forward. =
though by sheer effort OF mentality
could add to the speed of the insensate
mechanism. It must be four O'Clock.
Another half hour passed-an hour.
The sea was changing from biua ~
black: in the northeast heavy thunder.
clouds were looming nm. did not
dare think now. NV brain vhirled.
the heavens appeared to spin. the run.
like . fiery Cyclopean eye, drew near
to the horizon. That eve would close:
and then-good night To life ana III
my hopes for Charles.
For my own life / cared nothins.
but the thought OF what would befali
him was q torment. It sent the blood
coursing furiously through INV veins
and my heart hammered like = nam:
mer of doom. Six o'clocki-for the
sun dipped and its f,erv edse touched
the water-line. There. immeasurably
expanded IN apparent sixa A mia itseif
behind the murky clouds ana seemsA
to leer horribly at me ON its na.sase
into the depths OF ocean. L VIM hOD0.
lessly lost now. I could onlv shane NV
course mechanically southward. INT
where was II II stared ont over tia
pitch black waters. stirrins restlessIv
beneath the rising WIND One hour
more perhaps I I,ttIe longar .nd
then
NV hand. .cbed NV hodv .ch.A
and an insurmountabIe lasaitude
WEIGHED down INV evelids InvoIun.
tariIv I closed theuNar inst.nt.
Then openink thein. I cried ont vith
iov b. \
For far IN the di.tsfyre - ~
tiniest blur or hrovn unon. ths 49, a
the seal Il vs. "a Far - port 49,, hs6
/ not closed INV eves ana - reliaveAs
them from the .trsin 81 rs.,r~ ovs-
the ses. / shouId never havs 800 4
Rut A the snn.s rim d,nned ,nd.r
the sea coursed over { hirh nd
ck-bound shore toward Z Witt Iittle
town ~ IN |. hiIl I dronrs6 INA ths
e~"As 80 ~ AASAs u4obRv~ AAASS JIG
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