Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-28

5 Nothlng'" Barcus told her. "I sbr
8 'He engine off-that's all"
: lempers were short in thar hon,
: ana Alan was annoyed TO tbink tha
.ne rest OF his beloved should need
'esSiy nave been disturbed.
what did you do that for?" be do
manded sharply. ~ NC
because | jolly we'll wanted ..
Darcus returned in a tone as brnsouo
On, you did-eh?"
res l did-eh! l happen to no
oossing this end of the boat ana ~
nave sense enough to realize tbere,s
~, ~ sense at all in our wasting fuel the
way we are-cruising nowhere!"
Well" Law commended str,,o,, !,
ne ne harness OF this argument. but nm.
aoie to calm his uneasiness-"iust tho
same, We might"
res; OF course, we might" Barcus
snapped. I'VE might a whole lot W.
might for instance, be HEADING Co.
nI pain' Ior all you or i know to the |
contrary. And in such case. for one
.e'pectrully prefer to have gas enough
70 take us home again If ever the
fog lifts,"
AND for several seconds lonee- Tho
'uiiness strangled their spirits IN i,s
'uthless grasp.
Ihen Of a sudden a crv sbril,od
nrough the fog, so near at hand tbot
seemed scarcely more distant tban
yer the side: 'n'A
Ahoy! Help! Alloy there, He,n,Y
SO insistent, so urgent was a.
eIt that, coupled with the SURPRISE
brought the three as one To their
'et' all a-tremble, their eyes seeking 4
ne another's faces, then shifting rn
lsily away. un-
What can it be?" Rose wbisns
mast shrinking into Alan's ready
m. ieauy
"A woman" Barcus put in harsb,v Ik
Judith" the girl moaned IL
fAlan snook himself together. Tm- IS
he contended. 81 saw her
down :"
mat doesn't prove she didn't come
barcus commented acidly
annoy! Motorboat aho-o-oy, Heln,n
AND that" Barcus pursued sadly ue'
81 proves she did come up-blame AM
iuch! Alive she is. and kicking: n'I ?
40 clear An able-bodied pair ~ -,
81 was back Of that hail, nv friend. uit
you needn't tell me l don't know ne
ouicet accents of that angelic con. ,
itnout needing him, Alan cunned iea'
as 10 mouth and sent an answer. VI
CRY ringing through the murk: Ana =,
'noy! Where are you? Wbere m
VI" "nere but
lere-on the acknowledgements as
'hing with chill" Inc
ow does INV VOTE, bare
d back. "n spok
nat the dickens do you caro-, p. seen
rs interpolated suspiciuosly. nS'
port" the response rang throupb we y
og. Starboard your helm and anu ~
in slowlyi" OF H
pht-o, uo,, late
reassuringIv Aian re- by fl
40 hell! Mr.. Barcus muttered IN
roat as he jumped down into the Low Low
PIT and bent over the fiy-wheeI NC. u
ping on the forward thwart ana IL
ling himself ,or,,~, ""f' ana rienct
ie' Alan strained his vision ~. =
against the opacity of the fog oooIa i
make out anything" he -
ied' looking back. Start bor
II slows the word-and ,waro nave
hing dining. Morton
"Tba r,ott. re1orted far.
! as you must know" pioheo
ONE! We can't leave a woman ~ al
Z we9 w. 80, "Onl
malavolort,,, barcus could
iywbeal uith -, 'Ains the help q.
tor had tnrnoa "hsht; Tor His a
iy Stub solate
=" Rose nleodos upward
is sleeve ..r,,- nand So 81
know - s.,as "nat 1t boat to
! it's nv o,,,r neartiess OF the tide
ow mad che a. Out you they W,
jealousy. If you take her int an'ii u,
{, It's your life or hers," 90, w anu
leave her out there" Alan 70 h,a
shaking his arm impatiently ,uo,uI us
her life on our heads." tSo -,
8 Juncture the motor took -. 81 =
the argument, ending n A.
fashion. With a smart ex. pa
edlv ~ ono started up thing wit
lost dislocating the arm of sha ~
JUS and precipitating Alan cue W.
|. an man cou
NOT yiver IT., stem had
ening until he found himself attsrn.
ter; ne struggled to the sur. hsr - a.
IN time to see the bows q, tha u ~ vi.
't back away and vanish into 90 -, -
planting |,
cuApr.p W., the foot o
And as
-. 49,, he was ha