Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-12
The Daily Story
THE WRECK OF THE ROSY DAwN-BY cLARIssA MAnrr,
Copyrighted. Bureau

! to the beach, and now with 49,.
rising tide the water was wasb,s~ y
base of the cliffs. us
Clouds scudded across the s,-
now and then an ugly pun 81 w. ~
from the northeast. The two aa1
turers, one at the donkey sr,cir. 4
other padding around in the t.,',. y
oozy mud that the dredger dispor-.,
| shivered with the chill OF IL
preaching storm. Lem Peters - =
light of lantern had searches =
mud and had found a large coin !.
their disgust, it proved to be an -
lish penny instead OF the gold -
sought.
ClInk. clank, creaked the old eny..
while Captain Charlie swore nls.sr
esqueIy as he labored over its han
machinery.
Paddle and splash went LENS ,.,
die as he worked in the mud. Atl.-
he found a gold coin and another :,
element ran high. The two tYess,.
hunters forgot the rising storm. r..
did not seef.that the moon had h;sd..
her face nor that the Rosy Dawn ~
dragged her anchor and was borls,
toward the rock strewn beach.
The lust for gold was in their e.y..
eyes, and they worked franticalIy M,
both of them plunging their hands in,,
the dark mass salvaged from the %.
"She's rocking some.' painted Can
tain Charlie as the Rosy Dawn lurchss
uncertainty. But, Lem. were boupa
to be rich men before morning"
Sure thing pulled Lem as be nm
covered another muddy coin. See.
cap'n. this was great thought },
yours
"Yes-uh -uh-uhumphw
The doughty little captains voIrs
ended in a shrill shout as the bow q
the Rosy Dawn lifted high in the Al,
and then drove down with might,
crash.
The two startled adventures vers
precipitated into the tank Of mud
while the decrepit donkey engine gave
one horrid shrek and was still forever
When the two men faced each oths,
in the dim light of the smoky Lantern
their faces were plastered with mud
and only their white. scared eyes wers
visible each to the other
Gone ashore, by grassr' shouted
Lem Peters.
MY poor Rosy DAWN groaned CAP
tain Charlie as he clambered out on
deck
AS they stood there. peering up at
the beetling cliff above, the clouds
broke away from the moon and show.
ed them that the stanch little schooner
was high and dry on No Point beach
We'll be the laffinstock of all
Quank," groaned the captain once
more as he realized their painful posi-
ton.
Its the wimmen folks mind most
said Lem gloomily.
And at that very moment Laughter (
broke in on their despondent murmur [
ings. With one accord they turned
frightened faces toward the 'deckhouse
of the schooner, to start back in Albright
as a broad glow of light shot up from
the open companionway. Then appear
ed two heads side by side They were
feminine heads. and they were follow
ed by the substantial forms of Mrs. e. I
sic Sayles and Lem Peters wife. And
Mrs. Sayles and Mrs. Peters were
laughing heartily, and when they saw
the faces of the mud despatched ad
7enturers they laughed more than ever
The doughty little captain took unr
1rage and shook his fist angrily.
What does this mean, Elsie?' he de-
handed.
Mrs. Sayles ceased her laughter fOF
moment.
Lizzie and me have found out thiI Il
'ou two need gardens" she explained
so when we suspected You was hateR
ny up more ridiculous trouble for your
elves. why. we jest made up our minds
o come along. When you and Len
anne aboard the Rosy Dawn we was
III settled down in the spare state
Dom, and we've had reel nice uBe
njoying how two big men can rasue
o hard for few dollars. And. car h
ain Charlie. I'm thinking Quank foks
will laff when they hear about tne
,osy Dawn going ashore almost 70
ome"'
Lem Peters wife spoke up now.
But if you and Lem'll divide "
hem gold pieces with us we Woni
reathe n word" she said. B
Done" said the two adventures
agerly. Captain Charlie shifted tne
ir hungrily. q
Seems like I smell ham frying oli'
didn't bring no cook along ne mu'
red daZediy.
Yes, you did; you brought tNo
,oks. Lizzie and I've got supper Az
and corn bread-and. cap
guess you and Lem better 50 ai~
ash some of that there mud on II sV' A
ant some supper"
While they removed the mud I'vm
eir faces Captain Charlie turned y
tile nutcracker countenance 10 ~
lend.
How much will we have left ous
is here gold after the wimmen :" B
cir share:" he asked.
II reckon about one English pehns