Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-17

10 the morning, long oeEore Daylight,
Shorty issued his call. Come on" he
roared. tumble out you sIeepers!
Here's your cOGeeI Kick into II!
We're goln' to make a start~
Grumbllng and complaining, Stine
and sprague were forced to get under
way two hours earlier than ever be.
fore. II anything. the gale was stirr.
er, and In a short time every mans
face was Iced up. while the oars were
heavy with ice.
Three hours they struggled. and four
one man steering, one chopping Ice,
two tolllng at the oars and each tax.
Ing bis various turns The northwest
shore loomcd nearer and nearer The
gale blow ever harder, and at last
sprague pulled In his oar In token OF
surrender Shorty sprang 10 II, though
bis relief had only begun.
Chop lce." be said, handing
sprague the hatchct
"But wuats the user the other
whIned, I'VE can't make II, We're
going TO turn back
We're goln' on" said shorty. Chop
Ice. An when you feed better you can
spell mo-"
II was heartbeaSing toll, but they
gained the shore, only to Ind II com
posed OF surge beaten rocks aud cliffs
with no place to land.
Nobody spoke, and Kit held the boat
into the seas MS they skIrted the for
bidding shore Sometimes they gain
ed no moro than foot to the stroke
aud there were times when two OF
three strokes no more than enabled
them to bold their own. Another hour
they nbored and a second
A few mlnutes later sppgue drew
In his oar again TIN finished" be
said, aud there were tears In bis voice
Stlne had ceased rowing. and the
boat was drifting backward.
Turn around, smoke" spraguO or
dercd.
And Kit who never In bis nte had
cursed any man. astonlshcd himself
I'm seo you In h. nrst." he replied
Take hold ot that oar and pull"
Spmgue jerked on a mltten. drew his
revolver asd turned II on his stcen
man. This was new experience tc
XII lie had never had a gun presented
At him In bis lie And now, to bis sur
prise, Il seemed to mean nothing AZ oil
III you don't pot tina, gun up," hc
said, "lll take Il away and rap you
oves the knuckles with e."
III you don't turn the boat around
VU shoot you Spu cue threatened
Then shorty took a hand. No ceas
81 choppng lce snd stood up behind
spngue Go op Au' shoot" said
shorty wlggllne tho batcbet "ru
lnst achln' tor chance 10 brain you
90 on an start TIE festivities"
'Spmgue, MI aid. "T1l give 70,
lu't thirty seconds to put away that
sun ana get that oas OUT
Spnsue hedn,ed. gave a short hy,
0cFi'M laugh pa, the evolver away
and bent bis back to the work
For two houn more. inch by Inch
they Fought thclr way along the edv,
ot the fo'm.ns rOcks until XII furr.
ae h'd maie mistake And then
Nhrn 90 the rcrsr VI himself turnln.
NA'A. they rame sbcast " narov
'prhhs oot twenty feet wide. whhrr
~ TOTO HUdIoSkcd lnclusurc when
''e 'croesi gusts scarcely aawed N,
'urmev lt was the haven gained h,
'ne po'h q pNvlcus days Tues
aoleo 'o shelving beach. ana N,
.vo employers ay In eollapsc ln "a,
ooat While Nt tud shorty pitched tb.
la6 Wv 'NO'
= eae q ecree, W aside to ecol anl
.''s','ea rev minutes later wa
,s"ea '''a'cd wi,h halt an inch Of lee
\ Nc.ock vhsu sprague and slime
'I'edJ 0o'.cd IN ,Aelr blankctS wsr
He''p'ns ne slcep u exhaustion XII
'Aa,e ~. oaeA fom icok at tee Scat
Y" 'A' ir'eseoN sherry he an
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Ne ve''e Poni already. The uplt
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