Evening star., 1915-03-07

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ing. At the first mighty pull of the partly raised sail the
Hirondelle fnched and fell back little. Then she
took hold sailors put it, and careened under the
strain until the iron socket the sarboard sweep was
wrenched off its pin, and Toemache and the sailor
were hard pressed to keep it from swinging inboard and
dealing Yvonne blow. Something black and sinister
showed for second in the yeasting froth beneath the
boats quarter whether rock patch of seaweed none
could tell, though five pairs of eyes saw it.
Perdot's call shrilly keep her there, Mann
sellc'
Back swung the tler, and Yvonne "kept her there
though during long minute the Hirondee tore at the
rudder as startled horse snatches at the Bit and it
seemed as if she must capsize without fail.
Again the Bretons cry rang out, "Ease her now,
Mam'sele!"
The boat fell away before the wind. Soon she was on
an even keel for the unavoidable rolling and pitch
ing that resulted from the furious But, if stout
canvas and trustworthy cordage held they were safe
though tied to the quay in the land-ocked harbor
at Pont Aven. Already Les Verres were furong or
more in the rear 1t impossible to what had
become of the Stella, because the spray was leaping
high the reef until its irregular crests We're bitten
off by the gale. But fishing smack which had gaantly
put out from Bngneau was signaled back before it
crossed the bar and the signal station hoistng
fresh of flags which spelled in the Hngnd trdnca of
the ocean, "Well done, Concarneau 415!" which was
as near the Hirondees the watchers on shore
could get on the spur of the moment
DERIDOT paid Yvonne the greatest of all compli-
ments by not coming aft to relieve her. But her
father, who had betrayed no furry even when death
seemed unavoidable, drew near, and placed hand
her shoulder.
"Youre another Grace Darling, my dear!' all
he said.
But the look accompanying the words was enough,
and the girls eyes began to smart painfully, because
the sudden moisture in them revealed how they had
suffered from the spndrift.
And again, by sending her below errand of
mercy, he only added subtly to Peridots tribute.
"We can spare you now, Yvonne" he said. "Tell
those to deck and you give eye to the
lady. You have dry clothes down there. If she
has no bones broken, she will recover quickly in
warm bunk than under any other conditions Get her
undressed and give her little cognac. Take some
yourself,-don spare t,-and pass the bottle up here
He took her place at the tiler, and she made off at
once only pausng to pat Lorrys wet and shaggy head
Six men came up the companion stairway; but
returned at her call lift the injured lower
and an upper bunk the same side They had con-
trved already to bandage the broken with hand
kerchefs. The spraned ankle they could not deal with
The man with broken arm was making some cutlery;
but the other sufferer patient and even smiling.
"Gawd bless yer, Miss" he said to Yvonne when he
discerned her identity in the dim light of the cabin "lf
it adnt been fer you an yer shptes, the Stella
'ad much chwance as lump o ice in hell's iimes"
The Cockney accent was new in lvonnes ear, and
its quaintness helped to soften the speakers forcibe
sinie.
you'll soon be all right" she assured him. We'll
reach Pont Aven within the hour and the good folk
there will look after you splendidy. Please lie still
now, as must pin blanket these two hunks.
Then she was left alone with the nsensibe woman,
who was alive, the sailors said, but completely
scious. She had tainted they believed, when the shaft
snapped and the yacht like to be lost forthwith.
The immersion in the seemed to have revived her
for few seconds but she swooned off again in the
cabin and while the boat was lurching so heavily they
thought it wiser to pillow her head coat and not
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