The evening world., 1915-03-12

were, 70 ,0oneol$ % the do0radAtlon -
seellAg 6ne. y Set why should Ws talk
Of this here and aowf Every plunge
Of this laboring hulk under W feels e
what v ours while W. remain to-
gether: let me lore you without
thought, without fear"
Doris" managed TO articuiats az
ter . struggle to control myself. "you
would pluck the hesrt out Of any man
In such = situAtion - this. Do you
wish md to cease struggling. 70 re-
main iasrt, nsrvsless-to give up
everything7 Weakly to, permit all on
board 70 80 down without even . bat
tic for ef I refuse to b that sort
OF coward. Deny me everything, "
you xiih every reward. yet ! an g.
very END. have not given up ana !
do not bropose 70, givs up ] believe
God helpe those who help themselves.
The sea has been cheated out Of liz
victims before new, and brave hearts
work miracles. ! DO not presume 70
say that your dsoisioa y eithsr right
or wrong: ] am not yous, conscience,
nor would bring you . memsnt's un-
happiness. bvt I should dsspiss -ay-
eelf forever 3 ] desertsd OF played
holds IN Keep up the bsstis Tor your
life. ny girk-ayl even u at the end I
am oompslled TO Yield you up 70 one
whose only claim 70 legal ceremony"
hse eyes burned DARK. alisd With
tsaderness.
'The pisdgs Of . man. ysok, and I
sivs II back with the heart Of .
Then tell me the eas thing tha.
VIZ l.,Sp Keep @e strong"
That hsrS. or elsewhere. alone On
sni; l,I, ::.,, s:n Or ' With HIN IN Ensiand. you
"Evsrywhsrs, Alwavs I havs osIy
you forever"
Fiymly. honestly. a. she SPOKE thsss
words. the light In her oyeG told even
more clearly her loyalty. Sns might
return TO her slavery. AotuAted by q
feeling OF duty l waA utterly unable
20 appreciate. but never again could
l feel the slightest doubt Of her. or the
slightest envy OF him. We remained
there In comparative silence, casing
forth on what little We could percsive
Of the Wild scene, content to foei oacn
Others near presence. neither OF us
expecting any long lease Of life. II
seemed impossible that the heiplsss.
straining wreck should survive such q
buneting Of wind and wavsi yet the
lib held. and our impr0vissd steering
gear kept some slight control over
the ruddsr.
Little by little my faith began %
revive In the buoyancy Of the hull un-
derneath. and finally ] persuaded the
drenched, hAlf-frosen women to re-
treat within the shelter Of the cabin
out OF the sweep of that piercing
wind. while I took my share Of duty
At the straining tiller.
We discussed II all later while thaw.
Ing out our frozen clothing around
the cabin stove. the waves still run
ming high, though the nercS VORTEX
OF the storm had passed away, and
no man among us could explain how
We had ever lived through those
hours. The galley was broken into
kindling. the litter forward had been
ripped from out It's ice bed and swept
AIT, strewing the dock: the remaining
steps leading TO the poop were
smashed nat. and the tossing wreck
listed 20 horribly TO port that the
seas rolled unchecked through tho rap
In the bulwarks. Yet We slept, utterly
worn out with fatigue. and whom We
awoke again ran up once more our
rotten forssail, dung the broken lum-
ber overheard. and like, sailors, rs-
stunned the dsspsrats nght for hfA