The Washington times., 1915-08-24

freshed by hatred. insanity and suici.
dal daring. sought and found the Big
nugur and began to bore q hole
through the bottom OF the schooner.
He would drown, but SO would they!
was boring became damp. water Be.
spit ana hiss. then the BIT w Vent Clean
through. and when he had withdrawn
Il ,rTsn water Tsp spouted upward a. from .
Gunsdorf laughed aloud and At once
began to bore q second hole. When
he had nearly finished a third the bit
hut the Mary Nys Was h tsKins un' n =
Good deal OF water. and hestailure Of
the bit only seemed to have postponed
the time when tho sea should close
over her.
But in, in I'll: book Of tat. The Mary NJ.
alone. Among her Heterogeneous
coestwise cargo which had not been
unloaded. from the small hold back Of
| the main hold. were two sacks OF un.
Of water found It's way to these. aoA
| they began to smoke.
The hrst person to be aware Of tie
smoke was Gunsdorf. It altered into
to the deck. 0unsdorf at the moment,
with q kind Of diabolical eaeernSOe.
was trying to calculate the rapiditY
with which the water was rising. This
motion Of the vessel.
| When he smelled the smoke his heart
almoet stopped beating. he was %
frightened. Water and dynamite had
no terror for him. but death BY iiro
had always been his nightmare. He
drunkenness. during which. let us say,
he has committed some crime which
to his fren1ied brain at the time Of
Its commission had seemed Q resson-I
do. but tho memory Of which makes
the same brain. the fumes Of alcohol
gone. prey to the most awful terror
| and remorse.
In short. tho man had recovered
ness. He was Sane rational creA-
ture. who realized what he had done
ana that the deed was in vain, ana
that no alone would be destroyed
What madness to suppose that such
q man as Barclay would stay by the
Mary Nye till she went DOWN She
carried a boat for Just such an !em-
others rowed merrily off. would be
left to drown in the dark.
In the first moments of reasoning II
did not occur to him that the ship
was on flre. Rather he thought that
the smoke was some devilish device
of the triumvirate to asphyxiate him.
From the eastern cliffs. which re-
eeived the onslaught Of the open sea.
lower western cliffs whose feet are
warhed by the less strenuous waters
which flow between Gull Island and
the, the msinisnd: ,sn and. ana here, sheltered
selves. ortensihly to admire the view.
but really to admire each other.
The view consisted OF gray water.
Of a vast expanse Of sullen gray sky:
~ vv,fIA @tSHa
schocper beating slowly up to the is
land. .
They must be cooking . honny
breakfsst." said Tommy. Judging
! "Juds Ing by the smoke" said celes-
tia. They've got more than one
rs5Sxy os95ss 4s:s son moment ar: rE: s:r :s :;s
excitement: She's on hre. That's
why the davits are swung cupboard.
They are waiting tn the last mo. no.
to lever obo boat Tnsns .tes the
want to get into the lea Of the island.
a skiff. They're not making much
th9ush she ,oGss Issk" yeTy TX. low
sieve. and the fire keeps them from
getting to the pumps"
"Can't we do anything to help?'
Not unless the launch has come
early for newspapers and supplies.
Let's go see."
So they raced off to the landing:
The launch had not yet returned. ana
there was neither sight nor sound OF
was drawn up on ways. and the only
other craft at the landing was fiat
bot toned skiff. SO low in the water
that she could not have lived IN tho
rough water outside OF the haroor.
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