The evening world., 1915-02-26
Get up the spanksr. Longuehaye,"
said: and III attend to the fore

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I said: and III attend to the fore
sail"
We had shipped the life prsservsrs
By now and I unfastened the painter
from the cypress root. The bateau
noated gently OF. unfurled the fore
sail and adjusted the spirit, then
grabbed the tiner and rghted her.
The wind was In our favor. and when
We rounded the point of the cove I
was able to make due southeast with
no opposition.
The Red Reef Lighthouse ny some
three or four miles in the direction I
ness OF the morning sun on the water.
It appeared nearer. We were fortunate
In having . fair wind that required
little tackiug. and the bateau, though
overloaded. sped along lightly and
without apparently feeling the load
she was carrying. You must under
stand at this juncture something Of
the lighthouse. the bell buoy and the
reefs.
Looking from the island. tho pillar
was something between three and
four miles to the southeast, and was
built on . clustered pile of rocks that
rose four or five feet above the water.
The Red Reef itself stretched almost
In . circle about the light. with raw
black sawtoothed ridges rising occa-
like barking seals with their noses
upward. But the reef itself. while
II did not extend Its whole length
above the water. was for all Of that .
continuous wall OF rock running the
length Of q Quartsr-mile; and directly
In the line OF all vessels coming from
Southern waters to Philadelphia, and
returning. 50 much for the Red Reef.
Shark Rock was smaller but per-
haps moro deadly. for It gave no In
timation Of Its presence. This was
situated some half-mils from the light
house and was insignificant In size;
perhaps not ten yards In length and
all beneath water. Hero swung the
bell buoy. changing its warning to
small craft. may say that Shark
Rock was some seven ana . half miles
from the Maryland shore. while the
of eight miles.
Perhaps I have not sasd that on the
night before I had seen . number OF
large vessels passing beyond the light
mostly fruit steamero from the Cen.
trail and South American countries
and Cuba; some coffee steamere, ana
the regular liners between the Carib :
bean ports and Philadelphia all passed
70 the Ice Of tho light-after they
had hugged the coast up from Phiia.
delphia- There waS also Q line that
ran from Norfolk; and on this morn
ing trip fanoted made out . pass
steamers bound for New York and
Boston took q different route; but all
those with Phiiadelphia a. their OBJ
jective port came our way. And II
was not until they had located the
Red Reef light that they changed
their course to pass on the far side
Of her. coming back to the coast
again to pass within q biscuit tossing
distance Of Cape Henlopen-
On nearing the lighthouse tackled
. tribe to the east and ran the batsau
between two great teeth OF the reef,
my craft being hat-bottomed and the
Quietness Of the waves between the
teeth giving mo the security that the
rocks there were some feet below the
water. Inside the reef II was easy
enough 20 run alongside the landing
stage. and luffing bit brought the
bateau broadsade against tho steps
cut into the rock. Longuehaye jumped
out Of the stern sheets and made the
painter fast TO the iron ring In the
rock: ana the negro went after HIM.
A. the wind lifted the latter's Jacket
I caught . glimpse Of steel about hiA
waist and saw that the leather sheath
Of Q knife strapped to his waist had
rotted away In one place. And then
a. We lifted out the old man, some.
thing prompted me to grasp him In
such q way a. 70 feel his hip pocket
There was something hard thsre-
and I surmised Q revolver.
We were directly under the ladder
that led to the ilrst stage Of tho light.
house, ana Q man in rough tweeds
came rapidly down TO greet u. HI
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