Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-05-27
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slack to his companion, hold this as
best you can and watch the posts
am going to remove the gyroscope.
There will come time when the pull
Of the maelstrom will uproot these
poles and carry the rope away. But
that should not be for an hour. For
half an hour, at least, we are safe.
Hold the slack firm; fight with every
ounce Of your strength; fight as though
you were one of these living rocks that
have fought against the elements
through uncounted ages-for there are
lives more precious than our own at
stake"
He hurried down to the edge of the
sea and. grasping the boat which Bey-
ers had brought. he dragged 1t to the
small strip of sand which formed the
anchorage and landing place. From
his own sailing sloop he brought a
hammer and nails and planks and
cords. Then. lifting the gyroscope, he
set 1t under the keel of the overturned
boat,
"How does the rope stand?" he
shouted to the man above.
"Holding!" cried Beyers briefly, and
Haynes set to work. In ten minutes,
with planks and nails, he had secured
the gyroscope to the keel Of the + at.
Beside him the green, dripping rope
SKINNED the top of the sea. 1t ran, a
snaky, undulating ribbon over the wa
tiers to where the Viking reached
and spun over that pool Of death. She
was tilted more dangerously now, but
still centrifugal force upheld her.
Come here!" called Haynes, and,
when Beyers ran to him, he added, lift
up the boat with me and plant her SO
that the rope catches the groove in the
wheel under her"
Beyers obeyed, and now the boat lay
once more on the sand, the rope
stretched under her and climbing the
rocks behind her. Haynes motioned
Beyers back to his place. He stepped
inside and, bending over, touched the
pin which set the gyroscope beneath
the boat in action.
Instantly the boat rose on the rope.
She stood erect as though floating on
the pond of a mill; her timbers quiv-
cred, and suddenly Beyers. watching
above, saw her dart Off across the sur
face of the sea, running like an arrow
across that undulating line to where
the yacht circled the edge Of the mael-
strom. His eyes could hardly follow
her course.
Two minutes later little group,
dashed to the deck OF the Viking,
saw a boat by her side, apparently an
chored in the air. The yacht swung at
so great an angle that her gunwale
was level with that Of the boat, and
the seas swept both necessarily. And
though the vessel swung round at an
appalling speed, and heaven and sea
were blended in one infuriate cloud,
and a roar as of thunder had long
since deafened their ears and dulled
their senses, that boat rested beside
them as though beside a moor1ng
stage
Haynes looked down. He looked
down into an immense, eddying space,
a pool of blacklist night edged with
white foam, a crater which, instead OF
belching forth, tugged down. All was
motionless in the center of this ter
rifle hole in the sea, and the walls OF
1t were solid as earth and rdged with
streaks and splashes Of fire. And, look
ing down, he felt an irresistible i'm
pulse to leap into 1t.
Then the memory of those whom he
had come to save revived his SWIM
ming senses.
He looked up. Eleanor stood dashed
beside him, not six PAGES away, and by
her her husband. And near them was
little group of sailors, similarly
dashed to the rail. He shuddered and
stretched out his arms.
Eleanor" he called.
She saw him but she did not heed
him. She thought him but the fantasy
of delirium. Nor did the others heed,
but gravely looked at him. Their senses
had been numbed by the imminence OF
death and by the whirl Of the ship.
Although the boat spun round beside
the ship. rising and falling in it's dizzy,
circling course, she maintained per
fectly even keel, and her nose, thrust
hard against the vessel by the impell-
Ing force of the gyroscope, made the
two one. There was not an inch of
space between their sides. Haynes
drew his knife and cut Eleanor's bonds
and held out his hand to her.
"Come, Eleanor!" he said.
She obeyed him as though hypno-
tized. She did not speak or seem to
ecognize him. but gravely stepped in
to the boat and, at his bidding,
crouched there. In like manner Haynes
rescued her husband-then the sailors.
Then, when the boat was full, Haynes
leaned over the side and reversed the
gyroscope.
Two minutes later the boats keel
grated upon the island shore. And
then, as though marble statue
thawed into life, Eleanor awoke, and
flung her arms about her fathers neck,
weeping, and the rest awoke and knew
that their dream had proved to be real
lily.
But before either could speak cry
came from above. and Beyers ran
down the rocks, shouting and pointing
seward. AS though shot from a can
non the lengths of line went hurtling
through.the air, screaming against the
wind like sirens. And, with plunge,
the Viking reared herself and dis
appeared beneath the waves.
Beyers grasped Haynes hand 81
lently.
Holding Trade.
you look disgruntled,' said the