The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
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A Novel
A Week
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Next Week
DAWN O'HARA"
BY
EDNA FERBUR
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warned.
"Afrald9"
She turned her back upon him.
Half a mile astcrn a long. white
line extended itself across tho river.
/ Suddenly the Hteersman seemed
Go awake lie chewcd his under
/ lip anxiously aa he watched the on.
rush OF tho line OF foam.
Worse than thought" he nut.
tered I'm fool"
A quarter Of mile TO his left
| lay an island. but he knew there
was not chance IN thousand OF
making the leo OF IL.
Come aft here'" he commanded.
Rosalind turned and studied tho
white line. II was not more than
n hundred yards distant. Without
word she obeyod him
llo motioncd hor TO seat beside
him. and as she sat down passed
an arm around her shoulders.
sit tight. pal. he said And
n 4, gets too bad, there's n life.pre.
server under your feet I'm
sorry
Tho remainder OF tho sentence
she could not hear. for the white
limo had oyertaken them. The
storm.front delivered n blow IN
which wind. hail. sea. aud n sitting
smother OF froth seemed welded
Into one sinister and mighty
weapon The launch staggered.
then leapcd forward.
Rosallnd felt cruel beating OF
ice shrapuel upon her face. her
arms. her thinly clad shoulders
In an effort 10 give her shelter the
boatman drew her head down
against his flannel shirt
RoSalind was glad to hide her
face. not because ahs feared q
look upon tho fury that encom.
passed them. but TO shield II from
the bitter yolleying OF the hail
The boatman's Strip frightened
Even In the din and ferocity OF the
storm she found herself maryelins
AZ the power that lay In hia sicn
der but Einewy arm.
Then for brief instant some
freak OF tho gale tore n great rent
In the curtain OF hail that shroudod
them. Tho boatman'a Htrainlng
eyes bad vision OF black rocks
fairly in tho path OF his storm.har
riod craft The murk closed Again
We're golng ashore" ho reared
Rosalind nodded.
In half a minuto-not more"
Again she signed that sho under.
stood.
Listen" His lips were below
Ing the words into her ear. "I1l
steer until we're ready 10 hit. Then
III rush you forward and get you
ashore somehow. UnderB,and7"
She nodded
lie staggered 20 HIS feet. drag
ging her with him. and rushed
forward. tnoedccp in the water
that filled the rapidly settling
| launch.
An he ncared tho bow black
wall sprang out OF tho gray mist.
To Rosalind 4, seemed 90 rear Il.
self TO an impossible height. The
launch iungot heavily toward n.
Don't cling 20 me-" he shouted
At the same instant she was mn.
cd IN his arms As tho boaimau
stepped on, upon the slippery. stag.
gerlng deck. tho black wall hung
over her.
Rosalind felt herself tossed into
tho air For what seemed an inter.
minable period. she hung suspend
cd In space Then something rose
to meet her feet with a Earring
shock. She was standing on a
ledge
Below her. even above tho roar
OF the wind. came the sound OF a
heavy. crashing blow. The launch
had struck She knew what that
meant The boAtman had given
her the one chance
with a gasping sob she whirled
about and stepped to the Edge OF
the rock.
Sam"
Her voice had risen to a shrek
Something touched her foot-a
hand
Rosalind dropped TO her
knees and seized his hand in
both hers lie vas hanging
in mid air. tho river flashing
hungrily At HIS feet an his body
svayed in the gale.
Aftervard he assured hor Il had
been matter OF less than ten
seconds. To Rosalind II seemed
an eternity. Some OF II she
achieved herself altho she had no
clear recollection as to how.
But he stood AZ last with the
ledge under his feet.