The herald., 1916-05-18
BY the Merciless
Waves
By DWIGHT NORWOOD

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nv '"'h"'l L" ianacTN. but whvi
E'' '"e'' / was not permitted 10 K
vie II ''hAl'L Not caring I,
~ ''''i-''''''''Iy / went 10 hutc
''' GU, S''NA"Fe' intending 10 spend scv
-. nay ''''I'.
lie weather was cold. and the chan
n''' S'Fel .h'HS out Indefinitely toward
we H'i west. was gloomy sight {,
,'''''i- 'he morning | heard a boom
~ 'o' al SEA 'ut h"d DO knowledge
u "HAt II p"Ttcnded. During ;hc dag
'n'., WIS Always n""iutDG "u the land
nun" ""t south o. in" ana sometimes
1"'H"y from ID" east These
,,'''''N '''''''.u"I'S reminded me that l
( "u'i'''u .! WAY ana us conSe
c.. ' u WIS ''e 'HhnheI That most AZ
- mt hh'" that out there
- d '''''.l''i'' ere" was sailing IN
=, VI '"'iHs sent 10 the bottom oi
- ''''N waters. Many a sub
MAJ i'ie ere" was dr"ading lest their
''''e '"l"iS'ed III the enor'
viz H'l> I"Id by III" british
I" Trap Ihem.
''i' I, 'ilhE when there was a misty
'''o''''-"' WAS tempted 10 20 uut and
""'h Oh Inc tedch was warmly
'"'h'u hud enjoyed The icy air thu,
'.''" against my cheeks. So enjoyable
vas III! Jauht I" me that walked for
"H hour toward the north. then was
about 10 turn and rctracc my stcns
when SaW something denScr than the
surrounding atmosphere a short dis .
t&nce ahead Of me
! stood watching it. thin cloud
that had covered the moon PASSED from
II lace, giving slight Increase az u,h,
and revealed what seemed tn mo f. b.
knot of men huddIrd toratbor
had once seen shin ut 80, o,,,t :.
founder. and Acsc sbaJ,v,v Loi,,.,, -
minded mo Of its crew standing tnco,h
er about mast, doubtless canine. sor,o
slight comfort from ana -
waiting for the fatal nluroo
Curiosity led me IN ,,,,,r,,oot, r.r,,,
saw. and walked ror,,or, D.
snr
though they gradually became loss a.
distinct, for hv koeri,,c, ms. g. G.,
upon them they became irj,,.i,,,aI,
though confused with ono 81.
Their relative position was that - No.,
discussing some mnmontors -
Nevertheless heard no sound no, "
could | discern any ono ~ .har, -.
dressing the rest
Then il seemed 70 mo tbo, ,ho,. ,,.,-, rs
MI looking toward mo nm, tbi, No,
-ather their position with raf.roroo, :, d
me another, for 7 had M orIdo,,,, a.. q
hey were facino mo I,nna,,, 10
Ifter this they began 70 ,novo go &,
rom me- | followed and since "a, 81
lot gain on them I hastonad nv 60, -
3ut the faster I walked tho o,,i,,,a At
hey receded. Sometimes :, soor,aJ lr
hat thew were tromnir, so,,o,,,I.l, p'
hat they were moving from, mo ,,.i,1, d.
ut taking steps 10
When at last | saw tbar, or ,,.bo, 10
hey appeared to Inc Iaova Tho -. a.,
nd move out on the surfoco 90 ,ta CD
'ater | began to suSnoct ,b,. - 90
hing was wrong with mo Sv,,,n,, T..
" arms. pinched mvseIr ruIhoI ~ >h
yes. The group remained IN M, =; 'a
on till they had gone fau bur1roa ~,
ards from the shore, then stonnod an,
Owly settled down r. seemed to- he
le water-eithcr This mr. tho fodo5 ~. H.
fore me; | could nor foil which ha
This was the end OF nv dream IN, or
cination or whatever II mirbt no ''!
aited for some time necriny ort e.
here the men had disannoorod No., uc
ring If they would retu;n but thu p'E
4 not. and | considered Il bicb ti,,o ,b.
at went back 70 my hoteI Rosoro me,
ing so | noted the locality tbot at
Ight know II again There vas a II. 4.I
stream Of running fresh votor tbo. pla
wed from a lake or swami a sbor. the
stance from the beach tor,
The next morning ofter a, oor,r and
pakfaSt | started 10 90 ovor my voIS gry
the night before Som of,or ,oor tors
, the hotel | found myself I'm an mn. I, ''a
,quented region. There was NOT a sand
use in sight. I walked 70 tho runpoI G n,f'
ad seen and knew that was whore NEE
vision had disapppared Turn,no in'"
ward | scanned tho watoro 7, the