The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-31
CHAPTER xxIv-Continued.

had had no sleep for for J.g
hours. was wet and chilled 20 z. 3
marrow, till / felt more deac
alive. My body was stiff from
ton as we'll as from cold, and
aching muscles gave me the sey
Z est torture whenever / used them,
and ! used them continually. And all
the time we were being driven of
into the northwest, directly away
from Japan toward bleak Bering sea
Mauds condition was pitiablc. She
sat crouched in the bottom of the
boat. her lips blue, her face gray ar {
plainly showing the pain she suffered
u' e'.r her eyes looked bravely al
me- ana ever her lips uttered bray,
words
The worst of the storm must hav
blown that night, though little n
tlced 1t. / had succumbed and slep
where l sat in the stern-sheets. The
morning OF the fourth day found thu
WIND diminished to a gentle whisper
the sea dying down and the sun shir
ing upon us. Oh, the bless I'd Gun
how we bathed our poor bod IS |, II
delicious warmth, reviving Ike ~
and crawling things after a st n
we smiled again, said amusing In n,
and waxed optimistic over our
ton. Yet 1t was. If anything, r.
than ever.
came days OF storm, days ar
nights Of storm, when the ocean r,e-
aced us with its roaring whiter es'
End the wind smote our rupgIig
boat with Titan's buffets. It wa gin
such a storm, and the worst we ad
experienced, that what / saw | cold
not at first believe. Days and mic is
OF sleeplessness and anxiety al
doubtless turned my head / Iocke
back at Maud, to identify myseI az
1T were, in time and space. Mr. n
turned my face to leeward, and al
saw the jutting promontory &C,
and high and naked, the rang sur
that broke about it's base an, ,e. It
front high up with spouting i3urt aihs
the black and forbidding asst lin
running toward the south asst and
fringed with a tremendous scaf of
white.
Maud" said. Maud"
She turned Ler head and belief the
Sight.
1T cannot be Alaskal" sh G. lied
ALAS, no." I answered. and hslet,
'Can you swim?"
She shook her head.
Neither can l." / said 80 We
must get ashore without sviinm ng
In some opening between THO rus
through which we can drive oct
rad Chamber out. But we yfds. ne
auckland sure"
/ spoke with a confidence che kne "
did not feel, for she looked az me
with that unfalterlng gaze OF her.
and said:
Il have not thanked you Pt f)r all
you have done for me, butt
She hesitated, as il in dDubt how
best to word her gratitude.
''Well?" ! said, brutally, pr , was
not quite pleased with her IthS liking
me.
You might help me-" ship smiled.
ITO acknowledge your OF cations
before you die? Not at all. We are
not going to die. We shall land on
mat island, and we shall be Fnug and
sheltered before the day is hone."
~ spoke stoutly, but / did not be-
lieve word. Nor was prompted to
lie through fear. 1 felt no fear, though
| was sure of death in thst boring
surge amongs the rocks which va
rapidly growing nearer. 1t was H..
possible to claw off that shore. TIE
wind would instantly capsize the
loat; the seas would swamp IL L e
'homent 1t fell into the trough; ar l.
5esides. the sail. dashed to PIE slc
pars, dragged in the sea ahesa1 OF 3.
rs sea-anchor.
Instinctively we drew closer u {
gether in, the. bottom Of the boat !
Ielt her mittened hand comd ort 10 I
mine. And thus. without speech, we !
waited the end. We were not far on ]
The line the wind made with the west
ern edge of the promontorv, and
rAtched In the hope that sorte set OF
lie current or send of the sea would
M us past before we reached the {
surf
I'VE shall go GEAR" said with q