The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-17

TO relieve my mind, compelled Nc
Cam to pick up aepahakin, which had
lodged under thwart, and bail out
the boat. He crept about, grumbling to
himself. but did fairly good Job. A.
no. water oozed in through the seams,
we were soon floating with much
greater buoyancy the planktng under
foot rapidly drying. T. LII .
The night was dark and thick. but
without rain. My wet clothes chung
to me in discomfort, yet had
no reason to fear evil results, as the
air was warm, end the salt water had
its own virtue. It was a gray, CHASTITY
morning, the sky overcast, the great
surges bearing down upon us, ever rae
ing toward our little cockleshell, ter
rifying In their aspect. The sharp bow
of. the dinghy rose to them buoyantly
enough, but the broad expanse OF trou-
BLEED waters stretching all about, the
black, cloud shadows overhead, and
the little boat In which we were tossed.
combined to bring to me q feeling akin
to despair. The only, hope was the
possible overhauling Of some PASSING
ship; but the lowering sky scarcely en-.
abled me to see clearly q hundred
yards, even in the light of the gray
dawn. A rescuing vessel might easily
pass US by within quarter Of a mile
unseen, nor had we any means of at.
tracing attention; I confess that, sit.
ting there In loneliness, staring about
into the grim expanse Of fog and sea, ]
fell into a blue funk. Nor was ]
greatly heartened when the sun finally
rose above the horizon, for 1t was no
more than sullen red glow, barely
visible through the clouds of vapor,
and only rendering more CHASTITY thanl
ever the heaving leagues Of ocean.
My glance turned downward to myI
companions in the boat. Mccain still
slept, with head pillowed on his arm,
but the woman lay with her eyes wideI
open, looking upward at the driftinel
spume., Her eyes met mine, and she
sat up, grasping the gunwale With
one hand, and stared about her over
the drear expanse of sea. -
''There is nothing in sight7' she|
spoke YEARLY. ,"Are you sure Mr.. Car
rington made his escape?" h. i
"As certain as can be. I did not|
see: him after left the party in the
after cabin last evening. But Mccain
insists that he came on deck, and
Joined the others In lowering the boats.
Beyond doubt he got away safely, and
was picked up by the liner" ~.
She was silent for some time, her|
gaze on the man sleeping in the bows.
He rolled over, revealing his face, gray|
and haggard in the dawn. 49,.
"Who-who is that manT' she ques-
toned. "You call him Mccain; is bel
q sailor?'' 49, 49, Il
mo; he was one Of the guests. He|
is a rich mans son, who occasionally
takes flyer on Wall street." i
"Not-not Fergus McCannY !
Il believe that is his name, now that
you recall it. Why2 Did you everl
know the fellOw7" '..,', II
"Only by reputation, which is mott
the best. He was involved rather I'M
pleasantly in the Bascom shootingl
case" 49,. -.-,. ~. ~
"Aye, I remembers. l. read. about theI
affair in Chicago paper at the time,
but failed to comprehend it was this|
Mccain who was involved. Did Bias
com dep ..@ .,t =
HE will be crippled for life; Of
course his assailant may not have been
entirely to blame-it was q drunken|
quarrel over q, NO!IaR" ~
SWELL" said quietly, 1.-THE man isl
in for job Of sailor work here, wheth- |
er it pleases him, or not. He acted a
bit sullen last night, but 1 am in mol
mood just now to baby him. Have you
ever steered boat with an oar, Miss
Vera?" i
II have done lots of canoeing, and
last summer at Palm Beach," she |
stopped, laughing at the slip eyes,
actually at Palm Beach, steered some
larger boats. III believe 1 could"
"You will find this somewhat Diff
ferent. Still, there Is not much of a |
trick to it, and am going to let you
try your hand. Do you think you can
hold her all right?" : q
"Of course can" almost indignant
ly. "Really, Mr.. Hollis, I have steered
boats in worse seas than this. If the
oar wasn't quite SO heavy"
"There is no steering paddle aboard:
Well, If anything goes wrong, sing out.
I'm going to rout out that fellow for
ward, and get at our work"
cannot say that Mccain was par
ticularly pleasant about it; he had a
way Of showing that he rather resent
ed my assumption Of authority, and
performed what ordered with de-
liberation which was almost insolent.
However, he made no open revolt, and
l thought it best not to anger the man
unnecessarily. We worked steadily for
an hour, the fellow proving practically
useless, except to hand me the article
required, or to throw his weight on
ropes end. Vera succeeded in holdingI
the boat steady, although I thought the
weight of the waves increased as
thOuah we we're on the outer edge of