The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-12-21

giatt ef The vpfogtnhlty. Met,ana csees'
ihg forward ON hsHs!s and knees.
There's nothsRs here" be rvpswtes
ttise0sara stAgtg. -tat q roll VI sagpaia
Lia. ssazaa ssbs sssas, aEG liz xplssitsrss
handie Of paddle"
~wsEh What aaora do we wantf Thai
means sail. II vie can make Aofe IN
asse of th~ shwxrts ss STRIP Z nlss- Hsw
unarn cloth Ia th~reS"
Two or shr~~ yards"
"I'sms IL back here: sood. ixaid stud
that New. Mlss Vera. what are yesl
dssca,ysrsesr"
Shs looked no aulekiy. hx s5ss
sparkfing In the ain gisain VI TIN iAG
tara
"A bag Of SRA biscuit. smAn heakes
at water, .nSFad, bot sweet. lsans
strsng cord. ard Q brad swt"
~I.crd!" l exclaimed. This h almost
tho Esed ~ b true Why. We are oat.
cited for q vcyage. However. there h
little use srdsavortnx to rig up Jury
mast before daylight. when We know in
which dir~ctiou 10 steer. Metaan. you
havert been overheard, and. no doubt,
your watch vuos; what time 10 ifY"
He famhiea about and foaad thu
,isneptece. staring al II In amaEsment.
Must have stopped. Hollis, he said.
ne, bs JOKE, ths thing Is funE.ag all
right. The hands fsslnt 10 ! 80"
That's about the hour, The COLL
ssgn occurred before Eight t~iis, as
else Seeley would have heea on the
bridge, Instead Ut af, by the cabin.
Have yoa any idea who was saved "
Il heard the captains voice bach
there under The Awnlag. ordering ou,
the boats and after was caught ander
that wreckags Carrtng,on came up
trotn below and climbed along the rail.
| called TO aiaa, but he paid no atten-
tisn. there was considerable noise
them. and be might not have heard
me-"
q" sera WIS ieaniihg forward 'ristsiiiins.
dad Mr.. seelry leave In the boa 7"
she asked. "was he hurtY'
4 tried To stop him from anxwwffng
by n gesture Of my hand. but the man
was gazing out over the port quarter.
aud saw nothing.
''Seriey-the second mattel No, 10
dIda't gst away. The same spar that
tv,s srtse. rsassansaas sag s@seS rr xszahs
after that; seemed like q nice fellow.
too"
Her face was like marble In the lamp.
light.
"He was Killed. Thea II was be-
cause he was killed be did not unlock
my door; IL am glad know"
She buried her face In her hands,
and cat there mosionlesx. There was
nothing ! could do. or say, for had
no conception ~ 10 what the man was
10 her--lover. husband. father. friend,
Truly only the last relationship sp
peared possible. for seemingly there
could be no closer ties between the
two. They were clearly not Of the
same class. yet the girls sorrow was
evidently real and genuine.
To relieve my mind, l compelled Nc
Cam to pick up a panakin. which had
lodged under a thwart. and bail out
the boat. Hc crept about. grumhling to
but did fairly good job. As
no water ecEed In through the seams,
we were soon floating with much
greater huoyancy, the plankIng under
Zoo, rapidly drying, '' $3.50 '
The night was dark and thick, be.
rain. My wet ciaokes chung
to nae In discomfort. yr, / had
no reason 10 fear evil results. as the
air was warm, and the salt water had
Its own virtue, II was gray. CHASTITY
morning. the sky overcast, the great
surxes bearing down upon Us. ever rae
ing toward cur little cvcki~sh.li, ter
rifyinx In their aspect. The sharp bow
81 tho dinghy rose to them buoyantly
but the broad srpanse Of trnu-
bled waters stretching all about. the
black. cloud shadows overhead. and
Tho little boat In which VIZ were tossed,
rusnbined to bring to me Feeling akin
10 despair. The only hope was the
Isc~sssts e%~shaallas Of seas p&s~anS
ship, but the lowering sky scarcely en-.
seled me to ere clearly q hundred
rardx even In the Wight Of the cray