Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-21
F I'VE F RID AVS
Continued from Page Three.

NO; l am sure 1t was inland" ar.
gued Bopp
at heart was inclined to agree with
my rival, but rather than appear to do
so started for the water front.
Around bank of bushes | came In
fuli sight of the lake. There was a
comparatively quiet cove whcro the
dock was, but just beyond hcadland
which sheltered the cove the waves
were piling over themselves in boiling
torrents where ii Sharp tootheti reef
was hidden q couple Of feet below the
surface.
The explanation Of tho revolver
shots was obvious. 4 small steam
boat was damned hard and fast On the
rocks and was pounding herself with
violence which prophesicd a short
life for her hull. Just as I appeared q
man forward of the pilothousc fired a
revolver In the air. AS soon as ho saw
me he began to wave his arms vio-
lently and pointed to three other ng-
ures crouchcd on the deck.
BY this time the rest Of our party
had caught up with me.
IKE seems to be signaling" Bopp
interpreted sagely. "Wondcr what he
wants"
"What would you want IL you wcre
In boat aground In tho lake with
every chance Of going to pieces In ten
minutes" I yelled so as to DO heard
above the sea. II suppose you would
be wishing for some poached plover's
eggs on strip Of toast"
"They can't expect US to como out
there and get them," no decided. "No
boat could live In that sea. 1t would
be suicide to attempt to reach them"
ave must do something" Lucilc do
cidcd, with ready sympathy. "I'm
very fond of tho captain. He's been
bringing our supplies for ten years."
as that the supply boat7" Bopp de-
mandod.
Why yes; certainly"
1--WE must do something at once"
Bopp began to run around In busy CIR
clos In the sand. "We must attempt
to reach the poor devils. Kent, where
Is that boat OF yoursT
Il drew 1t up on tho shore here, right
alongside tho dock. Why, where Is it?"
Gone. ehT" Bopp shook his head
knowingly. "Probably the heavy sea
washed 1t Off"
ayes, but no sen ever united the knot
| had in her painter around this post
here" Kent would have seen a mys-
terry In Utopia. Ills mind insistcd
upon being pitted against the unknown.
well, what are We going to do7"
Bopp said helplessly. ''Thosc poor dew
lis out there arc counting OH us. Think
OF being on vessel loaded with bread,
butter, eggs, vegetables and meat and
having IT break up under your feet
What shall we do?"
"fm afraid we won't have time to do
anything" l decided. "IIer back is
broken. It's only question of Sec
onds now"
The people OH board realized 1t too
They hastily launched life raft over
the side and scrambled on to 1t as the
decks crumplcd beneath them and be-
came twisted mass Of timbers that
writhcd for moment and fell back
into the waves to become driftwood.
The raft fortunately had cleared tho
wreck in plenty Of time and was now
drifting past our cove toward the main.
land. The men on board seemed busy
out OF al oar and couple Of oilskins
When they got that rugged up two Of
them hold 1t up while third attempt
cd to steer with second oar.
"They're going to try to land on tho
other point of the cove" Lucille said.
I'VE must be there to help them when
they come ashore. There arc rocks
about hundred yards out where the
raft will strike If 1t isn't driven past"
She led Off on a dog trot which took
the last tuck out Of me when attempt
ed to follow. l got there some way,
however, but minus the power Of
speech.
Don't land here!" shouted Lucille
into the teeth of tho gale. Dangerous
rocks!"
They discovered the rocks for them
selves almost Immediately and slid Off
from the raft In Il compact group. Un-
der the direction of Kent, who Ind read
book about it somewhere, we form
ed ourselves into life line by holding
OH to one anothers hands and wading
out into the surf.
One by one the Shipwrccked victims
struggled to us and were passed on up
to the shore. Three were landed In
this way, but the fourth failed to make
II. l could see n head bobbing up and
down II hundred feet away, but In
moment the head disappeared alto
gcther.
"That man can't swim. He's drown
ing" Lucille shouted. wont some
body save him?''
"Ill get him." Immediately volun
tcercd briefly.
you'll be drowned yourself" Lucille
protested.
"No, he WON'T" Bopp assured her.
"Monty can swim like turtle. I've Of
ten seen him in the tank at. the Ath-
letic club. Besides, from fasting he's
as full of air as life prcserver."
I liScnpn God my hnnl from Knnt