Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-13

mistake"
saw that she did not believe me.
but l had no chance to explain, be-
cause In an instant we had all jumped
to our feet and were straining our
overweight, nerves to catch . sound
which punctuated the roar Of the
storm.
somswhsrs near Q ssvolvsr shot had
been fred.
We all fastened out Of doors.
do you suppose some one il shoot.
ing at motherT Lucille worried.
I tried to reassurs her, but my ef.
forts were politely repulsed. -Appar.
emily the matter Of the telegram had
erected a wall Of ice between US.
1T sounded 40 II 1t came from the
beach," Kent pointed in the direction
of the dock.
+, mo; am sure it was inland" ar.
gued Bopp.
At heart I was inclined to agree with
my rival, but rather than appear to do
SO I started for the water front.
Around bank Qf bushes came in
full sight. Of the lake. There was q
comparatively quiet cove where the
dock was, but just beyond a headland
which sheltered the cove the waves
were piling over themselves in boiling
torrents where Z sharp toothed reef
was hidden q couple Of feet below the
surface.
The explanation Of the revolver
shots was obvious. A small steam
boat was jammed hard and fast on the
rocks and was pounding herself with
q violence which prophesied 4 short
life for her hull. Just as I appeared q
man forward Of the pilothouse fired
revolver IN the cir. ~ soon a be saw
me he began to wave his arms vio-
lently and pointed to three other d.
ures croucbed on the deck.
BY this time the rest Of our party
had caught up with me.
HE seems to be signaling" Bopp
interpreted sagely. Wonder what he
wants."
what would You want II you were
II Q boat aground In the lake with
every chance Of going to pieces in ten
minutesr' yelled 10 a. to be 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 come out
there and get them" he decided. mo
boat could live in that sea. It would
be suicide to attempt to reach them"
1--WE must do something" Lucille de-
cided, with ready sympathy. I'm
very fond of the captain. He's been
bringing our supplies for ten years"
rs that the supply boat?' Bopp de-
manded.
"Why, yes; certainly"
1--WE must do something at once"
Bopp began to run around in busy cir
cles In the sand. I'VE must attempt
to reach the poor devils. Kent, where
Is that boat Of yours?"
Il drew it up on the shore here, right
alongside the dock. Why, where is it?'
"Gons, chr Bopp shook his head
knowingly. Probably the heavy sea
washed it Oh"
Eyes, but no sea ever united tho knot
I had In her painter around this post
here Kent would have seen a mys-
terry In Utopia. His mind insisted
upon being pittsd against the unknown.
"well, what are We going to do?"
Bopp said helplsssly. Those poor dev-
lis out there are counting on us. Think
Of being on 4 vessel loaded with bread,
butter, eggs, vegetables and meat and
having 1t break up under your feet.
What shall we DOR
"I'm afraid we won't have time to do
l decided. "Her back is
broken. It's only . question Of sec.
onds now"
The people On board realised 1t too
They hastily launched Life raft over
the side and scrambled on to 1t a. the
decks crumpled bsneath them and be-
came twisted mass Of timbers that
writhed for moment and fell back
into the waves to become driftw0od.
The raft fortunately had cleared the
wreck In plenty Of time and was now
past our cove toward the main.
land. The men ON board seemed busy
arranging a sort Of mast and sail made
out Of an oar and Z couple Of oilskins.
When they got that Jrigged up Two Of
them held It up while Z third attempt
ed to steer with Z second oar.
They're going to try 70 land on the
other point Of Tho cove" Lucille said.
I'VE must b there to help them when
they come ashore. There are rocks
about hundred yards out where the
raft will strike II It isn't driven past"
She led OF on I dog trot which took
tho Last tuck out Of me when I attempt
ID to follow. got there some way.
however. but minus the power Of
speech.
Don't land hsrsr shouted Lucille
Into the teeth Of the gale. Dangerous
rocksp
They discoversd the rocks for them
selves almost immediat ely and slid OF |
from the raft II compact group. Un-
der tn direction q Kent who had read
/ book about .it somsWherS, W form
ID ourselves Into Z NE lins b holding
On to one another,s hands and wading
out into the surf.
Ons ~ eas IL shipwfsakSd Victims
struggled to ub and were passed on mp
ID ~ shoeA Thxcs were landed n Z