El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-23
Condensed NoOel Series One 4 Day
The oilers Of The Sea
By VICTOR HUGO.
Condensation by James B. Connolly.

ONE Christmas morning, Deruchette,
Va charming young girl. wrote the
name Of a man. Gilliatt. in the snow.
Gnliatt. seeing the name. and know
ing who wrote 1t. never forgot
Gilliatt was a young man Of doubt
full birth and unpopular disposition
who lived by himself in an old wreck
of house in St Sampson in the Isle
of Guernsey. He was a fisherman;
also a carpenter. a wheelwright. a
sort OF engineer when need be. He
was also a dreamer of dreams
Deruchette lived with her uncle.
Mess Lethie.ry, a man at once good
natUred, intoleraLt, superstitious and
progressive IN his wandering days
Lethierry had befriended Rantaine.
an adventurer. who repaid this kind
ness by running off with $4,000
francs Of Lethierry's, the savings Of
80 years and intended for Deruchette's
However. Deruchette had still his
steamboat, the Durande. She at least
would not fail him Other steam
boats failed. but not his Durande-
this because of her wonderful en-
was Sieur Clubin, who had built up
a reputation for high responsibility
He was a capable. prudent seaman
and q wonderful swimmer. Also he
was a man who knew how to abide
his time
In one Of his trips to the mainland
Clubin encountered the thief Ran
tame, as he was about to leave the
country with a fortune of $4,000
francs At the point of a revolver
Clubin took from Rantaine the
$4,000 francs. and at once. although
1t was foggy, set sail in the Durande
for st. Sampson.
The Durande was wrecked on some
rocks in the channel Clubin disem-
barked his passengers and crew in
the long boat For himself. he would
so down with his ship. The passen-
gers and crew. arriving safely in St
Sampson. were loud in their praise
Of the heroic captain
All Lethierry's hopes for Deruchette
had lain in the Durande. He besought
men TO 90 out to the wreck to see if
there was hope for her or if Clubin
remained alive They went, Guliatt
first Of all, and returned to report
that no Clubln was there and that the
Durande was hopelessly wrecked.
Only her engines remained intact.
Her enginesi The word reused
Lethierry from his despair Her en-
ginesi his engines. which he had
value OF the shipi II he could but
recover the eneinesi But how2 What
man could devise the means to save
them2 The superhuman being who
could do that. why-he should marry
Deruchette.
A man pushed his way through the
crowd surrounding Mess Lethierry
and his niece. you would marry him
to Deruchette7" said the man. It
was Gilliatt
hand Il pledge myself to it IN Gods
Manner
Next day Gilliatt set sail. with
extraordinary skill he Unanswered to
the one spot near the wreck where il
might be possible TO moor his sloop.
This nook was 400 yards from the
wreck. too far for the sleeping place
Of z man who had not a minute to
waste Yet he could not bunk on the
hull of the Durande-a sea might
come in the night and sweep him
He discovered a little plateau on
the top Of one OF the Douvres pin
nacles- He assembled the pinnacle by
means Of a knotted cord; every time
ne made his way I'D or down he risked
his life. but there his bed must be- |
for time was everything And for
weeks he lived on the Douvres Rocks |
at his woodwork that demanded |
the knowledge Of a sailor. a carpen-
ter. an engineer. a blacksmith
Incredible TOLL To renair pulley /
blocks and construct hosting tackle |
to reshape br~ken joists and make 4
Did sails into Irvine: TO cut iron bars I
into files and long snikes: to take 4
apart and stow the paddle wheels. TO 1
resHarpen hatchets and renew saw
teeth-these were but the beginning 1
81 his preparations.
And more than toll. Part OF the
food which he had brought with him /
was washed into the sea and he dared /
not leave the wreck unguarded 10
sail to GUERNSEY for a fresh supply: /
so he gathered the tiny shellfish from
the rocks and hunted the crabs which i
ran in and out OF crevices. !
One day he pursued a crab into a