Evening star., 1923-04-23
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THEN followed two days anu
two nights of heroic battllhs
with the hurricane into Whlch
the plaue had been plunged. A
mad. roaring ocean lay beneath theh'
its giant waves leapinG up at theh
like fsrocious sharks impatiently
awaiting their prey. Above a vast
stretch of leaden sky through when
the maddened winds tore. driving
them like a storm m-driven s"allo"
with a velocity beyond human power
to control. Only men like Rhodes
and Casey. with nerves OF steel. couid
have endured 1t. Each was wonder
Ing silently how long he could hold
out. They were beyond endeavorlng
10 chaer or give each other encour-
egement. Each waited Grimly-lor
the end A faint gray streak became
perceptible in the eastern SKY, roi-
lowed by narrow belt OF crimson.
Cp over the purple rim of the dark
waters rose a huge. crimson ball,
flooding the sky above and the
seething waters beneath in blood :
red glow, and through the red light
shafts of yellow beamed thousand
OF SllCleElnS sunni IL
falling on the bayonets Of great
advancing army. Another day had
Gawned.
There are few men destined to
witness a sight like that-from
plane" said Rhodes huskily.
And few men ever destined to get
hack to the world TO describe il,
retorted Casey in voice still more
husky.
During the hours that followed
neither spoke, but Rhodes could see
that the face OF Casey had become
heart. He had heard OF strong men
losing their reason under terrible
stress. He looked up into the blood
red clouds, trying to pray to God to
died on his lips, as the thoughts did
from his whirling brain. Like one
almost paralyzed. all he could do was
TO keep one eye on the plane, the
other on Casey.
The beginning of another day"
Eroaned Casey. "And-ouc last: but
7 would rather go down while the
sun was shining. not in a terrific
Storm
Rhodes gave a side-wise. anxious
glance at his companion. Since the
moment of the discovery OF the
stowaway Casey had been a changed
man: He had been famed for his
Tecklessness. Casey at the bat was
on the plane.
He had performed stunts in the air
that had made the blood of the on
lockers fairly curdle.
He had f1irted with death so often
and IN SO many hairbreadth ways he
had been nicknamed The Man Who
Knew No Such Sensation as Fear.
Was he sensing now dire disaster?
Both men noticed simultaneously
the plane was beginning to wabble,
rc~ir t,.r, Il
what that meant.
The unspoken thought in both
mems heart was: How .long could
she he kept up. or how long ahoat
sharks still followed them: neither
would look downward. but bent their
strained gaze straight ahead.
simultaneously each bent forward.
Easped and shouted. Suddenly the
plane began to descend. Both turned
hand in death-like grip.
It's good-gye, Casey" muttered
Rhodes. "she won't last but a few
minutes more and down she goes"
Good bye, old Pard." answered
Casey. tears that were no shame to
his manhood gathering in his eyes.
Should you be saved. Rhodes. go
back and tell my sweetheart my last
thoughts were of her
should you escape death. kiss my
dear old mother for me--God com
fort her. I was all she had to love
and live for" sobbed Rhodes.
There was faint moan from the
stowaway below. another and Yet an
other, each fainter, now scarcely au-
dible.
Didn't T tell you, at the start, to
throw him out" screamed Casey.
He's hoodooed us down to Davy
Jones' locker-just as | said he would
With my last strength I'll send him
down before u.s."
NO. no." cried Rhodes. tighten
ing his grip on the others hand.