New Britain herald., 1924-06-03
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER III.
 pcter'S Rescued


 When Peter Newhall was hurled into that awful sea he had no shadow Of a dream but that this was his las conscious instant. There was nc battling those mountainous waves and the jagged edges Of the cruc rocks would destroy him in a mo ment. Yet, as always in the las degree of crisis, the instant was onc of marvellous clarity of thought. Not merely the physical hodA strengthens and gathers reserve power in a crisis. The mental powers are likewise enhanced, encompassing 2 whole world in one glance, tho breadth Of many years in an instant , Its the end" Peter told himself in ono flash of binding light. In that instant he thought oi i Dorothy. Her image was just aa plain. just as vivid in that eerio gray dawn as if he had just left her side, i Tho enchanted hours that he ~had ] spent with hcr passed in instantane- ous review before him--thosc hours before Ivan had ever appeared with , his heavenly music, before the world  and with her, tho wife at his side. In i that terrible instant his heart cried out to her as if had never donc in tho fnllncss Of their happiness. She was his own, his wife, the woman that God had given him. and he wanted her beyond any reach Of words or thought.
 l Therc was an abiding quality Of 1 strength in him yct--for all these last 1 months Of debauChcry- his last impulse was in prayer for her. He vented her destiny to bo serene; his | last breath of vivid consciousness be. | fore he felt the first. shattering im- pact Of his body against tho crags was given to her, wholly and without reservation.
 The first blow against tho crags almost knocked him unconscious; thereafter tho struggle in that tcm- pcstuous sea was like gray dream,
 Instinctivciy he threashod about in the water to save tho killing impact on his head, but he was only par italy able to break the force Of tho blow. The knife edge Of the crag
 
 and tearing as if went, and through the inner passages to his ears he had heard his iapbone crack apart. Again tho waves caught him, Hitting him high. and again hc was sped for ward swift as dolphin dashiuG through green water.
 Half-conscious. he waited for the shattering blow that would mean the end.
 But it did moi come. The wave spent itself, then, as if rolled back, dropped him on gray. smooth rocks that werc lifted above the water. In that dim instant he saw the gray line Of the shore not a hundred feet beyond.
 The waves had carried him. as if hy miracle through a gap in the reefs. Instantly fighting spirit velled back in him: 1T he could hold on. kccp consciousness moment more, he might easily be washed ashore.
 The waves caught him again. lifted him up. and he fought hard against them to avoid the full power of the
 
 down. He was fifty feet nearer now. and as the wave went out, he strug- clrd ahead 10 avoid being inundated by the next wave. And almost at once he was staggering on the shore. saved as if by miracle. in the icy. brightcning dawn.
 still in his half-drcam he shook the salt from his eyes and looked about him. lt did not surprise him that a ship should Dc lying just with out the rc"fs, tugging at her strong anchor chain. or that closer view should reveal stout dory manned With p full crew that had evidently been launched in an attempt to res cut drowning men. At first no req sonable explanation for her presence occurred 10 him: it was simply part Of the miracle that had borne him alive through tho reefs. Yet in moment he had guessed inc truth. that this was 2 wandering trader Uho had answered the same appeal for help that had sped the Jupiter to her destruction.
 The ship they had come to save a vas a small. auxiliary schooner. inc daTm showed part Of her stern and her broken. floating masts where she had gone down. or the Jupiter there was nothing whatever 10 be seen.
 He did not brlicrc his rescue could bc accomplished for some moments at Ieas', so he took the only possible course 10 keep the blood moving in his veins-he got to his feet and struggled up and down thc shore. The fact that the exercise caused more active flow from his wounds could not he taken into consideration; t was better to risk death from loss of blood than tO die swiftly and sure ly From freezing. T5ut already the men in inc dory had sceu him and were tr1ing fo pnsh into the iittis cove between the reefs. Siili he ran hack and forth. only half -censcious.
 Blond. rugged men had gathered