The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-14

thereafter the struggle In that tenn.
pcstuous sea was like a gray dream.
lnStInciiycly he threatened about
In the water 10 save tho killing i'm.
pact on his head. but ho was only
partially able 10 break the force OF
tho blow. Tho knife edge Of tho crag
sliced down across his face. RouEing
and tearing az II went. and thru the
inner passages 20 his cars he had
heard his iawbone crack apart. Again
the waves caught him. lifting him
high. and again he was sped forward
swift as a dolphin dashing thru green
water.
HnIf.conscious. he waited for tho
SCATTERING blow that would mean the
end
Hut u did not como. The wave
spent Itself: then. as Il rolled back.
dropped him on gray. smooth rocks
that were lifted above tho water. In
that dim instant he saw the gray
beyond.
Tho waves had carried him. as Il
by miracle. thru a gap IN tho reefs
Instantly fighting spirit weiled
back In him: II no could hold on. keep
consciousness a moment more. he
might easily be washed ashore.
The waves caught him again,
lifted him up. aud he fought hard
against them to avoid the fun power
Of the SCATTERING blow when they
laid him down. He was 80 feet nearer
now. and as the wave went out, he
struggled ahead 10 avoid being in
undated by the next wave. And al
most nj once. he was staggering on
the shore. saved as II by miracle, in
the icy. Frightening dawn.
Still in his half.dream ne shook
the salt from his eyes and looked
about him. II did not surprise him
that ship should be lying just with
out the reefs. tugging at her strong
anchor chain, or that closer View
should reveal stout dory manned
with a full crew that had evidently
been launched in an attempt 10 res
cue drowning men. At first no rea'
sonable explanation for her presence
occurred TO him: II was simply par;
OF the miracle that had borne him
alive thru the reefs. Yet IN mo
ment he had guessed the truth: that
this was the wandering trader who
had answered the same appeal for
help that had sped the Jupiter "a
her destruction.
The ship they had come TO save
was beyond the reach Of help. She
was n small. auxiliary schooner; the
dawn showed part Of her stern and
her broken, floating masts where
she had gone down. or the Jupiter
there was nothing whatever TO be
seen.
He did not believe his rescue could
he accomplished for some moments
at least, so he took the only possible
course TO keep the blood moving in
his vens-he got to his feet nnt
struggled up and down the shore
The fact that the exercise caused q
more active flow from his wounds
could not be taken into consdera
ton: IL was better TO rlslS death from
loss OF blood than to die swiftly nnt
surely from freezing. But already
the men in the dory had seen hin
and were trying to push into the lit
tie cove between the reefs Still hi
ran back and forth, only half.con
scious.
Blond, rugged men had gathered
about him and were minIsterlng &c
him when the last Of his dim con
seriousness departed. When he opened
his eyes he was on clean bunk
and a little group OF men--none oil
whom he could ever remember seeing
before--were working about him.
One OF them. he guessed presently
was acting as ships doctor. hi,
hands were scrubbed til the Skin
waB pink. he wore a white apron
and his look was very businossliltc
lie was talking quietly with two o.
the ships officers MS he storllzod o
set Of Misunderstanding surgeons
tools.
Their conversation drifted family
to Poto's cars. "Dls W quite n
FEEDER IN YOU cap, Bill," ono OF the
sailors was saying in this good.hu
mored, subdued voice that Is tho pc
culnr Characteristic OF u certain
great breed OF scnfnrors
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