Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

| peared over the southern horizon, and
then suddenly the wind blew around to
that direction, forcing the ships head
to fall off to the eastward.
Stand by to wear ship with all
hands," the captain shouted into the
mates ear. "Daren't let her stand to
the eastward in this weather"
The words were hardly out of his
mouth than there came an agonizing
shout, which was more like scream,
from the lookout man.
"Brea-kers-on- port-bow!"
Every one rushed to the lee rail,
| where, clinging to back-stay and
| shroud with one hand and shielding
their eyes from the wind and spray
with the other, they stared hard in
the direction indicated.
| A long white line of breaking water
leapt to their gaze, and then vanished
Its only the top of seal" shouted
some one in an unconvincing, quavering
voice. But the next instant, as though
to give the lie to this suggestion, there
arose from the same spot a huge
column of water, which went up into
the air like waterspout. 1t subsidized
just as suddenly in smother of white
foam, against which lay revealed quite
clearly through the lifting murk a
cluster of dark, unmistakable objects.
THE Crockodile Rocksl" cried the
captain hoarsely. And under our lee
| by Heaven!''
will she weather 'em, do you think
sir?" shouted the mate, glancing to
windward
Afraid not. Daren't risk it," shouted
back the commander. And then in a
| full-throated roar, which rose even
above the bowling of the wind, he
Numbered:
Hard up the helm, there Stand by
to square the yards, the rest of you
| And get the forest and topsls on her
as quick as you can, Mister" Ohis to
the matte. II mean to run her now
X X \ X
| THERE was no need to rouse out the
watch below; the cry of Breakers! %
had been sufficient to bring them rush.
| ing helter-skelter on deck. And now,
| with the dull but distinct boom of the
surf in their ears they flung themselves
recklessly on the braces and into the
rigging to carry out the captains
orders.
In answer to her helm, the ship paid
| off slowly into the trough of the sea,
then hung fire, helpless and rolling,
drawing nearer every second to those
terrible, cleaning pinnacles of rock to
leeWard
The men cursed and groaned as they
dragged on the braces realizing that
they were fighting for their lives. The
yards on the main and mizzen jolted
and creaked, and came square.
Delay ALL" shouted the captain in a
frenzy. Leave the yards on the fore
to help her pay off, Quick, get the
forest on her now"
The CLINT of steel flashed on the fore
yard as the men up there slashed and
hacked at the gaskets with their
sheath-knives. Then, with a bang, the
huge sail flew out suddenly, thrashing
furiously, until the men on deck
steadied tight its sheet and tack. The
three topsails followed, bursting out
upon the wind with a frightful noise
which, with the awe-inspiring boom of
the surf and the bowling of the lind
created regular pandemonium.
The chain-sheet of the maintopsail
carried away in the yard-arm sheave,
its one part coming down on deck with
o. clatter, the other, attached to the
clew of the sail. crashing furiously
with reverberating blows on the lower
yard, from which sparks flew as from