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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I?Robert Hollls. one-tlm<
a captain, who tells the story. Is i
guest on Gerald Carrlngton's yacht, Es
neralda. It Is supposed to be a "stair'
?irty and Hollls Is surprised on discover
a woman, who evidently wishes to ra
lain unknown, aboard.
CHAPTER II?Hollls, the next nlghl
ucceeds in having an inters-lew with th<
woman. She merely tells him her nami
la Vera.
CHAPTER III?Carrlngton tells hh
guests of the coming war, and that h<
fa engineering a copper pool.
CHAPTER IV?The yacht Is sunk In t
?Dlllslon and Hollls saves McCann, ml!
onalre, and one of the party.
CHAPTER V? Hollls nnd McCann res
cue Vera and leave the ship in p smal
boat.
CHAPTER V.
The Rescue of Vera.
"Take this lantern, McCann," 1
called, and held It up to him, "I'll neec
both my hands free. Hold It as low at
possible. Now, here goes!'
I did not pray uudlbly, but a prayei
was In my heart, as I released my grip
on the rug and took the plunge. The
first chair crumpled beneath ni3
weight, but by good luck the second
held just long enough to enable me tc
grip the latch of the door and clinj
tight. The slant of the deck gave one
CTOtiinir f?mt nr<?*?nrioiic r*n**nV?oon n*
the threshold, although water swept
nearly to my waist, and for a moment
I tottered there, helpless to do nion
tlian mqrely sustain my position. Tilt
noise made by this struggle must havt
been heard within, for I became aware
of water splashing, and a fist poundet
the door.
"Help! Is that you, Mr. Seeley?"
"No," I answered, nerved to new
effort by the sound of her voice, anc
the knowledge that I had indeed locat
ed the right spot, and found her stil
alive. "This Is Hollls. Is the dooi
locked?"
"Yes, Mr. Seeley has the key; yov
must be quick?the water is alreadj
above my waist."
"No time for keys, then," I said
"Stand back until I cut a way in
Throw your light down, McCann?ay
that's better 1"
The latch of the door was forward
I could cling to It, and have my rlgli
hand free with which to wield tin
hatchet, keeping both feet wedged 01
the threshold. The light was the mer
est glimmer, yet sufficient to revea
the paneling of the door, and I hackee
at this fiercely, exerting the ful
strength of my arm. A dozen blowi
splintered the upper panel, and thei
I sent the keen blade crashing down
ward, gouging out great chunks am
splinters until a Jagged passage hot
been made, sufficiently large for th<
passage of a body. The water wai
deeper in the cabin than In the open
lag, drenching me nearly to the arm
pits. McCunn called in warning, hi;
voice cracked with a terror he couh
no longer control.
"Walt; I'll be there In a minute!"
shouted back, my only fear lest he dc
sort us. The bulkhead still held; thi
'torrent was water which had fount
other entrances; no doubt It woult
'eventually increase in volume and sin!
the vessel, yet there was still ampl
time for us to escape. There would b
no sudden plunge while that bulkheat
held.
"Are you nil right, Miss Vera?"
asked anxiously. 'Where are you
Can yon see me?"
"Yes; I am clinging to the berth.
Her voice was excited hut clear. "Tb
water Is up to my shoulders. Is th<
opening sufficient?'
"For you, I think, if you can make ll
alone. I should have to knock oul
another panel to get through myself.'
"There is no time for that, and n<
need. I'm coming now; watch out."
Our two bodies so obscured the fnini
glow of the lantern dangling from Mr
Catin's hand above that I could se<
nothing, yet I managed to grapple hei
arm, and thus assist in dragging hei
into the jagged opening. The water
urging to the sodden roll of th<
doomed yacht, and now dammed by hei
body, poured over us both in suflfocat
lng volume, but the struggle was 011I3
for a moment, and then I had the glr
safely clasped in my arms, her heat
levated well above the receding flood
"Now, grasp the rug," I ordered, ai
I thrust her light form upward. "I1
will help you creep up the slope of th?
deck. Creep on back, McCann, witl
? the lantern ; never mind me?I'll fln<
a way out"
8he possessed sufficient nerve ant
Strength for the effort There was n<
hesitancy, no word of protest. Silent
ly, inch by inch, she fought her waj
aft her feet slipping on the wet planks
but her Angers gripping desperate!]
at the sustaining cloth. I could set
only the outline of her revealed agalns
the gleam of the lantern, as McCani
clambered upward in advance. I couli
hear the groaning of the bulkhead t<
the strain, and realized that the tlm
bers could not long hold against th<
immense weight Suddenly the feat
^ L hadjcoay lntq myhea^t; not until thei
THE LANCASTER
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w k A \TT\M clinging grimly to the l
\ IK l^v IK . iV \ I \ order to retntn our bnle
W I \ I j/%1 I 1 thought the doomed yn
v / 1 I W I \ I I ? ally going down, as uml
/ ^ ^ L some swell she leaned h
r fV 4 14 1 hoard, giving glimpse
heiNorthAtlantic a5W&
. * t\t\i c* a ?i enlng motion, like the li
>ADDI 111 lAc%ra^icol fort of ? 'lying crenture
l-vyi 4 to right herself once m<
1AI0 aflh* FORE3T," ETC. l,t,r groaning In agony, 1
of the eeu blown Into ou
?' I Once heyond the ove
_ - " ~~~~~~?cnhln we found opporti
5BBe3^SBK^MMSIBBIBHEIH erect, gripping the iron
waiting there in that black hell, tin had sustained the awn
creaking of tlmherR in my ears, the wa- nfter deck. In the dim r
, ter clutching my throut, the full hor- tern the scene was one <
i ror of It overwhelmed me with sudden and desolation. There
I n-riur, m.v uuu; roireiy we eouia not boats hung In davits ah
have accomplished all this, and still he two of them were gone;
doomed to die like rats In a hole. At Ing overboard, half sul
least we must reuch the open deck, and the how still swinging
have a chance to tight for life under the fourth had been suit
the stars. dling. I staggered acroi
Yet, once I had attained the could look down at the <
cabin, all this left me. Ghastly as the holding my lantern out
wreck of that Interior appeared, the It was broken atnldshlp
wider space brought back to me the but jammed under a
seamuu's courage. There was hope yet. man's body; the gleam
1 on the upturned face, an
' rs. ' n ^ ^ ^^ ^
She Possessed Sufficient Nerve and bont#_they Would hold
? Strength for the Effort. wpn, strnn|f um,
an opportunity to fight. McCann had ('n"')t 'be smashed one 1
i dropped the lantern on the overturned bmered first, hut the f
j piano, and was urging the girl for- and 'n 'be wr*'?b ^?8<
ward toward the stairs. Terror made j b"b'd. The others h
him oblivious to everything except n "hoard the two left,
mad desire to escape, hut she was crushed behind.
, glancing hack, us though In sedrch for The sight of the Htth
me. I clambered to my knees amid nn<1 buoyant, bobbing all
; the litter of furniture, and snatched us 'n the glow of light,
t up the light barely In time to keep It ,n>' courage. Ay, there
? from smashing on*the deck. here; we could get free
i "I am all right." I called confidently. >'a?bt; we were not 1
- "(Jet outside both of you lis quick as, <'row,,i"K rats, helplessl;
1 you can." " the boat was a small
1 Never In all my life have I expcrl- dinghy Intended for use
1 enced the same sense of relief as when *ers; why they had con
s I stumbled out of that companion onto " astern so far at sea v
l the open deck, and felt the night air **c' " would bear the thr
- In my nostrils; yet not until then did a 8'or,n arose. There v
1 my brain truly grasp the desperate nil-1 either blankets or
1 ture of our situation. The gleam of was there fr<'sh wnt
u the lantern revealed the sharp slope of but at b?ast we need not
s the deck, and the surge of water churn- ship. M e had still
- lag from rail to rail scarce a dozen feet' rue' a hghtlng chance?(
- away; the riffle of tungled spars and 'or fbat!
h ropes to port under which I knew lay band closed ovei
j dead bodies; the smashed bulwarks, turned and looked at me
and a wrecked small boat hanging e5'es have I seen sue
1 stern down from a davit, with a man's steady courage.
- arm and head dangling. All about us "The boat Is strong
s the night and sea was black as Ink? will carry us, Mr. Iiollis
:1 not a glow anywhere except a single "Ay ! this Is better thai
[1 white gleam far away to starboard like But there Is no time to 1
If a distant star. It was not a star?It is settling fast?see th?
l was far too close to the horizon?be- air! Why, I can ah
e yond doubt It was a masthead light droop of the planks bei
i on the steel monster which had run us Here, McCunn, henr a hn
down. I self up by that flag lock
I I held the lantern behind my body, grip here. Are you sal
i and stared out through the void at the slide down that rope?"
faraway spark?It was no more than He stared at the boi
a pin-prick, barely visible across and down on the blac
6 miles of open water, and growing lackluster eyes.
fainter each second. I read the whole "It?It will sink," h<
* meaning, despair clutching my heart. "It?It Is almost full of \
The >e?sel had waited and p'eked up1 "Sink nothing!" my
1 the Esmeralda's boats; believing she beyond control. "It w
h tlwm kn /i at* m/t 11 11 ? ? j ? - ' * ^
ikiit mi Humu mi wnu uvea, sne, your weignt. uovn will
hud resumed her voynge. We were Then stand by to help t
> alone, deserted, In the midst of the you go, my lad. If I hav
dead, possibly without even ft chance; headlong; this Is no tin:
t to save ourselves from going down matter. Will you try It
- with the sodden wreek. I He stared up Into mj
1 But If there should be a chance there fenr of me must have
r remained not an Instant to lose. l| than of the lapping wa
r flashed the light about Into the fare' the strands of the rope s
, of McCann and the girl, the man white his fingers, and an Ini
i and haggard, his eyes as dull as though clambered into the bov
r he had taken an opiate, absolutely stu- and sank onto his kneel
- pefled with fear. But the girl! In To my relief the dory
r the gleam of the lantern her eyes met greatly beneath his wet
1 mine, full of questioning, hut fearless shipped proving scarce:
1 She must have seen, and understood It would support the thi
. ? .. .. ? ? out hulling. The yacht
, also, for she called to me. clinging to ho||rd fft,rly burylnjc her
t the nil to keep her tooting, her loos- sh<) wouU, Qever r,?p ,
ened hair flapping In the wind. clasped the girl
They are leaving us. Mr. Hollis? Is V *
I not that the steumer out there?" steady. Then the hull
"Ay, the last glimpse we'll ever have painfully, like a giant
I of her," I answered bitterly, forgetting one last breath. No wort
j myself In anger. "The d brutes the dead, sodden feeling
think more of a few dollars than our hulk under us.
lives. But we'll make a fight Just the ~
same. Come, wake up, MoOann 1 Aft
' with you?oh, yes, you can; crawl j
} along the rail; once beyond the cabin ^ child can t get si
j there's good foothold. Now, my lady, hust while Intestlni
j I'll not let you fall?good! You are away Its vitality. To ,
j the better sailor of the two." a chance to grow th
j I held the lantern In my teeth, and must be destroyed a
. clambered after them. It was a thirty- WHITE'S CREAM VF
i foot climb, but the rail stanchions guaranteed to remove
p made a fair ladder giving good hand lt algo t8 the ylu, G
i and foot hold, although occasionally .. ?
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tarred rope In i
ince. Twice I f
cht was actu- [if m
blow <>f f I I 1 II
easily to star- M It
of the black ^
? we clung so
sodden, slckust
painful ef.
she managed V*?rv
>re, every tlm- J tJfJ*
X71and Silks mad
rreach on the La a aL
inlty to stand rignr up-to-tm
supports which
Ing above the
ays of the Ian- Pof
utter wreck A
had been four I?,"
?ve the rails; NRR
imp hunir trull- * 11 ' m
Imiergcd, with VyW'
to the tackle;
ished into kinss
to where T
dangling craft. jfmj
over the rail. IN//
s and useless. Z/Jj^/j
thwart lay a rfcpjj
of light rested ill VvW
id I recognized |||
eyes with one 11
ered rail, com- II
voice of the 11
it me hack to ||
is still herei" || hi tllis lot N oll \V
,out. confused. II y ,)(>st ,;iatorii
ie sound. Mc- 11
Inst the cabin. II () , t Sij|.s a)l(
by the flag II .
id now leaned h('?ll if?5.00 \;ilUC
ind was point- . AO(
e black water. At if 1 _..) ) rojil if?
ouslv forward DlVSSOS. I'l'irt'd.
lantern swung
of light giving cs
? v i \ r*i n-?- iti I III ni
uptllted stern.
vldently boon
actually afloat,
nil her oars, ~^
* thwart, were __
Very bi
ssel, tho watersmaller
craft. Thousand do
i? whole siory.
ew of the Es- months ago, now
those guest* ket. If it's Hosii
the deck had wjU please.
ie two missing *
twenty each. Ladies' IioSO. Pi
en worthy. No , , .
.here hnd been IjiKlR'S IjISIO l 111
ackle Jammed. Ladies' Silk II<>S(
IT Ladies' Silk IIoS,
leaving him |
Hosiery for the
s craft, stanch boys and girls. T
iout Just below I , 47 , i , * it in
, brought back I ?o\ S liil)t)P(l 11(1
was a chance Bnvs' IleaVV lxil)
of the doomed < iil' ls* l{il?l)<'-d lit.!
to perish like , . .
p. To be sure, t llildl'Oll S Stocki
one, a mere Men's Hosiery ill
In smooth watlnued
trailing
as a mystery;
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ran no time to
provisions, nor ^
er to be had?
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lod be thanked mm? ,
Mixtures unci i
r hers as she f I II
. Never In any 5 UOltUrS 0/1 V<
n glimpse of _
pest we have <
, stanch; she
i?"
We bubbles of
ind! Pull yourKht,
the water | I l|
ly ankle deep. g-^H f
ree of us with- Jfl H
rolled to star- Wg t 0
iRaln, and my ijJai | B
to hold he! [i - w I B
i rose slowly, fo r jf F0
can describe W EA
of the sinking
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trong and roil
worms eat
give the child Y^h /V vv a
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i the worms;
rgans in healt.
Price 26c VVV
ill dealers in
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30, 1917.
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rges. Silk and Poplin Dresses. Priced
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lecial In Our Hosiery Department,
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sry for the family we can supply your ws
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ngs at
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if
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, $19.95 and $17.50
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