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Ilaffilled together beneath the seats were three folk, a man in the dress of a roam-table artisan, a woman of the same class and a little child about year old. The boat was half full m water. and the woman and child were stretched with their faces downward. the fair curls of the infant and the dark locks of the mother washing to and fro like water weeds upon the surface. The man lay with a slate colored face, hischin cocking up' to- ward the sky, his eyes turned upward to the whites and his mouth wide open. showing a leathern crinkled tongue like a rotting leaf.~ In the bows. all huddled in a heap and with a single paddle still grasped in his hand, there crouched a very small man clad in black. an open book lying across his face and one stiff leg jutting upward. with the heel of the foot resting be- tween the rowlocks. of! from some ship or gone adrift 'trom shore. Put her hard down, Mr. Tom- linson, for it just so happens that I am in need of a boat at present.” Half a minute later the Golden Rod had swung round and was running swiftly down toward the black spot which still bobbed and danced upon the waves. As they neared her they could see that something was project- ing over her side. But Ephraim’s grim face grew grim- mer. “It’s a man’n foot,” said. he “I A boat had been lowered by the Gold- en Rod, and the unfortunates were soon conveyed upon deck. No particle of either food or drink was to be found or anything save the single paddle and the open Bible. which lay across the small man‘s face. . Man, woman and child had all been dead a day at the least. and so, with the short prayers used Upon the seas, they were buried from the vessel’s side. The small man had at first seemed also to be lifeless. but Amos had detected some slight flutter of his heart, and the faintest haze was left hpon the watch glass which was held before his mouth. Wrapped in a dry blanket, he was laid beside the mast, and the mate forced a few drops of rum every few minutes between his lips until the little Speck of life which still lingered in him mi'z'ht be fanned to a flame. Mean- while Ephraim Savage had ordered up the two prisoners whom he had en- trapped at lionl’ieur. “It’s a man’s head!” cried Amos Green. think that you had best take the gal below to the cabin.” Amid :1 solemn hush they ran along- sidv this lonely craft which hung on 3:; sinister :1 signal. “\‘ory sorry, captain.” said the sen- mfm. "but either you had to come with us. (l’yo see. or we had to stay with you. They’re waiting for mo over :11 Hum-rm. and so in truth I couldn't tarry. Whirl) would you prefer. to go on with us to America or to go back 0.. h) I‘I'nm'o.’ "Worl, we emptied a buckott'ul 01' muvr over his linstock and 1_n'ixnin:r. d'ye see, so maybe he did all he could. But there's Frame, Where that thick- 011121;: is. over yonder.” "Rm-k to France, if I can find my 3 my. if only to have a word with that ' :‘nul 01' :1 gunner." “My God, what happiness! Corpor: Lomuine. the boat! Let us push oi‘l' :: once.” ' "I see it; I see it! Ah if my t‘evr \\ (‘10 01113 upon it once mom >2” "f-lwie is a bout tboside us. and you may take it.” “But you need a few things first. Good Lord, who ever heard of :1 man pushin' off like that? Mr. Tomlinson. just sling :1 keg of water am :1 barrel of meat and of biscuit into this boat. Hiram Jefferson. brim.r two oars aft. It’s a long pull with the wind in your teeth, but you'll be there by tomorrow night, and the weather is set fair.” The two Frenchmen were soon pro- vided with all that they were likely to require and pushed off with a waving of hats and a shouting of “Bon voy- age!” The yard was swang round again, and the Golden Rod turned her boysmit for the west. But while these things had been done the senseless man beneath the mast had twitched his eyelids, had drawn a little gaSping breath and then finally had opened his eyes. 01d Catinat had come upon deck, and at the sight of the man and of his dress he had run forward and had raised his head rev- erently. “He is one of the faithful,j’ he cried. “He is one of our pastors. Ah! Now indeed a blessing will be upon our journey!” But the man smiled gently and shook his head. “I fear that I may not come this journey with you," said he, “for the Lord has called me upon a farther journey Of my own. I have had my summons, and I am ready. I am 'in- deed the pastor of the temple at Isigny. W; v “05155113. and when we heard the orders of the wicked king I and two of the faithful, with their little one, put forth in the hope that we might come to England 3111: on the first day there came a wax e which swept away one of our cars and- all that was in the boatâ€"our bread. COPYRlGBT. 18-93. B? HARPER . BROTHERS Author of “The Return of Sherlock Holmes" By A. CONAN DOYLE, Q 1t 'th GEES Kneeling hand in. hand before the dying pastor. “It's time." said Ephraim Savage grimly. The merchant shook his head. and then suddenly a thought flashed upon him. and he ran, with joy upon his face. and whispered eagerly to Amos Green; Amos laughed and strode across to the captain. Then the whisperers went to De Cati- nat. He sprang in the air, and his eyes shone with delight. And then they went down to Adele in her cabin, and she started and blushed and turned her sweet face away and patted her hair with her hands as woman will when a sudden call is made Upon her. And so. since haste was needful and since even there upon the lonely sea there 'as one coming who might at any mo- ment snap their purpose, they found themselves in a few minutesâ€"this gal- lant man and this pure womanâ€"kneel- ingx hand in hand before the dying pas- tor. who raised his thin arm feebly in benediction as he muttered the words which should make them forever one. our keg. and we were left with no Lobe save in him. And then he began to call us to him. one at a time, first the child and then the woman and then the man, until I only am left. though I feel that my own time is not long. But. since ye are also of the faithful. may I not serve you in any way before I go?" Bro the stars had waned again one more toiler had found rest aboard of the Golden Rod. and the scattered flock from Isigny had found their pastor 01100 more. CHAPTER XVIII. OR three weeks the Wind kept at east or northeast. always at a brisk breeze and fresliening sometimes into half :1 gale. The Golden I-lod sped merrily upon her way, with every sail drawing ulow and aloft. so that by the end of the Iliir‘d week Amos and Ephraim Savage were reckoning out the hours before they would look upon their native land once more. “Tomorrow we should make land by my reckoning, ” said Captain Savage. “Ah, tomorrow! And what will it beâ€"Mount Desert, Cape Cod, Long Is- land ?” “Nay, lad; we are in the latitude of the St. Lawrence and are more likely to see the Acadia coast. Then. with this wind, :1 day should carry us south. or two at the most. A few more such voyages, and I shall buy myself a fair brick house in Green lane of north Bos- ton, Where I can look down on the bay or on the Charles or the Mystic and see the ships comin’ and goin’. So I would end my life in peace and quiet.” The mate’s watch. that night was from 12 to 4, and the moon was shin- ing brightly for the first hour of it. In the early morning, however, it clouded over, and the Golden Rod plunged in- to one of those dim, clammy mists which lie on all that tract of ocean. So thick was it that from the poop one could just make out the 100111 of the foresail, but could see nothing of the foretOpmast staysail or the jib. The Wind was northeast, with a very keen edge to it, and the dainty brigantine lay over, scudding along with her lee rails within hand’s touch of the water. It had suddenly turned very coldâ€"so cold that the mate stamped up and down the poop, and his four seamen shivered together under the shelter of the bulwarks. And then in a moment one of them was up. thrusting his fore- finger into the air and screaming, while a huge white wall sprang out of the darkness at the very end of the bowsprit, and the ship struck with a force which snapped her two masts like dried reeds in a wind and changed her in an instant to a crushed and flawless heap of spars mad wreckage- The mate hid shot'the length of the POOP at the shoe! and had narrowly escaped from the falling mast. While of his four then two had been hurled through the huge gap which yawned in the bows. while a third had dashed TH E l 1171 .1. ‘r v :4“ .fi‘ £32.15 The other watch had swarmed upon deck, .and one of them was measuring the well. “There 13 three feet of wa- ter,” he cried, “and the pumps sucked dry yaterday!” ' his head to I pitces against the stock of the anchor. Tomiinson staggered forward to find the whole front part of the vessel‘driven inward and a sin- gle seaman Sitting dazed amid splin- tered spars. flapping sails and writh- ing, lashing cordage. It was still as dark as pitch, and, save the white crest of a leaping wave, nothing was to be seen beyond the side of the ves- sel. The mate was peering round him in despair at the min which had come so suddenly upon them, when he found Captain Ephraim at his elbow, half clad, but as wooden and serene as ever. “An iceberg,” said he, snlfling at the chill air. “Did you not smell it. friend Tomlinson '2” “Truly I found it cold, Captain Sav. age. but I set it down to the mist.” “There is - a mist ever set around them, ' though the Lord in his wisdom knows best why, for it is a sore trial’ to poor sailor men. She makes water fast, Mr. Tomlinson.” “The longboat has stove two planks!” crierj a seaman. “The jolly boat. then!” “She is in three pieces.” “Where is Amos Green?” “Here. Captain Ephraim. What can “Hiram Jefl‘erson and John Moreton, to the pumps!” cried the captain. “Mr. Tomlinson, clear away the longboat and let us see it we may set her right!” “And I?” asked De Catinat eagerly. Adele and her gather had been wm‘r- ped in mantles and placed for shvlh-r in the lee of the roundllouse. “Tell him that he can take his spot at the pumps.” said the captain t: Amos. “And you, Amos. you :H'o Imudy man with a tool. Get into you Jar Ion!!!)ont with a lantern.” V I do? Tomlinson and Amos ll‘e‘en gut away the lashings with their knives and lowered the mmxer of the sail. Cap- tain Ephraim and the gunman seized it and dragged it :unvss the mouth of the huge gaping: leak. “How much in the "flip :zé'~;‘.‘;!‘.:i:‘. ' ‘ he captain swung [110111.491va to ‘.‘L! into thv tossing: boat. the latter with :2 lantern strapped to His waist. 'i‘n"v:ii(‘ri' thcy‘mmié their way until tin-j.“ ‘2'01'0 under her man- gled bows. Th.- <-:mi’:lin shook his head when: he saw the extent of the damâ€" age. "(j‘ut away the fox'esaii and pass it over." said 110. F0!” 121‘ mot-«3d :..; “Yuu‘w <nid 13w r- “She'll well?" he asked. “Five and :1 half feet.” “Then the f‘hip is lost. I could put my finger betweon her planks as far as 1 1111 see back. Keep the pump§ going there! Have you the food and water, Mr. Tomlinson ‘3" “Here. sir." "Lower them over the bows. This boat minnot live more than an hour or two. (3:111 you see anything of the berg?" quite \'.':H‘.'i' :L .T:.." “Very :‘mvi. Y.m\'o.1°:1\\':1)'. K001) up the pumping tlwrv. Mr. 'I‘omiinson, see that provisionr: :ttxd water are ready. .15 11111011 as she will hold. Home with T110. Himm .Ivl'i'vrsun." "o‘ ‘ 1.19 rze'~:‘.:!‘.:z;‘. :t';. he captain swung The mist had thinned away suddenly, and the moon glimmered through once more upon the great 1011va son and the striokvn ship. There. like :1 huge sail. was the monster piece of ioe upon which they had shattered themselves. “You must make for her,” said Cap- tain Ephraim. “There is no other chance. Lower the gal over the bows. Well. then. her father first. if she likes it better. Tell them to sit still. Amos. and that the Lord Will hear us up if we keep clear of foolishness. So! You're a brave lass for all your nim- iny piminy lingo. Now the keg and the barrel and-all the wraps and cloaks you can find; now the other man, the Frenelnnan. Aye, aye, passengers first. and you have got to come! New Amos, now the seamen. and you last, friend Tomlinson.” She had settled lower and lower in the water, and suddenly, with a sound of rending planks, she thrust down her bows like a diving waterfowl, he!“ stern flew up into the air, and with a long sucking noise she shot down swifter and swifter, until the leaping waves closed over her high poop “in" tern. With one impulse the boat swept round again and made backward as fast as willing arms could pull it. But all was quiet at the scene of the dis- aster. Not even a fragment of wreck- age~ was. left unon.1;he surface, to, show It was well that they had not very far to go, for the boat was weighted down almost to the edge, and it took the hailing of two men to keep in check the water which loathed in be- tween the shattered planks. \Yhen all were safely in their places Captain Ephraim Savage swung himself aboard again. which was but too easy now that every minute brought the hows nearer to the water. He came back with a bundle of clothing, which he threw into the boat. “Push otf!” he cried. “Jump in, then.” “Ephraim Savage goes down with his ship." said he quietly. “Friend Tom- linson. it is not my way to give my orders more than once. Push off. I “The boat leaks like a sieve.” said the mate. “I will take her to the berg. leave you all there if we can find foot, ing and go back for the captain." '12 1' ‘1". The mate thrust her out with a bent hook. Amos Green and De Catinnt arme a cry of dismay, but the stolid '\ \'.ev Englandms settled doxxn to their 0:113 and pulled off. But they had not taken fifty strokes before Adele gave a sudden scream. “My God!” she cried. “The ship is go‘ ing down!” 9n p? flu H 111‘ 1H) O "\ though she’s not (114 .\ mos lad." HT'HOZI ham- where the 'Gold‘én Rod had’ ~~found her last harbor. For a long quarter or an hour they pulled round and round in the moonlight, but no glimpse could they see of the Puritan seaman, and at last. when in spite of the ballets the water was washing round their ankles. they put her head about once more and made their way in‘ silence and with heavy hearts to their dreary island of refuge. lwesomte‘as it was, it was their only how now, for the lead was incxeasing. and it was evident that the boat could not be kept afloat long. ‘\ The cliIf which faced them was pre- cipitous, and it glimme ed and spar- kled all ov‘er where the silver light fell upon the thousand facets: of ice. Right in the cezzter, however. 0': a level with the water‘s edge, there was what ap- peared to be a huge holl “ved out cave. which marked the spot where the Golden 113d had, in sha‘ :ring herself. dislodged a huge bow 'ler. and so. amid her own ruin, prepared a refuge for those who had trusted themselvvs to her. This cavern was of the rich- est emerald green, light and clear at the edges, but toning away into Lllv deepest purples and blues at the back. But it was not the beauty of this grotto, nor was it the assurance of rescue, which brought a cry of joy and of wonder from every lip. but it was that, seated upon an ice lmwmer and placidly smoking a long comm!) pipe, there was perched in front or them no less a person than Captain Ephraim Savage of Boston. “Friend Tomlinson,” said he, “when I tell you to row for an iceberg I mean you to row right away there, d’ye see. and not to go philandering about over the ocean. It’s not your fault that I’m not froze. and.so I would have been if I hadn’t some dry tohzu-m and my tinder box to keep myself wnnu." Without Stopping to answer his enm- mander’s repronches the mate headed for the letlrre. which had been «mt hit) a slope by the bow or the ln'ignn'tine, so that the boat was run up easily on to the ice. Captain Ephraim seized his dry clothes and mnishml into the back of the cave, to return presently warmer in body and more contented in mind. The longhont had been turned upside «1mm for :1 seat, the gratings and 2::wui'ts taken out and covered with .1111»: to make :1 conch for the lady, and the head knocked out of the keg f .' l:§:4(-11i1.\'. "\‘x’e were muvh frightened for you, ‘2 .;>1i;-:iini.°' said Amos Green. “I had a 2 wavy heart this night when I thought Cult 1 s11 mid nun-i- see you more.” “Tut. Amos: you should have known me better." VVw-v v -â€" “Hello!” cried Amos Green.. “What’s. that? I could have sworn that I heard a voice.” “Impossible. We are all here.” “It must have been my fancy, then.” Captain Ephraim walked to the sea- ward face of. the cave and swept the ocean with his eyes. “We should lie in the track of some ships,” said he. cév‘ uut'lmw c-une you here, captain?” uskvd '1‘01111inmm. “I thought that may- be you had been taken down by the suck of th‘c ship." Brett}; fast as it i y-v ' 'd 7, They could see now that the w hole huge mass w as brittle and honey- combed and rotten l ‘ C--. ”Au-- “Well if she swings a leak we are gone,” said he. “She’s been thawing “And so I was. It is the third ship in which I have gone down, but they have nvvm' kept 11:0. down yet. I Went “The berg. It is coming to pieces. I have been \\'£II(‘:.§E!;.;° it. You see that crack which (wwgnds backward from the end of our ghetto? Two hours 3;; I could smree put my hand into it. New 1 can slip through it with ease.” Amos (Jr-eon walked to the end of the funnel Shaped recess and found. as his friend had said. that a green Sigluous crack extended away backward. into the iceberg, caused either by the toss.- jng of the waves or by the terrific imâ€" pact of their vessel. lie roused Captain Ephraim and pointed out the danger to Seated, ”upon an ice bO'lL‘Idt'I' and, placid- ly smoking (b long cor-ncub pipe. doopor tonight than when the Speed- Well sank, but not so deep as in the Governor Wintht‘op. When I came up I swam to the berg, found this nook and crawled in. Glad I x 'as to see you, for I feared that you had foundered.” "Big up that boat sail and make quarters for the gal, then get our sup- per and such rest as we can, for there is nothing to he done tonight.” In the morning Amos Green was aroused by a [mud Upon his shoulder and, spring-in: to his feet. found De Catinut Hamlin: beside him. The lat- ter's face was grave. and his friend read danger in his eyes. “\Vhat is it. mm" “The berg. It is coming to pieces. I have been \\':li(':.§3!;.;' it. You see that crack which munds backward from the end of our grmto? Two hours 3;; I could scarce put my hand into it. Now I can slip through it with ease.” 40 AI,- “We put back to pick you up, and we passed you in the darkness. .‘ nd what should we do now?” To be continued. 99 S .1 " PRINCIPALS. ; O “ \ m ‘“ %~‘g 'l‘he‘People’s Grocery AND PROVISION STORE That alwavs satisfies the Cook. Five Roses and Reindeer I have purchased the “ House Cold Tire Setter" the beat and latest true setting device on the market. See our folding: roof and fire escape ladders, the 'safest and most complete in the market. Manitoba Flours always faction. A SPRING SUIT Give us a Trial ani be Convinced. W. J. LaWrznce. HORSESHOEIN G A SPECIALTY All kinds of iron work promtly attended to We can give you what you want and you wiil find our prices right. 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