Show COF author aazam of ou calu casineri Cai ari eu etc E tc au hy yorm ajl jy danat C guv SYNOPSIS mra tra coltin upion bad widow Is 13 rang trig to move from 1 rum be t to boson following the death of her er brother broth er or whom she had kept houts house kyan hyan pepper er per widower otters offers marriage marr laire and Is d bantly refused capt E 1 als I leader or of the nebular Ilee church keziah a place placa na as house housekeeper keger tor for th the s now lew minister and the she decides decad a to remain n keelah takes chaw of 0 rev lohn ellery the now new minister and gives given mm him advice as aa to his konduct toward members of tho the parish ellery causes causee IL nation te ens atlon by attending a come outer n ting Flie rys presence li Is bitterly resented by eben hammond IIa nimond leader leadar of the nie meeting eting graco grace apologizes apolo eliea tor for tier her Tu ardlan and ellery escorts her home homa 1 lix 1 n the capt nat 11 ammond eben eatna ion becomes a hero by bringing the packet into port safely through toft fog and ana torm storm ellery finds keilah writing it letter to sorna some on one money tit in r re to a der demand nand S she curiously earled when informed ot of tho the arrival ot of nat nat calls on hertah and it d develops dp that hat they have been lovers since aca youth daniels remonstrates with ellery tor attending corn conic outer eoute meeting CHAPTER V continued stand ayt by roars nat its a ruall dead astern and comin abidin 1 11 I take her bar alje you look out for them tops ls 1 so 0 nat grabs graba the wheel and alje teara ferard and sends the two t wo tomaas bands aloft on the lump jump zach zaca was skipper but all he done was ram race around and holler boller and trip trib over hla his own feet it lilt bit ern em toro fare they got even aven one chewed down that one on the fore ittai split to rags raga the rhe main was set and when the th squall struck the rotten old topmast went by the thelward board loard karrash oll o course splinters flew like all possessed jiosa essed and one of era em about a toot foot long sailed past head bead where he be stood heavin his bis whole weight on the wheel and lit right on the binnacle sm ashin it to matches well there they was afloat but with their upper biggin gone and the compass smashed flat A bowlin both wester blowin and tog fog thick as ever zach was a whim whimpering perin fidge fidgeting tin old woman lafayette and emulous was in the sc uppers and that aint an exercise used to neither even beije was mighty shook up and worried ho he says he was himself but nat Elam moud was as cool coal arid and re art phinas the bottom of my well up ho home me then nat suggests gettan the spare span kompass and to lo and behold youl here there want any compasses cost money and nd moneys made to keep so zach thinks so there them they was wind was fair sr dr ought to be but blowin hard ind and so thick you hardly see shelb the aji boorn boom macli hi bo wanted to an author b 0 r then he be then he did and io 10 on nobody paid much attention to him wham What ll we do nat says bays inice ho flo know who was the real ataman it board well jf roe me I 1 anthor till I 1 had bad to grobly twill fair off tomorrow but if it we might have bare to lay out here bere all day anyhow wed wd have to wait tor for a full tide im afraid were off the tha course says atje else wed been accost ehe eha bar ba r by this time well nat tells him lt it ww wo are oft ob the course and too tar far inshore we WB would have made the bar the nay day port part bar if not the one and it if were off the course and too far out wed ought to have deeper water than live fire fathom wea we course im not sure but that landsman T thra a and a half sir air says saya the felter feller with the lead that showed they waa as doln edgin in nat he sniffed fed for all the world like a dog catchin catch ln a scent so BO bile declares tell you I 1 smell home says bays nat calm and chipper and id know that smell it if I 1 met it in jericho ha flat there she deepens again that was the bar and were over it if the wind bade had one down to a stiff breeze and the old debby 8 slapped along afore st it there was twelve toot foot under her keel beet and sometimes eight or nine onto only seven and a half zach and alje both looked at each other but nat naf only smiled oh you can taught laugh I 1 holl holberg erst zach taint your vessel youre into danger you aint aphid out your good money nat never answered but buthe he stopped and all to once the water deepened hammond sw swung her up into the wind 11 now you can anchor says saya he be and bout time too I 1 guess 0 says 1111 nu jo it 1 I ballate cal cat late the skippers right this Is Hor and were right be awn the yes yea sir and I 1 henr lively there they ove over tho the and dropped tho the sails calls not nat shook his abts d 11 1 not ho be 1 I tell dreamers ahers or says autv amix ve melt dwelt borne bome for or the last halt balf bour now by the jumpie moses mosea I 1 im taste it and t of a couple of abates ane the he train rain it poured tor for a while oarl ri then the JOK log cleared flight across n their heir bows was with the towa el elak k st ten over the tha flat pace ih 1 e hills they c uld rie BW the on aak M cceal side and tavy was anchored right in the deep hoi inside the he breakwater as aa sure as 11 I 1 i i knee high to a marlin beije just stared at hammo d with his bla mouth open nat says he youre a se sea pan an if I 1 do say it I 1 thought I 1 waa s pretty good bay pilot but I 1 cant stee a ves vea eel astl without a compass through i night as black as pharaohs Phara egypt a id d in a thick fog besides and land her hei square on top ot of her it if my hat want slosh sl oshIA ln around mile astern I 1 it I 1 ta fl a it off to you this mi nutell i the minister shut the door doo r behind his departing guests thou then la went out into the kitchen kt whit r the housekeeper had bad preceded receded ji nia h ile he found her standing on the b ba a k step looking across the fields tb T wash bench was untenanted huml mused ellery thou lit fully that was a good story of captin ma yoa this man hammond must be a fine chap I 1 should like to him keelah still looked away oer the fields she did not wish her employer to see bee her race face just the 1 I thought you would meet him she said he was hero here a lith while ago and I 1 asked him tp to watt wait j guess debs yarn was too much for or urn him he like to bo be praised so was wag ho he here at ai the pemlar Jle eular parsonage T iro im surprised f lie ile and I 1 have known each ea other for or a long while well im sorry hes bes gone I 1 think I 1 should like him kezlaw turned from th the door booi 1 I know you would sho she said CHAPTER VI in which captain nat bicki pick up a derelict it Is probable thal thai john ellery never fully realized the debt debi of gratitude i ho he owed to the fog and the squall find and to captain nat hammond always hungry for a jensa sensation tion would have thoroughly enjoyed arguing and quarreling over the ministers visit to the llie come outer meeting and during the fracas Kez lahB parson might have been more or less lesa battered put but captain brilliant piloting of the old packet was a bit 0 seamanship which every pan man and woman on that foam bordered stretch of sand could understand and appreciate and tho the ministers indiscretion was all but forgotten in consequence tho the dally advertisers gloated over it ot of course and captain elkanah brought it up at the meeting of the parish committee but there captain zeb 76 myo mayo championed the young mans cou course arse and proclaimed that furs be was concerned he was for mr ellery moren evida A young greenhorn with the spunk to cruise drulhe right riak into tue tle middle middie of the Come Outer school and give an old bull whale like eben the gaff Is the man for or my money declared zebedee most of his bis fellow commit teo tee agreed with him not guilty but dont do it again was the general verdict kaziah watched anxiously for a hint concerning her parsons walk in the rain man with grace but she heard beard nothing so ao congratulated herself that the secret had been kept tho the tide at on the th bay side goes out for a long way leaving uncovered a mile all and a halt half ot of flats fiats bare and sandy candy or I 1 P pl better get aboard you carpeted with sea weed between these flats are the channels varying tit gt low jow water from two to tour four feet in depth lut deepening rapidly as the tide flows the best time to visit tho flat tlde tide serving of courso course ls Is the early rooming at sunrise then there Is an inspiration in the wide expanse a snap and tang and joy in the air ellery had bad made up his bis mind to tako take a before bl tramp to the outer bar and ja arose at five tucked a borrowed pair of fis hermans boots beneath his arm and without saying anything to his bis housekeeper wallwin down the lawn behind the tha parsonage pat the rall rail tence fence and cut across lots to the plue pine grove on tho the bluff blua there he removed his shoes put ou on the bouts boats wallowed through the mealy yellow sand forming tho the slope of tho the bluff and camhout camu out on the wilta beach and the inner edgo edge of the flata fiats abek he splashed oa bound out out to where the elsh alra stood like webby fences ances in the distance A cart drawn by a plodding horse and with a single individual on tta its high seat was moving out from behind hind tho the breakwater some fisherman driving out hla his weir probably the minister had been on the bar a considerable sid erable time before he began beean to think of returning io to the shore share ile he was hungry but was enjoying himself too well to mind the flats ware were all his bla that morning only the cart and its driver were in sight eight and they were half a mile off ile he looked at hta his watch sighed and reluctantly started to walk toward the town he be keep mrs mra breakfast waiting too long inn channel he be came to was considerably deeper than when he ha forded corded it on the way out lie ile noticed this but only vaguely tho the next however was so deep that th tha water splashed in at the top of one of hla his boots lie ile did notice that because though ho he was not wearing his beat clothes ho he was not anxious to wet hla his other ones the extent 0 of his wardrobe was waa in keeping with the size elze of his salary and the third channel w was as so BO wide and deep that hes hels awat once it could not be forded unless he was waa willing to plunge above his waist lie ile hurried along the edge looking for a shallower lower place but found none at last he ha reached tho the point of the flat ho he was waa on and saw to his dismay that bc here e was the deepest spot yet a hole bole scoured out by a current like a mill race turning he saw creeping rapidly and steadily together over tho the flat behind him two lines at 0 fearn one from each channel ills retreat was cut off ire he was in for a wetting that was sure however there was no help tor for it so eo ho be waded in tho the water filled his boots there it gurgled about his hips and beyond as he bo could see it seemed to grow deeper and deeper the current was surprisingly strong ho he found it difficult to keep heep his tooting in the soft sand it looked as though hempst swim for it and to swim in that tide would be no joke then from behind him came a hall he turned and saw moving toward him through the shallow water now covering the flat beyond the next channel the he cart he had seen leave the shore by tho the packet wharf and later on the outer bar the horse horae was jogging on along miniature geysers spouting beneath its hoofs hoffa the driver waved to him t t hold on mate he be called belay there stay star where you are ill be alonz alongside alde in a shake git dap january 1 elly ell y waded back bach to meet this welcome arrival the horse plunged into the next channel surged through it and emerged dripping tho the driver pulled the animal into a walk say ho he cried im cruising crul cruis sin in your I 1 chy bettor get aboard you theres neres kind hind or of a heavy dew th this its ragi gitil whoa mil I 1 bill 1111 or january a topped stopped with at apparent willingness the tha driver leaned down and extended a hand the minister took it and was pulled up to the seat be panted im much obliged to you I 1 guess you saved me m from a ducking if nothing worse the horse a sturdy sedate beast to whom all names seemed to be alike picked up his feet and pounded them down again showers of spray pray raw flew about the heads of the pair on the seat beat 1 I aint to sure bure about that ducklo comme commented anted the rescuer hum I 1 I 1 guess likely well bo be out of soun sound lna dins it if we tackle that sink hole you wan under takla to nairi navigate gate lets try it a little further down ellery looked his comp companion anlon over well he observed with a am salla ile from what ive heard beard of you captain hammond Ha inmond I 1 rather guess you could navigate almost any water in this locality and in all sorts aorta of weather the driver dryer turned in surprise SO sot he exclaimed you know me do you tunny funny I 1 was wa bryin to locate you but I 1 aint been able to you aint a ill bet ou on that yes I 1 am tutt you dont tell me say shipmate you hurt my pride I 1 did think there lawt a soul that ever trod sand in this village that I 1 name on sight and give the port the they y hailed from and the names of their owners but youve got me on my beam ends and yet you know knew me of contree courno I 1 did everybody knows the man that brought the tb packet home the cart was afloat the horse bone find ing wading more difficult than swim anang ing began to swim now im skipper again sure cure enough remarked hammond aint ettan seasick are you the minister laughed no ho bo said gald she keeps on a even keel con considering her build there she ebe du do january you try tor for a record voyage more in your line than steamboat were over the worst of it now bayl you and I 1 didars bead tor for port any too soon did we no I 1 should say not I 1 ought to have known better than to wait out there so long ive been warned about this tide I 1 S sh sh ah all ali right always glad to pick up a derelict may be a chance for salvage you know heres the last channel ad its ita an easy one therel there 1 now its plain for or dry ground the old horse breathing heavily from roro his die exertions trotted over the stretch of yet uncovered atts and soon mounted the tb slope elope of the beach the minister prepared to alight captain hammond ha be said cald you asked me ino my name no I 1 seldom do moren once thero theia have been times when id just as aa soon cruise without too me big letters alongside my figurehead well tny ray iama la Is ellery 11 hey what oh hot hot hot hoi ile he rocked back bach and forth on cm abe wat seat ane ministers feelings were it a bit hurt though ho bo tried not to cc show it you mind my laughin laugh ln explained nat still chuckling it aint at you its just because I 1 was waa won derin what look like it I 1 should meet you and now hot hoi hot hoi you see ece mr ellery iye ive heard beard of you same namo as you said heard of me the minister who had jumped to the ground looked up captain hammond he said im very glad indeed that I 1 met you not along alone because you helped me out of a bad scrape I 1 realize how bow bad it might have been and that abah sahl at all dont bo be foolish but im glad too because ive heard so many good things about you that I 1 sure you must be worth knowing I 1 hope you wont believe I 1 went to your fathers meeting with any no not no I 1 jumpie moses ciann I 1 dont find fault with you for or that I 1 understand I 1 guess well ivell it you dont mind the net fact that I 1 am 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