Show THE WRECK I 1 it WM the alet slet of I 1 had haa with mth my old friend george rin abo brought him a lt kt kr with corriga stamps you afoa allow inet e goorge asked certainly anti he be began to re read kl the eight pages page bely covered with an n Eug koblish lisit hand hie arvad flonly and with serious aft attan enlon with the interest you v at take in that which you then ile be placed tbt tb lietta upon tho the mantel and said I 1 that is 13 a adventure of whick which 0 11 never toll told you yoo sentimental bo however wever end which happened to me die that was te singular new years year s day lay it w wag a U twenty nty years ao ago I 1 wai waa ZO then ind and am m 50 now I 1 was iro inspector of the ihn in com company parly of which I 1 amilon am now are ti dent I 1 was preparing to bhend kaw year a day in paris tv as it is i tile the to make a holiday of it when 1 I W or ived a letter from one of the direct 1 am l ordering me ine to leave immediately aror the inland of re where a three deck vir from st nazaire insured ly by us wd wat wrecked i it was 8 iu in the morn mornine inq by STO I 1 was waa ut at tile office for wind mini that night I 1 tool the train binl arld la ii rochelle next morning the of december I 1 had two hours in in which to visit the cit city y before sailing for atre xe anil and spent them thein admiring tile the odd architecture its crooked streets streeta eti abe sidewalks covered with ar niri cadei dei not unalike im aike the rue rivoli but lower darker land nd more inore t hat seem built for U a scene of tle the old and all striking dri king scenery of the religious waw wars wars ware both savage and heroic when I 1 left la rochelle it was one of biose dark oppressive days chushin Boag VA ought ht depressing der the heart a culko auld day darkened by a heavy fog wet as aa rain caldas cold as ice noil noisome lome n 1 1 tile cieu of a sewer under this ceiling cei liis of low bow and sinister the sea was waa without movement without life a sea ma M a a t muddy masy greasy stagnant water the jean binton anton blid upon it rolling lulling slightly acom habit cutting the thick smooth aikeen beet and leaving a 1 few wave 4 kuch h quickly subsided 71 I 1 began b an talking to tile the captain a small as round anil and well balanced bilin ced ts LS 1115 lii I 1 wanted to learn leam ali the details detail of dac W accident I 1 waa going to add I 1 correct correctly ty inferred lie would te be abl able to furnish fur me we were in tile time bailing along aloo go to fiand of re dag his hia hand he ba pointed out a evock in tb ta cart d of the pea odd and bd there ere ow tile the marie nf arie K Sis ephr P lf 1 I as yes I 1 wm was iu all teon d ded alie anro speck was fully three es fra shore I 1 resumed med but kaptain there mut must mu t be twenty feet of water there lie ile laughed l not two act I 1 tell you it is high tide now at 3 9 elock Ik go along the beach after break dast ting and I 1 promise that at a 3 you will reach the wreck with dry fuet yoa rou will have two hours to spend there ther no more by the way or you would be caught by the tide the further the ade recedes the faster it returns this coast is as flat bat as a ix bed abue buz I 1 thanked uw ole captain ud and want ra ml to watch the OH little city of 0 st which we re were rapidly rii pilly approaching the city ltv k abl all ai thoo tho o miniature ports which serve as capitals for tho small wanda i fringing ginK the continent it is a large filing village with will ona tin fout foot on oil water mul ono on land supporting lit on figh and chickens A ecat tabers anil and asbell fi lih h radi r ulishes and it is low but little cultivated d though thickly populated after ming I 1 crossed it i promontory then as the title was going cwt cat I 1 continued micros across ti the lesandi sands in the direct ion of a large black faraway tar away I 1 walked fast on this aliis yellow plain LI as elastic a flesh and beaming to hwat tinder my ay feet A minute u aw 0 o tile bea was w m here now I 1 could no longer ili tinsie the liuo line separating the alie band hum thy the the atlantic hail had disappear eI like a becenta M cowit the trap tra door of a 1 th theotre entre aul and now I 1 walked inthe of a desert rt only the 1 ho talt bait briell remained the of weeti tile the of tin file wave tile soud good and smell of tile the coast I 1 walked fist faa lind iud looked at the wreck which inc nned d in size MEO us its I 1 aid aa now lilean immense whale it to start from the ground p annd ani ami on n the t I 1 if 3 ellew oil jw and extended plain took gi proportions she lay upon one tide bide split broken showing like the rills rila of an all animal ber broken bones bone her bones of lit tarred oo pierced with immense nails the sand lial hall invaded lier ter and held rid and her and would never let her go silo al cleared to have taken root in the sand hand tho the bow was avas deeply im bedded in the itic soft doft and treacherous bott bottom oln while the lie batern teemed seemed to throw against t the sky like a despairing despi despai irin cry tut for help tile the words marie joseph written in white ona on dark ground I 1 clial nd n d ou aliis corpse of a 1 I ship on tile the lowest sil ida and once on deck went il inide in ide the bin entering through the open portholes port holes and cracks in her tide bide sadel those dark caverns filled mith broken woodwork I 1 commenced talking falling notes nion the COndit kill of the tha vessel I 1 sat tipon illon an empty broken barrel ard wrote by the light en tring a blit uli winch I 1 baw tile tho limitless ex extension tenion ot of beach A shudder born of the cold and ran through li me die from time lime to time and 1 I il writing occa occasionally donally to liten listen to tile vague noises of tho the wreck the noise boise of t lie crabs scratching sc the cordage corda 0 O their crooked claws of the numer ona oil tiny animals of tile sea fea already de louring this lead dead hotly boly to tho the soft and regular bound of alie hip worm gnawing the woodwork suddenly I 1 heard beard voices near ule uie I 1 started up I 1 thought for an instant I 1 was in the ho presence of some drowned wretch who wanted anted u to tell me of his death I 1 quickly on deck and saw a tall gentleman with three e ladies they were even more startled than I 1 at seeing me emerge upon tile leek deck of the abandoned vessel the youngest of tile throe three rushed off tho the others caught their fathers arm as to liim ho opened his hii mouth tho the only sign siga of oc emotion he be showed after a a second ho he t poke you yon must be tile this elliel El lill I 1 alj aci ca 11 cm can I 1 visit lier ter yes lie ile murmured few words of th thaudes autes seeing win le he was wai looking for it ft to clib cli b I 1 showed him tile ca nt assisted him up ho he joined me and then lien we helped the young girls they ney were charming particularly the in eldest a blondo ot of its IK na a row rose no w delicate HU dainty tinty di really english liili women iru ire liar aci fruits fruit that one ue lo ia if ic she tili might have hirun from theland tin the sand and ter bair had retained its ita color they oil aiu wi with ill t heir exquisite s of oc dt licato shells of another bf 0 pearl I nd and mysterious born in the ut of th wean kw f iuka fluently than ilni ker fat hern ml ofed is as 1 I had to give s e ua hillory big lory of 0 tile irrell wany many or of the ilio ile let ails I 1 lamented invented its if i J had aisted a isted nt at the cau Atropha thru then the chule family bl arlow low will alien 11 they ill alio Kil allery lery flici took out mhd r bla e I 1 bools III i 1 I btu atu I 1 ta ti 0 draw tin tho icene the eldek t daughter while liili corkill wor kirr kill spoke to tonic nic and that they alil y baj li al come from hi espre ly to if e tin ill tile clity had notie of nf file Kili Bli alry arr ovll blasts ti atti honic of if rual I 1 with englana i avels the lie glube luli ahe the fit fight hT tall and airl N miry iry his hin red face franked in whito white whisker urs i living aal I 1 i lice blice of fabio ned i into alto a face between lii two palls p ails of af hair thi the little aimin arn in stilt til tN thin aln n also except the lie eldest clil cst pretty sill all eliric particularly ticul ariy arly the ali iche liall L all tui blell li it 11 quaint way of ifal fiig rt of laudi ing of understanding and ami gmt of raising her eyes to ii int v t as blue as deep water of interrupting inu her lier dravin lra wins to lo gneib ke of resuming her work vork of sayin M ains g yes uw awl nus ahm I 1 coulta have staid there forcier listening am and looking after awhile the she 11 1 hear a noise I 1 likened lit i ened and ami distinguished a 3 slight ionna il and ami what was it I 1 A to loul look through a crack aul n e t louil ry Thew alie 0 o awas i was I 1 upon us im in III no time wo we would lu be bini rounded d we were on dek in ill an instant it was too lite tile the katr en 1 Him ovin passi d us uh und and was ri bihin hin to boari art hon with great rapidity tile etall man inan il to nish forward I 1 alil liim him luck ws was on oil c count of alc tlc louls eliat all t wo we hail to avoid in colu ilig and antu to vi liell wo ave would probably fall in attempting it to return it was a leonn nt of horrible herri blo a asony oil thili then fill burns eng enlie l i kirl girl ex ec e c claimed claim td we 0 are the ours ones who an wrecked I 1 wanceil to legli hut I 1 WK J strangled by fright fri glit a i ow ardly awful fright low mill and and taij alo tide I 1 realized realize J all tile ballger of our position and N wanted anted to cry for help to whom the youngest girls cohered covi ered against their father aboin who in consternation coni mattli all d tle the beindit m wa sea around u and night was coining as rapidly as the tide a heavy damp darkness s we remained there half an hour an hour I 1 hardly know how bow long longst oking looking at the yellow water alich thickened and boiled and pla ed alie beach one ut of the giris a eirls ii of the cold und and we we would goni go i for protection agai liNt be light lit but cold bree breeze which astling our laci faces I 1 leaned Ifa iii over the trip trap door the blimp vw fall or of water w A ter and we were mirel to croutc crout 1 A against the stern which gae its soum protection night was now upon ullon us BIA we drew closer together harroun led by water and darkness I 1 mt tha of fill voting english enli h gir whose teeth lit at tremble against mine ialo I 1 iu felt tho the soft lier and that warmth wie aas to inn i is delic delicious iong as a ki kiiss we no longer ill till t ke w 1 0 were wem unit quilts bilt lit like billi mail in a ilitch ditch during it morin awl and tomi how iu in of it 1111 in ill blite pitr ot of the 1 l darkness in spite of tile lie terri ile nil gr danger I 1 commenced ommen ced cl to lo feel act 1 lla liy sit it cing there happy at the cull iliin id baiwer iliin wr at tho the long bours of agony to to lie r birj oll in those planks il anlis bo bluit 1 artty tty ite En lili girl 1 I M N on jered rol why thi elih Rusa tion of joy ilene grated nic why who calt bay was it tin was who was alif A little unknown engli li girl g irl I 1 iliin ill noc love her I 1 did not know her heriaud heri and iud art i bifelt I 1 arlt touched uhei tO con conflated fluTed anve iven my iny life for fi hers fir r strange that the alio presence ot of a woman can so up bet n ns Is 18 it tile lie power of licanto N aich ellet lopes a AIN tile 0 of 3 anth eliat t like wine us 1 or is it a 1 toach of if love fit alir bil ID st s frioni iq who tries without cessation aws stion to ailline two people IK that tries hi power is as soon as ai lie li to ether and penetrates them nu emotion nio tiou subtle null ami its as one the relt a to make flowers grow tile tho balence of the became the lie silence of the ik fyr for we beard around us the monotonous wh wali of tile be nag i iiii aina it tile malu ad 0 of f tile the abil after awhile I 1 heard it 1 l Z sol b the of thu the girls girl was cr in anil lir fati er t hafl I 1 bell to con console sule they pola in Eng lili I 1 to ny my neighbor arbou oil coll F yes yi 3 very I 1 wanted her ter to take my cl ceol oil silo refused lint but I 1 hall taken it oil and it around her against ter w visit iii in ill the struggle her hant touched nine mine mil mid stilt a delight delightful fid thrill cirill me inc the wind hall had become sharper icil the waves braves now broke nith greater furce ugilt ngi net hist lt tile tho bides of the ship I 1 rui fil ed myself fulland up frit i luh lu h of tir my facca tin biml wn rising file Engli bilian the samo time and remarked that ii bad it certainly was bad it meant certain death if tile alie waves no matter how small struck and fit lie wreck already so broken ind and that the first urge large one would delo olish it then our agony i iacre nere used from second to second ith the rise of the whid now hie waves broke aaa I 1 saw in the darkness dark lie white line of foam appear and disappear whilo every wave shook the frame of tho Mario joseph with a dor that readied reached us I 1 felt tile english girl tremble against me I 1 was conscious conic ioui of a wild to take lier her in my iny arms before us its to right to left behind us ali lighthouses were shining on oil the caiata Ca ista white red revolving ako eyes of f giants gi ant looking look ing at ns watching ea eagerly berly for gur destruction one of contant 1 TIM lh ell W |