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" knew I'd Id rd ' ' be on the WhiteQueen WhIte WhIteQueen WhiteQueen Queen , . " . be he b told Pat p.t pt Psit . Oonohoe Donohoe . ' "Idon't Idont " 'I I " } ' 'Idon't don.t dont don't ' ' . understand underatand it It.f Itf it . . , ' " ' Pat . aald .ald ald said a1DutJySure rtoutly a1DutJy stoutly . "Sure Sure -Sure " - , . .orr orr sorr . orr that thatlad thatlad thatlad lad when wben be he's hes be's bes ' . . at a . ' Job 'ob ob hob forge forgets " ev- ev eve everything ev everything - erything e elie else but . . . He s . a band hand towork to towork towork work work , , b be he isAngus I Is * * . Angus chuckled cbuckled , , full tun of an almostboyish almost almostboyllh almostboyish boyllh boyish eagerness eageme . "Step Step 'Step " ' on it It , , Pati"be Patibe Patl " be he cried ' * . Man Man . , , you drove fsat fast fsatenougb fastenough tactenough enougb enough coming ashore You.re Youre You're You.recrawUne You'recrawling You'recrawling Yourecrawling ' . crawUne crawling now " ' The 'TIle TIle road I s bad if you go .Iow Iow slow . slow.and slowand . , . and worse it If you hurry burry " Pat ar argued ar- ar argued argued - - gued . . And the car a . bad had a hardlife bard hard bardlife hardlife life * . ' But on the moother .moother smoother . going onthe on onthe onthe the pier Itaelf Itself they made betterspeed better better.peed betterspeed .peed peed speed . Ac As Aa they approached the trav tray travellng traycling travcling ellng cling : crane Angus law saw aw a circle of ofmen ofmen ofmen men watching watcblng its it * operations oper tlon . , and andwhen andwhen andwhen when Pat braked to a atop .top top stop . the men menlaughed menlaughed menlaughed laughed at something Will in the thecrane thecrane thecrane crane s imall small cramped cab w was Inthe In Inthe Inthe the aet act of lifting one of those heavycratec beavy heavy beavycrates heavycrates crates to swing it out over the edgeof edge edgeof edgeof of the dock and lower It Into thebarge the thebarge thebarge barge below him Angua Angus saw caw aw this , . so o though he jumped out of t toscar e ecar , car and came around In front of ofIt ofIt ofIt It It " , he did not speak . . . When a crane cranela craneis cranela la is handling a heavy load load . . , It la Is aawell as aswell aswell well not to distract the operator operatorBut operatorBut operatorBut But at the critical Instant some .ome- .ome some- something something . .omething - - thing else distracted 'Will Will wm ' A As * be he bestarted hestarted tarted started to swing awing the heavy beavy load out outover outover outover over the water there waa was wa a sudden suddenmovement suddenmovement suddenmovement movement among the men watching watchinghim watchinghim watchinghim him and someone whittled whisUed whistled admir admirIngly admirIngly admirIngly Ingly and pointed across the dock dockand . , and everyone turned to look In thatdirection that thatdirection thatdirection direction Angus .aw aw saw . aw Will look thatway that thatway thatway way and saw sa'w aw ' HIK litll fill "brotner'a brotnera "broter broter 'brodi brodi " " ' $ r ' tf-efes tf efes tfefeswiden " - " eyeawiden e ) eB eBwiden widen in a quick excitement " , and andthen andthen andthen then Will calledDh calledOh called calledOh . 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Walt Wait for tor papalSomeone papal Someone laughed and Angus himlelf himself him himelf lelf self elf Initlnctlvely instinctively turned to .ee ee see . ee what whatthey whatthey whatthey they were watching The WhiteQueen WhIte WhIteQueen WhiteQueen Queen was berthed juat just opposite.and oppositeand opposite . , and a girl in not much of a bathingcult bathing bathingluit bathingsuit luit suit " , ilender slender and beautiful bad had lusttepped Just Juststepped juststepped stepped ( up on the bulwark bulwarks * in the thebDw thebow thebow bDw bow Angus recognized her aa as that thatMiss thatMiss thatMiss Miss Dale and then she * he divedWhJle divedWhile dived divedWhile While WhJle her slim sl1m body waa was itill still In Inthe Inthe inthe the air be he heard a startled ihoutbehind .bout bout shout . .boutbehind behind him He whirled around and andsaw andsaw saw aw the crane with Will In the highcramped Web high Webcramped highcramped cramped cab toppling away fromhim fromhim from fromhim him toward the water It leaned far farout farout farout out out , . , poised precariously tor for a mo mo- moment moment moment - ment In a 8 terrible balance-and balance and balanceandthen balanceandthen balance - - andthen then leaned farther faster fasler It fell fellWill fell.Will fellWill . . Will had bad no chance to jump } ump There Therewas Therewas Therewas was a hideous crash when wben the crane crane.truck cranestruck truck .truck struck . the barge below and a greatcrown ereat great ereatcrown greatcrown crown of ot water rose and broke intowhite Intowhite into intowhite white spray , . and .nd nd fell back alamAngus againAngus again alam againAngus Angus when he saw what was washappening washappening washappening happening had reached out instant instantlively " , instinclively stinc stinctively tively lively as though his bls puny streneth strength strenethmight strengthmight strengthmight might reach the era cra ie 1e and pull itback it itback itback back to an even keel again FallIng Fall FallIng FallIng Ing It seemed to pull him after it it.He itHe it . . . He scrambled across tb tbe the * car be be- between be- be between between - - tween reached the stringpiece stringpleee Intime intime in intime time to see the barge and the crane cranelocked cranelocked cranelocked locked together just sinking smking Into the thewater thewater thewater water by the dock He lie jumped ot oft oftthe oftthe ! the dock Into the wster water not think thinking thinklog thinkIng ing log acting by instinct Instmct Will waa was Inthe Inthe in inthe the cab of ot the crane down there Inthe Inthe In Inthe the water sinking Angus wasnot wa was wasnot . not much of a swimmer not muchof much muchof muchof of a diver diveh divers * Yet not till by hJ his . own ownfrantic ownfrantic ownfrantic frantic futile efforts he was dan den dangerously dengeroualy dangerously gerously geroualy exhausted did be he let them themlift themlift themlift lift him Into one of ot the boa boata boats . that thatcame thatcame thatcame came to crowd around the . spot .poL poL He Heclimbed Heclimbed Heclimbed climbed weakly up the ladder tothe to tothe tothe the dock level and he thought tboulht remotely re remotely re- re remotely - - motely motely'Will motelyWill Will 'Will ' didn dido t even see met me I 1 I didn teven t teven teven even have bave a chance to apeak Ipeak speak to tohim tohtml tohiml him html I , ' Then Pat Donoho Donohoe * waa was helpine helping helpineblm helpinghim helpinghim blm him Into the car driving drwlng away to- to - toward toward to toward - ward abore ahore shore Angus Angu . aat .at at sat . taut andstill andatlll and and.un .un un still . . . , and bis his its chest cbest cheat heaved with fatigue fa fatieue fatigue tieue tigue and Pat drove like ilk . mad . . Hefaye Ue He Ueave Hegave gave , ave the car a e cruel beating beatin , till Ull theycame they theycame theycame came to the small first-aid first aid Arst-aid Arst - - .tation tation station stationand . atatiooand .tationand and boapltal hospital b pital . He Be lie jammed down dowu the thebrakell thebrakes thebrakes brakell brakes , . lumped jumped to the around eround ground , . came camearound camearound camearound around to opea OpeD open the door and belp help belpAncua helpAngus helpAngua Ancua Angus out ouL ouL"Come . . "Come Come 'Come " " ' in in . . , aorri sorrl .orr orr . I be he cried In avoice avoice a avoice voice tender aa as a . woman'a womana woman's womans woman ' . . . "Letthe Letthe " . 'Let Let 'het het 'Letthe 'hetthe ' ' the doc doe fix Ax di you "ou ou , " up upAngua upAneua upAngus . . Angua Aneua Angus seemed to rouse rO\Ue rO Ue \ "I I " .1 1 m .n n ail ailright . anright- anright anrightDon .nrlebL rlebL right - . Don t be a fool fooll boll ) . ' be he saidslowly said.Iowly said . . lowly .Iowly Iowly slowly . 'Pat Pat ' Pat , , , Will s . dead doead " 'Aye Aye . ' Aye Me . . But they 11 ll get let him 1dm out In Inno Inno inno no time Ume , 110M sorr sorr'He orr ' He 'He ' ' didn t see ee me ms Be He was justatartur juat just juststarting starting t to * cwing swine swing theloa4 tbe"1oac1 tbe1oac1 the'load theload * ' " out oyerthe oyer oger oyerthe ogerthe the baree barge * . ' "He He " " was wa < . tkati th.U thU that . ! Iftf It'd Itd It " ' b be * coo too heavytor beaV7 heavy beaV7lor heavyfor lor for the craae crame crane like . aa as . "not not " ! not tot . . Sure end and andthey're end1hern anddsey're anddseyre 1hern they're theyre ' ' working worldne evirytcinx eveITtb1n.I eveITtb1nI everything . hare h I"e Ie hire " 4 ; I + Idouble double burden burd , 10ft Boer orr ' Tae The big bl . craneout craue crane craueout craneout out at dock : a . end end . , it'i iti it's its W ' . rated no morethan more morethan morethan than forty-odd forty odd - - tona tons ton * , . but they liftedninety lifted liftednluety liftedninety nluety ninety with it the other day A7 Ayr AyrIt's AyrIts , . , It's Its w ' ' . been hurry bu1'Q bu1Q burry ' , . hurry bUlTl , . hurry bum aU an aUthe anthe allthe the time , . and never any al11 watting waiting waltiD , to tomake tomake tomake make sura sure , . and end men dying d7ina for ( or the.ake thesake the . . .ake ake sake . aka ol of hurry burry A hame shame it is II " Angua Anpa Angus aald said said . . , thinking tb aloud alouduHe uHe "Ho Ho "Homust "Heroust Heroust uHemUit " mUit must bav bave have swung lwune ti It too far out out . , wung swung awun . it too fast faat . , tarted .tarted started . it awinginc swing swingIne swinglug Ine lug like WEe a pendulum till tID it pulledthe pulled pulledthe pulledthe the crana crane o1r off ff balance . . " . "Too Too 'Too " ' heavy beaV7 It W waa was " , . to be b * aura .ure ure sure . . . . " . ' "No No .No " . haavler bea"ler bealer heavier " than the other Ioada loads loadshe'd Ioadahe.d loadahe'd loadahed . . he.d hed he'd ' . been bandUn handling " Angus reacbed reached reacbedWa reachedhis reachedhis Wa his cold conclusion eoncluslon eoncluslonuU : "If If uU " Will hadn'tlooked hadntlooked badn't badnt hadn't hadnt badn'tlooked hadn'tlooked ' looked away at the wrong wronl timehe tune tunebe time- time timebe - - be he d be alive He aaw .aw aw saw . that girl elrl div div- diving diving . - ing In , off oft the White Queen He lookedat looked lookedat lookedat at her bel ' and 1or forgot ot to . atop .top top stop the swing awinl . " . Pat said laid apologetically apoloetlcally , . ' " 9 " } 1 was waslookin waslooking waxlooking looking lookin . at her myself my.elI myelI . sorr .orr orr sore . Whowould Who Whowould Whowould would not1 not ? She way waJ wag a . light .Iebt Iebt sight to aee see aeefor seefor eefor for any al17 man Ye Yell U 11 not blame buntor b1m him b1mfor himfor . . for it it , , aura .ure ure sure . " "Blame Blame " . " hlmT him " ? " . Angus Aneu . choked witha wUh with a . hard raseuNo rage rase "No No uNo " . . , I I don't dont don ' , blamehiml blame blamebJrnl blamehiml bJrnl himl But Pat Patthat Pat-that Pat that Pat--that - - -that that - girl lirl killed Wini WIDI WIW " ' ' - ' " . . . -sure sure "Sure "Sureshe . "Surashe Surashe " sureme - " 'Her Her "Her . , sorr1 sorr on-T on T ? Pat proteated protested protestedsure me she lust just went tor for a awlxn swim Can Cau a . agirl agirl eirl girl be helping helplne it it If men ara are madeso made . .0 0 so . o they're theyre they.re ' . bound to look at her lIer ber ? ' " ' Angua Aneus Angus McPball McPhaU looked all aU aroundhe around , . be he seemed aeemed to seek .eek eek . to anchor ancbor him him- himself himself . - self aelf to reality again alaIn . . . Ha He aald said aid 'Pat.where'i Pat.wherei Patwherei .Pat Pat 'Pat Pat ' . . . , where where's wheres ' . . your gear ( ear1 ear ? I want aoma .ome ome some . 01 of 01IL ofit ofit ofitSorrT IL it . Sorr SorrT 501'1'1 50111 ' ? " . . " "I'm Im " " } 'm m ' , going oln . into the wooda woods " 'Sure Sure ' Sure and a good eood notion that is isat Isat I . at thatc- thatc than thatcI tha ' = - - I U B fo go with you . . We U II walkoff walk walkoff walkoff , . off the black woe t getber eether gether "I I " I m going alone alonePat alonePat alonePat Pat put the ( ha car In motion ' . Eb . Eh Cb.but Cbbut . , but you U n ll need company at the ftrst . first firstbe , be aure sure " 'III III ' ' . I U 11 be gone lone |