Show FOUL PLAY By Charles Reade and Dion Continued front from Yc Yesterday Morning I Hazel often orten walked th Island b b. b himself n nut H to explore for he knew ih the place veIl ll b by this time but he went vent his rounds to set see that nil his signals were in working order He went vent to Mount Lookout one day with this timis view It was about nn an ir ho before noon Long before he got to to- the mountain he had scanned the horizon carefully an ai a matter of course but not a a. speck So when he got there he did not look seaward but just SAW that his flagstaff flag flag- flagstaff staff was all right and was about to turn away and go home when he happened happened hap hap- to glace at the water and therea underneath him liim he sawa saw saw- sa- sa a ship standing towards the island Ho started and rubbed his eyes and looked again It was no delusion Things never did rome come as they are e ey- ey peeled to come There was still no doubtful speck on the horizon but within eight miles of ot the Island Island and and andin in this lovely air that looked nearly close vas was a ship under tinder canvas She bore S. S 13 E. from Mount Lookout and S. S S. S E. E from the East Bluff of tb the island towards which her course was wa apparently directed She had a fair aim fairwind wind vind hut but was not going fast being heavily laden and under no of soil sail A keen thrill went through him and his mind was a whirl lie ran home with time the great news Bitt even as he ran a cold sickly feeling crawled over him That ship parts her and me He lie resisted the feeling as a thing I too to monstrous find and selfish sc and resisted lit It so fiercely that Hint when he got loathe slopes and saw Helen HIen lusy at her work he waved his hat and hurrahed again and again and seemed almost mad with triumph Helen stood transfixed she S had never seen him in such a state stale Good news he cried great news A ship in sight I You are rescued Her heart leaped Into her hem mouth A ship she screamed Where Where S. S lie came up to her panting Close under time the island Hid by the bluff hut but you will see Item her in half an hour God be praised Get everything every every- thing ready rendy to go H Hurrah This is is our last day on the tho island Time The words were brave loud and boisterous but the face was pale and drawn and Helen saw It and though she bustled and amul got ready to leave the tears teams were In her eyes But time the event was too great to be resisted A wild excitement grew on them both They ran mit about like persons crazed anti and took things up and laid them down again scarcely knowing what they hey were doing But presently they were sobered a little for the tho ship did didlot not lot appear They ran across the sands they could soo the bluff site she ought to have passed that halt an lour ago S Hazel thought she must have anchored Helen looked at him steadily Dear said she are you sure there is a ship at all Aro you not lot under a a delusion This Thi Island fills he the mind with fancies Omm Out Out- day I thought i saw a ship sailing In the sky Ah Ahr She v d a flint Aint far lf I s 's i i mj fl past the biti Muff it o-cl o rely to o scrape ru fit mind Phlp n-Phlp emerged and glided i along niong the tho cliff Ate Are they mad cried to hug the Ilk I bitt A Ah Ii the lavo seen mv may warning And it i i i I SM I f. f i tb hip hp iut h n i rum up tip m II ih nul vf no mc a ami nd l ft fi i li be hi Muff nIT lr-i. lr a. in Sin ails a little way ny on oil that course coure anti and then paid off otT again and range ulon along the j coast Rut But presently sims h was up In Inthe inthe the wind agin and made a a. greater offing She wax vas railed In a strange vacillating way but Hazel ascribed this to her peoples people's fear foar of the reefs he had Indicated to all corners comers The better to watch her manoeuvre and signal her if necessary they timey both went up to Telegraph Point They could nor go out to her being low lov water wafer Seen from titus this height the tho working of this vessel was able She was to and off the wind at as often as If she alto was drunk herself or commanded by a drunken skipper However she was kept well weli clear of the tue home reefs and a good lolling I oiling and so at last she alme opened the I bay heading N. N W. W anti and distant four font miles or 01 thereabouts Now was time the I tImp to drop her anchor So Hazel the telegraph to draw her at- at and waved his hat and hand to tier her But limo ho ship hip sailed on She yawned Immensely but she ho kept her course anti and when she had gone a amile amile mile or two more mure the sickening truth forced itself at ast ast upon eager watchers She had decided not notto notto to touch at the island In vain their joyful signals Ii In vain the thir telegraph In vain That cry for help upon tile the eastern cliff it had saved her hor but not pleaded for them The monsters saw them on the height their hope their joy saw and abandoned them They Tiey looked at one ote another with dilating eyes to ta read read- In a human toco nee whether such a deed as could really be done clone by man upon his fellow tel fel low Inn Then they uttered wild cries to tho thi receding vessel Vain aln vain all was wan in vain Then they sat down clown stupefied bin still glaring at the ship and each at atthe atthe the same moment held out a hand to the other and they sat band in hand all the world to each other just then for there was the world In sight sigh abandoning them In cold blood Be calm ealm dear deat friend said listen Helen patiently O 0 my poor father Am And hot her other hand threw her apron over her arid and then came a burst of anguish that no words could utter At this tiis Hazel started to his feet in fury S Now may the God that made sea and land judge tho those e miscreants miscreants mis mis- there thee anti and you Bo patient said sobbing O 0 be patient S Xo No 1 I will not be patient roared Hazel Judge thou her cause O 0 God each of these tears against a reptiles reptile's sou soul 1 And so l c stood glaring and hi his hair blowing wildly to the breeze while she sighed patiently at hi his knee Presently he began to watch the vessel with a a. grim and bitter eye Anon he burst out suddenly Ah Ak that is right Well steered Don Dont cry sweet one our cause is heard Are they blind Are they drunk Are they sick T I see nobody on deck Perhaps I have been too too God God forgive forgive for for- give me tIme tho ships ship's ashore Helen looked up and there was tIme the ship fast and on hot her Sho Simo was on the WhiteWater Reef Not t upon tho j hut but on ona a part art of l Avatar Hazel l tan ran to ti the beoh and there Helen found him greatly agitated agi tigi- All his anger was gone he had hac but oni- oni onil l I bought bough I now now to to go to her hera a itane Hut But it st Mill II I na d nt an at t in I Pm high 1 I C- C ii imi i ii I wai is b blowing 1 m i I I ly and ind th r. rf v t 1 I ii j I wry a d u uin nn that re reef f U What hat If the vessel should break up Ip and lives live be beHe lost 1 ind nd Tike like bea beast t tin H He thc in it lu lii ili jw nf lit pity re- re and It Impatience tills His feelings became Intolerable ho set et his imIs back hek to limb tho boat and with herculean strength forced It down a little way wet to-wet tire lIt got logs and ni-id put them doWn for rollers Ho lie strove he lie struggled till his face and hands were nero purple And at last he hemet hemet met the flowing tide and in a moment jumped Into the boat and pushed Off Helen begged with sparkling eyes to tobo bo he allowed to accompany himi What to a ship with scurvy curvy or Heaven knows what Certainly Certainly not Besides you would be he wet through It is la blowing rather fresh anti and I shall carry on Pray for tile the poor pool souls I sro go to help And for mo tue who have In my He hoisted his sail anti and ran out stood Helen on On the tho bank and watched him him- tender admiration How good and brave he be was vas And ho could KO go Into a passion too when she was wronged or when triton he thought she was stAs Well she admired him nono the tho less lemma for rim rim- that She u him himat at first with hut hue soon with anxiety for fat Ito io sooner passed North Gate titan than time the cutter having both sails calls set though reefed lay down clown very much amr her imer hull kept disappearing Helen felt anxious and would won have been downright fright fright- but bitt for Cot her confidence in his imis prowess S i By antI and by only her staggering sails were visible and time the sun smi lot et ere site she reached the creek TIme wind declined de do- dined with the sun made two great files and ami prepared d food for forthe the tho sufferers for she made sure suie Hazel would bring them oft in a a- afew few hours more Site She promised herself the happiness happiness hap hap- of relieving time the distressed But Butto Butto to her ter Infinite surprise sire sire- fount found her sell self almost regretting that the island was likely to b bo peopled with strang ers No matter she should sit up for thorn them all night und anti h bo very kind hind to them poor things though they had hadnot hadnot not been very to tier her About midnight the lime shifted to the northwest anti and blow blew hard Helen ran down to tho tio shore and looked seaward This was a fair wind for Hazels Hazel's return and she sime began to expect him every hour But no no he Ime delayed unaccountably S And time tho worst of it was tta It hogan began to blow a a. gale antI anil this wind vInd sent the sea rolling into time the hay ill a manner that alarmed her seriously Tho nIght wore wore o on no signs of the boat arid and n now mw there was n. n heavy gale outside and a great sea rolling in brown and foaming Day broke and arni showed the sea for a amile amile mile or two time the rest was hidden by driving rain S Helen kneeled on the shore and prayed for him Dire misgivings oppressed her And soon these vero heightened to terror tot for the sea began to disgorge things of a kind that had never come ashore before A great ships ship's mast came caine tossing huge as Jt It wa ut waves handled it like a toy Then Phen came a barrel then a broken spar These were but the forerunners of more n-more fearful fear fear- ful havoc The sea became strewed and literally literally liter liter- ally blackened with fragments part wreck part cargo of a broken vessel But what was all this compared with the tile horror that followed A black object caught her eye driven iven in upon tIme the crest of a wave Slit looked with her hair flying straight back and item her eyes t starting from her head It was a boHt driven on and on-and amid tossed Ilko a cork It came nearer nearer nearer dashed into thi-i thi water with i a wild hut a av Wave beat h her r backward backward on and vim h rose an enormous roller lifted the tho bunt boat upright into the air aim and breakIng break break- lug Ing dushi-d dushi n ii uppermost on the tho hi rich at her hr alle empt Continued Tomorrow rw Morning |