Show I n fly Author of ot Treasure Island r The Th Master of ot D Strange e Case of at Dr Jekyll and C Mr Ir Hyde etc Tho sea breaking breaking- on nfl n ft n rpM reef sul said 1 Alan And now yo ken Iten It Jt Is Is- Is and what h hotter would yo ye t have havo Ay A Hoe tJ CAP tJI I on t If it was sas tho the only one ono And sure nou enough h Just ns as ho lie sp spOke ko there thore came a 3 second fountain further to the south There nd said Yo Vo seo ee for tor yourself If H I had kent kont of these roofs reefs if t I hud boil had a chart or If tl Shuan huan had been boen spared Its It's not sixty guineas no nor six hundred would have hivo made inada me mc merl rl risk k my brig In sic Ic a n But nut you ou sir that was to pilot lilot u us havo o yo ye e never nover a word 0 Id I'd Im thinking said eald Alan these ho bo what thA they call tho the Torman Rocks nocks Aro thero many of or them thom saya py tho the captain C Trul Truly sir I am nm nao pilot saul saM Alan but It IL sticks In my mind there thero aro arc ten miles mlle of oC thorn thom Mr tr and tho captain looked at each other Therea There There- a n nn way through them I 1 suppose sup sup- pose POM IT said tho captain Doubtless said Alan but where I But Dut it somehow runs In my mind once moro that It Is clearer under tho land I ISo So said saud Well ell ha have to haul our wind then lUnch well we'll have havo to come coma as near In about tho the on end J of Mull ull as we can eln take hor her sir and even oven then well we'll have havo the time land to keep tho tim wind off us us anti and that on our leo lee Well ell Ill were we're In for tor It now and mn may as an well crack on With that ho gave gae an order to the steersman and aUd sent flInch to the fore fore- top There Thero wore only live men on deck counting tho the officers wore were all that were fit or at least both litand fit lit and antl willing for tor their work and two of ot werf oro hurt So So as ns I say It fell feU to Mr Ir flinch to go SO aloft and heat he sat at thoro thero looking out and anti hailing tho the deck with news of at all ho saw flaw Tho sea Rea to tho be south Is IB thick h ho hI cried and th then n after a A. while It does docs seem clearer elearor In by tho Jan landel landWell land 1 Well el ell sir raId paid to Alan well try your our wa way of ot It But Dut I think I might as aa well trust to a blind lid fid Pra Pray God youre you're right Pray God I ami says Alan to mo sue But Dut where did I hear henr It Well well oll It will be as It must An Js we re got prot ot nearer to tho the turn of the theand theland land and the reefs began to bo sown n hero and there thoro on our er very path paIls and Mr Ir flinch ch sometimes cried down to us to change e the course Sometimes indeed nono none too soon for tor ono one reef was so close on tho the 1 brigs brig's weather board that when a a. sea burst upon Ulon It the lighter sprays fell Cell upon her deck and antl wetted vetted us like rain Tho The 1 brightness rl of ot tho the night showed us these p perils as clearly as b by day perhaps the tho moro mora alarming It t showed 1 mo too th the tho faco face of tho the captain cap- cap aln taix as h he stood b by tho steersman now on 00 one ono foot Coot now no noOn on the time other othor and sometimes R blowing ln In his hands but sUll till still listening and looking looking- and nd as stead toady as us steel Neither ho nor Mr 1 flinch llach had shown well In 10 the tho lighting b but ut I saw the they were bravo In their o own wn trade ami anil admired them all theore tho the m mora noro ore because I found Alan vcr very white David said cald he be this tisia is no the k ind of ot death I 1 fancy What hat Alan I cried youre ouro not a afraid fraid No said h ho he wetting his lips but y allow yourself its it's a cold collI end cud 1 riK ng ll B By this time now anti and then sheering t tr to o ono one sIde or tho the other to avoid a n r reet eef but still sUH hugging the tho wind and bo tho land lond we t had hall got sot round lona lena and b bt eun un to como come alongside Mull The Thede ti Ido de of oC the tho tall tal of tho the land ran very s trong and throw tho brig about Two hs h ands hands were wro put to the helm heln and ITo Ho- Io- Io s hh season cason himself would woul sometimes lend len 1 a h help elp and It was strange to seo three s st Itron trong men mon throw their weight upon t ho tho tiller and It Jt like a a. living thing s nJ and drive them thom back T This would his would been the greater creator dan dan- g ger er had not the tho sea been for some Homo w hile tree free oC or obstacles Mr Ir flinch beIdes be- be a Ides Idoa announced from tho tho- top that that- ho he s aw Maw ahead sA Yo right said to sI A Alan Atan lan Yo Ye have saved aved tho the brig sir lr I Il II ll mind that when wo we come como to clear a accOunts And nd I believe e bele ho not only m meant what hat ho he said saM but would woul ha have havo d ono one It so hh high h a place did tho Covenant Cove Covo- n ant nant hold In his affections But Dut this Is matter mater only onh for tor tt t ture ure things having gone gono otherwise t han ban ho forecast Keep Keel her awa away a point sings sines out M Ir r. r flinch Reef fleet to windward And Just at nt tho same caine time the tho tide c aught tho the brig nn and threw throw tho wind o ut of or her hor Ran sails Rails She Sho camo came round Into oth th ho tho o wind liko Iko a top and anil tho the next moment mo- mo m ont nent struck tho the reef with such Buch a a dunch a aa s 8 threw v us all al flat upon tho the deck a ind nd came near to shako Mr lr Iliac from h its is upon the mast hm I was on my feet teet In a minute The m reef eef on which wo we ha had 1 struck was close closen i in n under the southwest st on end 1 of at Mull lul off oft offa a al little Utta Isle the they call which layow lay lav lavow lar l low ow and black upon UlOn tho the larboard S Sometimes the tho swell broke broko clean over o u us us sometimes s-sometimes It only ground tho ho poor b rIg brig upon the tho reef so that wo could h hor ear car hor beat herself to pieces and w wf wa what hat with tho the great noise of ot tho the sails a and nd tho the sinking singing of the wind and tho time f lying of time the spray In tho the moonlight a ah and nd the sense of danger er I think my h had ead was wa partly party turned for tor I could s un understand the things I saw sn Presently I observed Mr Ir and t ts ho tho s amon bus busy round the skiff and s till still In tho the same sanso mO IH blank run ran over to assist t them and as soon as I Iet set net et m my hand to work nork my mind 1 caine camo clear clor again It task for forthe I was no very cr cas easy t the tho skiff lay amidships and was waR full tull of or hamper and tho the breaking of or tho time h heavier ler seas seis continually forced us S to tn give IYe over oyer and hold on bu but t wo we all al wrought like horses while wo could Meanwhile such uch of tho the wounded as s asI could move camo came clambering out of tho the I and began to help while I time the ho rest rOst that lay helpless In their bunks harrowed me with screaming and beg- beg to bo be saved The Tho captain took no part It I seemed ho 10 was wa-s wa struck stupid He ire stood hold- hold irig L by the shrouds talking to himself himself him him- self Relf und tind groaning out loud whenever ho tIme ship hammered on tho time rock Ills His brIg was like 10 wife wie and child to him ho had looked on Oi day tiny b by da day at nt tho the mishandling of ot poor but when It came camo to tho the brig ho he seemed emed to suffer BUffor along along- with wih her All An the time of our OU working at nt thin tho boat hont I remember only one other thing that I asked Alan looking across at ax the shore what country It was and andie L he ie answered It was tho timo worst possible for tor Or him for tor it was sae a a land of or the lie Camp Camp- bells Wo We 0 had one of tho the woun wounded men told toM off to keep a watch watch upon time the seas and I cr cry us warning Well oH wo had hal ant time the Pont Hoat about realI ready to be launched when this man san sang out pretty shrill For Go Sods Gods sake hold on We e know shri b by his I tone that It Jt was Rom something moro more than I ordinary and sure sum enough thoro there fol tol- foi- foi lowed 1 a a sea fea so lingo huge that It lifted tho the brig brig- right up tip and canted her over O on eu L 01 her lier beam Whether tho thin cry cn camo came too Into lato or n my hold was waR too weak cak I know not runt but at nt tho the sudden tilting tilting- of tho the ship I was cast clean over tho the bulwarks bul bul- Into the tho sea Continued Tomorrow Morning I |