Show Partners of the Tide By JOSEPH C. C LINCOLN A Author ut h or o of or r Hc ap D E. E Eri En 1 rl p CIAPI CHAPTER n And from time the darkness In the t 1 direction three three- lion tion ton of ot the time distant wharf came a n faint shout then shout then another Tho The Captain plunger plunged headlong for forthe tho the back fence ence Call Brad he shouted Quick Clara Clarn ran screaming Into time the house and her Imer companion vaulted the fence and lashe dashed down own the time hi hill bill Tho Tile dead grass beneath his feet was wet wot and anti slippery Blackberry vines Ines cu caught ht him about the time ankles and anti tangled clumps of oC bayberry bushes bushe tore tome his iris clothes a as ho lie 11 scrambled through them thena Once he foil fell Cel head first t Into a sandpit but the sand was soft sor and he was not hurt hurL Time The Diving Belle Dele was waN on fire fre The Diving Belle Belie Bele was burning up His ills brain repeated It over and over OVe again Then came the thought of what her herloss herloss loss los would mean to ley oral and himself himself him him- self and he groaned alou aloud He reached the foot of ot the time lull hill hi arid antI le through h the tire soft oC sand of ot the time beach The tide was as low and he ran across tim tho flats splashing to his irIs knees in the tire channels As he ho climbed th the tho hank bank by time the tw bridge l he ire heard hear someone running before him hint over oer tho time loose planks plank He lie crossed tire the bridge and amid ant panted up Ui the second hill As he hue reached Its Jt hi s tO top the time wind from rain the time sea ea struck cold coldon on his sweating for forehead heat and brought to his ears the sound of shouting There Thele were sere lights In tho time upper l' l windows windows win win- dows o of tho time hOU houses f ho he 11 passed Jona nh the Wixon thrust a u tousled head heat from fionn window ow of his h bedroom loom and und hailed asking what was was vas the time mater matter Captain could see te time tho tH cluster of bul buildings at nt tho the landing plainly now stud and the musts masts of or tire the Ut cu catboats catboats cat cat- boats alongside the wharf The water of or the time harbor was ns black blace except In ono one Belle la Ina in ina ina spot spot There tho the Diving iele lay a flickering halo halu of re red light Little jets of flame Jare were shooting up from smell of her imer hull hul amidships The mel o burning wood came cam on the wind Lorn Loni the time I livery Ve IY stable stalie keeper was just almond ahead and stumbling In mm the middle of the tho narrow road Ho lie seized the tire Captain by the arm as the time latter latr overtook him Howd howd how'd howd how'd l cit t afire afre p I h ho Ire gasped n Captain Caplain did not answer Ills his eyes tyes were WIe f fixed x I on limo tho- tho burning schooner and ant he ire pushed Mr Ir Mullett out nut of oC the tire ta way and all ran on Just Jut as he ime reached time the lw bond bend by Newcomb's a n huddle of or men some with overcoats and amid ant hats hats and anti others other's bareheaded arid and ant half dressed haI rushed wildly around the time corner of or the time building The captains captain's shoulder struck the foremost man amaru a 0 blow In iii the chest that knocked him inlet backwards ar R Ugh Ow grunted the time man Then he lie cried He Hey I Is that you OU Ez Es The Time Captain was fighting his way through Let me by ho lie shouted Oil GI lit out of my way Some obeyed but hut others did thith not not There Thore were ere confused cries of Stop him hire Dont Don't let him go He lie le was vas seized by the a arm In Time The crowd clowd closed about him Dont lot let mo mime go roared the tIme Cap Cap- taini striking right and arid left lef hol ton mo m nie Are you ou eras craz crazy Pa Parker ke by thunder Ill I'll Ill I'll- 11 AlvIn se Bea take mr UI off orf me u But Alvin held helt tight Ez Es he lie hl pleaded listen 1 tn l listen h n jest jesi a mini min ate You YOI mustn't go gu oft off or to her Imet Ira hol hold his other othel arm Overpowered and amid arm hold held hell fast the the bewildered be- be Captain gazed at time the faces surrounding him For the Lords Lord's sal sake e he cried You cowards Are re you OU goin to let her burn up without a hand What are you ou stand In here hele ton for fo Why hy aint you ou aboard your OU ship hip Alvin ln AI Bearse Demse Did Dil you set he her imer afire yourself Let me go or 01 Ill I'll Ill I'll- 11 lie He struggled frantically Call Cap Ez Es pleaded Alvin Listen to meThe me The dynamites dynamite's aboard The rhue d dynamite dyna dyna- namie na arm mite mie I t e captain stopped struggling The Time dynamite in the time hold He lIe ha hall had forgotten it entirely That was wh vim no boats had put out to the time ve vessel el That was what time the they were ere running awa away from flom to sta stay here shouted someone from flom the outskirts of or the time rap rap- Idl Idly growing crowt crowd crowd Well Vell Vel be te blowe to slivers ers s1 when she sime goes oft off Git Gil GI back bad to the hi hill Bue Bluey Bacheldor yelled time the Captain Cap Cap- tain youre a u coward anti and always alway was But aint there no rio men In this gang ang Bearse Hearse Sparrow Ellis Ells Ar Are you goin to stand stan by anti and ane see me ant arid and Brad nral ruined with hol come carrie me rue and pitch pich the time stuff oV overboard Well WeI el save her yit Come on They were wavering some sonic of them Bearse was a u brave man man maim so was tas El Ells El- El ls ifs lis The Time t two wo looked at nt each other Come on omm on boys boy shouted the time Cap Cap- tain getting one omit arm free ree and waving ln It It Then Themi as a u v new thought struck him hats the time matter with wih you ou Dynamite dont don't blow I up in iii a 0 fire Cre it J burn like Iko cord wood Conic Como on on you fools Time The They might have followed him then therm hut but Captain Edward Taylor came carrie up UI A man of experience alongshore ant antone and andone one omme of or the towns town's selectmen se his words carried curried weight Dont let him str stir he commanded Dynamite boxed In him Inas himas as 06 hes he's got ft t In that hold Is sure suro to explode and anti he ire knows know's I It The least J do It it I. I If the fire doesn't Come Comeback Comeback back to the Ez Es you'll youl have to togo togo to too go o with wih us ins That settled It I. I Fighting pleading swearing Captain was as carried car car- ried rieti rlee by main force along time the road to toward to- to ward sard the tho hill bill hi b by the bridge Long tongues of flame fame were spouting from the Diving nr Belles Belle's Delos Delo's main hatch Up In iii the time village time the scho school l hou house e bell beil bel was ringing Dont let anybody go near the tho wharf ordered Captain Taylor raylor Warn cnn em as fast as ns- ns What's hats that There was a scuffle in the time roa road be below be- be low Two or three shouts The sound of running fe feet feel l. l Ira Sparrow rushed rushe up UI the time hill hi Ins Ills voice trembled lIes Hes Hs got through We e didn't l nt see oo him in iii time he panted pante S Who Vho asked aked several voices Brad Nickerson on Im I'm Im afraid hos ho's goin gohn off ocr to the tire schooner Captain gave o a u spring that almost cleared cleare him him The tears ter came Into nto his imis eyes For 01 the time Lor Lords Lord's s 's sl sake o he begged JAro Are re you OU oH goin oln to lot let et that ho bo oy kill kill ki himself Then bending forward forwar ho shouted Brad BIa Brad dont don't lont go nigh her ler for fOI on your our life le The Tire dynamites dynamite's aboard L The rhe crowd was still Everyone lis- lis ls- ls toned There was no reply but they heard hear th rattle or of oars In a dorys dory's row rowlocks I oc ks a When Bradley tho I came out of ot time tho kichen Kitchen after the tire burglar h hail had d made malle his huts confession conCesion ho lie shook han hands s with Captain Erl En ba bade e the tine latter hatter Inter a laughIng laughIng laugh- laugh wih Ing mg night good and went a goot up to to hl his his- 1 t S I r. r It was a n long Jong time before I heard a st steadY dY ho he fell asleep lIe le time the oll of conversation flom rein hum huni the knew maids maids' room were werA going over tin the o e MiSS s Temp 1 time of oC to a ash l. l inn In a came It to hr his is door old TI- TI knew v just how if ho imo ht or Oh about f forty forty-ei comb was him him- to smiling fifty he lie answered S self antI and was waR doze ha had imad fallen Into a He lie le In iii l dreaming a n confused moil ley Sam Sani chasi K and ho ire were IC the time sisters IS nHI room rearm to u ammo another nolle I 1 from one I Hammond Ia inn ii ti rom mann while Gus GUM locked incIted the doors dooms In front scream cream of or thorn them when iiren Claras Clara's of h tho tire house huus He lit Il Fire rang through the time theSy whether sat t up UI In lied bod not sure dream Cm CI Sy was real or a part o of the time But Bul the next moment he hue Iward j S 4 the tire stairs Fire F ire footsteps on the tho rushing through screamed Clara hal hall hail Oh Brad l get Iet up quick The Time Diving Belles Belle's all on fire al He lIe was nis cool surprisingly ly cool as asIt asit asit it seemed to him luau when henr he lie thought His first US of ot It afterwards mo I anti and to run to tn time tho window open It lean out At f first st he saw nothing hut hurt the Lime black out nl night ht the time stars tars and anti the tire thel He lie noticed too lights hL on time the horizon le l tl time tho wind smelt a as it sweet how salty the ho bl blow w from Crom the tho flats fiats Cats at nt the foot of 01 the time hill Then he lie saw nw time the puff of hiI on the time schooner choner in th tire tho harbor Barefooted Barefoot bareheaded d ii dressed and aird shirt but bitt buttru only In imm his iris trou trousers lS struggling tru Into his liLs Lq jacket a as he ire ran he ire sprang down time tho tH stairs The sisters sisters sis sisters sis sis- caught at his imis arm and amid 11 cried something or other Ot I hut but he lie did not mint heo heed them timer Clara cale called after aCel him that Captain had hac gone to tho time schooner He stopped for or an ani Instant to ask her to rouse mouse some ome of the tire nel neighbors neigh neigh- h- h bOIs bars and send them theme to tho the wharf As Ashe Ashe s he came eHme out Into the tIme yard he noticed vaguely aguel that there wa was a n light In itt II one ono o of th time the rooms of the tire Baker cottage He lie took the same me route that hl Iris hla partner had taken hut hint made better that hunt the time fir firo lime It I was evident fr frI I others for n ns s he ire I had bad ad been seen by fO 11 crossed tIre the bridge the time schoolhouse hell boil 1 began to ring It I came caine cam to him like Ie Iea a i fa flash h limit hut too late that he ho might have half mH th time the distance e ii by hy taking tak tak- ing one omme of if f tire the skiffs kirs In time the Inlet and rowing straight ht out past the tire point There was a shouting crowd on tho time tho hill hii above the time bridge limit hut he Ire could COUII see e. e no rio boats loats about the tire Diving DI Belle Belie Bele an and wondered why ihy Pmt Part of the time crowd on Oit the time hill hil came running to meet him ho that shouted shimmied someone someone- Ira la Sparrow he Ire thought Bradley did l not answer Who ho Is Isi Isit Isit it i cried Ira Ia again Stop Slop The Tire junior partner did not stop Squealer got In ira his way vay aral and caught at his Imis jacl jacket et Br Bradley lcy tripped him UI up jumped the rail ri fence by tho tire roadside an anti and ran across time tho tw fields Ho lie heard Squealer shouting his Imis name The rIme wharf was empty Not ot a man mart manas as mas ns there He reached the tue caught at nt the painter of one of ot time the dories alongside e and ard pulling the time boat toward him jumped In Luckl Luckily time the oars were iere lying on omm the time thwarts thwarts lie ITo Hp picked ct them up and with Ih his knife cut the time painter I An And then timen he lie heard the tire Captains Captain's voice calling to him luha from the lull hill hi Brad Brad dont don't no nrc nigh her 10 for or your our life The flue l dynamites dynamite's aboard hoalt Like his partner Bradley r le had imad for Jot gotten n dynamite Mechanically ho lie puk u uthe the time o oars rs In iii th the Limo rowlock lock and sat st mo mo The Tho Captain ha luaU had stopped It I was very still stI Ho lie heard the bell hel ringing In the distance nn and amid the time gurgle of the time tide amongst the tue piles ples unc under l the tho tw wharf A whiff o of smoke mol from the Diving Belle Belie Bele blew across his face ace and ani he ire turned tarried and looked at the tho schooner He remembered reading in him the tIme Boston Boston Bos Ilos- ton torm Herald a month or so before of ofa ofa ofa a wrecking ve vessel el that had Imad caught on fire hime off of Long Island Is somewhere fh She too mad had hat dynamite on board lioard anti and her skipper anti and the time mate had hud saved et 1 Etl her lieI by throwing the tIme explosive over over- board But flirt th the they were on aim the time deck when tiu th the fire fre started He lIe le looked at athis athis athis his own owne e vessel tire the schooner I that ho lit and the tho tw Captain Caplain had hall longed longed for fOI for and worl worked e for thud and n petted like a l baby abY S Then rhen he set hl his imis teeth nun and began tegan rowS row- row Ing hug The crackle crack of burning timber wa was waR plain ns mis he lie over oven tire the tl Diving Belles Belle's Beles Bele's rail mil mil The lire Zanies flames fames were P pouring pour pour- big ing up from roam under I the tire covering co o of tf the main male hatch antI and the time smoke wn was ivas rolling thick from flom rein the time cabin compan compan- ion lolin Ho lIe would have given anything for nn arm 10 ax me but the only one on onu 01 board was by time the wood box In iii th time the galey galley be be- low tow Ho lIe tl caught up UI the time that le was as In iii Its rack b by the tire bulwark and amid ran tm to the tire hatch He put th time tho point of th tire tho hook under mi- mi un urn- tier der the time heavy cover and aird began Ing lag tho the latter loo loose It I Ie gave e a little hittl JUl slipped d back and amid then timen pulled over time the cleats deats With fh the time hook he ire got a firm firma grip upon Its Is edge and aird alli turned It I over with a clatter The smoke belched UP imp Ir a cloud but tut ns as It I cleared he ire felt fell el upon his knees and arid peered below helow Tho Time fire lre was Wits almost am amidships among some loose planks arid and an nn among empty tar barrel These wore wIe burning burn ing fiercely y and the tire brains beams of time the deck were blazing above them But Dut the tire dynamite chest was wa further forward fOI beyond the time bulkhead which was on only on- on ly h beginning to burn anti and he could uld uldee see sec ee there was just a a. chance of reaching reachIng reachIng reach- reach Ing It If It he hue was quick luick With fh tIre tho ll dynamite once out of tho time way help from morn the time s shore might save sav time tho s-choon- s Cr 0 Ho lie drew drei lew a a long breath and put lila his han hands s on tho limo edges of ot the tire Then he heard a faint voice calling for help He lie thou thought ht for tor a moment that he ire must be tJ going eras crazy But nut the him tw voice cale called again Help it i walled ailed Somebody help Br Bradley ley Jumped to his iris feet and ran rn aft net The door at the head head of or the time cabin stairs had been heen left lef |