The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1901, Page 1

1 ften done before. Only Far } s re two who went out ND v s w s ack, if ther truth the st e s that marriage makes e 2 se s 1 . w re B w w - s brown saile s S S s to the eyes w 5o could pee r the top em T and see the sun on the other saited together & s 2 . be was £ stowel fer- ing in a 2's castle appearance ngement of a dwelling s turn again to go and Sz 2 - build the g so that Mamie couid r s t much. C « t goes without saying whoever at the helm could not % - whoever below to c up and see Pt 2 - w somethi » something, for it weuald g els she gets t g out in the cockpit. ) and other. It was d not notic 1 was swirling the clguds Not till then I they realized what 1s of his ta!l mizht reach ther ‘rnen he The first storm was foilowed by others. place 4 s so small that he could not miss the harbor and be gone for a week at & o s 1 alays ha m of lowers. would drop astern. and as they ‘thought [n all of them Mamie took her turn at finding it, he split off a bunch of fagots time. 1t was rker Then there They were in the world. Around he was leaving them. he would suddenly the helm with her husband, strong and from a pitch-pine log, and, waiting until Successful in love, he failed in his 4 ¥ . Mamie took the hclm them was the black night.’ All the world rush ahead and : divert them from brave to face the flying spray. it got as near dark as the northern lati- search for gold. while and sky was black ept that little red- their course. More storms followed, but by this time tudes appreach in midsummer, he start- “The relatives of both at home had long Iighted compa with its white face At last the wh points of when he had lcft them t.e of its r each that t e storm m! A5 they were well into the inland passage, ed with his rifle to secure the game. given them up for dead, as they found by would t lined with the m alone and little harbors were to be found When- Lighting one of the splints of pitch pine Re€Wwspaper reports which reached them. S Were ne began carefully beating his way gthening with the increased northing tnrough the woods, always going to wind- Proachbing before they began,their home- hich they were making, and days and ward and trus ney. This was forced upom LI did not seem so threatering. As dawn ever shelter was wanted. The da The cold of the Arctic winter was ap- e on the wind decrcased, and, the I it csafe for them v 1 this the so that Mamie was aug c had to zht increasing licht mak & to the curiosity of the Wward jour do, do. might do its worst. They were to run close to shore, they fecund a beau- nights both they sailed, one keéeping the geer to bring it out of its hiding place to them by the fact that they had no money, together and they were happy. in a little in- boat on her course while the other slept. sece what manner of thing a moving light and there was no alternative. They could had been r strength to keep the liked, for they cat was tearing y people and drack (hrougt Ray tifuily sheltered anchcras th wocded shores that For a boat as small as theirs there was was, nct live on love alone, though rwing clear mpanionway as she butted XFeW the waters of the sound as he knew let, or bight, the way through his own house, and the cverhung the water. They were now little choice as to which channel should pefore he had been gone long he was & 8004 part of their diet through the sum- yacht whil worthy as across the British line. The storm w m an tea boiled har@ for pack to th against the head s Ray brought up for Ma- ap overcoat for Mamie a r what sou'we d an oil ¢ be taken, and in most of the parts of the rewarded by seelns .a pair of blazing M€ that became her more than way . there were two or three cOUrse$ giohes—the eves of the deer reflecting the T‘!.e voyage homeward was tedlous and hat she had ever worn. At The evening wore on, the beat dashing The worid was theirs, and they were each gpen. Fish. halibut especially, were plen- jignt—which blinked and shook as the im- uninteresting, as are all retracements. s did not either. 3 it seemed s0'to bim as he tie Storm succeeded storm, but they were a“lifebcat. gone, they were safe rte paren ld buy, and she the from wave to wave, splashing and roar- others and alone. tiful, and, like all Alaskans, they ate fish patient deer silently tossed its head. .q ing enou to deaden all scunds., until The anchor was drepped. the sails low- until surfeited with the delicious, firm- Carefully setting his light behind him, ©PI¥ natural storms and not the matri- ng Suddenly came from in front of ered, and soon the biue smoke of “the rmeated cpecimens that they pulled out ev- where it would not blind his sight, he monial kind, which are the worst to be them a noise as of a galley fire was cirling lazily around the 'ery day with their hooks and lines while aimed at the lurid circles and fortunately feared: . steambeat’s escape pipe. mast befcre floating away through the trolling as the boat sailed slowly. brought down the deer, which proved to TheY. were bashful about returning to- 1 phere that sagged listiessly in Provisions were running short, and it pe in fairly zood condition for the early Sether. so when tI course of th ary’ to. supplement the stock season. Ray sent his wife mother by steamer an me when the pro- d in th r her chi cret hid- yp ¥ fo the touc long th together, made and enough for both of them, for it is no ea u that Ma- pands. Befc was w rk arrived at Victoria me to ker grand- let her clear the , and then one task to keep a littie ort chunky “A wh to go with him 0 peaded anywhere within four points and changed the tired atmo .. oat to avoid its apparent its rest after the wild storm of the night was nec had sailed long, before. No less delightful than the scen- they had with something else besides the This gave them an agreeable variety, 1 ahead of them ery was the sizzling sound that came from monctonous fish. and with the ever-plentiful fish enableq oSt st \? 2 The darkness came on imperceptibly, and in a new direction. Again he changed good things on the galley stove below. Mamie jsugscsted that they could dig tnem to get through to Pyramid harbor, \Whe? DeoRle | s B i g S rd it is to say some the coast outline disappearing bit by bit the boat's course, and then it scemed as _ Breakfast over, the young pair, exhaust- clams. e L X6 ORI S Tl Gkadthele/Tals g o ){n g s about the past in the joy of their return. rrival of the ve elp him get the mar- where she ought to be, when there is a direction. Before th not have asked choppy sea and a flawy wind. again came the noise, 4 looking green, and the shore lights taking its place, cut though the whale had deliberately start- ;d with their long struggle against the That was great fun, too. Go|)g ashore summer, they honeymooned to their des ask a fat poliii- out now and then by the lowering clouds. ed in to tease them. first on the port gtorm, slept the entire day. when the tide was low they ¢ould In a hearts’ content. At times the diet was TReTe "mrf‘;:‘;( ditiing: dEwn F . 3 2 £ , and now the tw e S s secd to marry a girl whom Ray went below and lit the little bin- bow, then on the starboard; then, just The experience of the storm had shown few minutes secure enough of the rich, clams and nothing else. biide, and in a little cottage in Seattle to “live hap- he never saw was too much for the wouid- nacle light that shone blood-red on the to make them think they were safe, he them that their boat was'seaworthy and_ succulent shell fish to last them all day. Ray was prospecting, and as his wite pily ever after.” be groom. license obtained, there compass card, its ruby light not in the would drop back and they would hear his to be relied upon in their long journe; At one place where they had gone could not follow on his hard trips he built — was & walt until one auspicious evening, least blinding their eves to the darkness blowing close on their quarter; close from civilization upon which they were ashore on an island for fresh water Ray a shelter for her on the beach, and tak- London covers 75,000 acres, Leeds Is next when the, young couple went out for a aboubs enough to make them think that a blow starting. saw the track of a deer. Thinking the ing the little yacht would sail away across with 21,000 and Sheffield third with 9650,