The evening world. Newspaper, March 13, 1915, Page 11

Peay i) Slt ey She gazine. Saturday. | ; 1 M : RE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DONNA ISABEL} By Robert Minor ~.. A Treasure-Ship Romance : By RANDALL PARRISH Author o “THE RED MIST,” Be laneuree S5r MiIN ESM 8.8 bho ea dete et Natt aeds nee enee a aati momen, | weather holding clear, but ‘with @ mist slowly gather. ering in the south that seemed to threaten change. ~ ‘That the wreck was slowly settling down under us was beyond doubt, and laden with ice as she was the sodden hull would probably drop at last like @ stone. The thickening sky te the eouthward made me exceedingiy anz- B oki (Continued), fous, and just before dark we talked ry the conditions over together, cach The Treasure Causes Trouble. "ey ‘raving his say. ‘The decision ann 2 thought struck me like a was to remain on board, all allke be- blow. I kuew the truth, the lieving the Donna Isabel wuld keep truth. There was not one afoat several days yet, unless the chance in @ thousand—not weather became serious. Everything 4 one. I made no effort was made ready, however, for a hasty g a 4 ~: . ; glad cry. . t© Gecetve myself. Two days be- escape and a deck watch was eet. 7 ‘ : £ u cs " “Oh, Jack, you have deen lying fore I might have yielded to Kelly and I were to serve from 8 until $e 2 ry et 4 : there so long unconscious!” this mad delusion, but not then. The 12, then Johnson and McKnight until " s hh Elsie SH - | 4 . I cpuld only clasp her hands an@ Hi A 2 a | 8 i i memory of that last storm remained too vivid, the wreck resulting from it woo‘ apparent. The men, even tho tate, blinded by the gold lust had oe facts plain as day to me—the _., terrible listing of ¢! hip to port, the - Sonstant seeping of water into the Bola, the increasing soddenness of the four, with De Nova and Sanches completing the round to daylight. Doris passed the greater pert of my ‘watch on deck with me, and as Kelty ‘was on the poop wo were nearest to being alone together we bad ever been, It was an exceedingly dark night, but etill, an awful sense of loneliness | brooding over the black waters, the ; gaze into the depths of her gray eyes. . “I have proved rather a poor apest- men of a mag, I fear, dear,” 1 con- feseed at last, ashamed of my woak- ness, “How long?” “Tt is three deys since we were | i ® ‘A i pialsir.’ ‘¢ Mageering hull—all these combined to brought on board and we were “But De Nova? How does he +; tall the story—that the Donna Isahel canvas forward flapping mournfully, | 9. G _ : bad bes pet adh by i er an “Pah! he get over it; I know Ist... Was doomed. No power of men, aitu- the huge rudder continually, creaking : y 4 ‘ j P. J at consciousness. “ ; oT to ted as we were, could ever save her, 1 the slap of the waves, and @ faint ; : : , mt I endeavored to think it out, to seilof, See, moneleug; wal le of water sounding f: below. y zi : 5 y . \. fu he ‘The protecting ice sheath, by help of The dreariness of it ‘affected us oth | comprehend. Ghe leaned further aft in the d{rection 1 4 , : % r y z over, her lips touching my cheek, pointed. Within the companion 4 ‘Witch she had drifted ghost-like out in spite of an effort at chearfuines.; R a ¢ rt : iat the mate, Uitte bla 6f the Antarctic, pounded by the fierce besides, we had little to tall eet ‘ é ; af 3 Minar aca apn ier eal Matnebe suried Jeanie ny Meads" loosened by the milder ‘air of °*CePt, Our perilous situation. | a Ps 2 . ; Pfc , son took your place et the eifler, and eee 4 - ‘hore northern latitudes, had already on the couch in the main cabin after | i - * ie —and ye .., Semmenced to flake off, and the in- A ‘Vading water was discovering crevices everywhere along her ancient seams. ‘We had come to the gold; we had by k's roll. Giscovered it; it was ours. But we ‘ng. Yet my conviction that she would fold only gaze on it, and give it back Feet RAee aL eouty ver com 1ullea | ocean in exchange for our lives. De Nova woke me with a florce grip once, crests yed, cram mabe: "i hen, chas! wind readily I straightened up, my lips com: on the shoulder, and | started stant an agony; and then, all a8 Saked ing each other in the Grtying as st Sore Siping more and meee » Reve’ and looked beyond the struggling noting the gray dawn on the pat 1, found the crest, and maddening sameness, eh fying ard, and, affording Mesa Our mum’ of brain, We. sat silenth reathed in ‘We sat silently windows, and reading the truth in bis th® Welcome air, my stiffened limbs |, ate b of 2OF_ any se rain. fur Sgures of the men into Doris's ques. frincowe snd reading the truth ia bls Fioving mechanically, my. brain C10uds above assuming the form of greatest eff p the staring into the ermother, forever be: e uli tioning gray throbbing with pain. I could see noth- grotesque phantoms, leering and straining cordage free from ice, and holding the miriges red SE senigsaescesssrntee ote cies, FTO or gan) ato siall qkiant? ing uotll a Huge roller dung me up- dancing like Incarnate fends: to prevent ite formation slong the suinds ten “mould spring to thelr the future “ yu ffetin, . face wi ic} gun je or bows, rich feet, som: ery, oo Lom ceerene Sue ove of @ woman! eit ocae oy suite spray, and there, below io ‘the hole recurring dawn those within the boat spray dashed in constant shower. t0 sink back again, with ghastly faces one question which i & men? It would bo mn? What ut women.” : low, tossed the long boat, avery pal- appeared older, grayer, more deeply — jiow these hours dragget, with the buried in their hands. It was all illu- jipg, / cutting, their , Tid face staring up at me. saw lined; their exponed flesh caked more tlesa scene without, tne 8/0n; the waves, the clouds mocking “But you, Doris, ! Do you c ears out; yet it must be done—d ‘The men wero tumbling out as 1 same ‘heartless nt te, nding un- a Recessary, with all the brutality eat bounded on the after state room door, them frantically back water, as the heavily with the salt spray; same hopeless faces within! “Most Us even our voices sounding un mean what you sald yonder? Are we wy @ slave driver. y of AX glance through the stern ports Seat surge hurled me down head- limbe ped from co id Of us continued to live merely be- natural, our faces growing unfamiliar. onjy saved to.lose each other? Have Seras: She had sald this treamure brought my heart into my throat, the [ong I was beside them; they cold; their oyes lustrele @ause we could not die. Indifter- Only Doris; Doris did not ch ard? Do you know feito, 2UF86, @ legacy of crime and death, crests of tho pursuing waves were eo clutched at me and A With despair, ‘They conversed with ence took the place of hope, and wé not, ut least, to my eyes. Ai of him?" ‘ @ prio for dead men. Not while { close. Knowing that both women Stef, swung suddenly about by the some effort at cheerfulness at frat, performed our simple task auto- became whiter, weaker, the ‘The red blood flooded the pale PPE Felainea ‘mind and body tone 2 would be fully dressed, I flung open DIOW of the sea, loomed over me, and Aguring on the speed with which W® matically, almost: unconsciounly, growing darker beneath her eyes. yet lashes vetling the ; should it cost our lives. I pushed be the door and began hastily gathering ‘hen my fingers gripped @ dripping sailed, dividing up the treasure, johnson, De Nova, and I took our she still sat at my knee, looking UD gray eyes, : > [rer Nova backward and planted myself UP thelr belongings, Within a brief Oar blade. seaa fatlng Ubon tien peckatle oats tricks af the helm, "with one man al- into my tees, yielding me Bow courege not new; don't speak of that : \yere across inute " 0 nows how ever clung to q ways awa! forwal manage hear beart: now, ’ Bee ace aa ther open chest eoowling’ mnto Dlasie we were culsige on Ge deck. | Gor ed. by that wea how the ee eee ERS lille wed enitaly a8 unning gear, and only once during 1 bellave she apres ma, saved ine from “Bel 1 mgt, X gennet, walt tn gus. “Thi It strength remained in my numl (Fi those first six days were We com- mag ns inslste js mysel! a a6 the treasurerall ewe, cee tect “ hands; but some one twisted a boat. Some, devert of tumoling waters Delieq ‘to lower our eal, or take a of ber love—held me sane, rela me “You ‘have heard—tall "me occasion for you to go crazy over i in the sky, Hook in the collar of my jacket, and Syirtoving about us, that same wild rect in the jib. Cate. Sei eee fe Put those coins Back—-do ‘you Thé #ea ran somewhat heavier, yet #0 they hauled me, dripping and half- {ry O’icioul. fanwy tne fro bee . Then @ fierce squall came tearing given way. x hear, McKnight? Put them back, and With @ regular swell, the Donna Isa- conscious, over the gunwele. I saw Conia Oceoninay tie Teles 08 Gown upon us from out the north. | 1 think of thoes other faces now Weill shut down tho lid. “They're nice bel feeling and, stéggering “like Doria.) looked Into her eyes. Jet answering even when addressed. Bot, Nitie Mare, blew, eran SP ee Sieeeen nad Coes oct of ts; fee ave et “atrata OR re ee esa so. deeply that her maincchains think It was the simple touch of her pe at Ay 0 omen sana te Kicked up an ugly ‘sea, lashing Us eee ee re ety atiticor might place all under arrest; besides of them. Were there any signs of @!Pped, while her list permitted the that gave me back life and compre; Jit? this was because of ‘thelr With heavier atinging spray and We © Ly I—I wanted to nurse you. others down there in the ice, John- Water free entrance through the gap Lenaion of my eondition, Lendeavored Coating everything with ice, For {han used artlcuiate epwecn; Druived “"y looked at her, my heart falling, ~ dispositions, or failure to comprehend eon in the port bulwarks, and flooded the Weakly to lift my head, fighting Pitt) Ooo tion of our situation, seven hours we fought in a blinding Ath the smart of salt water, my volco trembling.as I spoke. “io. gtr, but mays be there deck There wan « desperation to her Mtn nein" Wraryining,awumed a am unable to aay. Yat qutwardiy tmother, every man awake, crouch: Ehiled through by the. ley wind, we ulbul are You suing tong ut ieee RO, doubt they'll be there, Shen Plunge would prove her last, ft dream, yet in that dream I heard De {hey seemed to retain thelr courage (06 Urhony Innenan, (he and snarled ike wild beasts, our eyes per y we could ever ge a . jor ’ jowever, their @: told me " bi our faces end un- 2 em out would be to run this hooker eaung Doreinte tee care ec ihe long ight pe vow pes dam’ auick plainly enough how heavi psd AS putts heme clean. nid ‘i Ph ake gle a long pause, in which the ice melt, its plain enough te see "Now jump, men,—lively, oF she'll Strip x0 wet clothes off, or he freese tively iittie of Celeste, an ne chose as we thus kept them from aweep- know not how long it endured: , TOlr4 Vor rapia a. what has happened. The Donna 9 down under De Nova, John- Lay eA (fare jemp Fa '¥, @0’ 9 position near the foot of the mast, ‘Me the laboring boat fore and aft, merely remember this and that out “They—they tall me I cap get Ka ieabel salted fa Dallast, these ch see, cana’ ae age pene the ronest wet Foun Tye and remained there much of the time, and swamping her, of the mist, Doris's gray yes ever sage on an English vessel, Ing about the only cargo she ca: , wrapped warmly in blankets, minis- I never believed we could weather lasping mine; ¢tross, withii Gays we Pied. They shifted in the heavy seas, eedy. Now, then, tail on fered to by De Nova, who sat beside it, the increasing waves tossing us Celeste iy! Ker Base ane ‘utter day Feach .@nd the Lord only knows where they YOU, bay} arn tik Une etter “ . Gattiyy ee ee aaa one Oe: about ke @ cork, yet, as lawn Under the Plankets; De Nova rocking are Anyway, they are dafe be- Caay! Bilde down the ery WP tlankets Laaw Dorie sitting where _ But Doris remained aft with me, broke, we succeeded in broaching to; boek and forth, striving to sing, or yond the reach of your ice cleaver.” SW Tost Or oars men, oars oF she'll oF Mould iook down into my face, and ‘esting when I was off duty, but ait: with & canvas drag holdin yuld Creeping of to the tiller, with bis buried in the coverlat, | red into each other’a faces, “PASPale oe the chains missed aoe CO OO iO othe mast ana #128 Wide awake, her head ‘touching the very moment I realized she would body shaking us though ‘he had ao — I fought the ma di agreeable truth slowly pene- 4 ,0h6 dip of the chains m us by ¢ Steg up ail, “1 pushed my hand my knee whenever it was my trick at Fide safely I fell forward dead asleep. palsy; Johnson, never moving, his my hand eneen A trating their minds, Kelly spoke, his ret inch; then we swung clear, gettins under the covers and found ‘he tiller. It scems a strange thing Hither Doris or one of the men cov- head aunk into his chest; his ase out feroely, but it was & ae voice trembling: fhesed Sep o0 the creamy Greet ss 5 Ses wom Sacer to say, yet T believe it was the very ered me with blankets, my ley cloth over the bows: McKnight curled up could Control may voles audclentiy fox “Then why the hell, sir, couldn't we uge roller, which enabled us to look ih, - little girl,” I whisperea Certainty of death which kept her ing drying on my body. But it was as dog lies, sometimos cursing reply. She did not ay rae 7 do just what you paid?” straight down on the sloping deck. So ee ee Aone now. strong, self-reliant, almost happy. Doris who welcomed me back to life fiercely, only to break off and cry ike as I continued to gase at her My bat! run her ashore—simply be- (‘J every one here ned tenderly ot gown, her cheek pressed Not for one instant did she consider again, as a little glimpso of wester- @ child, heart throbbed with a love coguse, my lad, that shore happens to ‘‘All but Jem Co! ainst wine, unable to final possible. She ing sun grew barely visible throu, I remember when the boom ew! came saci a ri ‘sn blidecee ah be @ thousand miles awoy, and I “‘Cole, where ts hi eld-did the Donna isabel go lived in her love for me, utterly in- @ rift in the dun clouds, with the about, pitching Sanchez headiong an Doris,” t mansaed te whiner af _ ., doubt if this wreck keeps afioat three It was Johnson who answered. down?” I asked, after a moment's ai- sensible to the drear surroundin; mainsail again spread, and the long- breaking his leg; how he pulled it last, “w ae ink ( ‘Oni: 3 longer: ‘Well, all I know about it is, 1 fown and merely anxious to prolong our boat leaping to the foaming summits. back into position with a sickening fight Iw! eh eng ir excited faces told of incred- hauled him out o’ the bunk and shook ‘es, and—and it nearly caught Ufe together. lation to Oh, but it was worth all suffering gnap, binding it there Srmiy, while !et me be alone fore ei4 Uuuty, of a suspicion that I was play- him wide awake. ‘Then I left him to her-voice sobbing, as the mem- ™é of a woman's man’e just to read the confession of ber beads of perspiration told the Chil- % little while, unt! can fight *7@® -ing with them, and I went on swiftly: go. and rout out Kelly. Thi the ory of it all came back. “I—I saw eyes, and to feel her bend down over jan'’s pain, 1 recall that other day Ut and opoaues. he eye . “You fellows have neen ‘so crasy lagt I saw of him, sir; but i ‘ou jump, and then there was moth- | May I never forget the clasp of me in sudden tenderness! I am not when Dade suddenly stood up, his | She lifted her pepeee iy the int Meri” tie last two days you haven't thought thing he ain't her ing—nothing but the ‘Oh! bow her hand, the tender lovelight in her ashamed that the tears dimmed my eyes staring dully out into the fog- hair, her gray ey’ fran! of any(ping but gold. I tell you it is De Nova had hold of the tiller, and gid God ever save you—ever bring STay eyes, the words of faith and eyes #0 I could scarcely see her dear bank which, wrapped us about, ex- into min Tecate -= net thé treasure, but our lives we've 1 sprang forward, pushing Sanches, you back to me?" hope on her lips, as we eat thus face or that my voice choked #0 I tending his hands, smiling, and sald bon A San pow, a6 Ky y--4 “as” got to wave. The ice 18 peeling off the who was in the bow, I could only preas her hand under through those long hours, battling COUld do no moro than whisper her “Sure, I'm comin’, ol’ "and tremblingly. The moment I was sides,-and the ship is taking water “Lay net nose close in where I can tho warmth of the blankets, still feel- against the sea, tho motioniess forms Dame. She must have understood, stepped overboard, We grabbed for Alone. | saline ah al tally We are going to jump. for the chains,” I ordered, ing it dificult to breathe. of the blanketed sleepers alone evi- fF her soft hands touched my cheek, him, but he went down and never Welle on ane SP Lrg the L sharply, “We can't leave Cole be- “Did—dtd you see Cole? she ques- dencing other human life within the 424 #0 we rested for a long while, camo wp again. McKnight was the dressed tha ‘ er a oe how much of this hi hind to drown,” Honed at last, more calmly. boat. It was her presence, her love, *c@Fcely exchanging 4 word between first to speak. brichy the story of our rescue anspor’ u it was a bit of a tickli job the eard him; her inspiration, which stiffened me “He had his pockets full o' gold. Fit s 4 tough, lads, but we might as well face war the sea ay Aisne nan that ie fertha orntnied cartareanan’ ot a later that same day, just {enw him takia’ it las night” ‘We weve considerably to the west a L C8 ; “No Such Work for a Man in My Position!” atte rn. EYES! Bi itt Hy my 4 as SE j é i ee 38 r} i a ? Bee ESSE 4 is hig ii 3 i eo Aas i Cee; bai: : Hg ai ef i f I 4 LH] Hy ‘i oa : HA 3 i “ ” * id vely,"he- cane oid mot like it; but with De 1umping wreck sagging under, but the ice the p: 5 labor growing harder with each day, At the edge of twilight, when ‘Kelly ‘There waa @ fleroe storm of oaths, Of UT course, he sald Rtwtely be. © the mate knew his trade, and, as the I felt her shiver; then she lifted Tt pecame oasy to see what this called, “A sail!” pointing eagerly over the faces of the men wolfish and sav- ‘all the wi down the Moa. orem calized the usciessness boat rose high on the swell, I leaped Hef head. looking forth over, the wee. meant to us all. It was neither the port quarter. Then, some upon age as*they glared down into the heavy sea ay owe “To the very end the dead are our knees, some standing, we all saw ‘ter; but Kelly fell on his knees and °O#t. It was just at . and hung on, my feet dangling in ” ger nor thirst, although I feit it ng, wa y we mighted your boat in longitude ER Now, lads, let's make use of what the froth. As the sodden hull swun; doomed to guard that gold.” ahe sald ty put all upon short ratio! it, & misty, white reflection, snowing began to pra peventy-eight degrees. w et, and la ude soberiy, the beginning, but rather t! vague against the darkening horizon. — ¢ almont acema to me that this ventee! daylight we've got left. ‘This weather reeling over I clambered up, and aboard.” I lay watching the delicate ia e Y Teter ne wheat, Meaatiy neue y-three degrees, seven igiikely to change any minute, ‘Three dropped to, the deck. The mislng profile of her tice, havpy, vet WIEN fines in tnae ‘vast denote of ocean, gitain of canvas, & speck of cloud, bron “there were ‘houre afer thee, TuTUtee, uth, Fe cee eae Me ou lower tha: , and ge . a le of foreboding. . or the pinnacle of iceberg—but " 1 ted belonging to the long-boat. over, staring down at the bobbing § “Lift me up a little, dear, until I Ki contemplation of it maddened us or ee Uy naache gird aes a permape even days tt Diente Rice! Stephens, but 5 pew Piece. the jib up with any old stuff boat being hurled back by the re- can look about.” moment into enzy, and de Gown over the waters biotti: the [yved Nr aes a eed ok lana pitiful sight thea 0 P you can find that will stand a light bound of the surge, yet seolng only She did so with much gentleness, promeeé, Se the next into profound jet faint vestige from view. Yet we thentoms dre Me and ne ented Mig gd ot Se Sone ae Wind, De Nova, you take charge of the white face of Doria upturned ap- and f leaned Against the qunwale, melancholy, We could not shake It hung on desperstaly, the men staring Phantoms dream weird and fan jib held. but the mainsail waa ia tat: that job. Dade, you'd better run back pealingly toward me. It was @ raw cloudy morning, sea off; awake or in dreams it held us to out into the black void, grumbling reality bidek. " know that Johneos tere gad 2 | ae Oe eae to the tiller, and hold her steady as = “Pull out, boys now! Give lull, dreary ex- Ca and cursing, until the long night wore hejped Py ‘the tiller while De Nova May i. There was @ man forward Ds Joe Ghat the long-bost is sound, Seu ews whee she drop ra et Pree, (a ssligge the awiyl loselinces eternal ewall of the sous, the same Say With no reward. lay Prone fg the bottom of the boat, jashed down ‘with ropes, dead; @ Wan .000 SH8%, She lonsenae® is Sound, Fou down whee she Crepe, ‘That was about the last I recall eometimes talking to himself, occa- were wrapped sp d, and ready for ldunching.” bin.” of water on which we Our eternity of clouded ak: i q man and a woman we! pe egtons ur, Ks ui ow ot ate that far, Leven got fairly eyes met and our handolasp tight- dull, dead monotony of iq Clearly; afterwards all grew indis- sionally Ufting hia head to peer over jn blankets amidships, leanin sogions ats y much in American money would be in within the door, and my ears caught ened. motien, hour after hour, day after [100% eommingies, confused. it was the sides nad no meaning, just me chest?” the dull, muffled sounds of blows be- night. It drove us mad, crushin, formed work as before, the in- a jumble of French words, and he “J don't know, of course, but just tween decks, My God! the fellow had CHAPTER XVIII. dows, upon the brain as though fe Bin atk “ssgrona eatlog’” ine smiled Iite that ueed Bpenterd ts. the for a guess, perhaps a hundred tnou- actually gone baok into that icy hald was a real weight, merciless, agon- rightly, and out of the mist numer- cabin of the Donna Isabel. I know gand collars—may be more. to dig for gold! As I stood there, Jn Which We Fight Death. ‘s\ng._ The air remained frosty, the ous incidents arise to memary prov- that Sanches, who hati bravely done “Zat fine lot moneys for sailor- trembling, wondering if I could dare southwest wind chilling, the spray 1 observed and thought, all be could in spite of his broken 1 man,” he sald, eagerly. “An’ w’y not the passage, } felt a sudden quiver REMEMBER distinctly which slapped into our faces icy Never can I forget the eight of that fell into the delirium of fev we. Wave ity Anynow, wy noi try lo of the di heard @ sharp, fipping enougn the first six deys of 0old, Our fingere stiffened with cold, narrow boat, tossing about on ti crouued for houre that be wae dy! “gave it? Ze long-boat is built to sound forward, a yell of mingled that boat voyage; it seems OUr bodies shook from the chill; only crests of great seus, or plunging and had at last to be bound fast in ‘A big fellow beld hol’ twenty-flve peoples, an’ we only voices, and turned and nan for the Deneath the warmth of the blankets down into the black hollows; the his blankets, ynow Kelly came he was frose there, but he'd dro! ten, Yen wy not take ze gol’? It rail. With all my strength I flung as if every detail was could we find comparative comfort. nm water pouring in cataractsover creaping aft with a knife in his hand, down unti! hts head hung dangling as eat not'ing, it drink not'ing, an’ if myself forth—straight out into the burned constantly, becom- Hour after hour the men lay, fie gunwale; the constant failing; imagining he had been robbed, and I the boat rocked. There wasn't ene {t weigh too much gen wo t'row it gray sea. I went down, down, down, ing more haggard and hopeless as curled up and motioniens, only the wet, soggy blankets; the moaning had to knock him flat with the tiller of them took any notice of us until we overboard. But w'y not carry ing as if the v they stared, dull-eyea and almlesal; crawling forth reluctantly to take of wind through the icy cordage; the bar, the boat fallin: ff into the fal) al egeice, Then this big Mt, ze hundred thousand dollar?” J + thelr turn on watch, The sea was Sapping of the sail; the gray masses trough of the sea and rly capsizing sailor lifted hi and “That will right, Iods." T lysed b; ter, out over the endless waste of water everything except smooth, yot the of water curling over us in contine- before 1 could get her head about eyed earned it fair uw to the dun sky. We were ao tired of !o: trode the heavy aswell threatening: awful expense spain, Doris was bending over San- pang west Ke ft; it had wrown 00 hateful in its splendidiy,, Cipeias down into the el terval tha: me roaring up to rE hy Pa ay By hh og who seemed to have an ini