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    TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, 3 EAT 24, 1!)00.
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Ihor, the Norwegian
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(Copyrighted, lyo, by V It Ucy i orac sailors who found II possible to
Thc.'o Is no place In all the world sodeso- navigate a craft which ordinarily should
late, particularly when a norwest calo hail havo carried n crew of four or Ave.
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ui-cii uu uiu rainpilKO lor inri'O Successive nuni'luurillllK tuwu mo oiuiiii iiavj 111- l t),-i I.I.. . .. i
days, lashing the sou Into a fury of foam creased in violence, and so mighty were the Bnd" '
ind turmoil. as that part of the North sea sea,, which swept before It that not ln;L0(,c Jey tXm A
still burning thpre made his way rapidly ( then silently withdrew As many times ho
down and out through the cleft Into the , strode to the hatchway nnd seemed to
open air, thence hurriedly to the water's j meditate upon entering the cabin, only to
edge, and In a moment more he was In the turn away nnd stand gazing aotois the water
dingey, sculling rapidly pant the sloop to- toward the const of Denmark. Hl .strong
ward the open sen. 'and noble face wore an expression of In-
When ho had reached a certain point be- itrospectlon which could not bo confounded
yond which It would have been folly to j with anxiety, and frequently he ran his
hove ventured, by artfully working his oar. i fingers through the wavy, tawny masses of
ne held the little craft almost stationary, ! his hair, as If by doing so some obstacle
while he, standing upright, shading his eyes
with his disengaged hand, gazed eagerly to
windward, Ho seemed also to listen.
where It washes against tho western coast
of tho peninsula of Denmark. At such
times the air Is frost-la len and benumbing,
even In mid-summer. Tho water Itself Is
of an ominous, leaden lint, like a bnttleshlp
with her war paint on. liven the foam
which caps tho waves Is not white and
flakey ns It Is In tho ttouthcrn zones, but
Booms to have been adulterated with some
refuse tint suggestive of tho dirty suds of
wash day. Tho wind Is as erratic aa tho
waves which chop unmercifully; It howls
nnd shrieks and roars with deadly energy
for a time, and then moans sullenly while
It generates new force for n moro furious
onslaught. Deep-sea sallow dread thl
region and avoid It when they can, but
the nmphlbious Norwegian and tho storm
born Dano lovo It ns a bavago loves the
wilderness.
If you should study one of tho older
charts of this bad-tcmpcrcd sea you would
discover that Ilfty-two miles off tho coast
of Denmark, by tho compass north-northwest
from Tyboron, thcro looms a rock
with nn unpronounceublo Danish name,
which, being translated into Kngllsh. means
tho Devil's None. At tho present time it
has disappeared, for upon it hail citranded
bo many vessels and to It was duo tho loss
of so many lives and ho much property that
tho Danish and the German government
united to destroy It. It Is not located on
tbo chartB in uso today, nnd tho deepest
draught war vessel may now pafM over tho
unot in safety
Originally it loomed sixty-four rest
Into the air, and from tho westward
had tho appcaranco of a huge
none, tho moro bo when tho tide
was low, for then at tho water's edge could
bo sccu Indentations that had been ground
out by centuries of pounding wnves, nnd
theso cavities wcro tho nostrils of this
mammoth proboscis. To tho eastward It ex
tended from tho nummlt to tho water at an
angle of 23 degrees. This part of tho rock
whs enncavo In form, and it broadened as It
descended until It finally disappeared bo
nonth tho water llko tho tines of a pitch
fork, leaving a sheltered bay about fifty
feet in length by thirty In breadth, nnd as
deep as tho sea Itself. Many a belated
craft returning from a fishing voyago nnd
overtaken by a furious nor'wester found
fihetteiihero beforo tho rock was destroyed,
nnd InVho llttlo bay rodo out tho gale In
safety; nnd It was Just such an occasion
ns thlB which ono afternoon In August com
pelled two men. tho solo occupants of a
Hloop-rlggcd craft, to seek tho llttlo haven
of rofugo.
Tho gain had como upon them nlmost
without warning. They had reefed and
doublo reefed their salln, but tho wind, as
if it enjoyed their discomfiture, increased
its strength In proportion as thoy reduced
tbo rcslstaneo to It, so that at last thoy wero
obliged to scud before It with only sail
enough left standing to glvo them ntocr
ngo way.
()ni of these men, almost a giant In
stature, hold tho tiller nnd watched with
unerring eyes tho play of tho savage water
around them. Ho knew throo waters as the
half-grown child known tho dooryard of its
birthplace, and ho loved tho sea, tho leap
lug waves and tho rushing wind with a pas
lon that was hereditary. Ho loved It, nnd
ho delighted to defy Its dangers. His com
panion held tho sheet rope, which, notwith
standing tho fact that ho had taken two
turns around tho cleat, was, with each frish
gust of wind, almost Bnatchcd from hls
crasn,
"Weil mnko the Devil's Nose, CraddocK"
said thn big man at tho helm, "and we',1
be thcro In ten mlnuteV time. Pasi tho
hhect to inc. I can hold It with my left
hand. Now lako tho heaving lino and go
forward. Mako ono end fast to the capstan
tlo the other end around your waist, nnd
whon 1 round to into tho llttlo bay Jump
and swim for your life. She'll have bend-
way enough to carry her Into the neck of
tho cove, but not a 'hit more. Thcro Is an
iron ring sot in tho rock near tho point on
tho north shore and another at tho he.id of
tho covev If you can mnko ono of them
nnd get a hitch through It beforo tho lin?
nulls taut, wo will bo ns h.uo nn n church
Tut your clasp knlfo in your tooth, Crad. and
If you cannot mako one- of tho rings in tlm
cut yourself ndrlft nnd nwlm ashoro nnd
wait. I'll rldo out tho galo alone, nnd then
I'll como back for you, (!o forward, now!
Not a word! I'm captain of this craft.
When tho bloop was ngaln upon the Rum
mlt of a wnvo Crnddock, from his potl'l-n
nt tho bow, could sco tho huge rock to which
his compnnlon had referred. Ho had heard
blm descrlbo It many times, but he had never
seen It before-
Thorn In nothing o deadly uncertain In
tho life of a bailor as running straight be
foro a gain of wind. Billows, llko moun
tains, tower In front nnd rear up out of the
ocean's depth intern, making destruction
appear inevitable. And there In an angry
swlHh and a resentful Kcethlng In the rush
ing water s It lifts tho utern on high nnd
hurls tho craft llko an arrow frem a how
before It. Hut neither of thruo men scnied
to realize 'tho danger they wero In, or if
they realized It, they wero carele.s con
cerning It. And whllo he nt tho stern stood
with feet apart, his right hand grnpplng the
tlllor and his left firmly holding tho strain
Ing sheet. Crnddock prepared himself fo
thn leap he was to make, upon tho success
of which their safety depended
Krom a small thing In tho distance the
Povll's Noso loomed greater and mightier
m they advanced. It seemed to bo running
toward them at fearful upeed. growing taller
rind mightier .nnd moro ominous ns it ap
proaehod. Tho wavcn bait against it with
favngo fury and clouds of spray and chunks
of water wero hurled almost to tho summit
It seemed to Crnddock ns they drove on
ward ns 1f bin friend wns steering straight
for the forbidden rock: but ho nevor looked
nstern. Ho knew that the hand that held
thn tlllor was strrng. tried nnd sure.
Then camn the mighty boom of the mad
donod waters ngaliiht the barrier of rock
and tho yacht was enveloped In n bhower
of foam nnd mist through which, half ob
scured, tho black monument towered. Tho
helmsman released his hold upon tho slu!t.
thn boom (lew forwnrd with a sudden crash
ngalnst thn shrnmln. the sloop heeled over
to sUrbonrd until her de,-k was half sub
merged In water and sho camo nbout llko
tho trapping of a whip. It was nt thnt
Instant that Crnddock mado his leap.
Twenty minute later tho sloop was safely
moored within 'tho llttlo bay, which was
s placid as a mill pond, nnd tho two men
wero snug In the cabin with nothing but
thn roar of thn rushing wind nbove them
nnd the booming of the water ngalnst tho
western extremity of the rock to remind
them of tho perils through which they had
ust passed.
Whllo tho ttorm raged on and daylight be
came smothrred by advancing night Vy
frequently clouds of spray and masses of
water leaped over the summit of the rock,
moment later he saw the form of hh friend
to ugnln fall Into the sea many fathoms to t"""' , ' , , . l" ' !
i.....V. ..i t,, .. i , ,,. .. strokes, and clinging to his back, with her
leeward. Tho rushing of tho wind, spilt In
twain by the barrier which sheltered them
cume together again beyond tho Devil's Nose
with a nolso llko distant thunder.
arms around his neck, was the cork-Jacketed
woman of tho wreck.
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Aflnr lh ,.l .11, .......I . .I..I- u- "" uu" "1" lliriicui'll, -""
n Th",,! ,. , l';T .ui '. u.u " . . "clous, with something Infinitely ratbctlc in
who had held tho holm through the Btorm
her wonder nnd amazement, they afslsted
of tho preceding night, nnd brought tbo : .7:.-.. ".' 'V"T-V..'V. 1.."...': 'V:
In ,m t,., i. ,1.1 . . i,l "el iiiuuK iue siouji s ucck io ine nine cuuui
at the bow:
"Crnddock, thU rl!o of nature's masonry
contains tho unwritten epitaphs of thousands
who havo perished here. It has other DlUcn
i-i-ii-iD, iuu, nnu one oi mem i nave uis
coveted, and will show you. Do you think
to collected reflection might be dispelled
Crnddock nlso seemed distraught. He kept
his placo nt the bow and gated, not nt the
sen. but upward, toward the summit of the
Devtl'rt Nose, nnd there was nnger lu his
eyes nnd menace In tho expression of his
face.
At last Thor drew near to him again.
"I cannot help it. Crnddock," he said, ns
if in continuation of a discussion between
them. "1 cannot help It, my friend. I loc
her. Yes, and she loves me. It wns her
Mill thnt cried nloud to me from the sen
when 1 stood up thero on the rock nnd heard
nnd nnawered and obeyed. Whut matter If
sho Is the daughter of a king? Do yen
know, Craddock, that since she came to us
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, Ih. ZT ' M Uiey ttCJ t0BCthcr from a locker ho selected clothing of bis I I believe that I, too, nm of royal blool? You
own, which ho laid out upon tho berth; nro angry because you know I love this
until then there hail been no word spoken
Madam, ' he said, pausing beneath the
'do you understand Kngllsh?"
She replied with an Inclination of her
head, and he added: "This Is tho only dry
If wo climb to the summit yonder that you c,olhlnK t can ottcr Thcre , bram, ,
can keep your hold upon tho slippery rock
ngnlnst tho gale?"
Crnddock shrugged his shoulders, and,
without reply, turned toward tho dlngoy
which had nlrendy been launched nnd was
moored on tho port sldo of tho sloop. Thoy
sculled It quickly to the head of tho bay. and
scon began the precarious nscent of tho
Devil's None. Two-thirds of tho distnnco to
tho summit they enmc upon a level space no
bigger than n dining table, which in the
center wns cleft apart, leaving a space not
moro than two feet wide, and ns dark as
midnight within; and Into this forbidding
placo tbo big mnn, without explanation or
hesitation, dropped. Crnddock followed, and
a mcoicnt later they stood In a natural
cavern that wns crcntcd when tho rock was
formed
"I doubt," said tho leader, "If thcre lives
another man today who knows of tho ex
Istenco of this cavern. Hark! Do you hear
that whistling moan? It Is like tho vlbra
tlon of a hundred ueollnn harrs. I havo n
tern here; wait till I ntrlko a light and I
will show you something grander than you
over saw before." Then, presently, ho led tho
way up tho slippery rock, and as they ad
vanccd tho weird moaning and whistling
became loudor and shriller until It seemed
ns if thero wcro living things hovering
nrouml them nnd shrieking In their enrs.
It wan tho voice of tho gale as It rushed
through nn opening In tho rock high over
their hcuds; nnd niter they had mounted
to It Craddock saw his friend put the Ian
tern down; then his arm was solzed In a
linn grnsp nnd ho was led nround a Jutting
boulder Into the light of day
Tho wind struck them llko a blow, and
for a moment forced them back ngnln, but
they hold their ground and presently stood
upon a ledgo formed by an Indentation
which Nature had left In the mighty mass,
with tho summit of tho Davit's Nose n
scarce thrco fathoms abovo their heads
on tho table. If there Is moro that I can
do, you have but to coll through tho hatch.
Ho turned then to leavo her, but she de
tained him by a gesture.
Tell me," she demanded, with nervous
prlnccts.
"No, Ralph ;" nnd Craddock turned nnd
faced his friend. "I am not angry; that Is
not the word; but I havo grave misgivings.
I wish that you had not taken me to the
summit of the ro;k."
Tho brond shoulders of the Norwegian
gavo expression to a ohrug. He raised his
head proudly, nnd smiled at the clouds, the
sky, and tho world nround him.
"I d'd not take you there, old chap," he
Tha' der'iny whUh s!i.prs our enl' in
whoio conlr.il our cntltic.i are as lucre
feathers in n gale, brought us through the
tcmprst. fnce to face, and you, Cnrlctta--
you sco I know your name and you and
I will remember and will live up to this
hour, henceforth. Some dny when you nre
safe In tho palace of your fnther t will go
to you there. I know not how, nur when,
but I will go. Cntll then, princess. I may
not say moro than 1 have said."
Sho raised her eyes to his nnd looked nnd
looked nnd looked. She did not spenk,
thcre wns no need. And whllo their soula
communed together In silence, Craddock
leaped Into tho hatchwny and called nloud:
"Pall, ho!"
Once more the Norwegian touched tho
forehp.nl of the prlnccn with his Him, nnd
then he left her nnd hastened to the deck.
Not thrco miles uway to tho eastward n
Danish cruiser was steaming toward them.
Craddock wns nt the stern of the sloop
wildly ccstlculatlnc to attract tho ntten
tlon of those upon the! ship of war; nnd
from the starboard bow thcre presently Is
sued a puff of smoke followed by n distant
report, nnd tho cruiser gilded Into the less
tumultuous waves beneath the shelter of
tho Devil's Noso. Davits swung outward, n
cutter dropped Into tho sea, was manned
nnd presently pulled under tho stern of the
sloop.
Tho cruiser had been sent from Tyboron
In search of the belated yacht of tho Prin
cess Cnrlotta.
Twenty minutes later tho princess had
departed. Tho cruiser, with black smoko
spouting from her funnels, wns coursing
with nil speed for Dcnmnrk with tho Joyous
news of the princess' snfoty; nnd Thor stool
silently lenning ngalnst the tiller of the
sloop, with ono hand shading his eyes,
watching tho war ship while Bho became
smaller In the distance.
Prercntly he turned and motioned t-
Crnddock to como nearer. Then, resting
ono hand upon the shoulder of his friend,
he snld, slowly:
"The daughter of a king, Craddock, but
only a woman nftcr nil. 1 lovo her, nnd
sho love3 me; nnd wero sho the daughter
of a hundred kings, she were no less mine
The daughter of n king, Craddock. but also
tho sweetheart of Thor. the Norwegian.
pro!-at ly paid s for thn gallon to (Ml the
.an and we io'd it for "n a bottle I it
we dldn t get a blamed cent for the th,rt
nine gallons, ir.ore or lens, of water that
filled tho rist of the Irtrrel. It Min i a to
tnl lrts of $150 to us. but It cnnie so blamnl
near It that we would have lymhod the fel
low If he hnd ever turned up ngaln. which
he did not."
Kor . morning nip a bottle of Cook's Im
perial Kxtra Dry Champagne Is the thing. It
will make a winner of ou.
An I 1 1 r t .Mnrnliin l?ilnili'.
The gray light of the morning w'ns steal
ing through tie windows of the Hrewn
home, reports the Indianapolis 1'ress. Sol
emnly the clock on the ttmhtel chimed the
sler:'' hour or 6. Suddenly the doorbell
chitisiit win a wild, tierce shriek. Again
nnd again It lo-eWioed to Its MIdl re
verberating tretnulousnrss. Then hurried
footite;s took their noisy way over the
sldewaik to the li.uk pouii and a series or
Jond and lirevirent knocks disturbed tho
solitude.
"Klin at the store," thought llrown, turn
In pate
"A telegram sa.xlng that mother Is 111,"
tlioutht .Mrs. Krown. with a strange fear
lueKlng nt Iiit heart
Hrown hurrtrdl) dressed, In his excite
ment not forgetting to unset a few chairs
and to blow nut the light, thus adding to
inn i ear or .Mrs. iirnwn, wnn urc.itlUrssiy
awaited the return of her lord.
pi.io ne.irii mill open ine Kiicnen iiimr.
Then a inullled cxiiitmntlon iciuhed tier
ears and the donr shut with n hmnz. Thru
a volley of snundi. which are generally de
sirlbed ns making the air turn blue,
reached her cars. The sounds came nearer
iK.irir. until Hinwn had tlimllv .iliiihcil
the last tcn and stood outlined In the bed
room door.
"A telegram, John? lmimrctl Mis
'i In ii terrible susiiene. ns she
clutched the rovers nnd awaited pie worst
what. inarcd Hrown. "A what'
lli.iMns and Hi '. n,r That neighbor
liny brought tm k the uintrlla hts mother
borrowed yestmlaj '
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"THintK IS BETWKHN US A DIVINITY O V I.OVE.'
Intensity, "who is tho man who took me said. "Sho called to me, and I went, al
though 1 did not know thnt she called.
Ultimo dcEtlny not me. I nm going to her
now."
Ho strode awny without nnother word,
paused at the hatchwny. nnd snld:
'.May I enter, princess?"
Again they faced uich other In tho shal
low cabin scarce higher than his stature.
"Princess," ho said, and without being
conscious of the net, he pofacssed both her
hands in his. "I nm a Norwegian waif, nnd
Tho view was grand and nwful. The from tho sea?
storm wns nt Its height. Ulack clouds -n0 i8 a Norwegian, madam; by name,
rushed townrd them and above them like Thoreenscn."
chargers of a Hndean host. Seas, moun- "Woll named," sho murmured. "A Nor-
tains high, plume-crested, with white foam WPKan Thor. Tell him that ho has snved
tumbled onward In mad expostulation to be tno ilfo ot a daughter of tho kins of Den
shattered ngalnst tho rock on which thoy mark.-
stood, which of itself did not even trembte. Wn" crnddock returned to th deck ho
Craddock loved such scenes with not less . . hi friBn,i ntretched nt full lenut'i ut
passion than his friend, nnd while ho stood tft0 1xjWi ,ynK upon hls back wlth hls -.,,8
entranced his arm wns seized agnln with ,, , ..raint, -lnn.iM. im.l thcro
crushing force nnd tho voice of his menu, wag nn ,injrt,crua.bi0 Hmllo upon his face, j yet. you lovo me. You are a princess of
nui lainny nearu auum iuu u-mi'"', ouuuicu ,le seemf,j t(, havo forgotten that ho wns royal blood, yet I love you. It 1 some
In his car: hirm-irinii mil wei nnil thnt hi lawnv hair I -thlcsr that our souls have done without our
!,ook yonder, Crad! I.ook thcre!" and . . . m..PIi and unkemnt. and 1 knowlcdee. nerhars In tho unromcmbered
wnn u. o sengageu uuuu no pu.mou , Crad(ock pau,w, beBlli hlm he tllrnf.j hl9
straight to windward. ... . i.i hi,ln ev,, ,.nnn hi. friend anti Bald-
Scarcely a mtlo away and driving townrd ...... . ' nraAlnchv.
"Sho told me," eald Craddock, calmly, In
reply, "to tell you that you had saved tho
llfo of a daughter of the king of Denmark."
Tho Norwegian did not Immediately re
them with 'tho speed of a locomotive was n
schooner yneht under bare polos, rolling
and pitching nnd tossing, now half sub
merged beneath torrents of water that fell
upon her from tho pursuing waves nnd ngaln I d Thcro wafi a drcamv fsraway' look
In hls cyos and presently ho ni'irinurcd:
'T,,n .imlila stf n l I n l I II Ml f-lllfl nf
Sho sosmed to bo mnklng straight for the daughter of a king. Yw. 1 am
evil's Nose. I'pon her deck a dozen forms ,., , lV,, ,.
(jlll Ul tuui
Jlo ceased speaking, roso slowly to his
fevM, nnd, standing beforo his fiieud, said In
that eamo half-dreamy tone:
Shall I tell you how It happened, Crad?
It seemed when I stood up there on the
rock nnd saw thnt wave hang over her, ready
to fall and crush, as though I beard her
uppearlng llko a helpless chip upon the sum
mlt cf nn nngry sea.
Dovll's Nose. I'pon
wero visible, lnshed to their places to pro
vent being swept away by wind and wnter
As sho drnvo onward nearer nnd nearer.
f'roddock'B companion again shouted In hls
oar.
I know her, Crad. It In tho favorite
yacht of tho Princess Charlotte of Denmark
no.1 grant that she may not bo aboard It ,otd m 0 Rav h a, (1 , , ,
tint. Chn Ini'ni Ihn iin3 HI U'n nvo If I
Crad, and look, for God's sake, look!" He
pointed with his disengaged hand, and Crad
dock saw tbo figure of a woman wrapped
In
How I found her I do not know, bu? whtn I
camo to tho surface she was near to mo and
I seemed to leap through the wnter, im
pelled by greater strength than I over
a cork Jacket, lashed to tho binnacle of MCd Defore. Thenwhy, then It seemed
tho beleaguered yacht which w-as now not
moro than thirty fathoms from 'the rock.
At tho very Instant that tho two men dls
covered her a mighty wave rolled up over
tho stern and broke 'In mid nlr, overwhelm
Ing thn yatch with a flood of water that
crushed and mado a wreck of her before
their eyes.
as If there wnn no danger nnd I remember
that I laughed aloud and told her to put her
arms around my neck, and somehow, Crad,
it socmicd ns If she felt tbo same as I, thit
tho wind nnd the waves and tho fury of tho
storm could not, dared not, harm ust that
tho water could not drown us, and I swam
..finnil thn rrt(.lr Iinnu'lrf ll.nl vftll vviim'H
For two seconds they gazed spellbound ,)0 waUlnR for ,13, AmI aU tlm Umo sn
did not speak. I havo not heard the sound nf
1 -jlSSirf
her voice. A daughter of a king, you tav,
but only a woman after all. woman wl'h
a heart aye, two hearts for now, by
heaven, she pojsejsca mine, Tho daughter
of a king, but only a woman, Cr.vl, only n
woman "
An hour later she called to thorn from tho
hatchway, and it waa Thor who answered
her. She bad made no chango In her np
parcl and seemed to bo as unconscious, of the
wet as her Norwegian savior. It seemed,
too, ns If they had known each other ul
wnys, ho towering over her like n god, nnd
sho gnzlng up into his eyes In silent nmnzo
ment. "Princess," ho said, "It has pleased Cod
to let mo tako you from tho sea. Tell me.
did you cnll nloud from the deck of tho
schooner beforo tho mountain of wnter fell
upon you, and did you call my nnme?"
"No," sho said, "l could not call your
name. I did not know any one wns near
Who nro you, sir? I do uot mean what m
your name. Your friend has told me that
Who aro you?"
"Yesterday If you had asked me that."
replied Thor, "I could have answered. Now.
1 do not know. There was a mnn upon tho
rock when your yacht Iloundored In the
storm. That man leaped Into the snu.
upon tho seme, nnd then without a wo.d 1,111 uu man " " " "- Bl" ""
1 you upon uis u.uk m uui in..- ruin.-. tun.
( mnrlnm ii rn n nrlncpss nf mvnl hlnod. I
llnw n I.liiunr llouxe Wnn Wnrkrd lij
II I'Iihit Svliidle.
"There arc tricks In the whisky business
ns well us in others," raid tho drummer for
a largo compounding house to tho Washing
ton Post reporter. "And 1 remember how
tho firm I was with got stuck. Ono day a
man drovo up In a one-horse wagon carrying
ono barrel of whisky, which ho wanted to
sell. He told u some kind of story about
an old undo dying and leaving It to him.
but, as ho couldn't afford to uso as good
liquor ns It was, ho had concluded to sell it.
Wo took tho barrel Into tho house nnd, pry
ing out tho bung, wo slipped In the siphon
nnd drew off a glat of it to sample. And
It was line. Tho barrel showed iigo and the
liquor tasted It. It was worth ?lo a gallon
If It was worth a cent, but wo didn't give
tho man nny such pointers. We knew by
tho weight that thcre were at least forty
gallons of it and wo mado him an offer of
$1.'0 for tho barrel. Ho haggled awhile, but
took tho money at Inst nnd diovc nwity.
"In tho coutno of a couplo of weeks we
concluded to put thnt whisky In bottles and
sell it ns enso goods, so wo set tho liphon
to work nt the bung nnd began to draw It
off. After the fourth bottle hnd been drawn
the siphon refused to work and wo examined
It to find whnt was wrong. Wo could not
get at It that way and, an the contents
seemed to bo all right, wo sot the barrel on
end and bored another hole In It. Then tho
siphon worked, hut tho liquor wns much
paler, and ono of the men tasted it. By
flcorne. It wasn't whisky at nil. It was niilv
past before theso shells In which wo live wntor tolorcd somewhat from tho charred
wero made. Thoy knew eacn otner men i inBl,i0 0f the barrel. Thnt scared us and wo .
and. doubtlctH, loved. Today, mnyhnp after phed tho head In to see whnt wns Insldo
cycles of time which destiny cannot count. ar(1 wo Eaw )n a minutc. Th0 wily cuss had
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of wnrninK or Intention ('radib ck's com
panion leaped upward and outward and
pluiiKed hcadloiiK downward to tbo water,
llfty feet below.
Craddoi-k did not move. He sto: I cs If
petrified. clInaltiK with both hands ti the
rock from which the wind seemed de
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yet thero Is between us. belmiKlnp: to both,
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struck her out of lino with the Dovl.'s No3., tu,Jo for many mnutcs, but nt last ho
and ntmoul before there was time to realize strode forward to whero Craddock waltd
the nwful thing that had happened sho at tho bow.
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had been torn loose nnd swept away In the could not answer. Will you help me to find
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nway in secret lockers anoaru tno sioop no , both wero lost to view. .told what It bad been through tho preceding
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obsoleto term, smugglers. Ostensibly, how
ever, the sloop was nothing moro than a
asr pleasure boat, and they two venture-
There was no sign ot excitement In Crad'
dock's face or manner. He turned with do.
liberation, pained around tbo jutting rook
night
A strango unrest abode with Thor. the
Norwegian. Nany times ho drow near to
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Into the cavern, found the ship's lantern Craddock and paused as It about to speak,
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