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THE CREW OF YAWL THREE.
A LOVE STORY OF THE SliA.
This Is a Charming Hit of Romance , Dialing \vith Jealousy , Hero
ism , Sacrifice and Love Stronger Thau Death.
By W. HKKT POSTER.
Through the fog which lay a dead weight
upou the water , the outllno of a great sail
grow slowly. The log made It loom Into
fairly glgauttc proportions , for there was
llttlo wind stirring , and It crept up In
ghostly fashlou.
Suddenly the blocks rattled , the boom
creaked and groaned as It swung about.
For a moment the craft hung In the wind's
eye. There was a clatter of feet ; a yawl
towing astern was pulled up under the rail ,
and three men In yellow oilskins and var-
tshod sea boots tumbled Into her.
"Good-day lo yo , lads ! Drop down with
the tldo tonight and we'll pick ye up off the
Hook , 'r thereabouts. "
The hoarse voice of a broad-shouldered
man bellowed this through the fog as ho
leaned over the rail. The yawl had been
cast off and dropped astern. The boom
creaked again , the sail Happed sharply , dis
playing a hugo " 8 , " and the pilot boat
melted Into the fog once more , leaving the
yawl courtoaylng on the gray waves.
Mitchell , the pilot In charge of the yawl.
eat squarely In the stornsheets , a tiller rope
In each hand. "Give way , you follows , "
he said , "If you want to get to Gurnctt
tlmo enough to have a yarn with that girl. "
"How In blazes can wo know where Gur-
nett la In this fog ? " growled one of them ,
bending hla back to the nsh.
The bow oar laughed. "Terry's sulky , "
ho said , keeping stroke whllo ho talked.
"Mlna didn't cftro mooch to see him last
tlmo ho was there eh , Terry ? "
"That's n llo ! " declared stroke , roughly.
"Sho was Just ns glad to see mn ns you. "
"Shut up , Carll Don't tease the follow , "
admonished Mitchell. "And you needn't be
BO touchy , Terry. "
"You'd bo touchy , Mitchell , " declared
Stroke , swelling with his wrongs. "Thosa
two ho and Mlna Jabber away tu their own
confounded lingo and I can't understand half
they say. And I knew her long before ho
ever came nosln' round , " ho added , ruefully.
"Pooh ! I wouldn't bo Jealous , " said
Mitchell. "It's llko the girl would bo glad
to sco ooruobody who can talk her own laU-
"Well , ftho can't have him and mo both , "
declared Terry , "an" I'll tell her that. "
Carl from the bowseat chuckled and
showed a broad , laughing face to the pilot.
"She'll bo mooch obliged for that , " ho eald ,
"Then oho not have to what you call ship
you herself , eh ? "
The other's eyes blazed with usilon and
ho dropped his oar and wllli an oath swung
about to get at the Swede ; but the steera-
man'a voice recalled him.
"What d'ye mean you swab ! " lie shouted ,
"Want to swamp the yawl ? Grab that oar-
quick ! "
AVtth a shamed face the recreant stroke
plunged his oar again deeply.
"Confound you and the girl both ! " pur
sued Mitchell. "You'll Ices n yawl next , an *
no girl's worth that. 'K you'd been a mar
ried man's long on mo you wouldn't get to
flghtin' over a woman. "
The stroke hung bis head and even Carl's
merry face looked sober ut the calamity
which they had so narrowly avoided , .He
glanced behind htm Into the impenetrable
fogbank.
' Wo can ncfcr sea where tbo land Is ,
oven , " ho grumbled ,
"You leave that to me , " returned the
jillot. "I Kin smell land. I don't need eyes
along this shore. "
It must have been by the eeuse of smell
that Mitchell found the log pier at Gurnctt ,
Ho BUM ) re a the > awl almost directly tu to
the steps , although they couldn't see the
ptlM twenty foot away , Carl stood up and
cleared the Ice drift with his oar so that
they could get In without Injuring the yawl.
It was after noon when they landed at the
pier.
pier."Now
"Now wo haven't more than an hour to
wosto bore , " said Mitchell , settling his hat
more flrrnly upon his head. "If you go to
see that girl , Terry , don't yo forget. Be
back hero in an hour. I'll go along up street
and buy the provisions wo was sent for. "
"And I'll go along with you , " said Carl
with a wink. "Then I'll keep out of tempta
tion , eh ? "
"Just as well you do , " growled Mitchell.
"I don't want you fellows to get to flghtin' ,
now mind that. "
Ho and the Swede moved away , and ,
after a moment , their companion followed
them. But at the end of the pier ho turned
Into n. bide street a street which fronted
the water , with wharves and shipping on ouo
hand and a row of llttlo shops and ship-
chandlers' warehouses on the other. In this
neighborhood , over the shops and ware
houses , and In the courts and lanes behind
them , lived bc.ifaring folk , many of them
of foreign extraction.
Terry turned Into one of the llttlo shops
where a big Swede stood behind the counter.
After greetings had passed between them ,
Terry looked around as though ho missed
something or somebody out of the shop.
"You looklu' for Mlna , eh ? " 'said the
Swede. "Sho vas Joost gone to do kitchen.
She back will be In a minute. "
Dut the girl did not come In a minute ,
nor In several. Terry talked nt random ,
listening for the girl's stop or voice. Some-
body came Into the room directly behind
the shop ; but It was Mlna's aunt , the big
Swede's wife. He asked a question In his
own language , and at her reply turned'to
the pallor again.
"Sho has comp'ny In do kitchen , " he said.
"I KUitn tillu Wit I.UuK bixill , I'll hat do
wlfo tell her you vas here. "
Mlna did npt come. The sailor paced the
Iloor with anxious strides , his thoughts
growing the more bitter as he waited , She
knew no was there and yet did not come ;
his hour's leave was fast slipping away.
1'lnally the shopkeeper's wife stuck her
head Into the bhop and saw him.
"Veil , veil ! " silo exclaimed , with a laugh ,
"lA3.lt you ? Vy didn't you say BO ? Go
rldt into do kitchen If you want to see
Mlna. "
"John eald she had company there , " paid
Terry , brightening up.
"Veil , ilnt las rldt. Hut It Iw no stranger
to you. Go In , " and she waved her hand
toward the passage loading to the kitchen ,
The sailor fallowed her directions , but as
ho approached the kitchen door his heart
failed him. Ho could hear voices within
MlIKI'S and a man's. They -\\cro talking In
the girl's own tongue , nnd Terry's euspl-
clons were Instantly aroused.
llo hosltniod a moment. The voices and
laughter grew louder nnd his suspicion grow
to a certainty. He strode forward and threw
ojrtni the door. Mlna , her face full of laugh-
'cr. sit upoti n l > t > "h hcsldo and her hind
was held by Carl Jansen !
"OU1" shi ? cried , ui. i nprang up as she
SAW her lover's frowning visage at the door.
Carl sat still and laughed Jn the Jealoua
lover's face.
Kor a single Instant Terry stood without
motion or speech , then ho turned swlftl/
nnd was out of the house before either Carl
or Mtna regained their breath.
II.
When Mitchell came down to the pier
to which yawl No. 3 of the Halycon , offi
cially known na Pilot boat 8 , was tied , he
found Terry there before him. The sailor
stood like a statue on the string piece of
the wharf , looking off Into the fog. Mitchell
had to speak to him twlco before ho could
arouse him. I
Then the provisions came down on a
truck , they put them aboard , distributing
them so that the yawr rode evenly , and then
Carl appeared. Terry took his oar with a
sot , white face and waited for the pilot's
word to give way.
"We've a nasty Job before us , " said
Mitchell , gloomily , casting off. "I hear
there's a lot of loose Ice coming down the
bay. Tend right to business , boys , and
don't have any such skylarking as you did
coining over. Arc you ready ? "
"Aye , aye , sir ! " from Carl.
Terry was silent , but dipped his oar
deeply and In an Instant the pier was out
of sight. It seamed as though It had
drifted away from them , and had been
smothered by the fog , not that they had
been swept away from It.
The tide had turned and was running out
fiercely. Occasionally the yawl crunched
through a IHtre Ice drift.
"Look alive , boys , " said Mitchell. "Do
ready to 'back water' on the Instant If I
tell you. Scrao of these cakes wo pasa
1 might smash yawl 3 like nn egg
shell , If we give 'em the chance. "
Mitchell bent low , his sou'wester shading
his eyes , striving to peer ahead. But It was
all ho could do to see the boat's nose. Be
yond was a blinding curtain of fog.
The wind , too , had Increased. The tide
was with them , but the wind drove across
the yawfs bows and sometimes made her
stagger. The fog signals of the few craft
belated In the outer bay sounded as though
from a great distance. The only other
sound beside the swish of the choppy waves
waa a low , crooning noise , which seemed to
grow momentarily.
"What Is that ? " shouted Carl , etlll tug-
j glng at his oar.
I Mitchell's face , such of 111 as was not cov
ered by beard , was white.
"That Is Ice. boysl" he exclaimed , "I've
hoard It like that up north. It must be a
big . 'am comlnc down the bay. "
Terry did not appear to hear him ; his face
wes set and his thoughts seemed far away.
"Aro w * In do vay ? " bawled Carl.
"Whether we arc or not , I reckon we'd
better run Inshore. I Eiiess the Halcyon
won't look for us tonlcht. "
Hut as he spoke a change had taken place.
The wind becan to whip a cloud of flne ,
sleety snow across their course. The snow
j stuck to the boat and to their clothing in
heavy , soggy patches.
"I kin etond foe. " Krowled Mitchell , "but
bang mo it I like this. I dunne which way
we're headed , We might as well go out with
the tldo , I reckon , an' risk the Ice , Don't
pull too hard , boys ; Just keep her steady. "
He was obliged to speak again to Terry to
pot him to reduce his stroke. It seemed as
though the turmoil in his mind had shut out
nil appreciation of the battle of the ele
ments.
Adding to their danger were the Ice cakes
which now thickened around them. Carl
broke hla oar short off uon one and only
by the quick action of the pilot were they
saved from capsizing
"Pull In your oar , Terry , and let me have
It , " commanded Mitchell. "An oar's enough
sight better than a rudder at such a pass as
this "
Almost Instantly , it eeemed , the yawl was
In the midst of the ice pack. The snow
swept down with fury upon them , they could
scarcely eee the water for the white-capped
rakes , Mitchell growled maledictions on hla
memory for not putting an extra pair of oara
In the boat. Terry sat amidships , without
epeech or motion , and finally the pilot's vex-
i
atlon turned against him and be cursed him
I roundly.
I "You might be a stock or a stone ! " he
eald , "Are you dumb , man ? "
J "Will talking mend It ? " replied the sailor ,
t
and fell Into silence again.
Suddenly there was a shout from the bow
and almost Instantly the yawl crashed Into
a huge cake and was driven back by the fores
of the collision. Ao though It was a signal
for a general attack , the Ice advanced upon
the doomed boat upon cither side. It waa
crushed between two grinding , shouldering
walls of driving cakes and the sea began to
spurt between the strained seams.
"We vas lost ! " cried Carl , leaping up. Ths
shock which followed threw him upon the
lee pack.
"Overboard with you ! " sang out Mitchell.
"Sho'll sink In a minute. Get on a big cake ,
boys. "
But only Terry heard him. Carl had dis
appeared. The pilot and stroke of the
wrecked yawl found themselves clinging eide
by side upon a hugo cake of Ice.
"Where is ho ? Where Is he ? " gasped the
sailor , at last aroused.
"Poor Carl ! Poor boy ! " groaned the pilot.
"Ho mustn't drown ! " cried Terry , stand
ing upright upon the tetorlng Ice. "He must
bo saved ! Ulna "
The yawl disappeared , sucked under by
the tldo. In the swirl of jjray water where
It went down was a man's upraised arm.
The hand clunc an Instant to Uio ragged
edge of the Ico.
Terry swooped down upon It Instantly. Ho
caught the roujrh coat sleeve Just as the
liand fcllpped and with a mighty heave
brought Carl's head and shoulders out of the
Icy water. In a breath they had dragged
their comrade out of the Jaws of death.
The Swede spit out the water ho had
swallowed and recovered his breath.
"That was noble of you , old man , " he said
to Terry.
"Stow that ! " was the rouch reply.
Carl's teeth began to chatter and Terry
and Mitchell hugged him up between them ,
that the warmth of their bodies might In
some measure counteract the chill ho hail
received. The snow , which still foil , packed
around and over them until they might
have been a part of the Ice cake to which
they clung. Mitchell raised his head occa
sionally the better to listen ,
"Can't hear a single horn , " he declared.
"Wo might as well bo In the middle of the
Atlantic Instld o' a milo o' so off ehore.
I dunne but we'd better shout. "
"What for ? " grumbled Carl.
"To keep you from going to sleep ,
younker , " returned the pilot , sharply. "Are
you cold ? "
"N not very , " chattered thn Swede.
"It's death , lad ! " cried the pilot. "Iloueo
out nnd keep yourself warm. "
"I won't let him go to sleep , sir , " said
Terry.
"You're very goot both of you , " declared
Carl , Then ho added In his mate's ear.
"She don't care netting 'bout me , Terry. "
"Who ? " exclaimed the other with a nerv
ous start.
"Why , Mlna. Wo vas Joost tcasln' you ,
It vas her sister I lofo not her. Her sis
ter In the faderland. She vlll be ofer here
In a mont' and' wo will bo marry. "
Suddenly Mitchell commanded silence.
"I hear something yonder , " he said.
After several minutes the dull barking of
a foot-power fog horn reached their ears.
"The old Halcyon , for a dollar ! " cried
the pilot "Let's shout. "
A quavering , long-drawn "Aho-o-y ! " arose
from the crew of yawl three , Again and
again It was repeated , Occasionally through
the falling enow and ever present fog the
deep , grinding note of tbo horn cheered
them. It draw nearer.
"If don't 'cm ! "
we pass groaned Mitchell ,
standing erect In hta eaeernccM.
Then a hall through a trumpet reached
them In the very teeth of the storm.
"Abo-o-yl"
"Help ! Help ! " roared the pilot. "We're
starb'd of ye , In the Ice ! "
The fog horn kept snorting to cheer them ,
but they eoon heard something else the
rattle of oara approaching. Of a sudden the
bow of a four-oared bout pushed Into view.
A man stood upright in the boat , a cell of
rope in his hand. Instantly the rope wns
Hung them , and by its old all three were
drawn into the lifeboat.
"So thte is the way you go ashore for
provisions , Is It ? " growled the captain of
the Halcyon , as the > awl's crew scram
bled tti.
"Well , cap , you come darn near losln' us
as well as the yarwl and the store truck , "
remarked Mitchell , calmly taking the tiller
and steering unerringly for the pilot boat ,
whcso fog horn growled at intervals to
guide them.
But Terry put his lips close to the Swede's
ear and asked :
"Is it true ? "
"Iss vat true ? "
"That about Mlna , "
"Of course It Iss. An' If you a chump
don't be , you vlll marry her when I marry
sojiulo next mom' eh. ' "
CA.VALS COST MO.VUV.
Hut Their 1'rollta Are Very I.urjie
Whenever They Prove SueceHjiful.
The Manchester ship canal , connecting
Manchester and Liverpool , cost $80.000,000 , or '
$15,000,000 more than the original estimate ,
relates the New York Sun. The cost of
the Nicaragua canal , to tonuect the Atlantic
and the Pacific through Central America and
thereby shorten the distance between New-
York and San Francisco from 1G.COO to 4,900
miles Is variously estimated at from $100-
000,000 to $200,000,000 , according to the route
adopted. The Suez canal cost JIOO.000,000.
The North sea canal In Germany cost
$37,500,000 , the Holland and the Corinth
canals $15,000,000 each and the Panama canal
has coat to date $250,000,000.
Canals when successful are generously so.
The khedlvo's shares In the Suez canal , pur
chased by the British government In 1S7C
I/or $20,000,000 are now worth more than $120-
I 000,000 and there are many indications that
I the future value of the Suez canal shares
I will bo oven greater , In view of the fact
that this canal enjoys a peculiar monopoly
of business which enables It , without danger
from competition , to charge very heavy tolls
and to enforce their collection without dan
ger of government Interference , the canal
being practically owned by the IJnglluh gov
ernment , which Is administering the finan
cial attains of Egypt.
Another country in which the canal sys
tem is a source of large profit is Holland.
Holland has nlno miles of canal for every
100 square inllns of area , a proportion not
equalled elsewhere and four times us great
as In the United Kingdom. The Dutch
canals have an aggregate length of 1,830
mlloj and for their maintenance tbo state
expends $3,000,000 yoarly. The Holder , begun -
gun In 1819 and completed six years later ,
Is sixty miles long , 120 feet wide and twenty
feet dcop , allowing two merchantmen to
pass abreast and navigable for the largest
vessels. The North tea canal , built In
1SG3-74 , Is 240 feet wide and twenty-three
deep and brings Amsterdam within fifteen
miles of the sea ; length , fourteen miles :
cost , $10,000,000.
The EUCCCES of the Kiel canal , connecting
tbo Baltic with the North sea , has led to In
creased popularity for canals In Germany
and there has been organized In that coun
try a company to construct a mid-European
canal connecting Germany with European
Turkey , The proposed new route uses the
existing connections between tbo navigable
river and canal systems of Germany and the
Danube , In Austria. There are now nearly
8,000 miles of waterways In Germany , of
which 67 per cent are rivers and 33 per cent
canals , and while the proposed extension of
the German canal eystem to Austria would
entail a largo expenditure , tbo benofitss of It
In a commercial way would be considerable.
Plans have already been adopted for con
cocting the Danube with the Elbe.
Unlike railroads , the revenues from the
operation of which can bo estimated In ad
vance with some approach to accuracy ,
canals uro constructed without any assur
ance of repayment to projectors. Tbo Erie
canal , the chief canal In the United States ,
the construction of which cost about $100-
000,000. has paid In tolls collected $130,000-
000 , regardless of the fact that a r.umber of
years ago the canal was made free and all
toll charges were removed. In the general
opinion the uucceaus of the Nicaragua canal
will bo as great In a pecuniary way as that
of the Suez canal.
.Suicide Midi n tVeiurlit.
MARYVILLE , Mo. , Sept. C. ( Special
Teleeram. ) The body of Mark E. Wilkln-
. eon , aged 28 , oldest son of Hector Wilkinson
jof St. Paul's Episcopal church , was found In
, the Nodaway river near Skldmore. Wilkin
son had eueaged to teach the West Point
i school near Skldmoro and was to have begun
yesterday. Ho \ a stone about his neck
and removed his coat before leaplnc In. A
letter. In which he bade good-byo to his
mother , was found In ono of the pockets.
Ho was last seen In Skldmoro Sunday.
No AliiNltiin Moilim Vivriidl.
LONDON , Sept. fi. The officials of the
foreign oince suy they have not officially
ncqulificed In any modus vlvcndi In the
matter of the Alaskan boundary dispute and
that no recent \icgotlatlons have been under
consideration here.
I
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A very tnlc garment for light autumn wear Is the pattern Jacket design shown
on this page. The garment Is simple In forui , the chief rerjulBllo for Us miccess consist
ing of a careful observance of the rules given for the use of Uazar patterns mid cnro-
preying. The Jacket has center , side back and under-unn beams , and an acute dart
In the front piece that curves prottlly to the form. The side-buck Beams are left frco
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stole ends , extending eight Inches below the wntet line. The gairnent Is stitched uli'JUt
the cxlKos. and lined throughuut with chocked silk , which Is also used for the facing
of the collar. Straps of the name trim the close sleeve diagonally to the walet. nri'4
a wldo Htre-tchcd strap fastens at each Bldo of the front by infant of a largo lacquered but
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to be worn throughout the coming fwison
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