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With a flush, the girl drew back, and then turning watched Theriere where he stood ready to cut loose the sail at the proper instant The vessel was now opposite the cleft in the cliffs Theriere had lashed a new sheet in position Now he cut the old one The sail swung around until caught in position by the stout line The antine swung quickly toward the rocks The sail filled, and an instant later the ship was dashing to what see what Theriere had done after it was too late to prevent it, dashed madly across the deck toward his junior

"You fool!" he shrieked "You fool! What are you doing? Driving us straight for the rocks-- upon the French hi saw the attack of the fear-demented man, but she was powerless to prevent it The ood fight; there was nothing that he enjoyed more He was sorry that he could not take a hand in it, but the wheel demanded all his attention now, so that he was even forced to take his eyes froht rivet them upon the narrow entrance to the cove tohich the Half speed

The other members of the ship's company, all unmindful of the battle that at another time would have colued upon the wild channel tohich the brigantine's nose was pointed They sahat Skipper Simms had failed to see--the little cove beyond, and the chance for safety that the bold stroke offered if it proved successful

With steady iant sinews thethe erratic wreck as no one ht have supposed it was in hi watched first Theriere and Si waters tohich he was heading the ship

Even the strain of the e contradictions of the burly young ruffian who could at one moment show such traits of cowardliness and the next rise so coolly to the highest pinnacles of courage As she watched him occasionally now she noted for the first time the leonine contour of his head, and she was surprised to note that his features were regular and fine, and then she recalled Billy Mallory and the cowardly kick that she had seen delivered in the face of the unconscious Theriere-- with a little shudder of disgust she turned away from the man at the wheel