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Stern's observation of the rising flood proved correct By whatever theory it ht not be explained, the fact was positive that now the water there below the fast, and that inside of half an hour at the outside the torrent would engulf their ledge

It seeh there must be some vast, rhythmic ebb and flux in the unsounded abysses that yawned beneath theitation of the sea, which periodically spewed forth a part, at least, of the enorulf

And it was upon this flux, stor whirlpools, that Allan Stern and the girl now built their only possible hope of salvation and of life

"Coether they peered over the edge and now beheld the weltering flood creeping up, up along the thunderous plunge of the waterfall till it ithin no more than a hundred feet of their shelter

As the depth of the fall decreased the spray-drive lessened, and noith the full co sky crept through the spray Yet neither to right nor left could they see shore or anything save that long, swift, sliding wall of brine, foaoing to save ourselves out of this inferno we've got to make some kind of preparation We can't just swim and trust to luck We shall have to malice float of some sort or other, I think"

"Yes, but ith?" asked she

"With what remains of the yawl!"

And even as he spoke he led the way to the crevice where the splintered boards and the torn sail had been wedged fast

"A sliot now"

Driven hoe was by the terrific iet it clear; but his was as the strength of ten, and before half an hour had passed he had, with the girl's help, freed all the planks and laid the the rock-shelf, the e

Another hour later the planks had been lashed into a rough sort of float hat cordage remained and with platted strips of the ether," judged the man, "but if we merely use it to keep our heads out of water it will serve, and it's got thewe irl But whatever coot to face it There's no other chance at all!"