Catlin Gabel School - Garrulous Pine Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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E As They drew closer The Tlares became less TrequenT buT The whiTe Toam was more visible unTil Tinally The dim ouTline oT a ship appeared The endangered men on The sTranded vessel clambered To The rail sTreTching ouT Their hands in eagerness To grasp The line which came hurling Toward Them Trom The hauser cannon wiTh a roar even above ThaT oT The sTorm A good shoTl Commands were given The ropes made TasT and one by one They sTepped inTo The breeches buoy To be pulled above The angry waTer by eager hands To The reTuge oT The moTorship There They were quiclcly sTripped oT Their Trozen cloThing Ted hoT grog wrapped n blanlceTs and Tossed inTo The bunlcs The lasT To leave his ship was The capTain l-Taving loolced over The TasT sinlcing boaT halT regreTTul and halT remundTul oT The TradiTion ThaT capTa:ns go down wuTh Their ships he allowed himselT To be Talren To The capTain s cabin on The moTorship There The capTain oT The Isabelle aslced where Their rescuers were bound ThaT sir l reTuse To answer was The reply We will land you aT The porT inside The river mouTh sharp eyed he soon caughT a glimpse oT The barreled liquor Through The haTchway Up The mouTh oT The river The boaT sTeered saTely on pasT The sandy spiT and The blinking lighThouse Morning Tound Them saTe in porT The passengers were puT ashore all graTiTude expressed buT no one spoke oT The conTraband cargo News oT The rescue spread quiclcly Too qunclcly Tor beTore The rescue ship could geT away Trom porT an oTTicer conTronTed The capTain l-Tis reply was quiclc and honesT l-le made a plea Tor mercy declaring his rescue oT The men buT The law could noT be disregarded and The crew was puT under arresT To awaiT Trial ln a dimly lighTed courTroom oT high ceilings and heavy darlcTurn1Ture The Trial opened The people gaThered wiTh greaT inTeresT Would The courT recognize The loTTy deed Tor which The prisoner was crediTed or would :T penalize him Tor his vnolaTion oT law a deed Tor which he was also crediTed7 4 GenTlemen oT The lury have you reached a verdicT7 The Toreman rose and answered We have your T-Tonor Deliver iT To The courT P-s The Judge held The slip oT paper and read wiThouT commenT The people soughT in vain his sphinx like Tace Tor any sign Telling oT The TaTe oT The men Then The clerlc rose We The lury sworn To Try This case do Tind The deTendanTs guilTy Marlon Rankin 33 TH GARRULOUS PINE 27 E I u . I n ' n Thank you, said The old capTain, and dismissed The guesTion. BuT,

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