Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire

ny, though he wanted it very much. But he knew he ought to be on the spot to see all the details of the rescue from the sea, an

ad donned to go out to the woodshed, some distance from his hut. Larry caught

ith the apparatus! Must be they couldn't find a

oaching, dragging something along the sand. He looked out to sea and beheld the blotch that represe

ed about a mile from the hut, and

fisherman to Captain Needam, wh

couldn't get back with the boat. All ready now, men. Dig a hole for the anchor, Nate. Sam, you help plan

e-saving station on a wagon, pulled by the men along the beach. The first act was to dig a deep hole in the sand, some distance back from the surf. T

ed with sand, firmly packed down, arrangem

edam. "We'll need lots of powder to get t

of a cannon ball, they put in a long, solid piece of iron, shaped like the modern shell,

e ship?" asked Larry, who was not

ne over," said Bailey, who paused in his work of helping

d out to the ship, a speck of black amid whi

fastened to the projectile. The rope was coiled in a peculiar cris-cross mann

Captain Needam, as h

" answered G

rted a percussion fuse in the touchhole of the mortar. The captain grasped a l

ointed so as to clear the stern of the ship, but this was nece

crackle as the primer ignited, and then a dull boom as the charge was fired. Through the mist of rain Larry

t later that there soun

tain Needam. "The

they had the line," explained Baile

etched out a long thin rope. Larry had n

was hauled in by those on the wrecked vessel. In a short time the heavy cable was all out, and securely fastened to the ship, high enough up so as to clear the rail. Directions how

Rig up the shears!

a pair of enormous shears. The longer parts, corresponding to the blades, were nearest the g

sand, and the other being attached to the ship. By moving the shears nearer to the anchor the ca

ame which ran back and forth on the cable by means of pulleys, had been adjusted. To it were fasten

proper line. It moved along, sliding on the heavy cable, the angry waves below se

ptain. "Get ready to take care of t

t to save some by means of the life-boat, even launching it in the prote

to be hauled back. Willing hands pulled on the rope. On it came through the driving rain; on it

captain, as he caught sigh

ul!" added Bailey. "She'

over her shoulders, so as to keep the water from the tiny

der in which she had ridden safely to shore. "My wife will look after her. Now for the rest, men.

was nothing he could do to help now, and he thought he coul

laimed the life

fainted. Still clasping her baby, she moved through the

id Larry. "We will

the woman cried. "I am not a coward-but