Edith Ballinger Price

Name: Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak
Author: Edith Ballinger Price

Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

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“Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak”, published in 1920, is a work by Edith Ballinger Price. It explores elements such as Silver Shoal, Joan and the Coast Guard Station.

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ Faintly, dawn began to break, and the first light shouldered darkness away from the horizon. Through the quiet air came the unmistakable rhythm of the surf-boat's big motor. Joan, awake instantly, tiptoed from Garth's room and flew down the stairs. She heard a cheery voice saying, "You go along in now; we'll moor your boat for you," and against the wan, gray light in the doorway saw Jim and Elspeth. She hugged them both in her relief and excitement, and drew them into the living-room. Outside, just visible in the dawn, the crew of the surf-boat were mooring the Ailouros. ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ She remembered Jim's saying once: "The biggest sort of courage is being afraid to do something—and doing it."
Joan had lost all idea of how long she had been rowing when a long swell rose suddenly under the boat. She felt it hang poised on the crest of the roller; then it slid up the beach, drenching her as the stern swung around. She leaped out before the backwash could sweep the boat into the surf again, and dragged it up the sand. Dripping, she stood for a moment to get her bearings, then ran into the darkness up the shore. The wind soughed and rustled in the stiff grass on invisible dunes ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ Oh, think of it!"
"Joan lighted the lamp," said Jim, "and she was very, very brave, going to the Coast Guard Station and all; but it was you who saved the transport."
Garth shook his head, but Elspeth and Joan nodded theirs.
"Yes," Jim said. "What you did was as big a thing, for you, as a man could do. Though you were a captain of the seas, you couldn't have done more bravely." ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ Joan poured out her story as intelligibly as she could, and the captain, wide awake now, gave quick orders to the men who were tumbling out, pulling on their coats. The place woke to rapid and efficient action. The crew dashed to the boathouse, each man in his place, and made a record launching of the big power surf-boat. ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ The captain's voice broke her lethargy.
"Well, here you are, ma'am. Your light's a-going fine now, all right. You certainly deserve a power of credit for what you and the boy done. Don't you be uneasy; the daylight'll be coming before long to help us, and we'll get the folks all right, if they're anywheres round."
The big boat churned away from the landing as Joan, calling out her thanks, ran up to the house. The searchlight cut a silver arc in the night and swept across the dark water. Joan had left a lamp in Garth's room, lighted and turned low. ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ Now that relief from her fears was within reach, they seemed to crowd upon her with redoubled fierceness. Her heart beat with suffocating violence as she went blindly up the stairs. The door of his room at last! ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ One of the men ran up the beach, with lantern bobbing, to find the other patrol, who must also have been attacked and knocked unconscious by the Germans.
"You come along with us!" the captain shouted to Joan, who stood beside the boathouse ways, uncertain what to do next. "We'll drop you off at the Light on our way out." He picked her up bodily and, splashing through the surf, swung her into the boat.
"Beatin'est business I ever heard tell of," he said, as the power-boat plunged out through the inshore swell, her searchlight sweeping the foamy waves. "They was smart, all right ”

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Edith Ballinger Price, Silver Shoal Light — Daybreak (1920)

“ More time dragged on, and then Silver Shoal blazed out again. We had no notion of how it happened, or why. Do you remember all the theories, Elspeth, ours and theirs? Our beasts were very much disconcerted; they were stupid creatures that Grussmann had wound completely round his finger with his flaming ideas of duty to the Fatherland. I don't know where they came from. Then we saw the transport go up. And finally Grussmann came upon the scene, his boat limping along and himself furious. ”

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