Cape Cod, new & old . reck, tales of heroism, tales oftragedy and comedy are an integral part ofthe story of the Life-Saving Service along theCape. And Chatham, with its fine summer Ihotels and fine summer houses, with its wind- »mill on the hill, trimmed with red like a in a nursery book, marks, for all its ap-parent nonchalance, the most perilous spot ofa perilous coast. Here, times without number,men have dashed themselves into the ravenoussurf to save the lives of other men whom theyhad never seen, while shrieks of anguish, such assafe inlanders have never heard, have reached 18
Cape Cod, new & old . reck, tales of heroism, tales oftragedy and comedy are an integral part ofthe story of the Life-Saving Service along theCape. And Chatham, with its fine summer Ihotels and fine summer houses, with its wind- »mill on the hill, trimmed with red like a in a nursery book, marks, for all its ap-parent nonchalance, the most perilous spot ofa perilous coast. Here, times without number,men have dashed themselves into the ravenoussurf to save the lives of other men whom theyhad never seen, while shrieks of anguish, such assafe inlanders have never heard, have reached 186 CAPE COD NEW AND OLD the listening shore. Here many a &garjias beenwashed up on the beach, bearing a burden ofthe dead such as only the waves can witness. Well may the bathers dance along the happyshore during the summer sunshine! Far out tosea on every hand there is a moaning whichneither wind can stifle nor sunshine allay —the moaning of a perpetual dirge for those whohave perished along this crystal
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