. The ephebic oath . tra anchors. Coaster, collierand liner were thankful for the shelter of thatfar reaching headland. Out beyond the roadstead one poor wayfarerof the deep, the ship Westgate, was standing 35 THALASSATHALASSA in as the gale began. Loyally and fairly shehad borne her burden over the wide stretchbetween Australia and California. Like alady of the sea, joyously caressing the waves [she pressed on. The headlands loomed upand the harbor was ahead. An hour moreand she had made the entrance. Then as ifto meanly show his ruffian strength, old Scironstruck her full in the face. From t
. The ephebic oath . tra anchors. Coaster, collierand liner were thankful for the shelter of thatfar reaching headland. Out beyond the roadstead one poor wayfarerof the deep, the ship Westgate, was standing 35 THALASSATHALASSA in as the gale began. Loyally and fairly shehad borne her burden over the wide stretchbetween Australia and California. Like alady of the sea, joyously caressing the waves [she pressed on. The headlands loomed upand the harbor was ahead. An hour moreand she had made the entrance. Then as ifto meanly show his ruffian strength, old Scironstruck her full in the face. From that wrathin deadly fear she fled for very life a thousandmiles southward. Ten days later very timidlyshe approached the Gate and this time enteredin and made the longed-for harbor. T/ia/assa, thalassaV* So shouted the TenThousand as once again their eyes beheld thesea. We whose eyes scan an ocean vastlygreater, know that the sea, seemingly imper-ious, strong and free, is in its turn servant of the 36 THALASSATHALASSA. blast and vassal of the storm. When the galecalls, crest flings itself on crest, striving invain to outrun the whips of the wind. Agreater ocean stirs it to restlessness; a seaabove the sea disturbs its rest. Seldom thewater sleeps and even in its calmest mood,moans as if some memory of punishmentstill rankled. Though it binds the Nations, bringing mentogether; and draws to its uncertain keepingthe bold, the wayward and the free, the oceanis itself in thrall, an unwilling captive of theunseen but insistent air. THE5TRENCTH0F THEHILLS;
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