Angels and Women (1924)

ANGELS AND WOMEN
The avalanche hung over us for a breath
and then descended. Above the howling of
the storm, the roaring waters and bellowing
earthquake, an awful crash was heard. The
vessel staggered, heaved and spun around in
the boiling maelstrom like a dry leaf in a
gale. l ! 0 that horrible, sickening swir
Dizzy and stunned, we fell prostrate, the
color forsook our faces, the warm current of
life was frozen, our hearts almost ceased to
beat; we were within the jaws of death, we
sank into an abyss l 0 our God, shield us
and protect us from this fearful houri was
the cry of each heart.
Then the Tebah made a tremendous lurch,
plunged completely under water, trembled
in every joint, righted again and crashing
through
unharmed.
a thousand wrecks, came up
"God be praised[" exclaimed our father
Noah, "we are afloat l"
And with pale, earnest lips we all echoed,
"God be praised ["