Osborne, William Hamilton: The Blue Buckle. v1. 27 Sep 2015
 

Osborne, William Hamilton, 1873-1942

Excerpt
It was a woman’s voice—the voice that was wafted down the wind.
“Nowhere are they safe—nowhere, do you understand?”
Craig Rutherford, idling in the shadow, with his elbow on the steamer rail, gazing dreamily at the glory of a moonlit sea at midnight in midocean, heard this remark—but could not tell whence it came. In fact, he heard without heeding. Later he recalled the tone, the words—but now. . . .