The Sentinel, 1881-11-04, Page 6'
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Anon.
-Burit Out.
X stand bytheashes-of home
Withaclegolateheart to -day
Igor the-gathereel gear -of thia many a year
„. /loped forin4,d toiled for and hedd.so clear
leswept ha a rcroment away. • , •
ind_the hoPes_that wereisignoo this MO mdin.
Axe buried in duit to -night
. There's -s. dun, dead: pain_ in my -throbbing
- --
„- cry for patience, but -
ail in vain,'•
And wonder can this be:right:
• And -the -relies are dearethr-an ever before-
_ .
Of thetriendig_shannever behold, -
think. of theta. oortiii my heart is sore„
• Oh, the littlebeots thatruy -baby wore.
'Can you their worthin gold?
There were tresses of- liair frorathe browriof the-
- -dead,
Tliose treasures I oannotrepIece,
So worthless to others, to me so -dear, .
And the picture,- watered with inanya tear, ,
• Ofmymother's dear old -face.
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4; V.tr N'G E-• D A T• ,41.: A 4.T.
A tst?riot Love and- Daring,
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, By: the anther of " What He cost Her,"
• " aviendohnes Harvest:, and other
. popular novels.
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Stupefied amazement, wreteliedne 8, des::
pair, • took eachthe other's place dir
, :Rupert's lfeatures- ' as- tho girl Went On;
when. she had finished, he lay with his
White face blank, as though life and passion
.. had...left it. together. Seriously alarined,
- Mildred 'seized his: pold hand, strove to-
• - warm Hit- herpalms, the charm other touch
Still, -worked ; the life blood whiehhad
ebbed from his very lips, flowed 'slowly
' back, ancl in the- rayless „eyes , a fierce and
--lurid: -light-began to- kindle-- Twice-- his-
• parched tongue essayed- to utter semething,
..;-* 'but she diCula not cat& its. meaning ;, the
„third time he spoke plain, "Send: me the
traitress hither. Let her -take your place,
and lean above me with hat1 ing anti* I
: want to: whisper aomethin • in her ear;
. Segel me Wet woman hither.
f Hush„ hush! c. I hearber Coming, Rue ;
• . be ealm.": . ' ' •. " •
:
' - " Calm t with those words of- doom still
ringing iu my. eare?. Calm -----ay ; as the
tropic). sea is: calm,. beneath whose waveless
face the shark awaits the: swimmer:, Give
her your °hair, Mildred -gen who love me
not." , • - - - - '• '
.-.- • " Yen WbuId. net telt her, Rupert; that
would be base indeed."
. _ :
" Tell brer-ay ; jiist One whisper : in her
. ear.. Then, after -wards you may tell her
- what youlite.__,J; have_ got_ somonews for_
• her to take to Pluto." • ' I
t -f• Dear- Rupert, for - my sake, do- her no
barna," Pleaded Mildred in an agony Of ter'
'- ror. "When:. I. said I loved you not-,. I
• meant, not yet II' , ,
Revenge and- dunning, which had held
' - dividedeway in 'the sick mane face, . here
--. 'abdidated together; hope for one °mant
. -eat there . like a -sun, and . their w . s sue-
' ceededlay Suspicion, -. , . • '
' "I do not believe- you, Mildred fleigh,"
answered he fiercely:, "-- nor Willa !unless
-- you swear -it !t: . . .... [ ... •
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" Swea.r,it?" eohoed XEra. Clyffard; enter-
, ing the room. "''lleiyclay, but 1 rauet look
to this t My Vilaredpotupon her oath!
When 1. was young, it svas the man. who
•
swore Whereby, if troth washrokea :he was
:perjarecl, but the lady was hehl blameless.
• There is no Such courtesy in these days.;
_Shame.Upon you. -Rue !" !` . - • -,1.•
• She stood beside the two, with one mai
- -han:d on either's shoulder. !
t;It is not 1 who is - to blam.e„" said
rthoarsely. "Fair mother, will „you
, .
- icot-sit?" r- • . i
"Nay," returned Mildred hastily;, "yea
lave:- not taken your broth yet. Let. me
. tend, you a little longer; Mrs. Clyffird, has
'. been your nurse all day." .. ' .
. " " : "So, so," said the kady of OlyffeLwith a
silver laugh; " this ia_pushing us' from oar
, steels indeed t : You. tell me frankly :what 1
' atOto expect, when ClYffe " shall change its
• mistress. It Viaa net troth that you were
. plighting then? The gnestion is tITOVi
°cm?' Ain I not right, dear Rupe 2-"
"Al, I asked her thatt.
"And what. was the '1' eply ?".quoth Mrs.
*Clyffard, pp.:Hieing her hand with Meaning
spinet Mildrea's shuddering flesh. "A
month ? I guessed it walk atoonth. ponce ;
`since My Modest Mildred :will not answer
you, I will, answ.er for. her.. Iti, a Month,
she shall:be-Years:, RuPert." .- 1-. • --
"1 must hear itfroraher own lis, good.
mather; you Prophesy too smoothly." . ' . :
• Bys. Clyffarars fair face darkened; mat-
ters were not, then', as they had; seemea.
Mildred had. refiCsed,hini, or procrastinated
- at least: The young- girre face was buried:
in her hands,- but- not to hide its blushes ;-
it. 'was as Pale as marble.: . ;
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Graee-_Clyifarcrssoft voice: hardened; it
*as musieetill, lint :blear,. incisive, as the
claslilif cynabahs. "I„do-aot pretend to be
a: prophet„ Rupert; you: wrong me - there,;
- brit.whit I promiiie-that will come to pass.
y:n1ece-shall be your! Wife; and as:for
-her edruples,about-timeAhat-ia-a-inaiden's-
Wa • ' ' .` ' . -: :-. '
--• ,-- "'From her own hps„,:1" say," repeated
-Rnpert hoarsely. -. -, . -
"Swear then, niece- Mildred -,--I pray von-
fiad your voice -to wed the Ciyitara Within
thirty daye." - -
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„Never was deadly' Mortars clothed aq fair ;
never did Spoken words convey nietercruel-
meaning than was shot from those azure
eyes.: -
Fear for Raymond's safety, threatened,
. &sit seethed to her, in every tone of her
aunt's' voice ; fear on her own account,
whWa always 'overwhelmed, her when
brought face to face with Mrs. Clyffarcl;
.-pity for Rupert. and terror as to what- vie-
-lotto° he might commit upon the instant, if
" she shenla answer "No -"-for she had
rea,d' murder in his eyes awhile ago -over-
came the..resolation which had hitherto
supported_ Mildred.- Keeping her face still
' covered, and murnauring t„!God forgive
• me" tirberself she answpred soleranl
- "I swear." ) •
" Swear what?" askedKra. Olyfiard
- „ • .
• "I swear to marry yottistep7son Within
?thirty' days.'"
CHAPTER -•
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TRU CLOUD IN TUE SONERINE.
TWO years have, passed since the eVent
recerded in the last chapter,' Our iticene
is no longer, laid at Clyffe Hall, bilk far
• away in the- south country; while the
• dwelling *high ia °coupled by our drantat• ts
persona is -very unpretending. A little low-.
- roofed. cottage, set in a gardenglewing with
springflowers, finch as only flourish so -early
in a genial climate; The two French win-
dows- open-pnatirrylawn,sinooth as a boy's_
cheek,: and in the centre rises a tall clump-
. of Pampas, grass, watered' by. a phapely
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14'51'1'
nymp.h of marble ifrorn a inarblepiteher ;
the lawn isgirt by- i 'a broad purple belt , of
fuchsia beyond which lies the garden not
for show alone, but rich in vegetables and
'saybry herbs; wb1e around all this „fairy.
demesne there -4nsv a Waving -wall of
odorous tamarisk. A waving_ Wall, I _say,
_for- though the -cot ge is nestled in the- hol-
low of a: chalk- . 'and the boisteiMus
winds trona north and east, whioh roar ,and
revet on -the downs above, can never reach
it, it -lies opeli the south *id- *est
_winds, whose- sooting Song scuba -ceases-
-the summer ..thro . . With ' them' the.
stallow comearto -nestle neath the eaves,
with them the be: (whom - on. _the. tiny
heighti theirviole ce-Will not parfait te) ply
his thievish trade) o rob the flowers ;-• but
on ajedge of ch tfull in the ncienday -.sun,
stand threestoutlirves, for which the lent
is paid in - glittering comb, -so that: -the
winged thief' is rifled in 'his turn, ---a, few
frail, trees, warped by their windy yeas
_to grow aslant, keep Off the westering sun-;
but all the- south i. open.. -.. To those who
sit within tbe cottage, the sloping garden.
0.nd the sloping doWn beyond, are seen, and --
then
then the- gee; but -to one- Who' from the
window withdrawst a pace -or two, or lies
up.= his bed. up ' tairs, the: .eyes looks
i
straight down on the boundless bltte of
ocean. Ah, precio boom. in sicknOSS, to
• the shifting- liadows" of the clouds,
therswirling eddies, the daily -battles of the
wind -and tide; to mark the sei-gulls Wheel
or blown about by ithereflerce, gusts; to see..
the glorious compa fof white -robed Chips,
fairy wind has just set
heir distant errands, or
ore -homely toil- which,"
fishermen are plying;
eat -waters, and -those
loess thereon. Then
harp pain iii dulled by
which this. or that
free, pass By upon
to gaze upon the.
in the little bay, th
to- contemplate_ the
who make their -.b
at night; how the
the sea's . mono nous pad,ertone,. that
lullaby of everlastingrest, Or: overwhelmed
and deadened. by the MajeStie.music of the
`atonal . ' . -
. . -.. - .- .
But-th e is no ' arnets in this cottage
now ;- t. tali, Ma „ sitting in the little
'balcony: ve tho.. oor-way, whose uncov-
ered. head almost to cites the green roofing,
is- not bowed by it; nor is the . graceful
form. of his young Wife, althongli a -year ago
or so she blessed the sea, what time, after
her blissful trouble), she ley Iwake --long
nights. with her. s.weet' babe beside her,
sleepless, but in. i st unepeakable.- The
baby 'girl, too, cli ging to -her mother's
skirt, is wetland -a- onang-. -lull yet -there
is a: shadow Upon -tle young Wife's brow.
which even- the mai hine of that tiny:Pre-
sence datinet erase " nor the blithe and the
ringing.tones of her- usbandis voice. • • .
,
"What, my prett
cloudupon thy in.
Morning: For sha
one -1" quoth•he, " a
viiiiipcia our marriage,.
e! COMe Ietnie - kiss
it away, lo.ve. Nota word of quarrekhave
we had yet though We be such old married
taker; but I shall livarrel, and spoil our
claim to the Dunmow -flitch, if you de -not
Smile to -day. • No, not an April gleakalke
•_that, which leaves your heaven theclarker,
but a dilly -brightne et that must last all
• day. Come. smile I e - my own Mildred,"-
• " My dear, dear h
dred, tenderly. "I
-very wrong.: There
there cannot be an
-She stooped clown' t her child, and -drew
,
her to her bosom and held. her there, - and
, :
kissed- and reeked b,er- to ..apa 'fro.. "It is
so long ago, and she has 'never tracked us
yet;.and we have t ken no one. itito our
confidence, so that tneitber by" design no
carelessness cao we.. ver- be betrayed, and
living here So far away „from he and
under another na e. we Oannot bat be.
safe -I- have .said -.ito myself a+ thoinsand
times; and yet, and' yet,--" • -
• "Yet *what, Mildred?" • • .•
, -
--‘‘ Well. nothing ; . Yon would -only laugh at
me. But to -day., of all the days in the
year, -,the day when I would Wish, to -, feel
no touch ofglocnti- shinething-7iiozne pre-
Sentireent of evil se rag to cast its ;threat.
ening- -shadow upo _my: sOul. She -will
ne er cease. to seek is out, Raythond, while
lif is in her; of tha I ara right - sure. A
w lf or a blood:ho 4 could. - not be 'More
staneh; More persistent for . a ... 'When I
• think of her, I- alwaiys think of -that fell
• creature, tardy but.sdre as fate, Whicb.
pursuettlie helpless hare whole days- and:
nights, and at the last -no- matter when
that is—"' • - . - . -
"My dear wife," laterralpted • Raynadna,
impatiently, "you e not -complimentary
to your Aunt Grac at all! The anitaal
yon describe is -s, 4reature ' of :evil' odor
called a stbat ; More Yeri you do net take at
high view of myowi4 courage and ability to
-aefelid you and littl Milly, in -calling hie. a
helpless hare. : If -I le so, artalliiirvermin
comes Within kickin distance, I know this;
she will find.= iicjnnbion1y strong in the
hind hags."
" Nay; dearest_ 1,1
rarely have any fearj; but ..,iyhen you leave
the ciottage:evea for an bent,- anclao*:yon
are: going away • to-morro* for two *hole
nightiali-,me„that will beterribler. :-_-• ' -
“,Why; what a coward has my Mildred
til
become who used be so brave."- -
". That was whe . I had only ; ray.sell to
takicate of, buh
t t -- . little one, Raymon&-:-
•what, wouldiny aunt not :give to get her
into her . power? • ,The babe-heireSA of-
Clyffe r 1 wotild that we. Were what ,.We
seein to_ be here, ang she but ' Milly Hep-
burn, with nothing i- to inherit,. save .. this
little house and. 'grOund. ,..We "-lay& be=
happier.here-thaneV r we Were elsewhere.'
e, love ; and. I for my
ontent to pass all my
oor Rupert dies -or -
sit detvaand lot that
rights, - far less: niy.
sil1not. .I know, love;
You deem that, she
a mine, rather than
d, or yieldone golden
oiling is -riot so easy as
tory-books.. Atptyffe,
we worked her *icked
hindrance,or perhaps
rii ; but not, so /Jere.
t above the In,w.- Her
-cannot- Clutch What
er uP, 'any more than
ow I am very foolish,
annot be, of course -L -
„real :danger to us.”
,
youare with
- "That is very. trt
part should be well
days. here. 'Bat it
or worse, _I will- no
woman unsurp m
child's. :Isle, that 1
,why yeti shudder.
would poison: me
give up an -inch of I
piece. But this poi
. one reads of -in 'the
indeed, she Might h
-will without much
-
even" subsequent
Ildoreover, she is n
unscrupulous finge
-that bids her to del
they can reach - lere to harm yoUrself,•
rink child or me. 1 tell you we are safe;
Mildred; and if ther is a fearon either ide,
it should be upon Ci ace Clyffard's. Is She
to itorin and rave i1 reVer, and'we to liste.n
shuddering, because we too 12-11.17.3 ohoitert to
marry ?-Have 1 no cause to curse bar bo
my._ turn; ti alien -from: my• home, and
-
forced to keep- in h ding like one escaped
from. prison t ink I am doing ill fli-
_this,wife. If _th_ei wereno co*arclii, be
sine there would e no- tyrants in the
• world. The sum
is-nigh:401W; I.- neektliegola ' he told Me,
with lie -own lips -was left to me in his will.
Why should 1 not claim nayowa V -. - . -. '
-"• Rayrnond, RaYttiond,' cried the young
wife passiona.tely.1"For Heaven's sake; -he-
patient:, Let id not bring the thunderbolt
nptni ourselves; even if We are fated not -to
escape . it. - -_ 'Gold is- indeed -.: precious :in
Grace plyffard'S . greedy • eyes, and - power,
and.. the pride station-; lint revenge is:
dearer -ito 'her -than all.- ..Bestire that. on
that day whenwefled from Clyffe together,
upon his.very- Marriage :mOrii, she -reels;
toed avow to pay US beth." ; . _ : - : be -
patient.
:" I ihould have thought My lady would
viotild-
have had enough of vows," returued Rai,'
mond -grimly,. -"when you • kepi that Oath
: -
she -so :wickedly extorted, to the- letter-'
inarried her Step -son -thirty days!
Siveet perjurer! . -I • oari forgive, peek
Eti,lpert's wrath at ,havinginiiied. his prize
50 •nartowly,--ainoe he was _ but I her •-tool,
and never knewhoWerlielly she urged -you -
but aifor her -r-- 'Well, let her grind her:
dainty teeth. To thiiik that after -two long
years •of absence, the. : Memory of . this kite.
should Still flutter my deve, ,though -folded
in -my iery -armat Yonr-. Cheek is:'dhillY,
Mildred; are.you cold ?" ' . - '.:- . _- . '.
." Yes, a -little cold, :dearinisband,• :The
wind is rising - in the West, as though-:i'for
teropest. We shall have rough weather
to -night. . • . - . . ' , .: - ':. --,' :
. '‘‘. 'Tia like eneugh-;.• and itbad '. Weather
sets in 'after ' this long - calm, it will last, I'
fear.; - Come, let ne have - a walk together,
Nv4ile. Walk -we May,. 'Il..pori. one's Welding
day, . a i ramble arm -in --arm, 'Darby- . and
'Joan -like,. is Only fitting. • -Let us -pay a
visit tothe. gcodlientenant. and his.Wife.:"
"Ay, and take the dear child With ns to
see her ,god -parents," exclaimed -Mildred,
joyftilly.' • " :. • .. .
"You.r.deceitful-'-wicked-gypey,". : re-
turned her husband, _Rhakinglis• finger in
reproval; "to gee -her -god-parents, indeed I
Yonweint to have; her with us -that is all;
Ido believe yenneVer feel yourlittletrea.-:
-Care safe' unless -beneath - your Oyes, .,"Efew.
,ever,,just. as you like,-.10Ye ; tell ditne, then, -
to -pat•her -bonnet .011.7; - :. ' • - ' - :-
:." I had -rather earry-Milly myself; Ray -7
3alie is:rather buity-_-ana it's such a very
little w.ay to the coa,st-guardStation-."- .- , -
• . " Ariotheiwhite.one I' .It is: three Miles.
if it is a yard. But then the Walk is iipOii:
the cliff -top, is it not? a very dangerous
pathway ia ii, wind; . and Jane iii, itudh a
giddy girl; and can *ever, be - brought to
tinderstand that Ws; carries -so much :More
than her life's Worth in her arms, when She
-haS-that -precioneehild." - - .- - • .
- "Nity,-Raymond, 'dear, -r_knoW you love
it just as intioltai I. do, • HOW thankful you
seemedi. to. be when you - were told your
Child wii,ei.''-' -- ' - .. *-- .- '
. -,-.4.Ay, -true," ihtetrUpted RaYMOnd,:hasti--
ly-;, -,"-b\it that was yery.foohilrof me.. If
he had chanced to be a boy, what then?.
Re wouldhave.-had- a very .apferent .bring..
ink upifteni that which li'as rained 'se
many •0., Clyffarcl.-- • 00- would have been.
spared -the enrso which has fallea-upon the-
'elaest
. "An
•
. .“ Wal
a girl,
-events .
rciontligiye papa a kiss.;- theo-. get you
gone, y u slid your. mOthertop, arid -wrap
. , ..
yourselves-- up *aria, ..lest the rain ' should-
' _ With sMilea..-and. - kisses he l disiaissed
catch ur before we can getlaoroeragain."--..-,
he lean :.upon -the wooden - rail . that faded
them 1th; :then left -alone in :the Veranda„
the la ia, and drew •a -letter :from ,his.
t
,Pocket; : the . address • ran 'thus: • Mr. - J.
ifirsts. , Pampas Cottage, loY .Westpor,
town.- lives __Written in - a craMpea..ana:
vulgar hand-, an-' in "ozie corner • *vas.
iierawled " pninediate;.” underlined -three-
tiinee. "How ' fortunate it was," -solilb-
quiied Raymond; "that: I chanced to -riled:
'the - postman in my. - walk this morning.
Otherwise, this:. letter. would. lave driven
:My-. WIN :. wild with terror. :She . -Would
neither 'have eaten: nor :slept till she had -
.Compellea: roe.' to- , flee once- More from - the
Wrath . ;e:- this she -devil to some - obscure .
hiding place, just as We -have got tee -moiled
• tii.00r little „cottage here, and have. :fiegini
to feel it 'home? I will barrow ne: More;
but fight:, .it out above grolifid. '. The
threatenea 'peril .rie _Mysterious . ::enongh,-
but the 'wareing‘puizlei3 me --even :.more.
What. eland My anonymous friend .writes'
all.leiningthe *tong Way., like -*hes bloWn.
backward saplings . yonder:- It • maybe dis-
guised, Of course, but at-the..:best - should.
say it-Wite no gentleman's hand.- lam not
.much of a critie, but the spelling, toe; let
alone :- • the :-'oomp-9aitionr .apPears ,--. rather,
faulty, ' .: • .' - .:-... . - • - . • ' ... :
" y Reit-air; .,13-ayht ciiid , elyffard.' 'The: cars
eyes hate found yea.- out atilicst1.- find, another
:hoat for; a 4ittle..:.. and oat. mice:" _There iszdan.••
ger .. luring at Vour -.qv taor...E.t...*: TEIT12
-WELL4IsnER,' ' - . i - . .- -->„ .
orn of miler so Many -generations."
yet how glad you were that it was
ayniond." .
I? Well, Perhaps I was ;- St all
love Our Milly. Come;- button:-
„Itnt der:tally. very _strange, and stranger
that itcomeswhen my Poor wife has this
riameleeis dread upon:- her: It oan be no
lioax,-for nciliodY save_those we hame_raost
'cause to -fear- could. have aapplied the
materiale for it. 'The postinuk is West-
portOwn only therefOre the writer cannot
be very fir :off. _ it except the simple
-folks • Whom :we are.L about, t� visit, -what
wellwisher have 1 about here, or indeed any.
where, alas? We are compelled t� impose.
„even upon these good people : to lead a life
ofdeception, to exist humbly, furtively!
What a feel was I to pass my ;word •to
Mildred. that it should alwayebe so until
Rupert—" He thrust th, -letter into his
bosoin, _as his young wife rejoined him,
equipped_for walking, and -with the child in
her arms. , •
ytiu hag been quick," said he.
"What, Milly Want: a toss before she
starts? Give' her to me thee, manime.
Nay, now -I've got: her I shall Carry -:her.
myself; all strategies are fair inloire, as in
she is my lawfulprize." :
It was a „lair pietUre-that stalwart
lather with- the wee bairn: cradled' in due
sheltering arra, , and the other thrown"
around his wife protectingly and, vet
there was something in his eyes besides
„their love .: the fire that gIoWs within the
eagle's orbs what tiMa she sees the fowler
inch by inch 'descending. from the crag
upon her eyrie, axe. in :hand, to hearaway
her young. -
CHAPTER
; THE PREVENTIVE eiTAirscix..
Oottageito the ceast-gnard station lay wed -
Ward along the shore, and for a little
distance after passing by the fishing
hamlet,as Rayniond had said, close to the
cliff top, but soon _deticended, not to the
poor father gaVe me -beach, hitt through an intermediate belt of downon _the reettliere.was now a little light -
The' ath_which led -away from Pampas
rOok.and underworld between the _diff : nd
the. sea. ' Here,' sheltered from, the ri, big
wind, , mid - Maid. a -Verdant Wildernekk-of
thorn and .hazel, it .-, was 0-04 -.io , ..iiim(e
imagined it -.Wag :.-midatiniMer. _1 The-i-Apk,;,
daWit • slid' in Oircles' from,: the :cliff ; 411e-
woo4-lark hanging in . the _Sheltered 'air
poured forth his love; -the linnet Whittled
to' his. mate„ -hem the. warm .baith I- #ria.-
flittingfrian shrub toehtirb; he tiny wren
twitted 'his": mite of thanks' to God's OW:h-
air: - At times, tecOrOm-a; broad..bankof:
:brier;thitt, like a frieze, :stood:Out from -the -
white ' Oliff, • a :- ha*k.. wiiiila • sheet f4th-;
noiseless-1'0nd' sWift- as light, and poise:a:0, Ve
the peaceful scene, like Satan watehing,ftf
blameless :-Paretite- la: their, sleep : then -
g)
shooting '.0 arribVe the down, would *de:
and poise again, :deapite the wind, :Mid-. at'
again would rise 'for broader View; to all:
-,„a malignant:f3ter--;and:Strikehisinhoefint;
prey in. settee Seetning sholtered-hoinestgad....
'NO homestead-. is,' however,, visiblit ;be
.hiiminir eye-no;-,-.eigri of - the preeenc '1- of
Man. 'The -broken -reeks; indeed; -rese le;
Offen human :arohitectiire-here a; .il ; ed
shaft:sad:there a column with -. its ' capital
-beautiful than Art eali;Mohl in -year :of
nt
iteanthwir-wreathed sonie grand , oe
ofi Natiire has 86 Strewed -theta there; , ' he
in. her pangs - 'emir -fashion - things : 'Ore
patient toil. : The Sea is :sailleas„'savailer
Tie 'Speck of White;::Which, like a ' pure bill
passing -to eternity; glee suddenly Out on
thelorizmi's verge.: • - .
:-. " Is . not this. a-. very perfidies, „•:My-
lIfildrea?.."- .eiclainced Beytaond enthusies.-3.
t.i.eettilIti'a indeed,:d.ear BaY..: 'Mgt..; '-H. eaVitee
angels guard„as While Vie tarry init.". . A. .
- -:“ Aninn,7 answered :Rayinend gray. y.--
" liot, however," 'addedlieoliOreCheerf y,
"that . I ani -aware . of --Ont ::"..needizig tiy
special guardiao) other -than *hat all . -r.,"
tals meed- againat their spiritifil- - fee. AS_
„fer-.mortal.eneinies, hever, 'surely,: W a
little hetes so girt *bent with aefertae, as
is -ours, - . The snatiggIers- in the vil ge-
woula ;fight for. you as resolutely as
-41er,
they fOught .:for -.an: anker - ..of rim : ; Wit. de
„the geed - lieuteaant an.d.his'.tWeiity :Aisn:
here would draw their- Cutlasses : -in - *lir
-defenoe as -gallantly; as -though you •-*Azre
theInlandRevenuelierielf. l'ilat a giUg.
home :they have - yonderi. -,.Of all the 'elm--
fortable-looking, ehip.131.181313",'Aii0k-anc17:i an.
residences- that Men -Cs& dWilli.-in,-: O
_think a. - preventive . station isthe.. et_
._ ._ ., •
enViable - , • . .' --, . . • . - -
' The : path-. had- graatially. risen anti:it
-brought there.: in- sight- of tbe-, tenetneol:14
qiiestiiiii, aiengylOW hoe - of luilding`,,Wipl'a -
-veranda in front of it, and. rze large- garpea,
whidh-eiteadeato the .saady -shore-,
ed
:by
esti
re -
the man on duty was wont to lay histes
teipe4altegether- .4 (Mug ventage'grozt, nel
„renengli", and Of course conimanding a gbat
'eipanse of -view. The picturesque brelea
ground - over :which the three-- had -,:coll,:ae;-,
upon one aide. ; . and ' on the other, s. Willie
Odrved- bay, with the -coast-guard boat 'Nigh:
-On .: the 'shirting - sand, and ready t be
launched._ at a - minnte's- 'notice, whil in
front the sea , could be, stvept: for- seor- .-ef
Miles... .But. by fa;r :the:Meat notice ble
feature 'of ..' the ' Look -out "- Was cerin
carved Wooden iniagee: :stuck : up- on td,
which gave .to itthe appearance of -a- ot
dediCiited to heath -eh rites.- . These i lc •
- : . k - '
though repteigentipg;the softer sex as "c0e.n.
as the ..roasculine). 'Were by no reeallekre
had been permitted - to retain its -pri. ire
markahlo for personal beauty.: :Not -In
.cemplereent of iirnba, and if :a lady had ' ' n-.
she Might c-onsidarlers.elf afortiinate eat p-
i
aged .tc) preserve -the:- aciailiiiity �fhern se -..
OM. These were figure heads Of .'yeS els
which the. cruel waves had renitilatea;*. en
they east the ships to which tbe_ybelon od
upon .-, that --long lOye ... reef,: to Avestw rd
stretching far - out to „ sea: ,Already, th.
'We growing wind, the _ waters . churned el::
foamed thereni white malice; but in , at:.
'comparative calm it Was • impossible to
picture what wild wok they, Made- :t re;
during a•.•storni.. What:- hours-- of --.hu ii .,
agony had been witnessed by -those piti set
'cliffs, whenk.aeudding 'before the.: gale, he.
helpless'', ship s 'Came on , to , their -el.. rw
among the :hiesing breakers'- . What-- vain
resolutionsof ,- repentance-- had -, they 'behold: -
iii -..the white -'sdated.fiteek-Of :whore: De th-.---
wae
was -beckoning -what dumb resolve to - et
the worst like midi ! .' s ' - .- '. - -
• • . ,
- :From Deadinan'e. Reef -aci living na- or_
weinaa ever yet came -:to, lana; _hay; e
.. :
labile Of the drowned:" which -..I.StreWed he
. .
._doilet for daysaftera wreckoonla: 'soar. '1Y
„
be called hurnan, :so bruised - ancl_ nian ed
. _ _ _
were theyby the sharp e,o4., jagged roc
:but at a very .1Ow' tide . the reef -*Se. Aot
'without: its . . attraotiote. - Gold had hien
-fciuncl; there, and Was :foto& there stilllia.
old' WOrla-oralieb-doins„-gaineas.-inoidO . s,
i
dollare_and dealcloons;whileit.wedso. xi,
-Saiathat, on atime. When .a ship from ... , ti..
:Indies:Was-there Wieckek, the eilYer.:: s -. -a
Of4Luelty.:Bay----(eti called in. donsepipiAti. )
had- been: riiingled.w.ith sparkling gold -dist;
. ... - ..,
and that :the.: -ivory_ teeth.-' of . elephants-
glistenedapon•the hare: broym beach.: : :The
-little : . urcillard some four Miles , aW(tiji,
_was -three .p.arts.-- ecciipiect With • the '. be-0es
Akins . east - on ...,shore ; most of. them
-unknown, and bnriedin.-One.4gbt. : grre-
with a norrnnon headstone,,, ',Sacred' to ilie-
Metizory of the " Crew Of :this or that yessOl;
iDhoporiShesi in: a'storst --off 36,04-nz4n!e:, Ref,-,
and then .the date, Nay, sometimes the:
.,.vigy --ship.was.nanieless.; ' her: h_. onieport
614 her. destination: alike'aoknoWn ; iincl:
the part of the .Nvoo.ii : olie. eanie'.froca. only
guessed .by her .acatteted4nd: OW1.164iis
carge. -„:„And yet,- those *he- perished in her
had relatives and. friends,'mid lovers,like
- the ,. -rest of :as, and -ter .long '.. years -.were-
Watched for, doubtless, and heaven- imp*
time& for thentnot altogether, lotus hope,
in vetim . • ". - - - :-. .. - • . -
stood now at the look -Out station, ma
by a mast for signal flags, and iiheltere
'a turf bank from the. wink: with the
worn almost bare Upon it in places -w
But it isanill wind that blows no one
any good, and the coast population there-
abouts were by no means averse to alioilth7
west- gale,- and What it brought. them.
“ Death is king, -aod viva wreeks,"..lriti
their Motto . and many a cottage in the
.neighborheed of Lucky Bay Was indebted
for its_ Moat ambitious piece of furniture. to
the fury 01theWinds and wives. SuCh-
witifi were reckoned as gifts of Providence,.
and accepted by the simple •folk with
genuine thankfulness, rouch.as a good liar.",
veet might be _acknowledged -by the pions`
elsewhere. In oldtin* ;there had -.been-
iiglY stories .afloat o,f- ship having- been.
hired' tOtheir ,deatrucitioa by false lights,
professing to besafety-bea,cens ; but Whether -
true or falser:such-Matters belonged-to-the-
paSt only: Above the .cliffs : which looked.
. •
-
house, -which shot_ a fiery warning far out
to Bea; and this -Wee served -by a couple :
met, who resided "by turns with the coast-
guard, there being only ronna:foi One 'lodger.
in this poeket-Phares. Thus, Lucky Bay
was dedicated as it were, to the protection
of -life as well as -property; and . seemed, at, •
leastt-o,one of the three _persiiiis who were
now looking-dOwn upon: it, -as the mOBt
desirable of human homes. - -
-"Hew I Wield that we lived here, dear
Raymond, with those good kind: Carey's,
watched migjdt... and .daY by trusty guardians,. -
instead- of if our lonely Cottage, Where,.
whenever you are absent, I feel so forlerh
and _unprotected. See, there is the lien-.
tenant bintself,-aad with a. strAnger tot), -as
it seems, at. least I never saw him about
_the Oat -ion before, 1' -
"Perhaps he some official visitor, of
. - -
supenntendent.; Carey told me the other day
that he waif expecting some person of that .
kind : - -Look how he is poioting out to him
the vegetablelicina; I think I ban -hear him --
telling_ about -those potatoes having' been
dibbled In by -old Jacob, the lantero-keeper _-
with his wooden leg, that's one of the elti
gentleman's -,stock stories. Ah, now he- '-
Beteg uei.. :Look how he interrupts .
and breaks away from' his Visitor • aronce -
_ _
to come and bidyou welcome; :we maybe
sigetherefore, that he is not the inspector"
Certainly, .if Finch he was, Lieutenant- .
Carey paid leasrespect than is Usual in.
such eases to any official soperior, striding
away from him with rapid-. steps to meet- .
:the new -Comers, and pouring 'forth, in a .
rich. and powerful yoke, a rain Of Welcome:
as -he came. • .
"Thisis charming of you, Mrs. Hep-
burn ; this is very friendly to :Walk Ca fat
to Our peek home, and to bring your trea-
suit with. :you too -my little godcliail.-
Idarion, Marion !" (here he raised his voice
as thoughcontending with some fancied -
strife of the elements). --"“deme out, wife,
here '-arethe Hopbu.rns: Then,. as he and.: .
his visitors approached approached one another, - he
went on in what he honestly considerea to
be confidential tone°, but wbio1ri, be -
heard in it favorable wind about half ja
;
r "I am „so- delighted to see you, Hepbtrn ;,
-always delighted; of Course,hut particularly :
so to -day. , Here's a strange lubber eorde .
to stay with me from the Crown, Of-West-
Port-tevin, -recommended bythe landlord -
a man- whomOne respects :and 'to whom. I
;tufa under obligations, but -just as though
Ikept a taveriThke frA0-14,
Mr. -Stevens,' writes' he, is exceedingly
. ,
anxious to lies the:boast .near -Lucky Bay,
and especially the Mermaid Cavern, cluritig,.
these spring ticles;r:- and there being no, ,
eCcohirnodatiori fer. himself nearer- thaw -
this, and kit& more for his man (Who
remains her), I have ventiired to ask you
.to give him a -Shake-down .for a night or -
two.' That's just . whatthe fella* .writee;
and here nil this Mr.Stevens--a lubber, sir,
a luliberupen... my lands.. I have not -an -
hour's time to spare in expectation of this -
Iiispeetioa. Yonust show him the Mer;
maid Cavern, :Heplotirt • you must show -
him the Coast."
:•:A. stout, florid _AO& notwithstanding:his -
present trouble, a:.:Very cheerful looking .
-Man, was Lieutenant Carey-„thonghlie had ;
been .pitted by the aroall-pox in a. manner
w hich, he waiiwont himself to :E.4Eq; was itsi
fiaere seeming,- _ Though, it Was hie Way. to :
be eloquent uponwhatever annoyed him,
him,
he was by means of a repining ' charac- -. •
ter, -otherwise -finding 7himself -4 heiitetito*
still, after, about - forty years Of :Sea service, -
.he might perhaps have considered his ovira
case a hard One, and Lucky Bay . rather a
misrioniet . ashis place otresidence„: But,.
On -the contrary, not only aid lie -make- the:, -
veryliestof his pciiitien; - hi:it entertairrett: ,
_the visionary idea-- thst:, it -would be..
improved some day, : that to have a.poet in . -.
the•codit-.guaralWas net another name for
beingpit on the shell; and - that a, day.„:-. „
would .-corilii when he -: would -:sniff: -.the; .. ;
ince-nee of -: Official favor, • and . be :fear- • - -
achniral of half ,the colors...of -the !ainboyv,...:-._.
before he dieiL, It was a happY, faith, and
must have hiceaSharedia those evil days of
favoritism bymany. another --:gallant sea•
man,or-Surely I. the. Lords: :of ':AdiniraltY,--
watild have all met their doom at:the-heads _
of naval 13ellingharns ; grey headed :mates
intist*have- hanged tkenieelyes from the ,
yard -area, and'Shiplessteminaiiders . taken "
tofrish Water in despair from the top :Ad .
Waterloo . bridge. .It ; -.Viits '3_4QU-tenant--;
Carey's belief,' in . spite :et - some adverse
- :40erse-
siidonen, that the Admiralty kept a faVer".•':
able eye uponhim. 1 It 'Wee true,- indeed, -
that there there had been no indecent haste in,
promotingr:their„.protege, but , what they
had said to theniselves Was this ::: " What,:
ever -happens,. we - have •John -Carey 'in . •
reserve, . we: know-, where to find .-„hinrif-i-Vie
line* where to lay :our- hands- upon him,
-Dna by:": (here they Swore a 'little; . asit
wasthe fashion -to- do it those clays ' par :
tienlarly: when under the, 'influence' of - .
friendly ernotions"eild.: by ' the 'Lord :
H arry, but some .day. :welt .do.:itt:;" : That.:-
day Witaetill4ndefinito,- andheingso, -why-k"- -:-
it might be any day. -.Therefore, Lieuten; --
ant Qarey,:. -hekl: himself ,constantly_ in -
readiness for promotion,' kept - his.preven,
tive'Statien in an absolute flawless State of
discipline and --perfection ;: and couid-.haye. •
exchanged': it -for ' the ster-n cabin- of any . ....
-vessel suitable for a: young cot:lima:44,ot :
-fenr-andlaty,..at-: a , -nannent'a notice and _
with ii:gooci.00ttgoiettoe. In the meantime,_ -
he lodolgoa, _hie imagination: i by patting "
'such.. superior ships. in : .cemuniesion, that ..
were likely to -fall to ...h.is Share'a. tfirBt!ana--
in: reading.: his own „appenitnient - thereto: -
,_
upon the quarter deck to -acrew that haa.:': :
flookealn..„..huOdiedii to. .serve _ 'In. der . :hie' -
.respectea-name.' HeiliadeVeir Conceetea a-:: „
-little speech, very short -and very pithy, to
deliver_uoderthose preCise-diteunistances ; -,,-
and pending-- their obeurrence,--liad. repeated • :
it to: Marion, .-hiS wile, about one hundred •
_anaforty timee..- -...-: : :: - ,, :. . . ' -
' " Den't:yenithiakit will be the right sort .
ef thipg : to : say; -.- Marioii.?":•• he - Weald
inquire, : and: -after, every . repetition Mrs
Carey
CareY woold.,gravoir reply, .:lt--oli4clii,ti be
better, -J-olair.' .:'-- She -. tholl.' an ininiense:„: :
-interest-. in the alterationer, Whielr..h had
detertained -to--Make ih: the Cabin ex ange-•
:Mehte, - which was the less 40 be We ered.:
at 'since '-ithey--. had _nothing but her own
corivehieece and -Comfort in :view; for. in ,
:0i:6Se-days a sea captain in -:Eis; Majesty's ,. -,....
Serviee WO .permittedlo' haVe • his. - wife on
board- With. him; and had it not been so,
good:JohniCarWeclreant _would have been ' .
robbed of half its :nide:Aura.' : Marion had::: ..
been -the only daughter of his . friend and : -'.
00're-ligOnistfok Carey Was:a Catholia, .62. -.., .
-Oiteurtistatiper.Whiehperhapedid not henefit
his .professional - prospects in thOse days -
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