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PART 1.
"In mine eye e ease is the est`c+feet lady
that 1 ever teethe.' on." .
astir • raspberry, of which their settle
toe.; .' i,4 t•aritxl, and let ;..rte turze,
itis t:t la igi. g. l .:; + :.1 eyes
ea
ever tete pitiless..a,ett. karts c t•'C.3 and
• go, batt ul44ays afar off. Tee' haVs3
hui-.t .i ether liautlkeerchiefe tiaa trees,
theylight:. tires during the day oil the
hill s d +.--.t!t in vain. i'hr .1 net
.vera -it .°t•"i..rit at night, I;''- 4. -girls
should sari -:arse the ';ienai foe Vivo
'eland les see amt se 1s- l3:*e=i can the
fatel eta* r i::•1 it is tie isesern.:y:re Gf
• ;lee third day, :mel rt •e-:: - e t a.0 tl;. tint.
They res ria different p exit 4 ee ou'ti e
erase, all e. to !t • a t'l a.! o l 4
S"ittl3 L "{ i'.a f .'-:. the r. .la �- ..tet, [„
f'reheites t ^ 1. ' it • rely •..!.i':(: ee a
is:.I- ;eel t ,3 -;t tor.
ua le . t wet I eta rani i &„lft '-., •ant's
cyclo.i ..1. 11 n�_. t1-atit -:i..1 .c.., ->;.n bora
calms 1 .J zeal sea.
Anel :+tenvhal1 i; •:t afield re light.
hints a+a.l rirtin_dei shim e Il tee •• and r
tet 4,t,r�- ver,yv,• t Seel
r:.-el•ar,l
to rig ul. for ;WC ,tris .!1.4 ,sire I
ill at tt• , is 04 -
gale
.
gale 1”
lh: "e'r rr l g:rt- tore a . 4sht'ro
Sunwbi!l �.t... krone. renes 11St's •- , and
eeta, 1 �-- t': ::r. } et -e, her
r {i• Ii esee1 •,tr my- 44a%teel arm.
1'w' .�.lale- .r,. the remains of
71a _ ' •': -. of the
•.� ;If .-ret
steel. u,; . hew ..•, a a he se. She has
l•ati sat 'tt ee 1•rrit --tsel arl,l mash:rtt:-d for
on e, t:at'l14 ;,u. bat Rem, t13.- iatlex.
ills:hha!• no; 4 `hided a� jet.
"Yon +vitt ilk.- v, hat we give you ; do,
.i 1 tell you. or w.• will neve-r be, friends
:win l '' it' say,.. i. l;''a atW.t e►loitivate
Voice. arta the has webbed and sue•
e amtu-d. mat. h.' as %et:, good to her in
all is •, city sentic . ,'jrla.-angle tR uat-r, i
ani�.zntgly t`tel.lin; alte•;,ether unlike
hitt s :t•e.ille'et. t .,ntiteeering Bete she
has ltitlµrtu kuuwrs. No other quarrel
has followed that mentorctiut• rt. -coevals. '
tine..; she may hi' fretful and irritable'
aft times-.hrlainsh•t(t -lett his patience
with her fievsr liege; Johnny Iiinisel£ "
is nott+'Weetcr of teniliet, iu these divas. N
trona dap.. • But it r tan unnatural states
.4 tenehteen on both sides, not ria, the
mist likely to la•.c., if they only et off
with lib, tee Rene has made rep his.
.mita•/ it scree ! t' dan`m - thi r stay on
t'`ltalse.e•t i>!•• and Rem., rt =£.:titinni
'•r.' a* thee- of tis- :4i.de and the 1!i -r.
slate lit'. !-h`s' ,••.cee,r•- is as a dtt mend
mite% tut t!►t en :3l1. •1'io, vt,Ire) . I 'Main'
fear •.f the th-te el end tame. a4 fine
rye': I•°e'. i• .i3 W a , t:n,�ia-•:!t `atrtl 1!'rt•Iat:h,
rte el •-s,l t,, th :a1, aril sit 4c•: tint ;.
Ile dile,, tet.. inti, tis>- rlc•t,tlii of his
me•t1.,ry and tering: teeth such :.tort• of
anet,lot[, .,tor{{s, fable, itot-try---S'ictur
IL*, . ♦ .:f.1 All i:e1t:;a Y`;,s 1.1te U-.•tii:t±.
i:l!i ogre 1:. arers can telly listen in grat!-
taelA and;eintiratitui, anti wonder if this
•"••'t. t;'e t': tntin+g 4'. •'e 1, tall+•n ate Ire the
t!. _ .St t ,e.i.t''44nit !.!sits 1i•'in; 113t!y
..azo•
hit Jut h�•1 the' honor of know°lug.
tt I
!toyer would have, thouglit you had
it in you,,, Snowball stint to lure, With
that charming Band -,r, which is a dis-
tinguishing eliarat•ti•r of their intimate.
t• :�tt .�. +..i'1. e•;,'3 always t' s teem a t,)
tato als...r;t : Melt and stupid. fl-. a
white ,4, •L Didn't h•• to yen. Johnny ?
I d.tte .a: h'• may grow 'tet• to lee
quite a credit .'I ns net - mi ;11tn't lie.
Johnny ,,.
.` He screw. goo+. up much if lie has to
spc:ud three more days at Chapeau
Dieu," rtr.i.onde .To}inny, languidly.
•' He doesn't look good for over twenty-
four
wenty
four more hours of it. You don't, eat
Enough, .iritis.. olid boy. ou keep all •
Meat pee; '•n -..1 r eta: yea tt• slowly
et:rrteu�.. l . t me en anal 'i tte•r• eon ;t ,
cupful of ix•rries."
His makes a weary motion to rise --
truth to tell, he, they all -are almost
too weak to stir. Tile, raspberries are
not so very plentiful, and all utter dis-
taste, for their insipid sweetue ee has
-•eizecl them all. Itc•n:• looks decidedly)
the worst.. Tris dark, thin face, vele at
all times, is l7!anelte•:1 to a dull, clayey
hue -its outline against the darkening
sky has the shrunk, pinched look that
only starving gives. He is worn with
anxiety, he hardly sleeps, he gives, as
Johnny says, the lion's share of all the
fruit he gathers to Snowball, and com-
pels her to take it. His great dark eyes
look hollow, and twice their natural
size -they shine with a dry, feverish
glitter not . well to see. But the light
that looks out of them now, on his
brother, is very sweet.
"Never mind. me, s,io,1 uini, I am all
right. I haven't much flesh to lose, you
know, and we black people show that
sort of thing soonest. Look out for
yourself. If I can take you and Snow-
ball back in. tolerable condition, nothing
else matters." •
slow dying. Aud then there ie paha" faces, tlioudh beaut tt, to v } axda part er
gala:
t;tsero is papa-•-ta;~cic by nov, and
f assn: w itlr fear and grief, At t1tit It lasts far nearly arts holo; -a 1itetinnp
point Johnny's face goes down on the it seems to theta. Then slowly, as if
turf, find he lies very still for et hens with rehlctsanco to see the evil it bas.
time. wrought, the dark clouds lige, the ally
"Janney is sleeping," Snowball will brightens, the t umeeer rumbles off into
say to herself, in a loud whisper, and space, the wind lulls, the rain ceases.
• keep very close to her boy, and ward off Only the sea, lilac some sullen monster,
i gnats awl, bees, with a cedar branch. slow to wrath, is slow also to forgive,
• keeps rise flit best of the three, is cross and bo4etrlea, and thundexs in huge great,
anti fractious at tines, and full of laud breakers over the sunsets reefs, and rip
eomplaints•-Ron the 13:4rtlship of things '• against the granite sides of Chapeau
in general, and the stupidity of ole. Tito, ' Dieu,
and eleeam ileesy, lith' al! St Oildas, ; Dutt, they elm, breathe ouco more, and
nr pariieular. : `s`nowball lifts her head, with all its
Perhaps this natural metal vent has , dripping flaxen hair; and three white,
something to de• with her supeirior phy- : young taxes --blue oyes, grey eyes' a S. steal endurance; but then she is a girl, a brown eyes --look irate each other zz t
; rend needs less, and the slender frame is ; swim hUSh. There is nothing to be
s woi3:lerfnlly eigortt'u and healthfti. ;$.1.14, within; to be done; they are wet
Still more, sizegee double rathens of to the shin; the breath is nearly out of
' berries. although s1 does not know it. ' their bodies; the surf may roll heavily
` •,viz eat,: w het she ler:. as Herself, anti, a-, l fax days around the ntonutain no hes
has been said, the fere. r shareof Irish:'a.. turn coiner raew--aiid the last of the
If she eefusee. R. er.at. dark, hes.: raspborrie.; have been beaten oft the
teeasa, solemn, eye tet flee, tests ie her, bushes. arid y,"."aehell into pulp by the
fury of the stor►n. It is the ci:owuiug
"lots premised," he say an 1 tLe e. (1i -ester of all.
3o► a vt. c • ,:'t'� . `• • ":la i)0 it!" Retie. sue at last, aloud,
Aril tie tr 1rhi44c/:4.1 111.e.,-; she ha= k ti,i if in ui':we' to twee. taeught -' we
fe- net 13, { te.,r .> • r, c.ia.l
roc,3,1;.,- yield.. eau hut diet'
But it eat i get ss t:3i- horrid t• jt w,;.; Cit';1IIli b roxe, ` Jo13:lit; re:
place,'" shea Lye, in protest to Monty, append-, ...mil ea fellow can ilii ewe,:
• th -14or of thing will corm to all eresl, 'tha•i ni "
i pa utt: tea yen. gene racy think lac- is t• S; owl :til; ' the eider boy says'and
For iter surprieiut= to relate sh , keeps up its dull bellowing and b la
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Tlteu there is silence again ; they are
too weak,; too spent, too thoroughly
worn out and spiritless in, mind and
body to taro for talking. And Rene's
voice is past reading. It ishusky and
broken, and pretty well gone. With'a
tired sigh Johnny relapses on his hillock,
his .brown, curly head clasped in his
laced fingers, his blue, gentle eyes wan-
dering aimlessly over the bay.
He never complains, never is cross;
never wishes, audibly, even for. rescue,
' His face has a dull., slow, patient look
of pain and waiting. Ho is consumed
with grinding hunger and filled with
dire forebodings. For raspberries are
giving out, and, after: another day or
wo, if help does not come
—
He never gets fuxthee, A follow eau
die but onto, he says to himself, with
t;ding t'7 to i t33ttize ores n3i? hit+ this all sitslY t.•' hut, " you are. not afra 1. asp
is life 1 .1 ret von wait mail we :•i-.. `y
and }o e . 11. ;Yr B'e'ta. rutnwlutIL I ant sorry
heel: hone anon will tet c IQ; •
▪ I will," Wan', Johnny • "I 4 i !3 I i . s i
Le rq.ces t:o r pi?. Silo i:1 only
was bee. to see *iv. I, ea net. kW; t
think. S:t'wliell " t 4'P /> IIa1!l.e of being very tired4t1^,,'.4'Cr
y
• �;1lt tired. She is not couscinus c.` tiring
timer • iii A "•ts• ; .,t 4 iii afraid. het Rene sees that n'-rvoua
clever gn back ." 1 quiver strike through her again.
Oh. Jeltur3► !•• i "Arc+yen void?" he twice in glee weak
"This is the atttr recent tf the thirst 6 Von''.
day, papa raiser, have comel a k Fes- ! "No ; esly tired, Let, tot: telt - so
terday. Snowball. think et painiteiact,dear,"
• Juitnns 1 dear, • id Johnny t" a Ilo halts+ vier, anti zea nlae sgs ; isn•l 5Q
great sock. Ido•." tslglp# finds titc+an, celitis it f3'.Ily, It fella
e. stnr313 1- ruin,,•at that sky. ' soft and stir -lit, but very coil?; the
We have n -t had a stusui for o•.tr two i Clouds sneer, away before the• bright
44t t',a it 44 i"1 be all the worm) alien it wind, and the nova looks down unthes e
multi. you hum what bbturum are nn three forlorn host elaitdien, sitting help.
flat cats, It r,: sy teat for days."lesaly* there waiting for the ead. Far
" 1t'ei, sal•• Suti4rleatl, in de'apair. baps hal diets cut, and it is ;!stat now,
' No boa; ..us put off to come to vast y know --slow. dragging death, fax
while* it lasts,. even if they knew where 1 them Mende and home. ,'herr is i;-4la.
we Wert: NO bo,{t fount land even at " big rnorp that can bas duns. or :said. or
Sugarti41.i; . except in tags weather,
for -no need of furt<ha.3. leaven
The surf ell Along the hag, Of Cisttpc!asi 1 --no strength left to snake them They
Dien t'• -,411.-thing that requires to be
only want to leeop close together. sad so
seen to in lie !lewd in." lot Beath find, thews when its mert7
Swelled! i • 3riilobing. with her fact in tomm
her lel'. Jahunv lien on his face oil the soaked
The se r.1. reusee Mew, who is paw,/ +l grass. Rene and Snowball rest against
in :{ sow .a r.s.lio3, but is neither sleep. the great, nosey boulder, lo•r head on
Mg tee.4 ,.r t, end he leaks pegee o.t hist shoulder, iu. stupor orisleep. Strange
Ids hi t.:l, , - that in thicc supremo hour, with tate end
" i rs.`. ,.tai couldn't," he sapy ; SO near, it le to Reno she ' clings -het
s•.,tkct her cry ? what tree last hold on cartels as life aline away.
Such a feeble hold ! the weak little arms
e :1••• t,stte''rx," says ;fanny, have scarcely etrengt t enough left to
Pri:a--.1 -' 'leve own performance. . " 1 etas» his neeke
ttitial t mem, It* make her cry ; I was So the night wears. Tho breeze
savant .. -ternt i. rising, a bad one, and blows; they are chilled to the narrow
nt4 l,. •• is .. •!-t" until it ig over. I say, of their bones. All through the cold,
Si• 41.:11. Lead up." pale hours, the sur;f thnuti re below
Bar •;•,..,.;,.ill, %c,tk, frightc;riuI, hails• -their lullaby and life wines
gry, .,:.30:a, weaker,withthe deathly chill coming
1 nut tell her euel1 Wipes-- of the new day. But Attu the nights
time el,. a ." iter trouble when it comes, has passed, and the stars paled and
Smile hot Rene cries out, and his wsus i1, and another sun hiss risers, they
vole. i • 1,,>r!-.tithnervous pain, "don't. aro still alive. Alive --•and but little
Ratans a • se t• - hear you. Oh, nay God!" more. It is with a labored, painful
he eye:. , ss' tt•s his breath, " help us..- effort that Johnny gathers himself to -
hell t-- , • Dt, not Ic:ave us haere to diel" gather and stands on his feet.
Thee. 4 i rh the prayer still can his lips, " Try it, Snowball," he says, Int kily.
Ile r• •tic: 1 toe weary even tea sit tip- " See if you can stand. Let us go and
right, and r. c issi to sleep. Rene is in a look for --for borries."
very bad way - indeezl, is tl:e wont carve She does 118 she is told, hub in tr• dazed
of the three, and somehow the knew. sort of way. Yes, site can stand, can
ledge comes home to Snowball, and walk, but not easily, °vet' the sodden
stili- her tears.furze.
She looks at hiss-- if Rene, their stain- " Will you come, Rene ?" she says.
stay, fails, what is to become, of deem? " We are going to look for --berries."
As she looks, a 5milt, crosses his worn, Every word comes with pain, her
pallid face --Rene has a very sweet throat and lips aro swollen and dry.
smile, the more sweet for being rare. But starvation is stronger than weak-
" Give it to her," he says ; " we don't Hess, even with Rene, most spent of the
'ant it. Johnny. leor me, I will have threc,atd he too, gets on his feet in a
coffee, I think." blind and giddy fashion.
" Oh, hear him !" Snowball says, her " Conte," ate says, and holds out his
ready tears streatuing again. " He is hand•
dreaming of home and something to eat. She takes it, and they totter on a few
And Look at his face -like death. He is steps. Johnny recovers first and most,
starving, Johnny. Oh, Johnny, it breaks and manages to walk tolerably well
my heart." after a moment; but it is hard work for
Johnny says nothing, he has nothing the other two.
to say. He turns away, that he may "There is something -the matter-
not'see his brother's face, and watches with the ground;" Rene gasps, giddily.
the rapidly rising storm. " It is -going -up and down, Snow-
" Here it is t" he cries out. • ll
A creat drop of - rain fallba
s from the bailer
utters a cry. Earth and sky go
sullen sky and hashes in his upturned np, and come down, and seem to strike
face, then another, and another. There him with a crash on the back of his
is a profound hush, nature seems to hold head. With that cry he reels forward,
her breath for a second, then in its and falls at her feet like one dead.
might the swift summer tempest is upon
them. The lightning leaps out like a
fiery sword, a terrific clap of thunder
shakes the sky and sea. The bay
wrinkles for a moment in an awful way;
it crouches before the fury of the wind;
and then the hurricane sweeps down
upon them like a giant let loose. Flash
after flash cuts the sky asunder, peal
after peal shakes the mighty mountain
to its basethe blast roars down from
the summit with hoarse bellowing; the
sea,answers back with deep and hollow
echo. Spruce and cedar saplings are
torn up with one fierce rush, and whirled
oat to sea. The bower went hurling at
the first stroke of the tornado, torn
wildly into shreds.
Rene grasps his, rock, his hat blown.
into space in the first gust, and clings
for his life, his • thin clothes drenched
through in a moment.
Johnny and Snowball are together ;
Snowball, with a shriek, has flung her
arms about him .at the first flash of
lightning, and so clings, her face hidden
on his shoulder, her long,, light hair
streaming in the gale.
Johnny holds her hand; he can feel
her quiver from head to foot at each
flash, at each clap --•except for that she
is still.
So they. crouch, beaten down, soaked
through,; breathless, atones, in the mad
hurly-burly of wind, and lightning, and
forinrss philosophy. Only this is such rams. T)arl:Ines has fallen, too, swift,
CHAPTER XIV.
• MONSIEUR PAUL.
"An' this is the sixth day, an' if the
Lord hasn't said it, it's dead they are 1
It's maybe at the bottom of the say
they are. I say I'm sayin' it's maybe at
the bottom of the say they are!"
The speaker is old Tini, light house
keeper of Dree Island, and his audience
are a group of men, gathered in the bar-
room of the St. Gildas Hotel. They
listen with anxious faces, in silence,
while old Tim tells his tale. Old Tim
is a short man, of sixty or more, with
an ugly, surly, honest, weather-beaten
face, crimson with much Irish whisky
and Canadian sunshine -something of
an oddity in his way. Old Tim never,
by any chance, listens to what is 'said to
him by. anybody, if he can help it, SO4
judging others subject to the same in-
firmity, he has a habit of raisinghis
voice, to he goes on, asserting anre-
eeating himself, and so drowningall ill-
bred interruptions.
" It's that slip av a gerrel. The byes
is well enough. `I'm not sayin' a word
agen the byes. It's that gerrel. I say
it's that gerrel, The divil. himself
wudn't be up to hex for clivilment. She'd
eontoed on aril page
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