Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-27

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c l was on the point of answering, whc
5 was prevented b. the return of Ellen
| equipped in her walking dress. She an
t her father accompanied me to the gat
! on my way home; they said they wer
going to walk on the sands.
/, Have you time before the tide come
up cnquirod.
5 30 yes-plenty; it will not be high
water for an hour or two"
did not accompany the Mcores or
their walk; but as have often heard tn
particulars of it related. | know wha
passed almost as well as if had beer
present. After having descended Il,
|. rocks by the zig gag path, they had walk
ed some distance very slowly along the
beach. when Ellen was seized with &
sudden faintncss. For some time her fa-
ther watched anxiously over her hoping
it might go off; but, instead Of doing so
it seemed to increase. Whenever she
attempted to walk, her strength and her
senses seemed to fail her. Nearly an
hour she remained in this state. her fa-
ther not daring to leave her to seek as
si,tance 1t was while still bending
over the dropping girl, he suddenly felt
his feet wet; and turning hastily round
he found he was stanl.ng in pool new
ly formed by the advancing wave of the
flowing tide, The full horror of his sit
uation now broke upon him. Ciasping
his haItdead daughter in his arms, he
staggered with her in the direction of
the zig-zag path; butit was spring tide
and the dashing waves We're hurrying
forward 50 rapidly, that be could nothtvc
reached it in time to save himself. even
had he been alone. He might. perhaps,
haze made, had he been unencanberca, a
desperate attempt to climb the high.
frowning cliffs; but with Ellen, this was
totally out of the question; all he could
do was to drag her upon rock. and wait
there in the tororn hope that ere the tide
reached them, some one mi ght dascry
them from the road above the heichts-a
: road, however, which was but little fre-
quentcd.
Greater than the bitterness Of death
now took possession of the soul of Mr..
Moore. The raging waves, the insur-
moantable clif-his daughter, his adorcd
Ellen. so soon to be lying cold beneath
these dri tat, ptlezs waters. Then came
almost in1dLening on his memory tie
speach he had made to Robert Sclhv:
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