The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-17

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lron tbs schooner flyaway. tax.
ipg il sand Il Black Rocks
Then air. Gahael spoke again, as
ghey drew Hear.--bui whether be
spoke So Gist tsat ] c5uldat UNDER
stand. or whether he spoke French, I
never knew aod Dan, with some kind
of feeling that il was Mr. Gabriels
acquaintance, Suffered tie onc We
spoke % pa.s NE.
Once at tuiee Mr. Gabriel had be-
gun some question To Dan aboat tie
approaching weather. but bad turned
u oil again before anybody could an-
swtr. You See re bad SOME lulr no-
bility lef, nnd didn't want ihe very
man hc was gong 70 iniare 70 show
him how 10 DO ID. Now however, be-
asked him Jl5ai vas steering tie Speed
by, If il was going TO storm,
The man thoaell L WAS
Hos ], il, then, that your schooner
prepares to Sail
Ol, wind backed int wen be on
Blue wafer before Tie gale breaks,
rs kon, and heu beat oil where there
plenty oI sra-room
Bat she.l make shipwrtck 7
Not it tbe court know herself, aud
he think She 40. wa. the reply from
another as they passed.
Somehow ] began 10 hate myself /
was So full of poisonous suspicious,
I How did Mr. Gabriel know tie ,choon-
er prepared to sail And this man.
could lie ten boom from bowsprit2
didn't believe il he bad the hang Of
the up-liyer folks. But there stood
Mr. Gabriel, so quiet and easy his eye
lids down. and lie humming an under
breath a song; and there sat Faith,
0 pale and 50 pretty. a triAe sad, a
trflc that her conscience would brew
for her Whether cir no. Yet, after all
there was au odd expression in Mr.
Gabriels face, aa eager, restless ex-
ecta,iou and il lis lids were low
cred, il was only 10 hide the spark
I iIat flushed ana qutnched IN lis eye
/ like q beating pulse. We bad reach
/ "a the draw. il was lifted for The Speed,
She had passed, and The wind was il
her sail once more. Yet, somehow,
I She hung back And then saw that
The men in her were Of those with
whom Mr.. Gabriel had spoken at noon.
Dams sail fell slack, and we drilled
slowly through, while lie poled Us
along with IN oar.
Look out, George ! said Dan. Cor
be thought I was going 10 Craze my
shoulder upon tie side there. | look
ed; and when turned again, Mr.. Ca
buel was rising ap from some earnest
and hurried sentence to Faith. And
Faith too, was standing and swayng
with irdccision, and gazing away ont
before hcr,-so flushed and 50 beauti-
ful,-so loath and SO willing. Poor
thing poor thing as il her rising in
itself were not the Whole
Mr, Gabriel stepped across tie boat,
stopped a minute, and then also took
an oar. How perfect he was, as be
stood there tlal moment !--perlect like
a statue, mean,--so slender 80 clean
lint ed his dark face pale TO transpa-
rcncy in the green light that filtered
through the draw and then a ray
from the sunset came creeping over
the edge Of the high fields and smoto
his eyes sidelong 50 that they glowed
like Jewels, and lie with bis oar planted
firmly hung there bending far back
with il, completely full Of strength and
grace.
II IS not the bateaur in the rapids,
said lie.
What are you aboutE asked Dan,
with sudden hoarsencss. You are
pulling tie wrong way
Mr. Gabriel laughed, and threw
down his oar, and stepped back again
gave his hand to Faith, and half led,
half lifted Ler, over the side, and into
the Speed, followed. and never looked
behind him. They let 90 something
tley had held, tie Speed put her nose
in tie water and sprinkled Us with
spray, plunged, and dashed off like an
arrow.
il was Ike hia,-daring and inso-
leni, ccolnes- just like him Away
lhe soul 81 defiance None but one 50
reckless and impeluous as he, would
have dreamed Of flying into the teeth
Of the tempest III tha, shcli Of
schooner But he was mad with love,
and they-there wasn't man among
them but vas the worse for liquor
Tor a moment Dan took it, as Mr.
Gabriel bad expected him TO DO, as q
joke. ana went 70 trim the boat FOR
racing, not meaning they should reach
town first But II san Il all.
Dan / snug out, save her She's
not coming back Thcy'H make for
the schooner at Black Rocks Oh,
Dan, he's taken her Of
Now ore whose intelligence iss
never been trained, who shells hi, fye
wits and gets rid oi tie pods Is best
he can. mayn't be soquick as another,
but. like an animal, be feels long before
he sees; and a vague sense of this
had been upon Dan al day. Yet nov
he stood thundcrsiruck, ard the thing
went on before his very eyes. i was
more than be could believe at once
and perhaps his first feeling was, Why
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