The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-17
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THE SOUTH BREAKER.
Ia Two Falts.

EAHg 8s
Bloc -dsb we're abpu, done With,
ulcn one day Dan brought b some
mackcrel from Boon I-lanl they
hadn't been 10 ,ilc harbor Tor some
Time. tbuugb noa there was q pro5s-
haay of tbcu return 80 they were
gg 0li wh,n ne Tie served the
tao bay ii midmgbt lor mack rel
Dsa esd Beard mr ,h Tor lue eNpe-
ueuee 50 often, long while ago. laai
he said, Wby ,ilualaat they iase tHe
girls and Faith snsiched al tht idea.
and with that Mr. Gabriel agreed 10
fetch me At tie hour, and 50 Ne part
1 I was Kind Of sorry, but .herc
WIS - help Ur il.
- hen ue started. il uas in that
clear cry tal dark tha look is Il you
ccald see through it forever l.ll yoa
resyi.e4 infinite iAiHgs aud We seemed
10 be in great hollow sphere, and
me lass were Ike .i,r ( beings NAo
lad lhe nigh, to themselves. Always
uhe' lm up .ae, ! iccl & IL il were
som thing unlawful, a. Il AFFAIRS were
ID progress which had no night 10
silrcss. kiua Of gtand iteema-oury.
I've felt Il nights whei I've been
watching with molhrr, and tbtre has
co8,c up across ii, h,aens tie great
caravan of considerations, and q star
illat III ru.ltd away tie curtain On
lI.r cast sae 10 see came by-and-by
NHd booked ln AZ lhe outh window :
bat nc,el tclt Il As ! dla tins Hisld.
I4e bde vas Deu lAe laIl and % We
geu, Slipping down through lbe dark
water by Itri2h aud - We saw
them -hiuiug auOsc us, and ihen loo :
tI down auI saw iht N sparkling Up
from 8, .o@ ,--iHe stars,-lt really
seemed il Dan, oars smst be two
ioug Wiug-, as if We swan on ihcm
throseh a motioa.ess air. liy-and by
we were Is the island creek, and far
ahead, III a streak Of wind that didnt
reach a., We could see pointed sail
skimmiag along between tic banks as
Il some ghost sent before to shoW Us
lhe way and when Ile dtsl hush and
mfslery wore of, Mr., Gabriel wa,
singing little Fraach songs IN tunes
Tx tie rise and tail Of the tide. While
lie aae, L- rowed, and Dan was
gang me the hooks AZ length Dan
took lie oars again, and every now
anl iben Ike paused 70 let Gs iioT
along ailh iAc idg as L SACKED, and
take lbe sense 81 the night. Aud ali
lhe tan grass ,hal edged Tie sides be-
gan 10 wave in strange lishi, and
there blew on little breeze, and over
lie rin Of the wurli tipped upa wau-
Ing moon. ii there q been anything
needed 10 uaEc us feel Is il Se were
go.n. to hm tie Witch Of Eudor, il
was this. II vas such STANCE moon
pointing ,lcla strange way, with such
a strange color, 81 remote, sad 50 glas-
sY,-it was like q dead moon, or The
SPIRIT ot oue, and aas perfectly awful.
She has come 10 look at Faith,
said Nlr. Gabriel; Tor faah, who once
would have betn noddiBg here and
there an over Tie boat vas sitting up
pale and sad, ike another spirit, TO
coniloat ii. But Dan and | both t-It
the difference.
Mr. Gabriel, he stepped across and
vent and SAT down behind Faith, and
laid hi hand lightly on her arm
Perhaps lie didn't mind that be touch
ed ler.--he had a kud ct absent air;
lat ii any orc iad looked 81 tile Hcr-
vous pressure 81 the slender fingers,
they would hate seen as much mean
ing IN that togch as 90 many an en-
brace. and Faith lifted her iJee to bis,
aad tbcy forgot ihat | nas looking a.
them, aud mio I've eyes OF both there
stole stauge, deep smlie' '--and my
soul groancd within me II made 30
odds to ne then that tie air blew
warm oil the land from scented hay
reks. that Tie moon hung Ike some
eAhamed jewel in tie sky, that all the
perfect night WAS w.densng into dawn.
| saw and lelt nothing but the wretch
ednoss that must break one day on
Dan. bead. Should warn hun +; /
couldn't Is that. And what theus
The sail vas or, We bad Icit the
beadlaud aud Tie lifts ard wien they
furied Il and cast anch.r we were
swinging Gar oat OF il.e back Of lie
ercal monster that was trodesag 10
useif aud thinking 40 mere u Us than
we 10 81 L mote ii ihe air. kl3er
Sooa. be says il's singular that We re-
gard ,iay A. illumination and nigll as
darans.s.-day that really hens Us in
utgA u4rnW hghi and shuts Us upon
ourselves, nigh, that sets Us free and
reveals TO Us an the secrets of tie sky.
| thought ot that when one by one the
stars melted ard the moon became a
bgea,h, and up over tile wide erayaess
cfept color and radiance and the sun
himsslf,--sbe say soaring higher and
higher, Ike a great thin bubble OF ha-
- hoes --ana an ahe.ttt r0tbfn, has