The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-24

ton. ana wen fVeAt9 AttA8N tAtf ma
dashed over and dashed over, takin.
the rise Of the long ioll, and were j
The mida, Of The Sop Breaker {
4 Godf that terrible SoHb Breaker
/ The cars bent liibe as widow swilehe.
a moment they skinned o. the caps
moment we're bid Ia ihe snow a ihi
spray. Dan. re3-shiried siill stool
there. his whole soul oo ihe a,m be
lore him. like that q some ieapor hy
iug through the air be swayed 10 ia,
stroke. l4e bowed. be rose, perfectly
balanced. and fiexile as the wave
/ The boat behaved beneath their hand
ike a lye creature she bounded 5,
That you almost saw the light under
! her, her whole stem lifted itself slow
( ly oas Of tie water, caught the bacl
Of a roller aud rode over upon tht
next. the very ihingsthat came rush
ing IN wilh their White rage 70 deyoui
her bent their neck md bore her If
/ like bubble. Constantly She drew
nearer that dark and shattered hear
up 20 which the liefct surt raced, and
over which il leaped And there al
the time. they had been eiinging, tar
oal % the b9wsptit, those two figures.
her arms elose-kmt about him, he
claspiug her with one, the eiher twist
ed in The hawser whose harsh thrill
ling must have filled their ears Ike an
organ-note as il swung them io aud
fro, elingine 10 life, chngng to each
other more than 70 liie. The wreck
scarcely Heayed with thestoutest 0low
Of the tremendous surge here and
there, only, q plank shIsged Oft and
was BOWED on and thrown high upon
the beach beside fragments OF beams
broken and bruised tot powder; il
seemed 10 be as firmly plinIed there
as the breaker itself Gmat feathers
Of foam flew across il, @eat waves
shook themselves thin around it and
veiled il in shrouds, and with their
every breath the smolheing sheets
dashed over then -tlie two. And
constantly tie boat drcs aeMer, as ]
said they were almost Fiihin hail.
Dan saw her hair streaming on the
wind be waited only for The long
wave. On i came, that long wave,-
oh can see il now pluuging and
rearing and swelling, a monstlous biz
low, sweeping and swooping and rock
ing in. lis hoilows gaped with Sip
perry darkness, Il lowered and sent the
seuds before its trembling crest, break
ing with q mighty rainbow as the sun
barst forth, il fell in white blindness
everywhere, rushed seething up lhe
sand,--and the bowsprit was b re
When father came home, the rack
had driven down the har5or and left
clear sky; it was near nightiaIl; they
had been searching the shore all day.
to no purpose. But that rainbow, -
always took it for sign. Father was
worn out, yet he sat in the chimney
SIDE, cutting oil great quds and chew
ing and Sinking and signing. Al last
he went and wound up the clock, Il
was the stroke Of twelve, and then he
turned to me and said
Dan sent you this, George H.
hailed a pilot-boat, and gone TO the
Cape to join the fab fleet 10 the fisher.
les; and be sent you this.'
1t was just a great hand grip 10
make your nails purple, bot there vas
hearts blood in it. See, there's tie
mark to-day.
So there was Dan off in the Bay OF
Chalem. Twas the best place fer
him. And ] went about my work
once more. There was great gap
10 my life, but tried not 70 look al il.
durstu't think Of Dan, aud I wouldn'i
think Of tiem--,he Two. Always in
such times its as ii breath Lad come
and blown across the pool and you
could see down rs dark depths and
into the very bottom, but time scums
it all over again. And | tell you its
best TO look trouble in the face il you
don't, you'll have moro Of it. So !
got lot OF shoes to bind, and what
part Of my spare time ! want at my
books tie needle few. Iut ! turned
no more to tie past titan ] could help,
and the future lrcm1led too much to
be seen.
Well, the two months dragged away,
it got % be Thanksgiyiug-week, and
at length the aeet was due. ! mind
me made a great baking that week
and ] put brandy in the mince for
once, instead Of vinegar and dried.ap-
Pile juice, and there were the fowls
stuffed and trussed on the shelf, and
the pumpkin-pies like slices Of split
gold, and the cranberry-taris, plals Of
crimson and pufs Of snow, and | was
brewing in ny mind riehi-royal red
Indian-pudding 70 come ont of Tie or
en- smoking bot and be soused with
thick clois Of ellow cream, when
one Of the boys ran IN and told IS the
ileet'd got back, bat no Dan with it,
he'd changed over to a faFc-and-aller,
and wouldn't be home at all, but was
to stay down in Tie Georges all win
ter and he'd sent Us word. Well, The
baking went TO the dogs, or the
Thanksgiving beggars, which is the
same Thing.
Then days went by, as days viii,
and il was well into the New Year. !
used 10 sit there al the window. read /