The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-06
CADIZ, OHIO, WEDNESDAY,, JULY 6, 1854.

ute there ana tilat he was ruShlhg ABOUT,
and shouting up. | could recognize the
voice of Hendon, and called out 'HOlloa,
there y Help! Help" he cried. Il
am cut off by the tide. can tswim. Send
boat. For Gods sake, help me - So it
was Sauntcrimg along, he had, | suppose,
waited there, and found himself cut off by
the rising tee, which would have been the
case an hour and half before saw him, 50
| that he must have waited at least that time,
with the water continually rising higher and
| higher. But what was to be done? True,
had ii rope, and instinctively | had taken
| it out, but 1t was onlya short one, about a
dozen yards long. | always carry 4 bit with
me. 1t often comes III useful; but what
good was it now? Icauld not descend the
cliff, and if | left MY beat and went for as
sistance, he would be drowned long before |
could return, Even while | hestated, |
heard step behind me- and Ralph Tregar-
va stood by my side. Il can go down that
cliff, said he, in the measured, dogged
| tone he had always used since then, though
| there seemed to be an expression of savage
exultation in his tone that night that made
me shudder II will go. Give me that
rope" Good God y ! exclaimed, 1T is
certain death I" While | spoke, however,
he had snatched the rope out Of my hands,
! let himself over the edge of the cliff. and
was going down, hand under hand, clutching
at every little bush and every tuft Of grass.
| My head swan watching him. One slip
and he would have fallen, literally smashed
on the rocks below, but he seemed to bear a
charmed life, for still could see linn geing
down, further and further, crawling like a
/lizard, till he was only eight or nine yards
from the bottom. There he stopped. There
is fat ledge Of rock there, and he lay down
on it. TWAS Il still night, and could hear
him as plainly as could you, sir. Mr..
Hendon ! he called out. "Oh, hank God,
YOU are come ut last y heard Mr.. Hen
don answer. Here | am. How can |
reach youY ! have rope with me; if
throw it you can get up here? Yes, yes,
be quick, be quick. The tide has risen III,
to my knees, and | am half dead with cold. y
just SO, was the strange answer Of Ire
galua. Quick quick do not tIife with
me ; | shall drown" You will not drown
for half an houryct yet, Mr. Ilcndon, re-
piled Fregarya, with laugh But such a
laugh 1t sounded like the laughter of a
fend "Oh, for mercy sake, be quick, -
Mercy y echoed Tregalva. Such as you
have shown shah be shown to you. Where
is Kate Polmarthcn q # do not know; |
do not indeed. Quick the water is over
my knees. Liar' returned Ralph, heed
less OF his agoniZing entreaties. have
ycntured my life TO come here. Did you
think it was to save you? No; it was to Sc
cure my revenge Never shall YOU come up
here alive Listen to me- When | heard
Of her fight, was among the first to visit
her house. Her father found letter from
you, telling her where to go, and that you
would meet her Size had dropped it in her
hurried departure, But never shall you
meet her in this world. Liar! seducer -
Your last hour has come. ] have but to
throw YOU this rope. and you are safe \ our
life is III my hands; but had | a thousand
lives and were each Of them entWined in
your one, would give up ALL all, to punish
YOU. Again the scream arose Mercy!
mercy ~ Mercy! again echoed IrcgalVa.
'Such mercy as the lion shows his prey, such
shall you have. You shall die, wrctch-die
in your sins and as the water mounts high
cr and higher, think Of her whose body and
soul you have murdcred--think Of me whose
peace Of mind you, in your wantonness, have
utterly wrecked, and then ask for mercy
Never y Oh that could forget the fearful
scene that followed. The wretched Hcndon,
as the water mounted higher and higher,
while each wave almost tore him away from
his frail hold on the projections Of the rock,
chung to the cliti shrieking out mingled
prayers and blasphcmieS in his agony, while
the relentless waves came dashing in, rear
ing up, with hoarse boom, against the
rocks, while, above all, rose the frantic yeila
Of Tregarva, as he eXultcd in his terors and
suflcrings, ike a wild beast over his victim.
The crisis arrived. One mountainous wave
came rolling in, and, while his death shrek
still wrings in my ears, Itcndon was torn
away from his hold His white face appear
cd cleaning amongst the spray for one mo-
ment the next he was dashed with fearful
force ngainSt the rocks. and the next bleed
and shattered body was bore to sea. Raj phi
was reascending the cliff, when, losing his
scanty foot hold, he slipped away. For one
moment he hung suspended from the shrub
he was holding, and then, as the roots gave
way under his weight he tGll-down into the
Same tomb to which he had consigned his
victim. His body was never found. That
OF Hendon was recovered next day, and an
inquest held. | was the principal witness,
and Il verdict Of ''wilful murder was re-
turned against Tregrava. have little more
to tell. Poor Kate and her babe lie side by
side in the church yard And now, sir, can
you wonder | that don much like being here
alooe But see my mate is coming Just
i'll time, 50 ! will bid you goodnight, sir.
Good night, y
And returned to my lodgings, sadder
and more thoughtful, if not wiser man.-
once Heck