The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-17

things of the past, thanks to the bright con
i slant star which shone nightly over tn,
black volcanoe forehead of the Skev,
Mhoil. F.eI- 'o is2-a' s-' 70 7'l h.
i To gain access to the lighthouse you hat
to climb a fixed copper ladder, for some
twenty or thirty feet, which brought you tc
a iow-browed doorway in the thick wall,
entering through which, you found your
self in room, much more spacious, proba-
bly,, than you had been led to expect. This
lower apartment was used chiefly as a work,
shop and store-room in the middle of the
fnor was square wooden trap-door which
on being pulled up by means of an iron ring
disclosed to view an extensive aperture. in
which the provisions and better class OF
stores were usually kept. From this room
an iron staircase conducted you to the one
next above it, which was fitted up with
some degree of comfort, and was dining
room, stting-room, and bedroom in one,
the beds being three narrow berths, like
those on board a ship, raised one above the
other against the wall, and shut in by neat
dimity curtains. Everything, in fact, not
only in this room, which the men called
their parlor, but throughout the building,
was characterized by cleanliness the most
exquisite. A second iron staircase led from
the parlor to the lamp room, the highest
point of the lighthouse, oLtside which ran
a narrow gallery, whence in clear weather,
there was magnificent view. A
Nam Gurlock and Abel Rushton sat in
the little parlor together, one on each side
the table, with an oil-lamp burning be-
twixt them; the former employing herself,
xUh In for bar hnc flax
ing of one of his old coats, for Nam always
Abel was doing his best to spell out well
thumbed collection of country slide ballads,
leaving off now and then to vary the mon
otony of his occupation with few at
tempts at conversation. 1t had been quite
dark for some time past and Miles Gurlock
in the SeGmew might be back at any mo-
ment Jamie contrary to his usual custom,
had put in no protest this evening against
being put to bed, the temptation of sleep
ing in his fathers berIhs proving stronger
than his desire to keep his mother and Abe,
company not indeed, that he meant to go
to sleep when put into the berth-far from
it; his secret intention being to enjoy the
novelty of the position, and at the same
time remain silent but wakeful spectator
of all that went forward in the little room.
Then, as preliminary experiment, he drew
the dimity curtains close, and shut himself
in from the view of those outiide. His IA
Their, he thought, no doubt did the same
when he came to bed, and then he would
lay his head on that nice soft pillow, and
draw the bed-clothes well about him, and
then-ah, well, the next thing his father
ID bo TO TO oil hut he,
Jamie, was not going to do that just at
present; no, he Was going to keep awake
-ever--such- a-long-time. And as he
breathed these words to himself, damie
slipped unconsciously into the sweet un
troubled sleep of childhood, and knew nothf
ing more. -
II will send thee some ointment for thy
shoulder by the first boat" said Madam
Gurlock to Abel, land thou must get
Miles to rub it OH for thee. It's made from
receipt of my mothers and is reconed very
good for any thing of that kind
5 Say, ay, mistress, Ill try it, if so be as
thou recommends it; but if don't get bet
ter soon, must just 60 and see ovid DIR.
Thompson. = H.. '-4-~' y tsf
sits time the Ssanseeo was back, I'm
thinking said nam. "Thou might just
step outside, and look for her; thou would
see her in the moonlight good way off,"
z ''Miles has mappen had to stay a while
with tn OVID chap" remarked Abel; ''thou's
no occasion to get anxious about him"
Nay, I'm not exactly anxious" said
Nam; ''only it's time he was back again"
Abel Rushton put down his book, rose,
stretched himself, yawned, and then went
slowly down the staircase in obedience to
Mans request A minute or two later, his
voice was heard calling from below: 81 can
just makeou the boat, but she won't be
here for ten minutes YETI 9srgZ
Mam's grave face relaxed into asmile,
and her needle shot more quickly through
her work She wanted TO finish the coat
still five minutes work to do when she
heard voices below, too far off for her to
recognize the tones. Then she heard the
noise of footsteps ascending outside, which
came presently into the lower room: and
then, after apause, began to mount the iron
staircase that led into the room in which
she was now sitting. ssThe footsteps of
two men-those of Miles and Abel" she
said to herself, without turning her head to
look, for she was just putting in the last
stitches Did Miles think she had not
heard him come up, that he stood there
stock-still at the top of the staircase, think
ing, perhaps, to surprise her when she should
turn round? Next moment saw the last
stitch put in, and with an emphatic s'There''
Nam stopped, and bit her thread in two,
and then, with the coat held out at arms
length, turned smilingly to confront her
husband.
The coatrdropped from her fingers, and
with low cry of terror, she started to her
feet at the sight of two strange faces, bent
loweringly OH her. Next moment, she rec
ognized one of them, and all the color died
out of her face, and with Que hand pressed
on her heart, she shrank back a step or
two, crying as she did so: ''Steve Davidson,
what hast thou done with my husband?"
''By the great Eiend himself, it is Janet
Gawue, and nobody else" exclaimed the
man thus addressed
Ee.was man Of immense size land
strength, with black hair and beard, and
eyes to match; with large, well shaped fea-
lures, which years of dangerous warfare
against whatever was good and lawful had
hardened into SET expression of mingled
cruelty and suspicion; and with certain
rugged ferocity about him that was not
without its attractions for less bold spirits
who were willing to recognize in Black
Steve the presence of a master-mind in
wrong-doing. %
His companion was a little stumbling,
red haired man, who squinted horribly, and
walked with limp--a villain of a far
more intellectual stamp than Black Steve,
by whom as it soon appeared. he was re-
gaaded with much respect, if not with alb
solute fear. Both the men were dressed in
rough seafaring costume; but Nam no.
ticed afterwards that the red haired mans
hands were white and slender as those of
woman, and that his accent and style of
speaking were altogether those of person
Of some education.
Black Steve, when he had in some meas
ure recovered from his surprise at finding
| Nam Gurloch there or as he called her