The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-24
VOLUME 26.1.

Skeve Mhoil, she plainly saw two boats,
t lashed to each other, in the larger OF which
u man was seated. Looking more intently
and, as it were, with all her soul, she clear
| Iy distinguished that the smaller boat was
| her husbands own little SeGmea0, and the
larger one that belonged to the lighthouse
while the man, seated 50 quietly In the lat
:. ter could. be none other than Abel Rushton,
whose. sprained shoulder would prevent him
from using the oars. He had not been
killed, then, as Nam had surmised, though
how he had contrived to escape out of the
clutches of Black Steve and his friend, wac
more than she could comprehend; but that
he had now got clear away was evident, bis
purpose in taking both boats doubtless being
i'll the first place, to prevent pursuit, and,
in the second, by cutting Oft their means of
escape from the rock, to render.the capture
of the two men a matter of certainty. In
doing this Abel had thought Of nothing ex-
cept to get ashore as quick as possible; and
to gather number of trusty friends to
Mam's rescue But Abels accident preu-
ded him from rowing; and although the
tide had turned now, and was coming in
rapidly, the boat had got into current
which ran direct for the lee of the Giants
Nose, headlong some four miles away; and
even suppose he should succeed in landing
there-always matter of some difficulty
three or four hours must elapse before any
helpcould be looked for from him; and in
thattime, what might not happen
Nam had no means of signalling Abel,
even supposing that his fears would have
allowed him to come back, which she very
much doubted; his timorous self loving dis
/ =. To
her. No-she was as utterly isolated, and
cut off from all human aid, as if Abel and
the boats were thousand miles away: her
last chance of life was gone. She turned
and hurried back to the spot where she had
left Jamie. If the men had not yet succeed
ed in breaking out of the trap, she would
hide him in the berth again. where happily
be might remain undiscovered till help
should arrive. But when she reaches the
| lighthouse, with Jamie in her arrRs and
had set her foot on the lowest rug IT the
ladder, she heard the crash of of breaking
wood in the room above, and the loud vol
ces of the two men as they burst out Of their
confinement, and knew that she was too
late All her mothers soul went forth in a
brief agonizing cry to Heaven that her
child might be saved; and she ran back to
the landing place, in the desperate hope
that help might already be coming from the
shore. Moon and stars were shining bright
lily, and her practised eyes swept the space
Of water between the lighthouse and the
land, but no trace of life was anywhere to
be seen. She crouched down on the rocks,
Another minute or two now would decide
their fate. The two escaped rufians after
hunting for her i'll the lighthouse, would
come down on the rocks and find her-fnd
| both of them She looked with longing
eyes at the great dark waves as they came
rolling in, and burst in an angry shiver of
spray against the rocks. Would it not be
as well to court an easy death in their cool
liquid depths, and 50 save herself and child
from that far more terrible fate which now
doomed SO imminently before them ? But
all the instincts of her nature rose up in re-
volt at the idea of selfdestruction, and 80
she dismissed the thought almost as soon as
it was conceived. No she would fight for
her life while the faintest hope remained,
and when that was gone, would try to die
bravely, as the wife of Miles Gurlock ought
to die.
81 wish dad would come and take us
home" sighed jamie his fears being lost in
| his desire for sleep. 'Last time was here
| crept into Kelpies Hole, and when he could
not see me, he thought had tumbed into
the sea, and rarely frightened he was"
The Kelpie's Hole How foolish of her
not to have thought of it before Here was
hiding place almost impossible for stran-
ger to discover, nnless they were bent spec
tally on finding it; the very refuge for
which she had been praying, recalled to her
recollection by the thoughtless prattle of
her child. She bent her humbly for mo-
ment and a solemn feeling of gratitude per-
vaded her whole being. But she had no
time to lose.
'Thou must hide in the Aelpie's Hole
again tonight Jamie, my man." she said |
s'and thou mustn't speak, nor let anybody |
know thou's there nor show so much as
thy nose out of it, till the two bad men have
gone away, and Abel Rushton or thy dad
comes to the Skeve. Dost thou under
stand ?"
She had been stripping off her warm
wooden petticoat as she spoke thus, in which
she now proceeded to wrap Jamie, putting
Miles heavy pea jacket over all and then
snatching him up in her arms she ran, as
fast as her strength would allow her to the
| little jutting ledge of rock under which was
the entrance to Kelpie's hole, an entrance
only large enough for Jamie, encumbered
as he was, to wrigge through, but expan-
ding inside into a tiny cavern, with suffi-
Gent space for lad of his age to sit or lie
without being cramped.
| Mann would have liked much to say a
| few farewell words to the child whom she
hardly expected to see again on earth, but
there was no time to do SO. She heard the
voices Of the two men as they were descen-
ding the ladder to come in search of her. and
she barely bad time to imprint last linger-
| ing kiss on the lads lips and to see him
creep quietly into the hiding-pIace, when a
yell Of triumph from Black Steve proclaim
ed that she was seen.
She ran with weak uncertain footsteps
| from the dangerous neighborhood of the
Hole, and then, pretending that her foot had
slipped, and that she could go no further,
she sank down on her knees on the rock, and
waited with cIasped hands and bowed head
for what might happen next.
! With many loud oaths and obiurgations,
Black Steve hurried after his victim as fast
as his bulk would permit him, Mr.. Girls
bringing up the rear in a more leisurely
fashion. '.You Jezebe !" exclaimed Black
Steve, while still some distance away, ''rll
Il Pu1 di Si0 W JOuI NdS5dltSS at OHC6 SIttuu
forever )" and another moment would in
deed have ended all Mans troubles, had
not MIR. Girls hastened up, and striking his
friends arm on one side, sent the bullet in
tended for her to hatten itself harmlessIy
, against tall pinnacle of rock that rose out
of the sea some hundred yards away. Don't
| you be in quite such hurry, my friend, +"
, said Mr.. Girls; ''there will be plenty of
. eft
! yourself in such an Objectionable way.
want to have little conversation with this
young person" Black Steve growled out
> something below his breath, but ventured
no further opposition.
/. SIN the Fiend's name, how did you con.
II trive to get loose ?" said Mr.. Girls to Man,
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