The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-17
THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SKEVE MHOIL
From the Chambers Edinburg Journal
IN TWO CHAPTERS. 1.

II From the Chambers Edinburg journal.
IN TWO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. /.
1t was the 9th of September, some thirty
years ago, and Jamie Gurlocks birthday
Jamie was a flaxen-haired, apple-cheeket
lad six summers old, with sturdy limbs, anc
a spirit like his fathers, fearless and bold
He was in great glee this afternoon, having
been allowed half-holiday- from school il
honor of the the day; Lesides,which, there
was to be splendid currant-caKe for tea
and better than all, s'Mam", Gurlock was
engaged in putting the finishing touches tc
"a new coat, bright-blue as to color, ano
with beautiful gilt buttons, in which he was
to be arrayed after tea, and go within bis
mother to the lighthouse, and surprise his
father with an unexpected visit. 80 Isl
So when tea was over, and the cake duly
discussed, Jamie, having had his face afd
hands well scrubbed, was inducted into his
new coat, with the strict injunctions to sit
still till his mother should be ready to start
"a command which Jamie's restless procliv-
tiles made it impossible for him to obey to
the letter. Then Nam Gurlock packed up
little basket to take to her husband, con-
tanning dozen ew-laid eggs, a loaf OF
fresh homemade bread, piece of the birth
day-cake and, on the top Of all, bunch Of
homely flowers, culled from the little gar
den in front of the cottage; then the, fire
was carefully raked, the cottage door lock-
ed, the key being deposited in a little nook
under the thatch; and Nam Gurlock and
Jamie took their way, hand in hand, up
from the hollow in which the cottage was
built, over the short turf of the cliffs for a
quarter of a mile, and then down by zig
gag path to the sandy beach, where they
found Miles Gurlock's own little boat, the
Seamew, moored high and dry, just above
the highest fringe of sea-weed which ebbing
tide had washed. The boat was quickly
run down to the water, and Jamie and the
basket of eggs placed carefully in the stern;
after which, Nam Gurlock took her seat,
and pushed out boldly from shore, showing
by the way she handled the oars that she
thoroughly understood their use; and as
soon as she got into deep water, began to
pull steadily in straight line for the light
house, two miles away, which stood cut
stern and gray from the flaming wrack OF
clouds in the western sky.
"A tall cornely young woman Of Six or
eight and twenty, with fresh frank face,
and dark sunny eyes, was Nam Gurlock. =
The daughter of fisherman, and the wife
of a lighthouse keeper, she was Thoroughly
at home on the water, and never looked to
greater advantage than when engaged as
she was at present. She had rolled the
sleeves of her lilac dress high up her white
and stately arms, and had, thrown off her
bonnet, and let down the coils of her dark
hair, that she might have the full benefit Of
the cool evening breeze; and as her we'll
rounded figure swelled gracefully to the
motion of the oars, she looked like what
she was-a picture of fresh, healthy woman
hood-home-spun, grant you, but of thor
oughly good material
Jamie was quite at home on the Skeve
Mhoil, having been there several times with
one or the other of his parents; not SO fire.
quently however, but that each of his visits
was set down as day of high festival in
the calendar Of his childish recollections.
He was beginning already to find that GER
tain penalties are attached to the wearing
of fine clothes; one of them, and not the
least painful, being that your freedom o.
action is therefore narrowed, for whereas,
when Jamie had gone out Oh previous occa-
sions with his father or mother in the boat,
he had derived intense enjoyment from
dangling one or both arms in the cool, cleal
water, this pleasure was denied him to-day
as Incompatible with the grandeur of his
appearance; hesides which, his mother!
frequent injunctions to him to sit still, be
came intolerably irksome after a time, anC
almost induced him to wish that he hat
left his gay finery at home, and had gon,
to see bis father in mis- old we'll patched Goa
in which be was allowed to do as he liked
Jamie might not be sure to all the othe
points of the compass, but he knew which
way was the north: it lay right through
that bank of black cloud, beyond which la,
Greenland and the country of whales an,
icebergs, where, in winter, the sun was no
seen for many weeks, and his uncle Harry
was out there ina big ship, fishing-yes
fishing for whales and when Jamie, grew
up, he also would go and fish for whales
it was the only fit work for men to do. Be
fore long, he fell to thinking how FOOLS
he had been to refuse that extra bit of cak
at teatime, although at the time he fel
that he had had enough; but certainly
would be very pleasant to MUNICH it on
there in the boat This thought was jus
passing though his head, when, wonderful
to relate, Nam rested on her oars for a me
ment, and diving deep with one hand int
that wonderful pocket of hers, drew there
from, carefully foldedin fragment of news
paper, the identical piece of cake to whic
JAMES recolIections had chung, and hand
ed it to him with smile. How delicious
tested, eaten out there under such circum
stances, far sweeter than all that had gon
before
Nam Gurlock turning to look while sh