The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-04
old CLOS.
A Tale of the Cliffs.
ny ANTHONY TRoLLoPE.

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size would be ahle 10 the evening 70 drag u back
before the invading waters would return to rec lam
The spoil. Aud on bic side also barty made his heap
IN EinHt TIE northern buttrcsses OF which have
| spoken. Bsrty's tosp became big and still bigger,
80 q at he knew, let the pony work "a be mig he
could not take II oil up that evening But stu u
was no, M large as Mally's he.p, hal,y's book
was better ian his fork. snd Mtys skill was bot
| ter than his strength And when he iorkod IN
| some haul. Mally would ieer him With Wild,
viord laughter, aud shrek 10 him through the Wind
| that he WAS not hslfs msn.
A. first o answered her with laughing words
hut before long, q. she boosted n her success ahl
pointed TO is failure, no becsme angry and then
| he answered her no more He became angry with
himself IN that he missed much Of the plumber
| before IN. Tho broken full " the long
| struggling growth which tho waves hsd torn up
from TIC bottom 81 TIE ocean, but the masses we're
| carried past him, away from h'm-nay, once or
! tVice over him and thon Mally's vietd voice
1 would sound IN bis ear leerins him. Tho gloom
anon the rr-t. was beromlng thick rr and tN'cker,
the tide was h-sting in with ircr asei strenstn,
| and tho gus.s u wind came in with quicker ana
| rroatet violence BIt still he WORKED on. while
| ther work sd he wouli work. and hr would work
| Tor some urne a'cr shc was driven IN. lie would
| not bc lcstcn by girl
| The great hole was now fIl ~ water, ont OF wa
Ter Whic' seemed to he loiling A. though in pot.
Aud the pot war iul NJ floating u-fsrs -lNrgc trea-
sures Of scsweed which were thrown 70 and fro up
on IA rirtsce, but lying there 20 thick that one
would seem almost able 70 restupon il without aDk
! ing Mally know well how useless IA was to at.
tempt o. rescue aught from tie fury " that boil
| ins callron. Tho Noie vent In under the rocks,
and the sdc Of II towards the shore lay h'sh slip
perry, aud steep. The hole, even at Low; water,
never .tpptv and Naily bel eyed there WAS no bot
'om to a. Fish thrown IN there could escape out 70
TIE OCEAN. miles awAy-so Mally IN her softer moods
| would ,ell tho visitors 10 the cove ehe know the
hole well pYu'nuiIou' she WAS accustomed g. call
u when WIZ supposed, wbeu trnusls,cd, 10 meal
shat this Was tAe hole o. tho Evil Ou,. Never did
Mslly stlcuJt 10 make her own sny weed which
I - tf q. tuII Ia hat
| Bur Blrty GuLl.te knew no better. ant size watch
| Ell h.u a. he cutcayOred to steady himself On the
| treacherously SLIPPERY edge Of The pool lie iNed
| himself there, and made n haul, with some small
she stood stall for awhile watching him auxiousy,
and then ane ssW him slip. lie slTpci ana recov-
cred himself; slipped again. and again recovered
| himself " Bsrty, you iVDl!" she screamed, . X
you got yourself pitched ia there, you'n mover come
| ont no more whether she simply wished to
| Tighten LIm. " whether her heart rclentcd, AMI
SIC had tuousht oi his danger with dismSy, Who
| shall snyf Sue could not have told herself She
| hftci ban m much rs ever, bur she could hardly
| have wished to sc him drowned before her eyes.
| "Nou 20 90, and DONE mind mind me" SAIL be,
| speaking in hoarse' angry toe. Mind you!
| who minds yuuY' fe,Ortel the grl. And then she
| agsin prepared Lorsot for her work.
| Bat ~ she went down over the rocks with her
| long hook balanced IN her hands, she sudden :
| hoard splash and quickly turning round, saw
tie body VI her enemy tumh'ing nm,dst the eddy
| ins waves in the pool. rhc side had now come up
so lir that each suroeediu. wave wAsls into it,
! srl oyrr It, from the side nearest n the sea, sni
! then ran down again back rom the ruc q. as tho
| rolling waves recedcd with nos- li;o the ial OF
| q cataract Aud then when the surplus water had
| retrcHt,d Z m moment, the surface Of the pool
| would lo Tsr,ly calm, though the irotting bulUlss
| would still toll up and down, and there ,5ss ever
| simmer ON TO surface, AZ though, in Truth, the
| rlsHrHu were heated. liIt this time o. compare.
| tive rest wss butt moment, tpr to succeeding
trraker would como up almost AS soon az the toar
r ftl and ..ftt 4 -
| waters would he dashed upon tire rocks, ana he
| 'idrs would echo with o." roar of the sngry wave.
instantly hI.y hun rd a,russ g. the edge Of the
| pool. cryIoIlAg w n r"r hands aud knees for So
| curty Is abe cld a.. Asa wave rcceded Bnrt' =
| h'af ant face Vn4 'irr c1 round near 10 her, and
| sine could sce NJ ~ ui- Fad avid lace was covered
With hin q Whether 10 were alive or dead she
| di nee, know. Sno hsl Seen nothing but MS bH.d
and tho lghi-coioreJ hair Of ms head lying amidst
tno 70 DO. Then hls body was drawn along by th'
suction OF thc r"treatn A.. wave tut the mass OF va
Ter tArt escaUld Was not On this occasion larg'
enough 10 carry the Ilsn ont with H.. instantly
SAW Vas at work wiIh her hook, and setting Of
! srod into his coat, dragged him towards the spo
| an which she was Eucenrr. During the hili-min
ute n tCposI she cot HIM so close that she coul.
touch his suouldcr. Strainias herself down, laying
herself over tne long bcnaing handle OF the look
| she Nrove TO grasp him with her right nhnd. bu
| sbe could notdoi she could only touch him. Ihci
car,o rho next breaker, forcing itself with roar
looking to Mslly as though II must certainly knotl
her rrsting-piace, snu destroy theh l.it. buI ~
lad uothin- for tut 70 Sueci ana hod o. ne
/, | hook what PRAYER passed. through her mind :
that moment Tor horse or him. or for that old maj
who was sitting Uncuusciousy up at the cat n
| who can ssy? The great wsN" came and r'l,lo'
over her AS she lay almost pr strate, sud when ~
water was gone from her eyes and the tumuh q
the ioatn. aud the violence 90! the roarIuE ure1ke
mad i...stI 10 ucr, SIC 'lund trrsel " Der lentt
upon the rucs, while MS body ERu teen Lifted up
tree nom Icr hook, AMI WAC is in upon te sll
perry ledge, hall II the water and hal out Of il. a
She looked ~ hln-in 4 at instant, sic could Sc
1hat Hs .ycs were ypcl sud that he "ss strutthn
wish h'r hands "H,ld ~ tlC hook, BartSr' ST.
cried, flushing the stick Of i before hlIu, while b.
s,iZoi the collar OF his cont ~ her hands.
HID e been her brother, her lover, ul her father
she could rot lsye ,,unl to h.u with more Of Il
| energy % tCsra.r. Tie nd Contrlyc TO mold by IL
suck which she lad given him, aud when the sue
rcc .iu. wave had passt ly, Ia was still Oh ia
ledge. In the next moment she was seated a var
: " two above tho nul' Iva comparative safety, Will
tarty lhy urou the rocks Niu ms stu ulcCuin
bead restiur upon her lap, WAatcuilG she do noN
Sic eollt not car. tr; and iu 10 minutes q e -
. would be up whore g. " vas tlit.ug.
lie wss quite lus ushe Aud very ps.e and n
p boot was coming ,owly, very slowly, from th
3 wound on hs forehead. Ever 50 gently SIC put lie
.apI uuon his lair b. move IL hack from l.8 face
mi en- Size lr.l over Boo. hce TO see iiLo breAtncd
= and tucN tlo knew thath0 Was NtlutIlul, W a
would she not give that he might liver hollfu
LoN WA 7u pc. ious 10 her a. L's Lc-as this d.
which she had go ian rescued from TIE waters
but What could bae ,oy Her grru.'atLor ,ol,
scarcely sc. t.msat Wa ovor tAe rocks, j, ndec,
he could succeed IA uuuE so mucn o. tnat. COul
Size IRA the wounded mAu backwards, n "a wrr
only lev eet ,J that he W' tht IC above She reac
OF the wUyes ~ llu Der stance could lie procrir
eIf She Sc. herself g. work aud sic moved HIM
| almost .'tA- uin. As sac .ll so, sic Wug.atu
at her own sirca-th, lut she was VERY strong a
that moment, Sl1Nlv,t ulerly, falling On {. rick
herself ~ kat he o. 81 fall her rae got him bl,
- tie mar OF the sand. sTot where Il wafer
would not gca,u iur TIE next ,vo hours.
|! 2" ltr Trsud'A'hrr met IL H, having seen p