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

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q barnt face broadened into a glad smile O
welcome as be secured the little craft, ant
lifting out Jamie, gave him a kiss and :,
rough hearty hug, not forgetting word O
praise for the pretty blue coat. @
We've brought the lump of cake dad
and it's ever SO good" said Jamie; t'ant
some eggs, and posy that smells as if al
the gardens was squeezed up together"
''rm right glad thou's come Man, sale
Miles; giving bis wife's hand warm grippe
of welcome I was just longing to have my
little SeGmeao here, when saw thee putting
out from shore" ...a .,tt,.. i. ~.
| ''Nothing wrong, dad, is there ~ sale
Nam, turning anxious eyes on her hus
There is something wrong, my lass, bu
nothing that need frighten thee" answered
stalwart Miles old Martin was taker
with fit about an hour and half since
and though he soon came out OF it again, il
| has left him very weak and poorly like; sc
Fm going to take him ashore, and see him
safe to his sisters house in .Warrendale; ano
now that my cwn boats here, I'll cen &C
in that, and then shall get back in hall
the time it would take me i'll went in that
great awkward coble of ours, which is one
of the nastiest boats to pull that ever l was
| in in my life. ,,t..S N ia
lfAnd what's to become of me and Jamie
while thou's gone !? said Nam. - "A u q
Thou talks as if I was going TO be a
month away, when | shall be back in three
hours at the furthest. Thou must just
make up thy mind to spend night on tn
Skeve, and help Abel Rushton to look after
the lamps; for since he met with the acct
dent t, other week, he's not been up SC
much, and hasn't rightly got the use of his
arm yet; besides thou knows what a tire
some chap he is at the best of times, and
he'd give anything rather than be left alone
onsthe old rock when it's getting Dusk
Thou can put Jamie in my berth when it's
bedtime, and I'll pull both of you ashore in
the morning; and now I'll go and fetch old
Martin to the boat"
The arrangement was one with which
Nam Gurlock was only half satisfied; but
she did not incline to oppose her husbands
wishes in the matter. She would have pre-
terred going ashore at once with him and
Martin; only the SeGmea0 was hardly calcu-
lated to carry more than two people, espec-
tally as the wind was beginning to fresheu;
and she knew how strongly her husband
disfiked rowing boat belonging to the
lighthouse, which lay moored ready for use
at moments notice, and which would have
held her and Jamie and the two meh COM
fortablY. SBut Nam Gurlock was not ,wo-
man given to repining so with one little
sigh bfregret that her ''outing" had not
been productive of quite so much pleasure
sb M h. l.
mind to make the best of circumstances as
they were.
Very cadaverous and ill looked Martin
Gilbert the head-keeper, as he followed
Miles Gurlock down the rocks to the boat
middle-aged man with grizzled hair, that
fell to his shoulders, and with aquiline fea-
lures that looked almost as keen and hard
as if they had been carved out of wood. He
greeted Nam with friendly nod as he
passed her, and encountering Jamie next
moment, stopped to hunt in his pockets, and
after some searching, produced therefrom a
penny, which that shy young gentleman
was not persuaded without difficulty to &C
cept; but having once taken it, was DESTROYS
of proceeding home without delay, that it
might be at once exchanged for sweet-stuff
at a certain well-known shop in the village.
Another hug Of the youngster, CHEEKY
goodbye, old LASS to Nam, and Miles
Gurlock stepped after Martin into the boat;
shove with the. oar sent her into the deep
water, and then, under the long steady
strokes of Miles, the Seamew sped swiftly on
her way. -.- vsrs o ID es- ...... "a .
The sun was just dipping the to horizon..as
the two men left the Skeve Mhoil, and west
ward the tips of the waves were all touched
with gold and rose color; but in the north,
the low black bank of cloud still hung
threateningly, like dark mountain that
had come up suddenly from the sea; and
the tide as it ran swiftly out, began to wash
and beat and ebby more iercely, under the
influence of the freshening breeze, against
the lodges and sunken reefs Of the rocks on
which the lighthouse was built. The trio
who were left behind stood Watching the re-
ceding boat till it showed like speck in the
distance. Jamie, as soon as he got over his
disappointment at not being taken ashore
with his father, made up his mind that it
would be very pleasant to spend night OF,
the Skeve Mhoil. He had manufactured a
tiny fleet of paper boats, whose evolutions
he watched with unceasing interest as they
were tossed to and fro on the mimic waves
of little pool left by the recedipg tide
among the rocks.
The evening grew at once dull and chilly
as soon as the sun was lost below the line
of the horizon. Hadn't thou and the lad
better come up, stairs, mistress ?" said Abel
Rushton. 1--WE shall do no good standing
here, / reckon, aud it's high time had set
about lighting the lamps" +
Nam Gurlock gave ready assent to the
propositions and after another last look, the
three went up the steep copper ladder that
led from the base Of the lighthouse to the
little square doorway high up in its side,
through which admission was gained to the
uterior-Abel first, then Jamie, and Nam
last of all; Jamie being beguiled. by prom
Use that he should see the lamps lighted in
to leaving his fleet to take care Of ITSELF
A few minutes later, the light from the
great lantern shoue out clear, brilliant
steady. far over the fast darkening sea. The
dangerous reef of rocks known as the Skeve
Mhoil was situated, as already stated, about
two miles from the shore, or rather that
ledge of it was on which the lighthouse
was built, being the only point that re-
manned uncovered at high water, and the
spring tides would sometimes cover even
| that; at other times, strong westerly gale
would often drive the waves high over it,
and dash them, white and furious, against
the granite pediments of the tower, and send
them kissing with rage up its smooth walls
while it seemed to look down in grim con-
tempt at their puny efforts to dispIace it
But in ordinary weather, you might walk
at high water twenty yards in any direc-
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out wetting the sole of your boot 1t was
at low water that the hideous features of the
Skeve Mhoil intruded themselves most
prominently on your notice; you were then
able to understand what cruel monster il
must have been in former days. how many
gallant ship must have gone to pieces
against its iron sides, before it was seized
and turned into slave, and made to carry
a lamp TO light up its own deformity. Fol-
half a mile or more; it stretched its arms IL
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