The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-09
Davenport the day before on some matter

L believed she still hoped and prayed for her
sailor sWcef heart. and all along kept telling
the captain that he would live to see her and
! viii Randall bride and bridegroom vet
I but about fortnight after this Paul comes
IN, IN a great hurry, and shows the captain
a bottle which he said had been picked up
on the Cornish coast, no doubt ha-ing drift
ed in; and in it was paper saying that
the Spitfre couldn't live the night through,
and praying that whoever found the bottle
would tor Heaven sake send it on to Cap
! tain Meredith, of Cawsand with the last
| prayers of poor William Randall
This was dated back to about the time
when the Spitfre was said to have gone
down and so now there seemed to be no
hope at ALL and so poor Ellen seemed to
think at last for she gor paier and weaker
every day, and moved about like one who
had nothing to live for. To make things
worse. the captain had got into debt, and
| difficulties got bigger and bigger Well,
one day, all Of a sudden, the doctor goes to
| him and offers to marry her out of hand,
promising to discharge all the captain OBJ.
| legations, and stating his long and strong at
tachmeut had induced him to make the pro-
! poSal. The captain, as you may believe,
dIdn much fancy Paul fora son-in-aw but
at last he relented, and pressed by his
debts and troubles, urged Ellen to accept
! him. The poor lass refused for long time,
| but when she found her father welfare and
liberty depended on it, and besides, had lost
all hope of seeing VIII Randall again. at last
! she consented
But you don't mean to say that they
were married ?" interrupted.
In two or three months they were, and a
pretty couple they must have made she
with her tall figure anu perl face. and he
with his red head and bow legs, shambling
a.ong by her side. They were married at
Milhrook Church, ton the hill, sir, and
Viii RandaI's Old master read the service.
They said Ellen didn't cry or faint, or have
any nonsense of any kind, but went through
her share Ca! nly aud quietly enough, while
the doctor seemed all abroad Now, it
seems thus very evening, just about dark
when the captain had gone out to smoke his
pipe, that Paul who had gone up stairs,
heard terribly loud scaeam, and rushing
back into the room where he had left Ellen,
finds her tainted dead away on the floor,
aud " William Randall himself knee!iDg by
her side
William used to say afterwards that be
never could forget Paul face when they
saw enc another for the first time; he used
| to dream OF it, he said he had many and
many Il time seen the faces of strong men
who had been struck down IN the heat and
! passion OF battle. OF who had violent deaths
IN other ways; but Paul ) I &c he SAID re-
/ minded hlm only OF picture lie had seen,
/ when QutG TAI, ot the devil, which he
remembered had frightened HIM then, bur
'i'0'' ~ no 10 'tI'h 'hi '"e'r eyes met
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all l.f's Shut the door. and i,S snIo. oh ,"
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iosiy good hcaI,n, aud no he.lraps :" and
they both emaied thclr a.as,cs s'Wn.
lam. says puul after awhile, low do you
tecl.' "Quta wei. Paul, by Iearty, thank
ye, says " H. 'DpyouT says i'aui grim
mag: thyn you non for .ong VIII
Handa!!, says ne, getting white and trelnb-
huI; we ye had a IoHs account 10 settle,
an4 BOW Ii done, ~ hat q We mean,
asked MI, il. surprise, as yon may be sue.
4 We never Injured Yea! YES, YOU
have ~ >ay> i'aul. ''Dldu't you step in
tc,Tren and i Fc girl had set NY heart on
DlIn' The nej-h9ofs jecr aud mock me and
drive NE almost mad? An.i didn't swear
II be even with you, come what III. eht! Aud
am! am. When YOU we've pressed, says
he, getting worse, Il put the gang on you.
/ brought the account which made them
th!na y0u were dead! and. now YOU have
returned alive, 10 IinG the woman YOU loved
jhe wife Of The man YOU both despised !"
Its shameful lie, " cries win, and | can t
believe il. It's true" says Paul, for
we were married ihis morning: bat, true
or false. il 5 al the same to YOU. for tell
Won win Randall" and pani turns very
You drank the brandy, and in an bour's
time YOU are a dead man"
Paul penryhn." SAYS will. speaking
calm aud JW, and looking the doctor fairly
in the eyes, You We PLAYED a deep game,
bat you've male one mistake: heard of
your trick with the nyc,s-ranr, and knew
YOU were rival Of mine auG Won We lust
owned the Other treatcherv. But when a
man that | knew hated me. and who looked
a. you did when we met lust now, suddenly