The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-12-19
TIE BELLE OF sEN0C.

At the foot of a beautiful range OF noun
Ialns, or rather hills, III the southern part
Of England. is a little village composed al
most exclusively Of fishermen huts scat
tered here aud there in irregular order.
Back from the brow OF, a step deciyity
looking down almost perpendicularly upon
tn wattsr, sits snug little hut, built many
wears before by old Tan. Betson Old Ian.
was now dead but the hut was still re-
tanned By his two sons. Sandy and Tom,
since grown to be yGunr men, who easily
supported themselves by tlshGgln the bay
near their little home. Sandy was pas
sionate. sensitive. and inclined to be sus-
pioieus. while Tom was open, frank and
full OF brothcriy love-
About 10 weeks before the time OF
which We new speak, quite an excitement
laa,l been ccaSionod in the village by the
appearance ri ne daughter ot' one Oh the
oil fsh4Ymen. who, by some means never
fully known. had lain by competency.
Ila nal sent his only daughter to adIes
seminary. 20 get al education, which Wo q
the course ri time eliabe her TO take
letter position ID S-ci.sty. She was tail
aud graceful aul wAile the humble fisher
men sons loved her, they admired her
reyegentiy. for her tastes, her knoWiedSe,
her weaj9h MI convinced them that She
wa4hi never condescasd TO DC the wife Of
q norman.
Fila. Tor that was her name, seldom
appeared III public, only when she sailed
lii her little boat with her father upon the
bay, ana this seemed her greatest dellgA
In one IF these little excursions she had
attempted to go alone bus Tinc far out
,ton the bay, storm arose that rcnatIed
her Situa5ioa somewhat periiouS- IN thts
emergency. Slaiy, who was near by IN
his larger boat, pro,fefed his assistance.
course under the circumstances 1t was
;ccea}el, AMI By this incident Ella and
andy were made acquainted. She, with
Il wonaa $ curiosity. desired to visit
andy 5 htena, AMI was here introduced
t. TOM Sac w1s in'nc i,ateiy struck By
lis gentlemanly, unaffected manner, ana
;ttcrwafd would sometimes Cali with her
father, and rest at their li6tie door.
SANDY was now d. SPeratciy IN love with
lila. the Belle Of Neu0c. as she was
called, aui frequently gained the priyil-
oge ot sailing with her and har father
upan the waters Of the bay. Ella her
self began 70 look unon Sandy and his
brother Ia different manner, and saw
III them much she could admire. One
,ve.nngsSlnc!y returned to his Int after
i per~s,et ys,ii with Ella and her father,
IN! br his excited manner Immediately
attracted the attention Of his brother,
who, sryspecting the cause, said nothing
bnt weAt about preparing their evening
meal. Before they retired, Sandy de
ca.s.d that she more he saw OF Bell,
F.lf ti,e better. the more he loved her.
To-day. said he she was VERY kin;
t. me. ana Tom, really believe that sh'
be.ins to love me
ra!a Sail nothing lie, too, loved her
hut he thought with a sigh, If Sand.
loves her and she loves Sandy, am viii
IN. I won stand IN their way.
tate one afternoon, while Tom an,
Slaly were meading their nets. Iou
..su ldenly stopped.
,.liist =! sad he, don't you hear
cry p
81 sS | thaight heard some on
shouting for help. III go down and Sc
Il gness it is nothing but the wind,
said sSaaIy.
SO Tom took M his hat and holding
50 that the rough wind would not blow
of. he went down to the beach, and ther
away out, struggling in her little boat t
nuke landing, was Ella, every way
threatening to overture the fIail craft
She was in imminent danger Tom /.
stantly ran to boat lying on the heaci
AMI quickly pushing Of was soon far OF
sog the waters. As he drew near TO Ell;
the wind became more boisterous, and I
Tom drew still nearer. Ella arose to gras
she bow of his boat. but sudden gust {
wind caused ner to lose her baiance-th
boat careened, and throwing her weigh
on the halls sunken side, it keeled eor
.pletely over. and she was instantly stru.
Cling In the water. She sank To
plunged wildly into the srrging wave
and, grasping her arm, brought her aga
to the surface, apparently hteiess. t
chafed her hands, bringing renewed 4
ton and warmth to her system. 81
soon opened her blue eyes and smiled Il
thanks she could not audibly expires
Asssoon as Tom reached the shore he DO
her to his hut, bidding her to occupy {
chamber Of his mother, and prepared h
some warm herb tea, which soon reviv
her. Sandy was also assldunns IN his
tentioas When her father, full OF ankle
concerning her, appeared to take b
home. she smiled 50 sweetly and Thank
Tom so sincerely, that the envy and je
ousv of Sandy was aroused, and compu
sing his lips, with evil thoughts rankIl
IN his breast. he turned away.and climb