, 1869-05-30

IN waiting ioI ne, and IN II welcome forge: tle
sense OF something wrong that had II
- - md "a 1sasn sas t. tss q. aas, ssss. ;,anes
Of nDs ny 'sses ,,as 1pta =, r. s,. t. HG
loEly beneath her. and It promised ha1 night, J
Inrr ttan once tred TO make start, bar somk b
.s e:oef seiorr sos mo ny NJ boas az By snss nna
he tank Of eiotda had a-oken, aud Haa driving, 9
nass ,ss ths t feTre q ~ g5pes current & q Etna
tlnnge, sudden nrp;ts on Tho waieF warned ne I .
hail ~ mus. 1.Ie1 ma1e Inc be1t OF my way soaA
T i Ss.a.d oa 5sou the little r.slr., and, al
taHed. hsavJ tnnadcr-ctoud veued the noon.
veil to bc t1poblel W that and sculcd out into
ac ttream, Intending to mske Ior The ialxnd on ,
*h!eh the !ock;seE7c + Eaacs, aad 80 sc11ea to tse
al sos into ne deeper shadow Of the trees op
lhe Island ! felt the saadde.iag feeling hid e.
eaIo sst 10 n fa5n a sacs, nd to ss1 ss DaSmpe i
sasoy ut. tln,e alnE tse -, sna nsavJ
e.n I tel what kept me on my eouI1a
As paaeed the head ol the Gl2nA the latknes
t. ses i1st had reaenei tie Proper % cousse. ind
neut, from under the very shadow, Is It waze, Of
feit tnat sanctss t .saade /,
Tar II could ece, common csac1u1aa s11t, and
,sss aps e @an ia Il nsnea 1et
being, Is / could see, even In taat dim Light,
shut But paid b1s little Attention to htE,. and
vent on EJ owa way. Presently found The
punt close to ME, going. ~ 1t seemed 70
Ee. exactly MT Face, and the nan IN II, could
rot help thaAstas, waten:ng ne ms feeling
punt SHOT nftcr nc, m r1a presently alongside.
tased and padded quietly. The punt t.sopped !
nos,-tI 1tat !. rasse Cd over The xaser noiseIess1.
ihat tie Ean'a Partgx!c male no sound a 1t MA |
ttepit iato tte Wat.t, 20 souEd - he tecuTete,l
purchase 1ta occupant now kept hta head
toward the Shore aMAJ from me-, nId some
times c.acd To stop aud listen, a. Il be expected
to heat Bouae oEe N pursuit. Eat whether he
stopped {: whether he WORKED. his punt. GlacS
agd.il.t The black water kept on her uosonlsss
aaus at The The eioek @ s;rues ii, an azo:sssd
panlen. "Wh4t O'Clock is ,has =, rsosr. isncJ,
expressing nc thnn fos any ohcE reason, ios !
| felt that shnuld get no answer, As txpectea.
thsrr ,,Im VS. 10 rsp5 r. pull .esen wcnt On n.e ~
With nc when rowe fAst, ls nrs:etious O.
sss, q s1 IN ny y
I thing Ec appeared TO expect.
| l tired TO persuade myself there was no
thing IL all this but began 10 feet sense Of ter
trt creeping ove1 nc that l found It Impossible 70
| Island, md while wAs watching with absorbed
interest tie silent progress OF the punt o$ ny
sidr, Ii suddenly, apparently without any Increase
! OF exeyttou on the part OF us occupant, shot
over towards he bucks shore. At this
poan4 se' assn 9' Ut ona n2 IL
felt tie punt was atones,de, but thus time on my
s5 a. q rhe @s naa ne was s1e
now, knew, and l*'etrd curtously through tae
darkness to set hat raonner Of man thla stFan9e
conranon OF mine might be. II he'd grown very
dark. The Ebon rxs quite concealed by heavy
s,eru>ciouds- could rot sec the NanS features
tos could make cut taa; he - looa,ns @ earnestly
had come. 50, for few strokes, the punt
although Its occupanl stood uol,onless, an
on the S Susnes at she taii Of lie Island, AnoIhc
vivid lhsh Of Lightning showed the punt and ma!
to me, within Iew Jaeds az clear a. dayusts
. teat bricf momsn,1 lsh, showed peI Ap ei'
man, 9Th saqrt gEt1sled hair, thhs seemed Il
s!ahl oh eud uti.rr the influence ot sonc xa'
fl nortr; h!s face was ghassiy PALE except whes
acluss the nshy skin: his thtoat Was bare, and b
seemed 10 have teen In q struggle, for his shli
: and loose Selvcteen jacket were torn aeout q
were In great disorder. fancst,, too, that thtr
t wa4 blood upon hts brcast and face, was sur
there was upon hts hands. His eyes vita II
ltxt Of mad horTpg In tbe- awful in It's tn1ensl
: ~, we're staring through The dAItness toward II
! lueA-house, and lie seem to be s:rainlnS evet
nerve to catch some sound ituIn that quartet
.
Tin that short moEtn1, gun leaning against II
!. well Of the punt
While yet 1Mes fascinated y the horror Of ii
aSs' ana as the % olses darssess settled ' asaS
sh1nder avosc the echoes Of tie hits, I WAS 10
% seas eans IN isfs1o % q eaFsi Sfi 10 S aa :
{ had s.e1i tut finding ny boat drifting dotn Wit
, the E:7earn, started once more Hardly had don
eicse iSf q nan = as seesa ~ toeEed By oE
! srarh in tho wafer. CONNECTING this It once VII
!. the man haa cen. tured rosna to the psat
/. tIae Of The {sland Is fast rs Co3!1 and halt
h!tn lcufy. There WIS no ausrcr. and could Sc
i, nothing. rowcd up nud down tho 1eI1ta Of ID
l.isna half lozea u.scst o7: Ws;soIt result. n
ident tesre-; and tic ds0oie! 81 nis dfss alsrne
= me- And then the g1u n1dthc splash: What vi
II: what cocld have hapasaedf llowed uocA
E y abott the spot for sop.c ZINC, until horror
= Rand Of wtat had seen completely maste1e
q The storm mas now AZ is height, anl ras.n; VII
tied NJ eoat ur to The stairs, ard went at one
, to lny lodgings. 1hcre was no one ahout, Al
: even Il there bud been lhtnk the strange Eeus:
' uen felt wuu.u have prevented r1y saJln
~ rE e, sSpII ine 5e SSsnea II Inc IA n; WEI
. ever closed mr eyes, SAW Asa!n the ltv!d sca
6 marked face, the atyan4ug wild eyes, tho blood
: | Enuls. The recollecIuu OF that one brief N.
: : ptnt terrified me moro shan can erpreaa-
fs i xse eMsra mo2nns % 2Sf Fl q;
!; night ruw repeated Themselves over aai oyt
!. !. aEalu, aat wheu invoke Nas feTeE1sa md III
!, ! refreshed
r stol1a, and although i felt BY no means welt,
j. thought the row 10 CoofhAm would do me goo
( g held 70 ny purnose which , had, waen nr ~
+. started AZ ucarcd the Inland 1eit srAas
I iuesplica,,le dread Of mect!ns iac man had see
>. last hight hut although ieit - II ny doing
y would increase The chance Of meeting ruwe
i. along the nIcks shore whcre bad missed y
islald, no.hiDg ali the way 70 the lock. but, as
ia rowed nlong that piece Of water, felt crcepsr
d over me the cold. snudtcE1na lex
II LEG thai hal fell as left Dalr3 l. the prevot
ii cstnicR. Nathing a7frated to have occurred
~ The neshtorhond orr OF the usual COURSE tt
t lock feerer returned my good morning" 1itl
Ia would hare done II an. strange occurrence b.
i, hAlFeneti curing tho n11ht Dncc 1a1ousa 7
!oek she 1h 'esns o. iesos nH Mn'fn ~, ~ ~
IL slade myself that hs'l exaggerated what b
ia seen: but could not Rhake or the memory Of II
IA f2cA-
ii Hs the time reached MARROW felt 10 tired II
:, III that gave up the tdca Of Going any 1uHth
8, tint DAY. No. to !ose tiTe, however, dcss
II mined TO take some sketches Of RlshAm. End "A
&c fell i1d.sposed lot sny musu rowtng, took q
~ Tom Peacock the fisherman. VITA me- ~ scu
se Ton Nas, ss yon toor, Rarralous ,u 90 !slo ~
i. Il possnlns aar5Iturrs' s{ ~ p q vng a'
,7 eouseseen,sy. paid 1T itle aiseut.on. rresc,
* Il, when the stream Of hlA loqusctty had run
Little dry, asked him uoee for the a1Se Of SAT-
r. question, whether The atorsn hal been bsl !,
he aBad:" d sid old Tom; "sy, that it were.
year nFo, hnd Just about thls time that VI
100 Why. whas day of tho mouth we're ycss
70 %: d.!En ,-en,, 1rs,.~
vi "Ibe twentJ .rrs. OF 5unc," said the old m:
ii owenng his Soice: "Nhy, that were the veU d
al H4x done. three yeats aSn"
"nwss done What sAa done1 What
you Incan:' The cold chi1 cs1ne o<eI me agga
st and a!lno4t faneieti could sec the r1ce again
:" no, Iremeneer, ron haven't heen this way
I'll some ting and pTsqs you missed u u Lauu
VIII {qa sc Y tG e a. az s,s.,s x15
u1 Mp nanoledou way, maybe. ~ IT. WANT o.
I r,neh he vas On me r1ver: BE nyed best rs!t
aon4 tn aE eafRa hs y. 'es Over paPas PseusT
te Sasioe.s ID @ SO Of NJ mne. ~ 5ou NOV Oh Es Tas t,
lat sonv who VAS zman u btg 4 biactRuasd ~
he fa&her, lcl poor old Ars. Garth She WA DEC
Ok and although De use,l to beat her. md weiai
fax tta1rc her sometimes, ahe never complained
mt teiteEe sat wAs fond OF EN- Eoosn somehow, .
ny ! 1! times, sud protected her xEainsr the old n
! now ard then; but yca see, ktr, i wzsn often
ox h. could do thal, tos 2 sEncsal as sure ~ T.
ny NV wa JSAAN AA 49, eoN" "
ra1 tEey went On u shta sost o. Lie for 1otns til
US, 6on.etlElea In ptisGn for A&kAnlt7- sometimes
at poeehfrs and that though there AMT much
90 that. Ainkt, until one day It carue TO 3 regr
eEs LaoE Up. The TWO men hid been drinking III
rn- A1tl tho oll un 70 HoOn - evGT he got 1o1
me oe--n = tu1yrxExius and I pinen,1Z
I nissoA Well tha young un be lnssz1er
We A0d the Upshot of 1t Is theee WIS
led reg1tr tSht Whs1 happened eEe.1y uoos
aye reyt1 rightly knowed: except one thing,
NJ, i thai was, thst tn the morning old kis
sc. got . AM1Gl cut night 4crc4s the enc
1as ( and that 5ounV Eit WAA OF We never kAw
- more Of him. FolEs Bald he'd gone for sod
~ nnd got shot In tho cr1mea: hut don't kn
md | rOf6tpV Hhnf.t that AffrT he'd PDHA tkfpSX r