The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-01

one swift glance Helen stole at him ;
neither looked at the other. They
spoke in Hurried whispers.
81 don't know; it depends on how
far the boat is to windward of her
smoke"
GLOW shall we know"
"If she sees the island, she will make
for it that moment"
"Why? do ships never pass an I'M
known island ?''
ayes. But that steamer will not pass
u.s."
"Bdt why ?''
At this question Hazel hung his head
and his lip quivered. He answered her
at last. "I5ecauso she Is looking tor
yOu."
Helen was struck dumb at this.
He gave his reasons. steamers never
visit these waters. Love has brought
that steamer out; love that will not go
unrewarded. Arthur Wardlaw Is on
board that ship"
"Have they seen us YETI"
Hazel forced on kind of logged for
titudc. He said, "When the smoke
ceases to elOngate, you will know they
have changed their course, and they
will change their course the moment
the man at tho masthead sees u.s.
"Oh! But how do you know they
have II man at the masthead?"
kuO" ny myself SHOULD nave
a man at the masthead night and day"
And now the situation was beyond
words. They both watched, and watch
ed, TO see the line of smoke cease.
1t continued to increase, and spread
eastward; and that proved the steamer
was continuing her course.
The sun drew close to the horizon.
"They don't see u.s." said Helen,
family:
mo" said Hazel; mot yet"
''And the sun is just setting 1t is
all over" She put her handkerchief
10 her eyes moment, and then, after u
sob or two, she said almost cheerfully,
"Well, dear friend, we were happy till
that smoke came to disturb us: let US
try and be ms happy now 1t is gone
Don't smile like that, it makes me
Shudder."
Ibid smile7 1t must have been ut
your simplicity in thinking we have
seen the last ofthat steamer"
"And so we have"
"Not so. In three hours she will be
at anchor in that bay"
"Why, what will bring her 2'
81 shall bring her."
"YOu? How ?"
"By lighting my bonfire"
CHAPTER XLVI.
Helen had forgotten all about the
bonfire. She now asked whether he
was sure those on board The steamer
could see tho bonfire. Then Hazel
told her that it was now OF prOdigiOus
size and height. Some six months be-
fore he was crippled he had added and
added to it.
THAT BONFIRE" said he, "will throw
IL ruddy glare over the heavens, that
they can't help seeing on board the
steamer. Then, AS they are not on n
course, but on "a search, they will Ger
tainly run Il few miles southwark to
sec what it is. They will say it is
either a beacon or ii ship on fire; and,
in either case, they Will turn the bOnps
head this way. Well, before they have
run southwark half IA dozen miles, their
look out will see the bonfire, and the
isl and in its light, Let us go to the
boat, my lucifers are there.
She lent HIM her arm to the boat, and
stood by while he made his prepnrn-
tiOna. They were very simple. lie
took a pine torch and .srheared it all
over with pitch then put his lucifer-
box in his bosom, and took his crutCh.
ii lis face was drawn pitiably, but his
closed lips betrayed mistaken and I'M
shakable resolution. He shouldered
his crutch, and hobbled up as far as the
cavern. Here Helen interposed.
Don't you go tOiling up the hill,"
said she. "Give me the luciferS and the
torch. and let me light tho beacon. l
shall be there in half the time you will"
"Thank you! thank You !" snid Ha-
eel, eagerly, not to say violently.
II Q wanted it done; but it killed him
to do il. lie then gave her his inStruc-
tons.
at is as big as haystack," said be,
land as dry as chip; and there are
eight bundles of straw placed express
ly. Light the bundles to windward
first, then the others; it will soon be
all in blaze"
Meanwhile" said Helen, ':you pre-
pare our supper. 1 feel quite faint-for
want of it,"
at is the last we shall" he was 60
ing to say it was the last they would
eat together; but his voice failed him,
and he hobbled into the cavern, and
tried 10 smother his emotion in work.
He lighted the fire, and blew it into a
| flame with palmetto leaf, and then he
sat down awhile, very sick at heart;
then he got up and did the cooking,
signing all the time; and, just when he
was beginning to wonder why Helen
was so long lighting eight bundles of
straw, she came in, looking pale.
ais 1t all riRht?" said he.
"Go and look" said she. "No, let
us have our supper first.
Neither had any appetite; they sat
and kept casting strange looks at one
another.
To divert this anyhow Hazel looked
up ut the roof, and said family, "If I
had known, 1 would have made more
haste, and set pearl there as WELL"
''What does that natter" said Helen,
looking down.
mot much, indeed ;" replied he, sad
ly. II am fool to utter such childish
regrets: and, more than that, am a
mean selfish cur to hare regret. Come,
come, we can't eat; let us go round the
Point and see the waves Redeemed by
the becon that gives you back to the
world you were born to embelIish.''
Helen said she would go directly.
And her languid reply contrasted
strangely with his excitement. She
played with her supper, and wasted
time in a very unusual way, until he
told her plump she was not really eat
ing, and he could wait no longer, he
must go and see how the beacon was
burning.
20, very we'll" said she; and they
went down to the beach.
She took his crutch and gave 1t to
him. This little thing cut him to the
heart. 1t was the first time she had &C.
companied him so far as that without
| Offering herself 10 be his crutch. He
sighed deeply, as he put the crutch I'M
der his arm but he was too proud to
complain, only he laid it all on the ap-
preaching steamboat.
The subtle creature by his side heard
the sigh, and smiled sadly at being
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. what man could
understand herr They hardly spoke
till they reached the Point. The waves
glittered in the moonlight: there was
no red light on the water.
"Why, what is this 2" said Hazel,
you can't have lighted the bonfire In
eight places, as l told you"
She folded her arms and stood before
him in an attitude of defiance; all but
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