The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-26
He moaned and wrung his hands.

| He mOaneu anu Wrul.5 Ills
''He is dead, who would have done so mnch
| for me, and so worthless am saved All my
hopes of an easy and luxurious life must oe re-
| signed now ?"
AT that moment he beheld dark object at
q little distance in the water. Inc waves
hurled this object against the proJecI,ns neuu ,.
of a sunken rock. AL the same instant Low
der recognized it as the body ola man.
| He crcpt toward il, and the waters dashed
the body on the shore at his feet. He put
his hands on his face How cold and wet IL
was /! It felt like the face of a dead man
Lowders fingers came IN contact Wi.n t.e .he
soft, silkcn mouSachp. and he knew tnat lhe
body was that of Guy TreSsilian
OF the five who had stood on the sloops
| deck half hour earlier, these two a!one were
| left. The captain and his crew had found their
deaths among the cruel, yawnins waters.
Lowdcr thrust his hand under Tie walstcoaI
| of his friend. Int he conld not perceive the
beating OF his heart. Despair tooN possession"
dead !" he said, shrilly. ''Dcad And he
would have done so much for me il he lad
lived And his father and the young girl ne
was TO have married will wait In vain loI ms Is
coming His place az Tressl!lan court IS
empty Who can I'll il ?"
ii seemed to him that sone demon al II, ms IL
place left uacant 6y noJte Guy 7irSsttlan
A1hou.ht came 10 him-l thought so strange
and sinister that lie shrcred lhFGl'lhtarily.
! Again he ftl. of Trcssiaa heart. IT. @aYe no
| ihrob AGAINST his hand He passed Ills mana
| over Tr,ss,lian's he;pl and discovered gaping
;youud III the sknl!. Tie hair was ciottcd with
| blood.
Putting his han,l into his breast pocket, Low
der drew out his little waterproof inalcll-saie.
| He oncned il with trembling fingers and struck
| a luht. Tie rcd flicker danced on young Tres
| sillian's face,
How .rlustly anil terrible il looked !! The
! eyes were closed. the smile was gone. The
! seal CT deatn seemed SET on the noble le;l-
lures.
Iowdcr examined the wound. IL had been
made by contact with the sharp rock, ana
| even LoWder perceived its terrible clara ter.
'It he is not dead, he soon will be, he NUT
| tered. '.His brain has received IN awful in
| Jury. Ho will never know who he IS again.
| lie won't live till mornin!. and he Is perhaps
dead already He must DC dead ~
Again it seemed 10 hun as though some de-
mon echoed his words.
The match lroppcl: from bis fingers into
the water. For little while hr crouched on
the wet stones in silence battling 1t may be
with the better and nobler instincts of his ma
tire.
Al last, with Sudden and abrupt stcallhness,
his hands stole into the breast pocket OF Tres
silian und drew ont his private notebook, a
packet vi letters, few lrinkcts. lie secured
/ possession seemed TO give him courage, ana
MS i;lce hardened, and lie knrii beside the
body Of his friend and rird his garments OF
iii hat they contained, bcsloWinS his pi'nuef
OH his own person..
Then he tool, his own purse, his Notebook, 4
!cw receipts and lrilles from his Own pockets,
and pat them in The pockets ot TrcsSilian.
~ is done r. he whispered 10 himself, look-
ins with wild defiant ryos through The dark
nG.s. I'M enc is harmed. lie is dead. 1.-The
lirl lived nc would have provided l0r nc. AS
he is iyin. Gr dead must provide for mySen.
This ihcHeSs tcilcccn SIS u;i!I make nytortane
ii friends ~: be si;ir' i terrible SriGI. and
IL shall ;i:e a. last Fortune sivos inc Il
chance 10 gain name and we!iih ut ono lucky
sLrokrp
ASH 10 give l.i!aanlt no chance lpr repent
auCr hc arse - his crt anl turned his
searching "ancrs in IN Inland direction. a.
;,T.li ;S rum 6 collage window. Smlner-
ny. family through lie thick haze, caught his
IaZr.
RAISING his voice. l'r called loadly:
"uelpi Ro. theic help
The wand llu aGaicu, and his cries rang out
through lie night with sarl'i" diSlinclnrSs.
rllr light hr had seen moved and dlSaPp"nfea.
4 minute laitr, answering cries Reached LOW
d,.r'S cars, and he heard lasiy Steps, and saw
The approaching light OF !: lantern, borne aloit
br mans u,,";.iaed arm.
"This way!" shouted lowdcr. We are
wrecked or .h.c rocks For the love OF Heaven,
hasten !"
The bearer CT the lantern, attended by male
canlnanion. came running TO him. and was
soon nj his side The l&ntcrn-bcarcr was
rough Sican fisherman. grade above his
class. His companion was also Sicllian, but
evidently OF somewhat higher degree. Bolh
were all excitement. astonishlncnL Wid synl-
pathy.
In as few wor.s $ as possible Lowd.r told the
story OF The shipXrecl, and callet! attention 10
HE condition Of Ills noulc young employer.
Il think lie is dead - he said, In y choking
voice 'Carry him up 10 yonr cabin. Let
everything be done that can be duncto save
hin. Twill jlav you well for any kindness 10
him. Poor fellow He was my travelling
companion. | loved him as If he had been my
brother Instead OF Only my hired attendant
Poor Jasper r
Tn. two Siclans lifted the helpless form Of
poor Young Tressillain, and carried it between
Them toward The cottage. Jasper L''wder loi-
lowed them, bewailing his loss. The above iYo
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