, 1870-08-28

ed moment, taken all abaek- "So! Il
eD hes tRo IL @ Sn sh;rp ps. ssse soss ss Iss
Ny blood Iuilyi, though j, = not quick blood
With tho to,c, tie spoeci!. tho tusult, the lie
noa knows it was a Iie. hut l WAS sure tia
II eyer "anieA to fee litt!o Ben again,
mnst Keep Il down. Ahu l sad lust
Look heto aow, Wilbur. If eyer II
hnn"n '1s, you 10 ac. w TUG little chap. Id hav
ne'a oa. i,ut .wAs NJ moEeA right nla
HC;,I;"s ~ 1nomu nee 20 4!@. Anu l WI
iInH'Es, .Inr. 'nls M memens, thal ~ spcaa to Jo1
aeout LIN Tor, God Ao my Judge, Two III
HlsA to steal E ehild's Affections from hi
- .x;.,,
.;.u1 L WIZ 'ie lou1 "ofua tue child wakcnct
~. o. us dream III sudden terro
" IAe sieat 81 tho dark nugrT man be1di1t
ABOVE hin with AT nllifted hand, for Wiibu
& @Ss so Iilna WITH rAs9 Mat ho did not know
MAa to "as tolltg. The child gave shriel
ard elurs to ne; And at that Wilbu
eaueA Aitn-L letting him 80, o
ccu1se.-and AZ he flung himself backward
itight IRON the nlaa WHO WAS almost Z tota
hlIIsu 70 LIN, aud who was 20 fierce ant
stessnt: End ab ho Held .io littla arms 10 su,
,r nsI caaen 81 ny nans, Millqr aisrp.a lus f1r.
WI wt.a sng pam o. II. hrLdl red histcfiLt
oloT. bnt f,lst VAS more tlar copli eta ID
ana caught Lis %tis:: II I'm httle, In
a11Sngi lie could no mere have wreucLesi ina
"iht Tree than Il il Lad tsen under tho kcn
Of launet hing skip. yoa1e 1lan !" saiS
i" man, Jon brute Doesn't il ausw.l
Fou 10 have broken his moln>t'a
hssrt Aaw, hark Je. Il erer see
er3 hesr Of 5ouf et1akipr that iit,ta ).f
Again, father o. no father, In lave him pu
undef guardianship and you put into fail. Il
tue ~ there's God above you" Aud ]
hnnE him his hand and, walked od. and lef
Bopny eohtiuE his little ponl ont Nnch AZ !,
hun nc, Ind nothing else to do. for not ,
bit OF right had i In tGat pIaee. fnew,
| ~ broke Lis mothers heaIt. id II" laid
Miltur, Is went out the door. aver weij
III break his spirit"
I It vas nothing but bsavado, might hays
known: but at the rnomenf Il seama6 aas5i.
earnest, it eeerued worse Than ~ 5o.ti,or.!s
/ 1ant for Eeuny and ms tncatJ,er -
I We'll, vent to the boat. WHARF abe 1,e
{as the whaxt. It waen't tho most
cheering place for man to taks n
1rCised leart to-: crco + had Jored
tyesy plank in her. now aha sea,nnd nnthin.,
/ bu,*a r1ison. II VAS htts, cc,5 st.s.sna.6
Just e1ging into twilight. tie erny sts mi ~
/ sLow that could not fatI, = wild wind Nhi.tiin1
Though the rigging With q p1arciLg, deso}ste
| sound 10 mt a8 i came on board anil went net,
l lcr, I did not thi1E' IA hs.rd fb,t s,r,r,1
Of kato's voice cryinr for haT c1,;d ~ ~ ~.
Tic Dcrnv's 1nisernhle vail nnt ha,r;,r - =
te., as those things would hayn m.dn M feel
Il at night, though I hhl heard It a thousand
tHnes before without qualm, and it vas an
evli MOOD ,hat hlled me while lit the lamp
| lhere was onrv one feIInv IN ti,a ,.o,t and
| a4 there was notl,ng upa I Let him oir sarin,,
"ouio 3ee3, ti.e "stch myselfs for could
~ more 1ead tho paper I lad bought thnn
u haa neen 1ased up IN red-hot Goals; and
: Wantoa 20 90 alone. AMI TO 50 up aud fight
lou, oui W. Mith % tns night anu the weather, wh1ls
1t was tiugi;ns mir above that froze The
l thran4,,, ~ n.,-i. Sne suHn iJ epalsuns oa
a1EsSt the ~. n1 naih u me n'S41 nnnes m's!
srr,t ~ ~ I..a.ses neso q! ueSn9ea. and
uh.rs nnt1,;,t- ~. ~ 49.a.n suenef Fons-
fl,a ,,i,snn 1.ST T'D 49, ~ 70 uIIo aoout MS not
.1HtItnk p tMe Nates, and, miles away,
tAe tuuo1e O. 1le Storm rumoted from NAre
10 wavs,-a biack, Wild night, and AZ black
aug Hua within sell, as thought OF tho
vss, that robbed mo Of vife, thai robbed ms
Of q Guilds love, that robbed the wouau for
whom would have died OF peace, tbst r,b-
bed her child Of care and protectio,,. and left
him to tbe brutal mcrcies % Of ono wba I i h.. be-
did not llate Lin becauss ID Io7el T him MA Al me ~
love him because / did Iucl that n.fie I M, m,
the mean. Of trnnb1o ia Iii rSn wor- 1ssr ~
ME. Knew well that Wi1bur woui,i nj MN fu,ti1 ~
his threat about the boy; he would not ' relish
sef: lie WIS., not nnnstcr c,har ~ co'I,ia "11,l n
and had frobaL1r soms sna,h. IVY ~ D'vvd, "f;Is
A. i fsrinc, And Tia rnrst br nn,I1 ~ ~ rpani;
be 10 lit Tic boT nun Wild. md i,o1d i'm set,,
that faht-aat.loosa hand hict, iSr,s1,s1 r,n H.,
to-day for t.,c deed praised yssterdar. M ~ hu. Ii
coutd oply remom,rr .nJ ] sca5 .. ~ dJuSs.als US;
msmsnt as working ,nyro,f M to I.I tsrcJy escsJ
firth Of ra,e ar,;u.t 10 rnn, ~ .E,, ~ nsstS!
my cxisteLcc 80 Wrstchcd far the isst ti,-ae -ae
yta1s and 1,o,, I,. 1ha nosrsr ta r;.'s. t"se ~
viii n r,tn Il 49,. .c,J ~ =, tus iisn.s .ae
for my peinn. Wh,t ~, 'out Ill., nv, nI'n
Wilbur to me; II wa1,feS eomst;,;n- ~. ~.
lo,a. there T,re niaptT n nSanl,e;,, y ~
thst would ncyer n,tcrnM il tinro ,rars pn'ts
Of fou, tiinrs rn,dv for ,5orts,,,, ~, p9u4
ic youne man. Kri thnr r.'on IoE. 10y ~ any .nos'
were nonc Of them tic ono th.t io1.d icy &!
read, like 4 portion Of rav oWI, HE sna
couldn't alter il II I fried And IL. ,.a-. +
thought Of II the r,,ra fr.nz;o1 I.ao.,,. -
ssese it W., imnosshia ~ ~ sAe. r. her .a ~
But, wl,ether il was impossible or not. tSo IT,,
hing vas done. I kneT Ws,;,s ~ IT, ,,st ,uo
tivcd. it WEE not Ulsly 1 shouid errr b. Il.
loved to see nv ht,fo Ben z1ain h. Io,,7 h.,
taught to laugh 1t me- anil tfe>nisn NJ. fnr =
mlfksop; I w.s PERFECTLY nnWrI1es, md 7
cursed WiiLur Tor +. i~"e''s7'' AA1
My pipe was out at last 1t VI. curd1iog
ul.at happeucd to she -tcAt. I-rent trlcu n,,1i
na.tc 1nyEelf snug f!y the stove. I had bseu
there perhaps five n,inutos, and was lot ha1f
.haxcd out. when | hoard quick, firm step
coming down the wharf gave a start, for 1
thsnght 1t vas Wilbur . ster, and thought ws
ehuuio hsr1Iy tc pleasant company for enc an-
otl'er that night snd brfozo h1d more than
thought tho thought there ca.ao eplash and
cry, ard then ! recolleci imagining / had
been mistaken, aud that it VA, tho watcllinan
returned aud tending his dog for something
atoat in tic harbor, forgetting the cruel
weather..
And will, that tttere came the err ar,;r, hut
fainter, weaker, farther o1, and tbs tins
knew it waa N,lbur's voice. knew, No,
oss.t eay knew, never could say, can't to-
day, whether i'll those Eve minutes, standing
unste AtiiIy between wind and water, commit