The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-14
you! how cruel were my petulent

" leaving her hand in his clasp, she
answered In the same low tone, eve are
Tqoal IN poverty at last, are we notg
W. can afford to be friends now"
Fhllllp pressed the thin hand convul-
SiVeiy to his lips and so, silently, the
new covenant between them was sealed
Wlll you believe me if tell YOU that
these two were actually happy? Not all
tie horrors Of their situation conld over.
balance their JOY in the recovered pos
session OF each other. Thew smiled now
anq even TESTED gayLy at the suferings
y, Pt Nv That had seemed so terri.
ple. Ihey excited the admiration Of
thelr companions, who misto0k for the
very sublimty Of courage What was mere
y the triumphant rapture of love, vic.
torlous over tile and circumstances
Nevertheless, their situation was growing
desperate They had now been thirteen
Gays adrlft. Their food was exhausted
they mad no water except such as when
ram fell they rung from their own gar
ments, They had no longer strength to
row, and they saw no sail. Their faces
we're grown gaunt and haggard, and
clustered with the wind and sun; their
eyes glared red with CHASTITY fire the
5errlDle fever fire of hunger. Three of
Ghelr number had already died-the
wounded captain and the wife and child
OF the surgeon-and tor the others death
could not be far Off ....a....-. .--..
Eleanor had borne up better than AL
most any. Her sound, elastic constitu
ton enabled her to endure what STRONGER
ones sank under But now sight and
hearing began to grow dim. She felt
Der head reellng, her mind giving way.
w nat appalled, her was that Philip began
to yield to the dreadful delirium She
called to him, talked to him she drew
bis dropping head upon her breast, and
'trove with kisses and caresses to arouse
ann. Her touch recalled for an instant
bis falling faculties. His strength seem.
ed to rally. He clasped his arms around
her, holding her in close ard passionate
embrace. My darlingl" he whispered,
ito die thus together--it is not hard
forgive-bless-" The momentary flash
OF energy faded; he swooned away.
And Eleanor, too, sank down almost
I'feless, careless of what further might
happen.
A wild and frenzied scream aroused
her. She lifted her head, and saw poor
Norton fling his arms frantically about
laughing and crying in a perfect delir-
Inm OF JOY. "a sail saill" he shrek.
ed rather than shouted.
Yes, q sail at last There, not more
than mile away, is a large vessel bear.
ing toward them They fastened to
RAISE again their little forlorn signal,
which has 11uttered so long in vain. It
is seen; boat puts off; and in a won
dertully short spoce of time kind arms
are reached to them, kind faces are
bending over them with words Of wonder
and compassion.
They were saved A Portuguese YES
sci bound for Brazil had picked them up,
and they went In ner to Rio Janeiro
receiving all care and kindnes. 1t was
IN the chapel Of the United States lega-
ton at Rio that Phillip and Eleanor were
married; but they did not return home
until spring. Months of repose and re-
newal were needful for both before they
could feel equal to another voyage. But
their homeWard run was safe and pleas
ant; and one fair morning in june when
everything was bright with the glow of
early summer, they steamed into the har-
Dor of New York AS they stood to-
gether on the deck, Eleanor, leaning on
ner husbands arm, looked up into his
face with a sly blush, and said, laughing.
"Do you know, Philip, that you have ac-
tuully married rich woman, aftel all ?"
How so ?"
my dear uncle, with whom 1 lived in
Italy, left me all his fortune"
Il don't care" rctorted Philip, saucily.
Lord knows you were poor enough
when took you. But my love, / have
discovered q sure remedy for all cases OF
disagreement between lovers. intend
to take out % patent for it as soon as we
reach home"
"Have L married g patent medicine
philanthropist in disguise? Pray what is
ite"
LET them get shipwrecked together.
Ii that does not care them. nothing on
earth will"
at has worked cure in one very bad
case, certainly"
eyes, love-a radical cure.'
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