The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-04


port and then went to the door to look for
Der husband. He came in in the course Of
a balf an hour.
"It will be an awful night" be said, as
a low roll Of thunder gave evidence that
the storm was rising "Tbe sun sinks down
in bed Of bloo1 the guilt so Ars over
the sea Tor prey the wind is singing a
dirge for the dead the heavens fash and
thunder out their wrath / will b. going
down to the cliffs there will be many q
wreck 9n the rocks this night. and dead
men have no need for golden watches..snd sill
yer pieces -
AYE, the Doouie Ole will be abroad 70
night" replied the superstltioys old woman.
"You bad better shut down the windows in
your room, Miss EdDac srrg zt az.
Edna arose and clambered up the short
stairs TO ber room. She seated herself nj
the window and watched the light burners
play over the sky. morbid fearfulness Of
the in ensity Of the full fury of the elements
taking possession Of her. Suddenly, through
the rain which fell in sheets as q proloL ved
fast Of lightning lit up all the wild scene,
she started with cry Of horror on her lips,
for single glance to wards the beach, a
full view of which could be bad from her
window, revealed steamer struggling with
the giant breakers, and going to pieces on
the rocks. .ett.o. ~ es4
| Here was singular spirit, and she revel
ed in the fury Of the storm, as few mo
meDts later, wrapped in mantle, she sped
down the road into the shadow Of the cliff
and down to the beach where q dozen Of
men stood watching by the almost ineesssnt
lightning, The labOring vessel 60 to pieces
before their eyes, and they POwerless 10
render assistance.
''Child, child, what are you doing here ?"
sounded the voice Of Philip Marston in her
ears "YOu can do DO good here, and will
catch our death of cold"
She laughed hard, strange laugh,
and looked 70 wierd-lke in he molten
CLEAN Of light. that he started. ..
Il love such scenes, she said ,smiliDgly
''They correspond with the tumults within y
At that moment dcsiening crash sound
ed near them. The lightning had struck
the ill-fated steamer, which envelOped In q
mass Of fire, could be plainly discerned 90
ing 10 pieces on the outer reef A few sd-
yer turOus souls lesped into life boat and
bent their oars to breaking, striving to shoot
the breaker toward Ihe vessel
Five. ten minutes elapsed. Not one yes
tige Of the III fated propeller was to be Oh
served, and the lightning, now less vivid
only occasionally shOwrd the brave fisher
MN attempting to rescue q few struggling
forms in the water.
The lev women who bad gathered on the
beach watched with beating heart ard Stifled
brestL, the progress of brother and hus-
band. Suddenly faint cheer broke FROM
the surf MS the boat dashed over the outer
reef and into Ihe- more ulAaid hAab saaaQu asaa.
f.-=-PsSy of the keel of the life boat on the
rocky beach, and half dozen forms were
| lifted out.
We must remove them to some place OF
shelter" spoke the deep bass voice of Phil
ip MsrstOn, and Edna seeing nothing could
be done to aid the unconscious and few sur
viSOrs of the wreck, wrapped her mantle
more closely about her, and Tetraced heI
steps to the cottage.
The excitement Of the night bad been .
terrible strain upon her nercOus system but
the occurrence st the night bad not yeI
passed. She was changing her drsggled
skirts, when the tramping Of feet from be
low attracted her attention. Hastily don
ming loose dressing gown, she descended
| the stairs
A party of the wreckers had Just
brought in the body Of man, motiunless.
and to all sembance dead the old woman
was burrying to and fro, applying restOra-
tives and attempting to fan the Pickering
spark Of life il to more regular and Ger
tain fame. Edna whispered few words
to the old woman. The rough fishermen
removed the wet, dripping body to her room
above, and then repaired to the beach
A cold borrer seemed to freeze ber heart
as the glance of the light fell on the hand
some face Of the rescued man. Assuming
form and feature, the haggard woe -strick en-
face OF Randolph Kingsbury was revealed
to Der startled gaze. Older and more ere
worn than when she last saw him peri sps,
but the face that had haunted her for years,
the features Of the destroyer Of her mothers
honor and her fathers happiness and her
own, bad been too ndeliby impressed upon
her mind ever to be eradicated or mistaken
Mechanically she watched the old woman
perform what lay in her power to restore the
iDaDlmate creature to consciousness. and
then her eyes flashed with a terrible light
hatred against this man.
He h1ed Just four bOurs,-tbe latter two
Of which found him conscious and rational
yet 80 exhausted and weak that he could
hardly srficulate word. In broken frag-
y meDle Eina 1sndor drew from him the
! story Of his wsBderiDgs; her mother had
h died at Paris, deserted and alone, and h.
returning to his native land had met with
: he accident which was to cause bis death
4 He never knew that the young girl who
Il drew from him his misery was the daught !
~ one he had wronged so rreparably, SO
fearfuly And although seemingly provi-
Y dental. he died in az agony Of reROrse i'm
ploring Edna TO send the packet which he
took from bis inner bresstpocket te his wife
d and child, whom be had deserted len years
d before, and who were living somewhere in
that vicinity-he did not know exactly
d where. tht so-.
d The gray dawn was i st breaking when
d be rela psed into a state of coma, from which
Y be soon passed into death. Edna turned
eu from contemplating the face of the dead man
A as well known step sounded on the stairs
: One glance at the face of the dead and Phil
Rip Marston tottered to seat pale and trem-
y bling, nuts ering hoarsely.
''He was my father -
n Five years later, a steamer, one Of the
magnificent line Of propellers which ply be-
u tween the grea! lakes Of the northwest was