Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-23

painting he reached her side.
"The stonei' she gasped, ain IT," To-
gather they strove, but still in vain.
at is too heavy, lady," he said ait will
take five strong men to move that"
Fetch them, fetch them where are thew
For Gods sake go and fetch them; gor'
she commanded, seeing him hesitate.
"rhere Is no one nearer than Lyme, two
miles away. You must come with me.
lady"
$50 with you leave himr' she cried
ia her agony;" quickly he will die"
"EIe is dead" whispered the boy in
hoarse tones "lady, you can do him no
help now
"He is not dead oh, Guy, you are not
dead" she walled. al will not leave you.
oh, boy, IL you have any mercy, run for
help"
"But the tide" he muttered, il will be
all over here in less than half an hour"
"The tide" she muaned "let it come,
will not leave him but ii you would not
have both our deaths on your head, run
now foi your very life"
The boy urged no further remonstrance,
ed with terror can fly. Fanny sank down
exhausted by her lover she gazed on the
beloved features and put back the dark.
damp hair from his marble brow. Sudden
ly the muscles of his face quivered slight
| ly. She sprang TO her feet, and with
fierce, newborn strength, fought again
with the rock, but 1t would not stir ono.
hair-breadth. lie was not dead Did the
boy speak truth and would the cold cruel
sea come and drown him lying there The
thought filed her with madness, and vet
once more she fell upon the rock, but still
in vain.
Creeping, stealt1ily creeping onward
came the wavelets-nearer, nearer. Then
as the forem ost ripples first kissed the out
| lying boulders, those all around seemed
suddenly endowed with life and voice. and
SisSed out welcome to the dire, rcmorseless
foe. The calmness of despair came over
her. "God has forsaken u.s." she cried
Guy, we will diestogether." So saving.
she flung herself down beside him on the
Shiny sea-weed, and waited for the waves.
but not for long. Her warm breath on his
face was fast restoring him to conscious
ness lie opened his eyes. "Oh Guy,
Guy, my beloved" she moaned. edo not
wake yet; sleep on, only few minutes,
Guy"
RAISE me! !" he gasped family. Miss
Weston passed her arm beneath his should
| ers, and was thus enabled 10 raise his head
half a foot, not more. "What is that noise"
he asked 81 seem TO hear the rippling of
water close to me-"
'Try not TO listen," she whispered, pray
ing in her heart with wild agony, "God,
let him die before II Gomez lie was silent
for moment, then the knowl edge of their
fearful position seemed to flash upon him.
'Fanny!' he exclaimed in firmer
voice, 81 know it ALI are we alone?"
eyes" she sobbed, but they are coming
to help us. Guy, If il is too late, we must
die hero together The little pools all a.
round were filling fast
mot YOU" he gasped, struggling to free
himself from her arms. "Not you, Fanny !;
20 away directly you can climb the cliffs.
Go, / tell you, command you /" She felt
the water creeping up her skirts.
81 cannot, Guy" she answered az will
not leave you. They may be yet in time.
1 cannot live without you they must be
h ere in time, they must be-
"Fannyr' he replied, | am dying, / feel
1.-THE waves will only MAKE n few min
utes' difference, and my last most solemn
charge to you is, TO go and finish the work
that ] must leave undone. Kiss me once
more, my dearest, my own beloved, and
60 and lice for me-" She clasped him pas
| Ia, 1.
which the dews of death were gathering,
| but her arms refused to relax their hold.
"Oh, Guy, | cannot I" The words were
hardly breathed, when an echoing shout
brought the ife-blood once more to her
fro zen heart, and sent pulse of hope quiv-
ering through her frame.
1--WE are saved !" she whispered.
al thank thee, God" he answered ;
"my own goodbye A few more seconds
an d six strong men, clasping the stone with
the whole force of their brawny manhood
compelled ii at last 10 unlock its clinching
| grasp. She tried TO raise her burden once
again, but the cramped limbs refused their
office, two sailors STOPPING down lifted
dead man from her arms. His face was
still unwashed by the waves, but in the
moment that deliy came, in that same
moment his spirit passed 10 him who "gave
to the sea His decree that the waters should
not pass His commandment" Others car
ried Miss Weston out of the rapidly rising
tide she, too, was unconscious; but now,
alas her Weakening TO sorrow came all too
soon not, however, till her delivcrers had
borne them tenderly, though with much
difficulty, up the face of the rugged cliff.
Before they reached Chrome, Mr. Marsh
and Nellie met them for many days the
latter never left her aunts side.
Fanny Weston fought hard, sore battle
before the faintest reconciliation to her fate
might be attained, but the strong faith that
He doeth all things well came back at last /;
it had not died, only hickered for while.
Ere Nellie left Chrome, Aunt Fanny, pale
and wan, was seeking with eager care to
carry out the many generous plans Colonel
Hamilton had contemplated executing in
the parish. All his personal properly,
which was considerable, had been willed
| to her, and she received it as a sacred trust
with which to Finish the work" he could
not The seal of sorrow was forever stamped
upon her features, but as the days rolled
on, resignation came, aud the old ties re-
asserted themselves. Grandmamma never
wants a cheerful companion, nieces or
nephews a kind, sympalhzing friend. She
is not the merry playfellow of old, but a
calm, patient noble woman, striving to do
her own work and his who had gone before
and left so much unfinished.
l.. Il. WIGHT.
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