Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-13

nOped agureu well, though tot the life of him
5sa 5s could not tell whether lt did or whether It
Tonight he kueV for certainty where
his daughters heart was, and he knew as well
that he had little to hope for unless ProVi-
aenee should favor him by opening the door
INTO the next world for this suitor Of his daugh-
! AS they emerged from the grove of pines
which Sktrteh the beach the spray began 10 cut /
their faces sharply, and the whole fury OF the /
storm seemed to strike them as 1t had rot done |
before.
"Itis adreadfulnight Katharine. You had
best return
"Hush 70 Her voice was sharp and strained. |
had rather by far drown 10 this hungry |
ocean here, Than live to know that he had gone |
down"
She did not usually 90 to her father or any
one else WIN her heart secrets but TONIGHT
she would have spoken to any one who had
been near her, with little heed as to who that
person was.
The wreckers we're gathered upon the sand
with boats, ropes, Hfe-preservers, everything
needtul, but nothing was being done nothing
could be dOHes they told Mr.. forsyth, and all
the while came the boOml boom boOm from
the guns Of The iil-fated vessel upon the rocks
around which thesea was tugginR, drawing and
surglng, as IL eager to swallow it up and be
done with IL at once. -
Katharine left her father side and went up
70 oRe UI rdN sne SG, DGSgesL q, "a e me men
to 90 with you ?' sue asked -....
Il" Yes. w be all ready enough, Miss, but
ths good Lord helprthe man who goes out
tonight. 20 a@AW "a lut i +.
Katharind said not another word, but thank
Il ing the''good Lord" that she knew how to han
die both boat and pair OF cars, she slipped
through them, and before any one knew Ii she
had unfastened boat, was in it, and going
out swiftly "a a receeding wave toward the
} The light fated upon white faces enough
when they found that woman had gone out
alone, and Alr. Forsyth gasped foe breath, and
. nearly tainted FAsP be really believed that it
} The rest Of that long nigh t1and 1t seemed
! as II morning would never cO;n6--they paced
up ana down the beach, while the storm ragged
on, Tor not 4 man would follow the mad VO-
man, though Mr. Forsyth offered them more
money than most Of them had ever seen at
! one In all their hives, II they would make the
: attempts He could not row himself and so,
: halr erazedl knowing now how we'll he loved
: his Chile, he had to endure as best he might
: the horrors OF that time, which his heart told
him would fnd IN certain death. One such
: hour Will leach uS. more OF ourselves than a
t6ommon lifetime. Oh, il he had his treasure
o for one poor half hour now, hOWshet would
y take her 70 bis heart They had distrusted
each 9theE tor many days, but there was love,
: Doqndess stores OF II, In the depths Of theIi
n hearts for ,eaeh other, lie kIiev,f ana yas hC
!, wrung his hands in agony Of despair. AMI
cfied out fot his child, the rough men felt thei
!. own heart4 hreaking npv kh0uGh they couE
i fNot help hiIn.
4 AZ last IS ne morning began to dawn, 4
it lTe-DOat was thrown np0n the shore, scatter
4 ing its freight Of half lfeless bodies some int
2, the sea, and some upon the land, but it wa
is not katharlneis boat, and neither she or tn
10 Captain Wete among the number. - ~ -
a There was work enough to do now, and i
IN was done with right good will. The frs
o. one that could speak said that all the creJ
e had left the ship; that the Captain had gOn
Do last WheFe or how mono of them knew, ,thOuQ
one OF them said after while that he had
kind OF halt recollection Of hearing the Car
tain cry out: my God Katharine" as i
:. swung over tho ships side, but he could te
lr nothing certainly there had been such conf
., sion when The ship began to 60 to pieces.
In the middle OF the forenoon the storm abf
a ns ted, and another boat madO into the bav. viii
- Captain AleOtt on board, hut though 1ba hs
"a y. thought he saw Katherine the night before
80 believed It TO be only his imagination, and kne
nothing Qf her nnyV only what Hlev toll mn
=, that she hal gone out to Save him from deaf
ia Il she could
In an hour after be had landed, he, wit
Mr.. foFBythj had taken q steam tug and we
lee Ion after tho woman who was probably lyiu
iul at that monent tatAoms deep beneath the CT
el waves. a.iI u. s..-t. TN M
Captain AlCOlt kept his own lookout and
ny had both hQaVen and hell in his head duri
ID that awful search, for II he did not find her al
es his reasons told him that il was the merest 4
az ly to hope lbr such thing. he would never fo
~ give the man who kept close beside him At Z
t." cry turn, and whose worm haagard face was
Oh tnough to mbye a stone 10 pity. If he did e.
ed her, il God would but hear and answer this, I
most terribly IN eannest pEayaR that be had q
aid or uttered ia his life, II would make him
ne changed man for all time.
N ,Wspakesuch vows in these dire straits viii
mi OVsftAk0 dsnoW ard Then, tfe worse for N
Of We do not keep them.
thal The sun began 70 Eet low in'th6 Western he
izon, and yet nothing. WOald il be in vail
HA1 C0ph he give her up now; just as he wa5 &C
ng taie ef her love, and upon the very thresho
Ithao tao Of vhat might be blisSl His eyes were stFai
ttssS ing far and wide In every direction. the no
"a and despair alternating in them, making tn
terrible TO Bbe. de was & strong man, but slrO
m men love with fearful intensity sometimes, a
b love over possible on probable grave, Is alWs
90 more or less terrible. 1el soa 8 n ea
i1I ~ last, afier smother hour, be gave suel
iue start lhAt NJ Forsyth eaught him, thinking
"a wss about N plunge overheard. s.t.g q =.
an edo you pee thatla, he aid, his face VII
be as ashes pOlnting e8 10 what seemed 10 b.
he mere gpeek upon the water. ssts.-a.
me Then ear1e the command:
at more aidam onl Strait aheadF r
ing As for Kalhafine, 6iOd took care Of her e.
. does Of fGa all when everything human fails.
~ She had somehow out lived the stormy mig
ne and thoa ht shS taa HElftine hslplesly oui
ain sea her rAhaa been loet long before, she '
ITO ahVe, and kept up tatut conrage until
nld knew that help was coming. when they hf
0h her on boaiA, ile ~ likB Uue- dead, ma :
hours aiterVaEd Ahs Odly FSpeatsd dsliriOusly
llu anawar to AithaP her fath0F Or haF lovav. aV