The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-22

like oil t,mid maidens who love, and 30
nothing remaiuVl for him 10 do but ask
Mrs. E,liot's approval.
On arriving at homo Csclls was sur.
prissd to see cleaning through the
the closed blinds of the parlor q bright
light, for she kuew her mother was IN
The habit Of sitting up stairs when she
spent her evenings out; and they had
but little company now to render an ex.
tsa Ere in the parlor necessary.
"Mamma certainly has company. Do,
Claude, peep through the blinds, aud sec
il you can End out who it is"
"There 10 q gentleman, . stranger to
me, sitting near the FIRE. see his head
very distinctly" said Claude. as he did
her bidding. "Who on earth is he Ce-
cile2 Can you see now ?" as he assisted
hsr to peer through The opeping.
"Yes, very we'll; but still do net
know him. Come in, Claude, and We
will soon End out bis name, at least"
They entered, and we're introduced by
Mrs. Elliot to Mr.. Dunbar. Mrs. Elliot's
face was flushed and strangely excited,
the mo,s percephble to Claude and her
daughter from comparison with her usual
calm appearance. Cecile's own bright
and happy face clouded over, as she be
gan to anticipate somo new misfortune
To one who has met with succession Of
troubles, there is always added that
dreadful feeling Of presentimcut Of com
ing evil. That is, indeed, the worrying
part Of sorrow-that dreading, expecting
OF the new ones to come, which every
woman knows, aud which come feel most
accu'e'y Real trials can be borne bet
ter when they actually come, but this con
stant expectation Of them sinks the heart
aud weakens the brain.
"Cecile, said Mrs. Elliot, after pause,
in the conversation, "do you remember
the account l related to you Of your
fathers finding gentleman on deserted
ship and his rescue?"
"Perfectly, mamma"
"He was Mr.. Duubar's uncle, and he
has come from Scotland, tho bearer Of
news, the most unexpected to mo that
you can we'll conceive. Do not look
alarmed, my DEAR" us she saw Cecile's
eyes questioning her, "'tis all good, and
certainly welcome, though rorantic."
"Mamma, as we always treat Claude
as a part Of our family, tell the good
news at once. You will ex cuse my curl
osity, Mr.. Dunbar?' and the smile
would have excused greater fault.
with your permission, Mr.. Dunbar,
I will relate the whole story to Mr.. Spen
Ger Of your uncle's rescue"
"Certainly, my dear madam, shall be
glad to hear the particulars, for my uncle
was 20 eccentric that, although We hat
been told by him that he had been res
cused, yet he scarcely spoke Of it after
wards to my mother or myself, who re
sided with him. My Uncle Graham
Miss Elliot, was a bachelor, and NJ,
mother his widowed sister,"
"My husband, said Mrs. Elliott. "wbsl
out at sea, on one Of his voyages to Liv-
erpool, narrowly escaped shipwreck from
a severe storm. When it had subsde,
and the sea was again calm and smiling
he deserted 10 the distance . black OBJ
ject, which he at once knew to be dis
mastcd ship. With the hope Of savin,
some one be went out of his course t.
help those who had Jared worse thai
himself. AS he nearcd it he saw that i
was total wreck, one end nearly covered
by the water. Ho, with some sailors
went to it in a small boat to learn he
name, port, &c. As he rowed under he
cabin. from which the protection wa
removed, he saw . face 30 ghastly an
corpse.like that he thought it must b
that Of q dead man but an unuatura
cry startled even bis bold heart:
"Helpl oh help for Gods sake
cried the voice.
ACapt. Elliot did not need this cry
urge him; for before the words wer
we'll uttered, he had climbed the dec
and was descending the stairs Of tn
cabin. He there found q gentleman ly
ing near the window so emaciated 40
exhausted from hunger and sick ness tina
be had tainted when my husband entered
In that state he was placed in tho boa
and conveyed to the ship, after Captai
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neither persons nor papers on board, an
that the vessel was rapidly sinking. Th
coo! air as they rowed back restored th
gentleman to consciousness but it wa
several days before he had strength I
give suecinct account Of himself. II
then informed my husband that ho ha
b.en sick when the storm commenced
and knew nothing Of its progress. Hi
cabin windows having beeu fastene
down, he was not aware Of what tim
they had deserted the ship and himssl
whom they had forgotten iu their hurr
10 leaving the sinking vessel.
"The Onptain told me, Mr.. Duuba1
that your uncle appeared to him as yer
eccentric man, evidently grateful, bu
shu aning all manifestation Of it. Whe
thoy reached Liverpool, Captain Ellie
6udiug Mr.. Graham without friends g
money, kindly gave him money TO- reac
Scotland, Of which country he said b
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