The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-06-11
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All is Well That Ends Well.

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Z should not have this story to write, but the
terr;hIe r. % wilderness of the night, the furious
lashing of the rain, the roar of the angry sea,
made her falter for moment upon the thresn-
hold before going out. The wind in that one
moment whirled past her, and blew open tne
halfshut library door, bringing her father 1Fom
the room to see what had happened. o., :.
oKatharine, you are not going outf IN
amazement.
EYES," :: x
There was certainly no hesitation IN her
voice. and something in her eyes mace her
father careful of his next words. -,
"Let me go if it is a necessary errand:"
"It is necessary errand, but one which my
father would not wish to attend to-" sne said,
With her eyes looking straight into his "a
m.sn soasse,,ger @ brought me word i've minutes since
that Courtney Alcott's vessel was upon the
rocks at Bay Stone Point"
ssYou will do nothing unwomanly, trust,
Mr. Forsyth said, in real alarm now, as ne took
his rubber coat from the rack and hastily put
it on. e..o. ,e ror ora
afraid of me-" she said as quietly as before,
THOUGH he saw we'll enough it was forced
quiet "for am afraid of myself tonight.
0na thing certain, if Captain Alcott lives to
see me AGAIN, he will know that love him,
and that it was no fault of mine that ne
thought differently six months ago"
MI. Forsyth fairly groaned. He had been
so sure of her, and so certain, only this very
evening that she would accept his plans 1or
uniting the house and the lands OF the FOR
svths and the Holworths, but now this pleblan,
that he hated as he hated poison, must come
between him and his most cherished hopes;
There are times when such thing as author
itv with a parent is not, and cannot be thought
of. This was the time. He must 60 with her,
and while her face held that awful look, if he
was wise man there would be little said.
It was full mile to the Point, and they
started out, silent and anxious. He hoped IN
his heart that the vessel would 60 to atoms,
thonph he dared not think that he hoped so,
thoueh as he strobe on beside his quiet daugh-
ter he had some doubts whether that event
vonld mend the matter in the end. Katharine
had. from her young girlhood-she was low
twenty-three-bee most incomprehenslble
nerson to those who knew her best, and year
back she had reached the climax OF incompre-
hensibility by accepting, tac!tiy, the almost
reckless alteration Of Captain Alcott VINO
cared as little for her aristocratlc blood as any
man living. but who would, almost if not quite,
have laid down his life, if need be, for the love
of this woman.
Katharine's father had managed to see him
alone when he came to make his last call be-
fore sailing, and in reply to the Captains ques-
tion if he would entrlst his daughter to his
keeping, Mr.. Forsyth had answered that he
could not, because other plans were matured
for her. and Katharine was engaged to-day
would he excuse her land had bowed him out
with ali the politeness of an Earl, and the
Captain had gone out to sea curslng the proud
father who had stood between him and the
dearest hope he ever had, and almost curslng
the proud daughter, too.
Mr.. Forsyth had told his daughter OF the
interview, told every PARTICULAR, without com.
ment, because he was little atraid not 70 lie let
her know it, and she had received the intelli-
pence with equal reticence, which the father
hoped argued we'll, though for the life OF him
he could not tell whether it did or whether 1t
did not. -.
Tonight he knew for certainty where his
daughters heart was, and he knew as we'll ne
had little to hope for, unless Providence should
favor him by opening the door into the next
world for the suitor Of his daughter.
AS they emerged from the grove of pines,
which skirted the beach, the spray began to
cut their faces sharply, and the whole: fury OF
the storm seemed to strike them as 1t had not
done before. :,
at is dreadful night, Katharine, you had
best return"
0Hush p' Her voice was strained. ~ had
rather by far drown in this hungry ocean here,
than live to know that he had gone down."
She did not usually go to her father or any
one else with her heart secrets, but tonight
she would have spoken to any one who had
been uear her, with but little heed as to who
that person was.
The wreckers were gathered together upon
the sand with their boats, ropes, life preservers
and everything needful, but nothing was being
done, nothing could be done they told MIR:
FORSYTH, and all the while came the boom
boom boom! from the guns of the lll-fated
vessel on the rocks, around which the sea was
tugging, and drawing and surging, as II eager
to swallow it up and be done with it at once.
Katharine left her fathers side and went up
10 one of the bravest of the men.
Chow can you stand here. Is no one ready
10 90 with your" she asked.
ayes, we be all ready enough, Miss, but the
good Lord help the poor man who goes out TO-
night" .,,
Katharine said not another word, but thank
ing the "good Lord" that she knew how to
handle both boat and a pair of oars, she
slipped through them, and before any one
knew it, she had unfastend boat, was in IT.
and going out swiftly on a receding wave to-
ward the rocks and-him.
The light Aared on white faces enough wher
thew found that woman had gone out alone
and Mr.. Forsyth gasped for breath, and nearly
tainted when he really believed that it was
true. =,
The rest of that long highland it seemed
as if morning would never come-they pacec
up and down the beach, while the storm ragged
on. for not man would follow the mad wo
man, though Mr.. Forsyth offered them more
money than most of them had seen at once In
He could not row himself, and so halfcrazed
knowing how we'll he loved his child, he had
to endure, as best he might, the horrors of that
time. which his heart told him would end in Ger.
tain death. One such hour will teach us more
of ourselves than common lifetime. Oh, il
ha had bic traasnre for one moor half hour now