Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-01-06

Providence should favor him by opening
the door into the next world Tor this suit.
or OF his daughter.
As they emerged from the grove Of
pines which skhtcd the beach. the spray
began to cut their faces sharply, aud the
whole fury of the STORM seemed To strike
them as i, had not done before
Ill is dreadful night, Katharine
You had best rctuu.~
"llush~ Her voice WAS sharp and
strained. az hal rather by Tar drown in
this hungry ocean here, than live to
know jhat he had gone down"
She did no, usually 20 to her father OF
any one else with her healt secrets, but
tonight she would have spoken to any
one who had been near her, with little
heed as 10 who that person was
The wrtckers were gathered upon The
sand with boats. ropes, liie.preservor,,
everything neeltal. Jut nothing was
being done, nothing could be done, they
told Mr.. Forsyth. and all the while came
the boom boom boom lom the guns
OF the i'll lated vessel upon The rocks.
u.uul which the sea was tagging nrd
drawing and surging, as it eager o.
swallow it up and be done with it al once.
Katharine lett her fathers side and
went up 10 one of the bravesto of the men.
GLOW can You stand here? I, no one
ready To 20 with you?" she asked.
Yes, we bo a!l ready enough, Miss,
but The good Lord help ,be man who
soe, ou, TO night"
Katharine said not another word. bat,
thanking the good Lord ,ha, -he knew
hos to handle both boat and pair oi
oars, she slipped through them, and be
lose any knew IL, she had unia,tcned @
boat, WAS in it. and going out swiftly
on "a recediug wave toward The rocks
Ard-him.
The light lat,d upon white faces
enough when Nh FORSYTH ga,pcd for
breath, aui neatly tainted wbcu no really
believed ,hat J., Wa, iuc.
The re>, ot Char long ufsb,-aad J.,
seemed as !. morning would never
comv-they psced up and down Lc
beach. while tha storm ragged ON. tor not
a man would follow the mad woman,
though Mr. Forsyth offered them more
money ,hau mos, of them had ever seen
at once in al their lives, il they would
make the attempt lie could not row
himself. aud so, half crazcd. knowing
now how well he loved his child. he had
To- cuduie as best De might The horror, Of
tha, time. which ais heart told him would
end in certain death One such hour
teaches Us more of ourselves than %
commoa lifetime. On, ii he had bis
treasure for one poor hall hour now,
how me would take her TO hi, heart They
had dislrusted each other Tor many days.
but there was love, bouudlcss stores OF
IL, in the depths of their hearts for each
other. be knew, and as he wrung his
hands in an agony of despair, aud cried
ont tor his child, the rough men tell
their hearts brcaking. though they could
not help him.
Al last rs the morning began t. dawn
aT.ie boat was thrown upon the shore.
scattering its freight of half lileless
bodies. some into The sea. and some upon
land, but it was not Kaihariue's boat,
aud neither she nor the Captain was
among the number.
There was work enough to do now.
aud ii va, done with right good will.
The frst one that could speak said that
all lhe crew had lett the ship; that the
captain had gone last. where or how none
of them knew, though one Of them said
after a while that he had a kind of hat
recollection Of hearing the Captain cry
out my God Katharine, as he swung
over the ships side, but he could not tell
anything certainly. there had been con.
fusion when the ship began to 20 to
pieces.
In the middle Of the forenoon the
storm abated, and another boat made into
the bay, with Captain AIcott on board,
but though he thought he saw Katharine
the night before he believed it to be only
his Imagination, and knew nothing OF
her now only what they told him. that
she had gone out to save him from death
if she could
In an hour alter he had landed. he,
with Mr. Forsyth, had taken a steam tug
and were off after lhe woman who was
probably lying at that moment fathoms
deep beneath the cruel waves.
Captain Aleott kept his own lookout,
and he had both heaven and hell in his
head during that awful search. Tor il he
did not find her and his reason told him
that it was the meIest folly to hope for
such thing, he would never forgive The
man who kept close beside him at every
turn, and whose worn, haggard face was
enough to move stone to pity. If he
did find her, il God would but hear aud
answer this, the most terribly.in earnest
prayer that he had ever uttered in his
lite, it would make him changed man
Tor all time.
We make such vows in The dire straits
which Oyertake US now and then; the
worst for Us it We do not keep them.
Tho sun heUan Ia Oet low i'm the west