The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-08

aud George Garnett sat down by Nat
talIe,
ayes, must 20 away in the morn
ing; have had letter from home
home" emphasizing the word seorn-
1uliy. MY lather Is on his death bed.
Miss Barton you know wholand what
my father is ?ii
: Yes" said Natty, family. . al do"
with soft, gentle sound in her voice,
, as though she meant, "Yes, dear, l
J know but this is nothing"
Il have not spoken 10 my father for
J, four years." said Garrett. rPerhaps
J did wrong don't know. Thought
he had dlsgraced me and the memory
OF my mother so. But l must go to
him now, for he is dying. A distant
relative of my father Is with him.
, Thts cousin Is an old man, aud
wealthy. He it is who writes the let
ter. he says am the only relative
, he has leftin this country, except his
daughter, girl of eighteen. / have
, never seen her, but have heard that
, she y beautiful, aud as good as an an
gel. MY fathers cousin, writes that If
his daughtr and myself should be mu-
tuaily pleased with each oIher, pleased
enough toto marry each other, that
he VIII De glad To see US so dispUsed of
and In thst case my fortune will be
made be Is kInd enough to say that
he Knows Of nobody TO whom he |
would more gladiy trust his young |
daughters happIness than to me. Sc I
Tomorrow 1 must leave these pleas
ant lsiands, aud go u the fair young
cousfH}S whom 4 bHEe never seen. / !
hope you VIII find tI,e Test of the sum-
mer delightful, Miss Natalie"
Matte buried her face in her hands.
George 0afuett bent over her, aud /
drew the haLds away from her face |
Natty was crying.
be looked at her moment,an his /
own face looked pale in the moon
light. He moved away aud said a /
few rapid wo-ds TO the boatman in 4 /
low tone. Then he came back aud 4
sat down beside Natty in silence. DE |
took one of Natty's hands and held it |
tight In bis own, but said not q word. 1
On, on they sped, through the noon
TIT 1st-r. IL was rOugher now, and /
the waves were rolling higher. After
while .Natty looked up. The boat /
had changed its direction, and they
were out of sight of the island, the
Bay--out Of sight OF everything, 1t
seemed TO the girl. She Woud have
spuBg up but George Garnet threw
his arm around her, aud held her
down beside him. She fairly scream
ed with sarprise and half fear.
I'VE are goingT she exclaimed
wildly. u
''ro Sandusky," ans wered George
GaTnett, desperately.
Then Nstty tried TO scream In ear
nest, butthe sound died away on her
lips. @
ayes, to Sandusky," he repeated, in
voice which sounded almost savage.
'.Gri did you think Was q milksop
or an Idipt, that you could play WITH
my hear; like = chiid's toy /! Can 1 put
love on and off again at will, or snail
| let you break my heart and torture
me again as you did six years ago I? [
No, toy Heaven you shall not. What,
Nxtty, little Natty are you crying
again ? On, my darling what Gid
you think was made Of? / could
not see your sweet, false face every
day, ani LOOK Into your bright eyes,
and heaI your voice and not love you
again. You have tried every sweet
wicked vile in your pOwer-aud you
know Ito draw me to you, only that
you might cast me off and laugh at
me again. l love you so desperately
that cUuld take you In my arms this
moment ana leap overheard into the
lake with you. L am running away
with you Natalie"
Tue wind fresnened, the lake became
still rougher. F4ster and faster flew
the SAIL bat. Natty, thoroughly mis-
erable, and now thoroughly frighten-
ed, leaned her head down upon her
knees, and cried with all her might
George Gxrnett began to relent. He
looked at the unhappy girl beside him
and his lips quiversd, as always when
the mans feelings were strongly NOV
ed. He hesitated q moment-then
called to the toat-man.
1--WE cannot 20 back" answered
tue ncf II tas .ave u cGn,anS sns m Sn"gs
we ever come out OF this alive we'll
do well. Blame me il ever 1 listen to
fool again.
And now not ohly the girl, but also
her tiery-hearted, rasb'lover, and even
the veteran bOatman began to be seri-
ously alarmed. 1t required all the
boatman's skill, assisted by the now
very penitent George Garnett, to
manage the boat. Natty lay down In
q heap in the bottom of the boat, and
neither spoke nor looked up, she was
so frightene !. At length the moon
went down, and it was terrible for
little while, beating about there in the
uncertain blackness. Nobody spoke
only when the b0at'nan gave orders
to George Garnett. The most griev-
Gus troubles and the most perilous sit.
uations in this life are always ended
at last, however. After What SEEMED
to George GaTnett an eternity, the
blackness began TO brighten into grey
and star after star blinked little, and
then suddenly popped out of sight en-
tirely. OF to their right could be dim
ly perceived something which looked
like the shadowy outline of houses and
schooners.
"We'II run her in safe enough now,
I guess,n said the boatman. "But
blame me If I'm fond of this fun Z"
George Garnett crept very humbly
to the side of Natty.
Forgive me II you can, Miss Nata-
lia," he said. 81 don't think a man
ever loved woman as / love you.
/ wRs crazy, I loved you SOD
"But love you too" said Natty.
In half an hour more they were
walking up the venerable Sandusky
wharf together.
"Whaf was the use" said Natty, "of
bringing me across the lake and near
ly drowning me to tell me that you
love me, when you could have done
it so much more comfortably in the
paFlor at home |"
The steamer from Sandusky that
morning carried to Put-in-Bay very
meek and subdued young lady and
gentleman, looking something as you
have seen two runaway horses look
that have been ducked in the river.
The lady was covered with an i'm
mense brand-new linen duster, which
FIR material and makeup, was most
bizarre. 1t Is not necessary to say
that the tremendous linen duster COW
cred q ball dress. And the two peo-
pie had not much to say for them
selves. % ...
George Garnett's father rallied suf-
ficiently to be present, clothed in right
mind and In decent garments, three
months after that, at wedding, where
with the approval of all their friends,
George and Nstty were united in holy
On nAtrimony, in the orthodox fashion,
except that Natty didn't promise to
obey. They lived happy ever after.
But they never say much about how
two lunstics made the trip from Put
Bay to Sandusky one night ia q
little sail-boat--RdrPer'S Bd-Gr.
at was a case Of transmigration.
The spirit of the Ku-Klux KIan pass
"a fnto fha White Mama T,aa0ue