The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-07-08

his handspike lie came up and ben
close to David. raising his voice abov,
the racket: Dave, wasn't your leg eve
broke or anything9''
NO"
His countenance fell Back went tn,
carriage. Clink, clink, rang the crow
bar Hiss, clatter, plash, crash, rip rip
rip! Journey after journey the log made
up and down
''Nor arm ?" after half an hour, as i
the conversation had not been interrupt
ed
mo, nor arm
Another half hour with its rattle o.
ratchet and creak of carriage and roar o
water and crash cf saw
well, see here" drawing very close
and laying his great hand on David'S
shoulder; ''if you ever hear me speak
about it. You know wy, YOU needn't
let on. How's that p
David wondered whether IIersey were
crazy or he himself in dream
Stay with me till mornin', Dave: I'm
out o. Killer tonight"
Davd's eye followed him eNultingly.
Ellen Ilersey for his sake looked with
disdain on the bully of Birdseye, and her
father had evidently abandoned all oppo-
| stion.
Suddenly the light of JOY died from his
face, his cheek flushed and his ears ting
led. lie saw it all. There We're many
| forms of danger he could face in a way
to shame the bravest man he knew Yet
not having the physical harGihood that
| finds recreation in tistcutfs. he felt with
humiliation that he did lack what was
| known III the elegant HirdSeye dialect Us
sand in the gizzard. At this moment it
would have been 4 pleasure to meet a
roaring lion in Il lonely desert and had
| there been an elephant convenient he
would have knocked him down With hls
| fist. Mr. Jersey, too kind hearted to deny
the suit, had been driven to this rather
| cowardly method of escaping possible dis
| honor Should worst come to worst, and
! David tail at any time according to the
! Birtlacye code, Mr. llersey would not be
disgracrd because his son-in-law .'hadn't
the sand" \ popular belief i'll broken
! arm would cover Il multitude Of short
comingS
When the east began to brighten Mr.
IIersey asked David to breakfast With
him, and they left the mill together. As
they brushed through the dewy fern, and
mmdrakes, and ducked their heads under
hanging boughs, Il few brl-Do.es greeted
them. preludIng, like the promOnltoiY
drops that 90 before 2 summer shower
the rain Of melody that was soon TO burst
from wood and thicket, Fantastic lapors
blown softly into ghostly shapes. were
climbing heayenWarti-Wa creatures OF
| the night rising from tens and byWays to
be clothed in purple and gold on high.
Emerging from the heavy wood amid
glistening gossamer and poverty grass,
lIersey paused ut length in the full sun
light You don't know, Dave, how She
looked tloatin' in tn water that night
th' whtcst things n tn world grows out
o. muck =
Giving m awkward twirl 70 his shaggy
beard he added, turning forward again,
''lm muck myself That's so'
Their path here touched the edge OF the
pound and they paused to bathe their
faces. Inn muck myself, repeated Mr.
lIersey rs he threw his hat behind him up
on clunp of buru-he4 ".\n' | told her
ut supper l'l see her delderu a. Whats
that >"
The ascending mist revealed the over
turned c;lnor Still slowly drifting shore
ward. No apprehension was expressed
Yet something quickened their steps.
| Ellen-there were half dozen eXpIana-
| tions of her absence over night from
home They failed as fast as presented
IN an honr the shore WAS dotted with
watching mrighbors. Through the depths,
as the sun went up Wayered an effect of
golden riu@lets The cool water spark
| led and laughed, hut bahhed none of its
secrets
Some vcnturel to sulmise that She had
| purposclv sought a violent escape from
trouble But the theory OF David prevail
ed She had met her death in an unwarv
attempt to possess the sleeping flower
which, as She had told him at parting, she
would carry with her Thus her face had
| Instantly met the water and her voice
been sifled ere She had wholly fallen To
the mystery of silence was added the
greater one that her body did not appear
some Of the mterlacing stems. whose buds
untolded that morning to none but fearful
eyes. had tWincd themselves about her
to keep her amid The dark lite-in-dcath
from which they drew the fragrance and
purity they carried upward
The morning, but for the painful ;tb-
seuce OF all sounds Of human joy or in
duStry, was like that on which David,
two days before, when this idyl begins,
had declared his love and been accepted.
| The woods were full Of music, the air Of
delicate perfume. There was not want
ng the same sweet commerce between
pond and sky cloud below and n lily
above. CHAl NCE IhCKoN.