The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-08

would insisteupon oar ,shasing his Asuse
and home. and seeing his Mary.
=. .If YOU call tho scow Handsome, /
don't know what you'll say to her!"
he chuckled, with infinite delight and
nrida. .".~ .xs.; = ,<,., an l=.tst
W. s.id nothing. How ll;.l 1: i. got her,
and where, was useless TO ask but had
he plunged to the neither deep and
fished up s mermaid, the most beauti.
full in that watery kingdom, had he
mounted in . balloon to the stars and
| picked her of. from one Of those bits Of
fire, had he ransackcd the elements |
themselves fora prodigy Of beauty and
grace, he could not have gone beyond
little May. Jack always called her
Mary, but Ralph, said she must be
called May, because she was the en-
bodiment of spring-of all that was
fresh, and bril- GIT, and beautiful.
! II told you so!' said Capt. Jack,
winkiug and noddi~g with oil his might.
The poor fellow, seemed heartily to
enjoy the homage we paid tc his wife
and chile, for there was baby in the
boatman's home, q yellow.haired, blue.
eyed infant, some such child as would
delight the eye and heart Of q painter:
Ralph, unconsciously enough, fell
into habit Of lounging away the best
part Of his time in the house by the
shore. At almost any hour in the day
one might hear his pleasant voice read.
ing bits Of poetry to May, or caroling
. out snatches Of song to the child. After
time all this changed; he grew moody
and restless: a shadow fell on the
Z young woman's face; and Capt. Jack
would insist upon my going off with
him for hours together-fishing, oyster.
}. ing, up to the market, anywhere and
everywhere, so that it was not in the
= open air or on the free glad waters of
the bay.
}, Heaven knows tried to stay at home
8 with them, but Capt. Jack would have
me 20. was afraid to openly rebel,
:, because-well, because l did not care
to breed a devil in that dormant but
powerful BRAIN.
L. thus was tied, rendered helpless by
tho honesty and confidence of Jack, the
innocence of May. and the ungovern'
able passion of Ralph. became vic
tim to all these terrible agencies for
,e evil, without being able to think Of a
10 plan for ameliorating them.
d Suddenly, and without any previous
a. warning, the knot in this tangle became
le unraveled. There was only one way
i. out Of this whirlpool, and Ralph pro
n posed it himself.
ID He care to mo one night, pale as .
ID spectre, and said in hoarse whisper
,g that we must go at day break.
q 'Go?" I said. $50 where-to tn,
er cityg ,,
IN thest ends Of the earth!' he cried
m raising his hands in spasm Of agony
Id I said no more, but packed our port
ed manteaus and got to bed, while poo
e. Ralph walked the floor till morning.
to With the first beam of the sun cam
rp the cry Of the baby in the adjoining
If room, and Ralph came over to tn
st bed.
a. Gift hadn't been for the child
1g he said, and paused.
o. swell, thank God, then, for the child
at Ralph" said. "You'll say SO your
ir, self some day."
w We "CI0 8UOA1O q 6tcal0Gl Iue lick
An weak, bound for the Spanish MAR
k. From thence we set sail for Egypt
IL and heaven knows where tho restles
ss soul of my comrade had not draw
er | me.
ng At last he came to me himself.
q I'm homesick, Hail. he said, ''Let'
get back to America
Of Useless to descant upon my raptur,
Ter l was the most disguised and wor
us out pilgrim that the world had eve
ell seer.
tic There were no pcrils for US by Ian
,ol or sea till we reached the Kill Won Kul
To get to the dear old mansiontwher
#. abode the dearest old Quaker lady thu
Ter ever was moved by the spirit to hay
Ter such son as Ralph, wehad to take tt
i'm river boat. And now the sun was Sc
lly ting over the familiar hills, the water
led Of the bay all aglow. had reason
ice hope that in an hour VIC would be SAT-
d. But just then Ralph started to h
feet. l had had hoped he was aslee]
be- but there was slumbering light in h
d. eye that told of brooding and disco1
tent. "Come," he said: ''before tt
ID, light dies quite away 1 must have or
80. look at the shore
"Rslph," cried, ''don't! ask it
ow you!"
ny But he was half way up the stairs
in not the stairs we had descended; til
an others, the ones that led to May an
the child. 1t was destiny. They stos
Tor by the pillar in almost the same att
81 tude as when last saw them.
of Ralph, in mounting the last ste
ow tumbled forward.
II beg PARDON" he said; and the
it, remained with mouth agape and starin
rs. eyes, looking at the woman and tn
zen child.
he She said not word. 1t will be r,
membered that she had seen him befor,
on He staggered forward. "May,"
lr- sail-'why, May!'' then put his han
he to his head in bewilderment, She sti
he remained speeches.; but her lip
Of trembled, het hands left the shoulde,
ne Of her child and unconsciously cxtende
Of themselves to him.
ar- Eyes, yes," he cried, "oh, come I
he mel He drew her to his side, devou
for ing her with his eyes, while her own fe
his fell, filled with tears, under his bur,
,ut ing gaze.
Ike AT that moment there was cry
terror, rush forward-too late. Th
| child who hs1 ol;onhol ,,rro%:ool .,s>