Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-01-19

must bc diverted to the opposite regions
for the eternal glory OF the Power thai
made them. and she was contented.
Aud so. without troubling herself about
fine points OF Justification. she was think
ing OF her brother.
"What do you want,m me to do 2' she
said.
As she spoke there was fash of vivid
lightning. and she saw. as distinctly as
she had ever seen anything in her lie. \
dismasted ship rolling among the break
els. not a hundred miles from ,he shore.
She saw. in that same instant. the poor
creatures on deck, and one OF them bore
tue face she had seen At the window her
brothers lace.
My brother is on that ship" said
Prudence.
TO her. even then. it did not seem
marvellous that the lace had been sent to
tell her that duty summoned her TO risk
her lite, perhaps. TO save dying man.
Ii was nothing more wonderful ihan a
hundred stories she had heard OF unusual,
apparili6hs. 50 she closed the window
and laid her hand gently upon her check.
Ezekiel said she, "Ihere i' ship
wreck close in-shore.'
She looked up At the window. The face
had returned. and was watching her
every motion.
Ezekiel started clumsiiy up, and stared
at his wife. There Is shipwreck close
n-shore :" she repeated.
Ezekiel had the utmost faith IA his
wife. To her clear and earnest simplicity,
her lew words and her quiet thoughtful
ness. he fully submitted every detail
which required consideration or advice.
liz fell. .as stoid. heavy, honest natures
sometimes do, the superiority of her
tranquil temperament. lie was worn
and tired with a hard days woak, hut hc
rose mechanically and put on his hat and
sea coat.
Ezekiel. do you see him ?" she said
Whom ?"
"lIim. my broIh.r, At the window
there :"
"Np."
Ezekiel. M brother is on Ih7t ship.
viii You save him ''
Il DO not even soc ship hc said.
WYATT for the fash, aud you will see
it,"
lie went to the door and opened il He
had. meantime, taken from the closet
large coil OF rope Ezekiel knew "a we'll
as his wife, aud even better. how utterly
powerless was all human aid to a ship in
the breakers around Ipswich coast. But
he took the coil OF rope and went 10 ia G
door.
Meanwhile. Prudence watched The face.
Without taking her eyes iIom il. she
went to the open door and stood beside
her husband.
As the frequent hashos permitted. she
saw the ship. sometimes, indeed. only
the tips Of its broken spars above the
angry loan. but still distinctly, over aud
among them. her darling brothers face.
As each fash came. she would say,
Ezekiel, do you see ii yet ?' and as often
he would say, NO"
at is there can you save them ?' said
she.
II see no ship; but, ii it be there. |
cannot save them"
but 1t is your duty to try" she said.
1T is not my duty to you. Prudence.
Then il is mine-gise me the rope !"
"Are you mad ?" he shouted.
She had seized the coil, and was rush
ing down toward the sea
"Are you mad ?" he cried again, as he
followed her.
The house door instantly swung to be-
hind him with great crash. 10 the
pi,chy darkness and 10 the hurricane,
guided only by the faint glow from the
frelighted windows and the Rtful CLEANS
of the lightning, he struggled down the
steep sides Of the promontory. "Pfd
dence Prudence - he shouted; bat only
the bowling tempest answered him.
All night Ezekiel paced the beach. II
was only when morning broke that he
assembled again 10 The house. His two
motherless boys were still asleep in their
chairs, and he stopped and kissed them.
perhaps for the first time in their lives
but he kissed them for their mothers
sake.
Ia the lapse of time Ezekie took an
other mate "A sharp shrill-voiced
Hshermans daughter, TO whom. neverthc
less, be was good husband, as to the
first, and many chillIen were born to
them.
But Ezekiel never ceased TO remem-
Der the gentle voice and calm and
peaceful face of Prudence. aud, drudge
that he was. TO be better man for the
Strange to say, her body never was
found, neither was there any discernable
trace in the sea OF shipwreck near the
spot where she had seen the vision.
But many years after, when The
United States Coast Survey explored the
vicinity OF Ipswich Light, they found,