The Troy herald., 1876-11-15

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aud waters, she sometime, fancis 4
that she heard Nannikin blcsting, aud
the cock most dolorously growing.
but there WAS moro grief In store
for her. Alick began to look st her
and talk just a. her father had looked
aud talked. lle too was down with
the fever. Steve had 10 do every.
thing, for still the winds aud waves
rushed OH 40 II they werc bent on
sweeping the strong lighthouse Oe.
fore them like o straw. Jessie had
gOno 10 sleep with her curly head
nestled into Coxswain's warm shaggy
side, when euddculy she was unpleas.
an,!y aroused. Her wing pillow had
started up. humping her head on the
floor, and having lifted up his honest
nose, wus bowling most dismally.
Steve, who was getting very cxcita.
Llc, SO different from the casy.gOimg
fellow who had lifted her out of the
boat aud carried her up the Light.
house Rock, that jessie was grOwi lug
more aud more afraid Of him. came
down aud kicked poor Coxswain into
the lower regions. There he went
ON bowling aud that night Allck,
who was his favOritc master, died.
Steve, who IN the course Of his heavy
nightwatch. had many times hurried
down to look after his mate aud sec
that Jessie slept, when he came down
IN the morning, after putting out the
light, found Al,ck lying half out Of
bed, and quite dead.
Next night no light flashed from
the lantern over tho hlack waves.
Steve was tcver.strickcn also, aud
wandered about the lighthouse IN tho
dark like n troubled ghost. At last
he lay down on the Goals in the
gloomy s,Orcroom. Jessie, whose
fear had kept her awake while he
was wandering about, fell asleep,
cuddling her kitten, with her weary
It'll, head between faithful Coxs.
) wuin's head aud forc.paw Coxs.
vain must have felt crampcd. but he
, never stirred, except TO lick his little
pro,cgc's face, until sunshine falling
on 1t awokc her. the first sunshine
that had fallen IL the lighthouse 70,
three weeks. Jessie had got used ia
waking with all her clothes on, but
she could not understand the suh'
shine. She crawlcd to one Of iht
, thick, dcep.sct windo VS., and saw |,
| spaugling the still turbulent. but new
. crthclcss subsldimg tea. The win.
had gone down, the sky was clearing
, she could SEQ the white walls Of The
lighthouses little shore COLONY again
, Then she felt hungry, and hunting
| about, found some biscuit, whicl
, Coxswain grave,y shared with her
, but the kitten mcwcd for milk.
She fancicd she heard Stove stag
!, geriny up toward her aud crept be
, meath the table, behind CoxswaiM
When Steve did not make his appear
=, ance, she vcnturcd 10 look out Of th'
, window again. A little fore am,l At
sclioO Omer.riggrd craft was flying Owe
the waters like n tern, MS straight fo
, the lighthouse as its pilot dared Il
, steer.
y Nearer and nearer 1t drew aud thei
, with fierce tlapof canvas. put about
while q strongly manned boat came
bounding like cork oyer tho billOw
!, toward the Lighthouse Rock.
Steve had seen it ns well rs Jessie
!, A recollection OF discipline tliuct
y through h,s dislrausht mind. Slip
=. ping on his uniform jacket, he hur
rich down to the edge of tho rock Il
help the crew to make last and land
!, Those who meant TO land having
!. poor Steve grow violent. They hal
to ito his arms behind him. fette
y him also with tho line flung up from
the boat. aud 40 fastened they low
~ cred him at last into 1t. half drenche.l
Poor Alexis corpse, palled with
blanket, was carried down into tn
boat. Ncxt. cudlling her kitten, Il