The Morning herald., 1876-09-25
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s1,ErPING THE LAST SLEEP.

nromised wife of David Bailey. All the
inwn svmpathized with the Joy of the bride
WV" "room and the bride was envied by halt
tbe women in the place. A speedy union
the;rs t was to be. David had waited too
1nno % for his happiness to be patient any
longer, and it mattered little to Annie
.Jhs Shen once her word was given. Before
The autumn was over they were married IN
the I little church where she had plighted
her tr troth to Matthew, and seldom had the
"u;et " place seen 80 gay a wedding. When
tbe bride and bridegroom had gone home,
and the crowd dispersed, an cid, weather
beaten sailor rose from tombstone where
be had been sitting gazing on what was 60
IN inc on and addressed a woman who was
sauntering slowly away.
81 say, Missis p
"WellW
Ts there ere a Missis Pengelly lives
WI Nhe woman stared at him with a blank
face; ;,p. Pengellyv' she repeated.
hr'' ahr " ife Of one Matthew Pengelly, as
.Ay, = '" sea long since, and never come
bacK;y a1yh.t do YOU mean?'' she said, clutch
:" h"i Nv the arm, and staring straight
ing him " "You're not he, are you"
into his face; =: nate; though he's Almost
"No, Pm ms = = .oo, ,ecrow as l am. He
such an9snef G,u here and ok at the stg tomb
ola na ms and and see if his wife was ueau'
,. G,d her name" ~,
Ca" aRetter l she were-better she were! Dlo !'
De"e, .onder 1 handsome bride and JOY
Gus bridegroom"
~TIIe TIo woman was Annie Pengelly; the
man the lad David Bailey, that he saved
from from death long ago. She though1 Ill"
dead. Look here" -,: uooorded
,he % 1oos If Matthew Pengelly, and showed
him the name. .ov .ho
said: "and David Batleys loye2 n ne,
* ~ -ough it all; and what'll come OF ltnow!
w. "uI, I,tlsery for ALL" the old man salu, hoc
ua.,h.,y ~ Pepgellys on his way here
Ma'Ipe pen,snce in trawler; Pm to meet
h;n IRON a. e Down derry yonder. for bis heart
alal ans A. IN "t the thought Of coming home
hlieG 1 snd;ns mIm a. her e dead. But it's worse
it's worse p ,,. oorofort vet.
"Don't take on; there's o0m'0'' 'e''
A'sy aycomfort! pp' Ay, pretty comfort to a :,
man who's been slave to savages, ana =
endured lr% hunger, thirst, and privation OF
a,I sorta with one hope in his heart to
burv BIZ him up it's a comfort to him TO
come @ home and find his wife married to
another isn't it? / love Matthew
pengelly as though he were my own
brother, and I'd rather jump into the aeeP !,
sea wonder than carry this news to MN.
The woman went her way into the
town and the sailor walked slowly away
towards Downderry. She did not 60
straight to Annie and tell her, but she
hiuted of something terrible about tc
happen, and her goss'ps Talked ana ere
long Matthew's name was in every NOUN
though the majority OF the takers scatce r:
knew why. 10 David Bailey and hl'
bride it came at length, soaring away tne
sunshine of their wedding day, and fill
ing their hearts with sickening terror
They found the woman who had talkee
with the old sailor, and from her they
extracted the truth.
"You had better go away" she urged II
her fr;oht "Thersll be murder maybe
he finds you here"
"David will CO." Annie said with whit
np. "There has been no wrong done, bu
It best he shorld. He will leave me
and i I,1lvill 1n | go to Dowaderry to NEE
They tried to dissuade her, but she wa
firm, and David let her 60. She put o.
her bridal attire and went away UNATTENDED
though the sky was lowering by TINS tlm
and the waves had begun to dash ana moa
upon the beach as they had done on tn
night when the coastguardsman had aske
her to be his wife. That evening was eve
present to her thoughts now as she wake
along with her head bent against the wine
he was coming back, and the old III
would begin once more. Her heart wd
full of mingled joy and sorrow, joy for hin
sorrow for the suffering loving heart sf'
had left behind. She found the old sailc
without any difficulty; he was wanderin
about in purposeless fashion; and maxim
herself known to him, she heard all he ha
to tell of Matthew's long sojourn anon
the Esquimaux, who had rescued him fro'
death, and of his fear lest he might Tin
some disaster had happened to his hop
She wept bitter tears over the sad tale, b!
there was joy mixed with it at the thougl
OF how she would atone to him for all, an
she waited with terrible impatience II
coming Of the vessel which was to brir
him back. "They can't be longer than t.
night" the old man said. owe travellt
up from Penzance, and they should ha,
been here as soon as me. This winds
their favor, though it's bit too strong