The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-17
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She was willing to humble herself, to
forego her woman prerogative of being
sought again, aud tell him that she loved
him with all her soul, and pray him TO
take her to his soul once more.
The breeze grew to steady force as
they paced up and down the beach, and
the waves grew higher and rolled further
up the sands; but the sky was clear and
the sun shone warm and bright, and the
fresher wind seemed to give a new charm
to the scene; the birds grew more joy
Gus, the rustling leaves added their mur-
mur to the melody of the waves, and
nature was glad, indeed.
As they reached shaggy gray rock
that rose where the beach curved sea-
ward, forming sheltered cove opening
to the east and south, they stopped, and
Bertha assembled it aud gazed OFF across
the water. She could see Easthope's lit
tie feet of small craft to the south, and
the tall sails of great ship slowly grew
dim and melted in the gray blue of the
horizon beyond them, Turning north,
she seemed to see dark speok crest a
wave for moment, and then disappear,
"Carrie, Carrie, theresa piece of wreck
coming from the direction of Sorrow
Reef p she cried, and her sister sprang
to a place beside her.
Sorrow Reef was a sharp-edged mass
of rocks, lying fifty miles away to the
northeast, and woe to the ship that struck
thereon. They would cut the stoutest
plank as easily as knife would chip,
and as the waves often hid them they
We're dangerous, indeed.
There had been heavy gale some days
hefsre, but the westerly wind that fol-
lowed had kept the drift of shore, and
so no sign of disaster had foated to them,
and there was no knowledge of any.
A piece OF wreck coming from the
direction of Sorrow Reef was always a
sign of death, and so both girls watched
narrowly for the object Bertha had seen,
Soon it rose on the crown of roller
speeding in shore, and both cried out
"It is a boatW
1t came nearer every moment, for
though NO oars or sails were used, the
wind and sea were both ON shore, and
bore the light craft merrily along.
"There is no one in it," said Carrie,
after giving the approaching craft long,
close scrutiny, "Doubtless tits the long
boat Of some ship that went to pieces on
the reef, and this being loose, drifted
ol.,n
'8rhere Is something or some one in 1t,
for | can see fragment of dark cloth" t"
said Bertha, "0h, Carrie, what If it is
some poor, starved sailor f'
1--WE viii soon know answered Car
rie, ''for the boat Is coming right on the
beach below us. Let us go there and
secure it as it comes in"
They jumped down TO the sand, and,
removing their boots and stockings, stood
toAuy W eh'or uo "e'ei anu naui .ne
boat ashore II came ON slowly bu'
surely, and, as Carrie had said, directly
to the beach below the rock. 1t appeared
to be unohseryed by any one but them
selves, and they did not deem it neces-
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| A glance told Carrie the reason, 70
the face lying there with the sunhgh
illuminating IT was the face Of Rob Mor
ris, pinehed and shrunken from hunge
and thirst but brave and frank as
old.
Bertha's cry had reused some OF tn
other women, and the boat was soon SUI
] rounded by eager, anxious faces an,
willing hands were lifting the senseles
forms Of Bertha and Rob,