The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-16


orept away home with tagging steps and
aohlug hearts, AMI of that half dozen only
one believed IN him Or counted as truth tho
words he had spoken Eve minutes ago.
"Scnienccd o. Tuesday, hanged o Mon
day week. All its quick work. said an
old sailor, who stood In the minst Of about
"A dozen people III the market place.
Stephen oughtn't IT, be hanged till the
bOdy's found" SAID another wilh decision.
'Twuuld be strange If it had been" siud
a man ~ the drc-s OF pilot seeing what
river ourn ~. an how " runs IN o tho
sea. D'ye remember, Matthew last win
ter, how that same river swept away the
mIllOr's house, ay-an' tho miller an hls
good wife Us well-an' their bodies was
never sighted from that day to this"
" We all mind that" SAID "A withcred old
woman who rested on stick; "but the
river don't play such tricks every day.
and no one SdW Steve do IL. Seems be
levin, | say"
" You never saw the corn CROWN, did
you. Mother Lisal' asked young fisher
mau; " but you've seed the grain put IN,
haven't YOU. Mother Lisay No one saw
steve Kill Maurice, but we know'd well
enough how he hated I'm, an why
an the last time Maurice were viewed
alive, he were quarrcllng with Steve like
mad bv the river side. AN though steve
didn't"
"P'raps not; but Steve didn't kill nm
for all that" muttered Lisa. "Who saved
more lives on thus coast than any other
man fui iiity miles round - she cried, with
Il fiery ring in her quaverng old voice.
VINO dared an did white other men
looked am hrsitntcd who was ne good u
frcu' to the women rs lac was COmfade to
the men? StephCn--Stcphrul
" You speak truth, MOTHER said the
pilot; 90 the lad was u brave one. an his
life was clean, but he spout it ail-all 10y n
cOwarily crime
" Maurice was ue'cr-do- well" said Lisa
gfA al lt.ta
dom. not Stephen's.'
" Lisa is a clever woman" said tho red
faced wife Of the pilot; "but she don't
consider idcfs. II steve had naught to DO
WI u, why were his close ali torn an his
hands red wi blood when he came back
the niAht Maurice disapp, ared?"
Ih'N mot an quarIelrd.' said Lisa
hogg"dly. Il don't deny that; an # ever
a man hud cause to be angry, II were Ste
phcn. Why did Maurice come utween him
an Dinah:'
Ills the women that il the ruing Of
everything, SAID old jacob .ighing. " Both
the lhus nd he wdlkln' about among us
TINS yer! minute II IL hadua been for d.
nah
steve was bnhly used there" said "A
cOmeiy yong iishwiie; " for he'd loved her
always, from the time She WAS that high -
AMI She land her hand on the head OF the
tOdiliug child by her side. lie aller,
looked upon her rs hisIi. for no other man
ever came nigh hrr to spcaK u word OF
love, Tor ull GO sidcrrd her Steves; an
then Maurice came IN between 'ein, and
twant To he believed stephen would let
her 20 without a word
twas the lass fault said the pilots
wife. she ought To have stuck ~ Ste
phcn. IL, a poor love that's turned hN u
inner shape Or better tace-nOt bat what
Mauiicc had "A way wi HIM were like
bit % sunshine com in To n house. AN
however dun an troubled folks was when
he came among 'en. he'd cheer EN- ali up
nn' leave Gun smllin'. Poor lad-poor lad!"
Tears STOOD in her hard eyes rs she broke
Oh. aud from the softening of all the faces
around save Li-a's, II was PLAN tina. he
had been the darling OF their eyes.
lie had the voice OF an angel. said the
young !ishwite, signing.
An n heart rs false as Satan, muttered
Lisa InaudlUly.
50 lie had. said the pilot. "Imind
how You Wlilinln was all IN love wi him
when he first came. lie had "a rare WAY W.
hun. but all the same, he wornt ~ much
OF wlninln man rs "a man man.
d" Twas ms WAYS took Dnahs fancy"
sand the pilOt wife; tor stephen never
were much of bigger of man, and nad
no pol IN his manners. often were
struck with the difference atwecn EN-. for
they were always toeethcr--aiways; an
lis year an month since Maurice came
among IA, and said he would learn 10 be "a
fisherman an 1--we as We uil.'
"Ay, an he did, too said the pilot.
though We looked ,lskew at him nj llrst:
bur We soon found out he war OF good
stun. an them white hands OF hi, 'ud do
"a good IA day work As any pairo our
own, al altcr that we-loved him."
" Don't be afraid" oToakrd Lisa; "he'll
con-" back, never ie.lI bad pennies alters
POOR soul" said the young h,hwife
aside; she was always u little mai J."
Aloud. You forget one thing, Mother
Li-H-Diuah. An" she added, DRAWING a
sharp. quick breath, my God, how he
loved her! an do you think he would stay
away from her ali this time y his own free
VIM
There are other wimmin in the world.
said Lisa, noddiug. " Did ye ever see "A fair
man with blue eyes aud gay smile stick
TO one? How Il ye know he not gone of
" lie lett Dmah in the morning. saving
he would be back To spend TIE cVtuln' wi
her, n he alters id, and she never seed
lhn agcn. He war on ms way 10 her when
he met stephen said the pilots wIte.
My little Mary fell dOana, she was comm
from class, an he picked her an her books
M an brought her 10 the house door,
an said he, | can't stop mlnnet for
I'm goln' 10 see Dinah. He spoke rs gay
rs "A lark."
"An' no one ever saw him after" said
the young iishwlfe, turning pale, "'crpt
SIMON, who saw Steve au' HIM standin' to-
gether by the river side as he passed To his
bisucs-. Comm back ne heard sounds of
nghtin'. but on reachin' the place he found
no one but stephen, with knife in ms
hand, and upon it-bloodl'
And when Simon asked him who he'd
been quaIrclm' with" said jacob 81 he
answered ne'er word. but just turned on
his foot an went struight 20 the Three
Apples an sat down, never seemin' TO
heed what he had ON his hands He wOr
like one in "A stOund, seemed to ha' lost his
senses; but when the men came TO rest
[ IN, he stared at EN- as though they wns
mad, and then went away wi'Out a wordl'
An folks say SAID the pilots wife,
" that he have nlver said "A word about
that nights dolns. not even TO the man AS
stood up IN court for him. Eli but twas
Wild speech he made IN court this noon
An twas strange thing the way Dinnh
mp AN answered him, us though sne we're
ms sweetheart, not Mauriccs. one 'ul
nave thought she Il hate him.
" Dnah knows muttered Lisa. oh,
yes, Diuah knows"
steve had a very wonderful love for
Maurice sad JACOB. lit used TO he "A
SIGHT To see the TWO lads together. Maurice,
he took TO steve uncommon from the very
day ne came; an 50 'twa, Away tai VIM
mln's love came between 'em--thats the
way most mems fr,ndshIps is broke"
" And sieve got his reward in havin' his
sweetheart stole from hlm." said LISA.
Maurice got tired OF his life here, an So
he rent udU"
"Chut!" erred the pilot. Was he tired
OF Our ID nah, thou foolish old woman