The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-02-01
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beautiful woman stood in the doorway
with two little children clinging to her
dress.
"Dolores |" gasped Jasper, rising to his
feet like one stunned.
The beautiful woman advanced step
into the room.
Margaret sat in her chamber, pale with
fear and dread. She had slipped away
and left Jasper with the stranger, feeling
her presence an intrusion. What did it
all mean? Could he not come to declare
his love without being tracked by another
woman? What claim had the other
woman on him? Would she take him
away from her? The girls heart sickened
with jealousy and disgust. Her bright
hour had clouded very soon. A little
girl danced into the room, took her hand,
and said,-
"You must come"
1t was impossible to resist the roguish
grace of the emissary; laughter lurked
in every curve of the round baby face,
from which cleaned two large dark eyes,
while the tiny form swayed with each
varying impulse of its owner.
In the parlor the stranger stood with
clasped hands and look of triumph.
Jasper Garfeld's head was bowed. and
his aspect humble, ashamed, almost
sullen.
"Let me explain everything" began
the stranger, rapidly. 81 ana Andrew
Garfield's wife, and Jasper is his brother.
NV husband was to make one more
voyage in command of the ship Ade-
laide.' He sailed four years ago, and the
night before he left, an angel came to me
in my Sleep"
There was break in the sweet voice,
with its slight foreign accent; she hid
her face in her hands. Margaret neither
moved nor spoke; she felt herself en-
chanted by a painful dream.
"The angel stood beside me on the
shore and pointed to the east, where the
storm came on, and saw wall of dark
ness swallow up the chip Adelaide !
went to the chapel of Our Lady at dawn
to pray, and then l was shown that
Jasper must take his oath to find his
brother if he did not return in four
years."
"l know he did not do itp cried
Margaret, the spell dissolving in rea
pain as the truth flashed upon her.
"An honorable man never breaks hi!
word" said Dolores, haughtily.
ooh, you would sacrifice us to you
fancy-the vision of night. Jasper
shall not gop
Margaret scarcely knew herself as th'
force of a newborn passion swept he
along; she clung desperately to this ont
spar, Jasper Garfield, and he was to b'
stolen from her.
The mother quickly thrust the TIVE
children between the lovers, aud won th'
day. Margaret caught the little Dolores
in her arms and burst into tears.
"Forgive me for entailing suffering OF
you," said Jasper, tenderly; 81 had M
right to love you with this responsibilit.
resting upon me. Now you know VIII.
my life has been made one of dreadful
suspense and as the limit of time drew
on since I've known you, have searche,
ship records and watched for letters unit
/ nearly went mad"
"Where was the ship lost?" aske'
poor, distressed Margaret.
Cleared from Hong Kong, and neve
afterward heard FROM"
Dolores spoke with rigid despair, an
fearless eyes fixed on space.
"You must forget me-" said Jasper
laying his hand on Margaret's head. "
may be gone long time, and must M
fetter your youth"
"Trust me as trust you," returne
the girl, bravely. If Mrs. CARTEL
and the children will remain with m
we can watch together"
Lost almost as soon as found, Jasp'
Garfield went out into the twilight, an
the shadows gathered cold and grs
about the old homestead.
The ship rocked on sea of treac
erous calm. A profound stiffness pc
vaded all nature, as if the elemen
paused with bated breath for the sign
, to unloosen a tempest. On the northel
|, horizon the sky was still blue; to Il
south mass of lurid vapor rose rapid
, and obscured the zcnith. Nothing CT
be more fearful than to wait in lone
. ship on vast ocean for the storm to a
vance. The moment of agonizing ST
, pense passed all to soon; sharp volle
of thunder crashed overhead, and t
o lightning leaped forth in flames of fir
! the wind swept over the calm surface
the sea, heaping up green waves, al
@ bending the stoutest masts, sheeting {
. deck in foam; and down poured t
rain. q,
The terror of the darkness descend
i amidst the confusion of sound, t
v struggle of men nearly spent, the ca
! tain's orders signaling the wind, the rer
i ing of bulwarks and timbers. A mi
Of confined waters rising from sea
. sky, a shock of falling spray, tral
- parent mountain dissolving with
n n mighty swirling sound, and the ship b
I gone down.
- One man swept like feather from
- deck by an advancing billow before
e e end came, grasped some passing fri
Tf ment of wreck, and lay ia the sci
i unconsciousness between life and dea
- - The sun rose upon waters calmed at
y the deadly strife, and shed a friendly
~ . over the solitary figure, already drift
=, far from where the ship had disappear
- He raised himself on his elbow. A VIII
spouted in the distance, shark sw
- stealthily near. He was foating 0
~ fragment of the bows of a wrecked
o. sci. He read the name of " Adelaid
The man was Jasper Garfield.
# Christmas day two years latel..
hs cember, sere and brown, with cold 8
% so shine on the windows of the old hol
q. stead. Dolores and Margaret chung
90 gether in mutual sorrow and suspel
ow % The intense fervor of the Spaniard
M meath calm exterior, blended with
,pd apd graver Saxon nature of Margaret; I
w. loved each other, and waited for two n
"a, absent now for years. Sturdy Tom
,~ an little Dolores had taken possession
~ ~ everything; they searched for aov
mi and birds eggs just as If gray thr'
~ os had not come among the raven tresse
" their mothers hair, and lines al
, - Margaret's melancholy lips.
zee Cousin Jack Erskine was drawing
YER net very closely indeed if he could
I'D entire control of Margarets propert
nd would force her to marry him. he n
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