The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-22

love forever. And l did love her, and
would have undone the wrongs my faith
er worked for her and hers, had she not
repulsed me with such scorn and bitter
ness. The spawn of the demonp that
was what she called me in her anger,
unconscious that was within the sound
of her voice. Those words ring in my
ears yet. and have tortured me until |
have become as hard and pitiless as she
called me in the time of our quarrel"
In the meantime his son was hurrying
toward Kathleen's home.
He was too eager in his love, and too
hurt and miserable because of his faith
ers opposition, to observe that Kath
lleen's eyes were heavy and sad, and
that her cheeks had lost their bloom.
Frankly as child might have done
he told everything.
| We are of an age to choose for our
selves, Kathleen" he said; "and loving
each other as we do, deny the right of
any person to interfere with our mar
riage, that wish might be at once"
1T can never be, Ben," answered
the girl; Aunt Ann is as much op-
posed to it as your father is. 1t would
make them unhappy,a we ourselves
would regret it after time"
Indeed, we would not, my love;
and they would forgive us when their
anger should be spent"
But in vain lie pleaded. Kathleen
was inexorable in her refusal
At length. panied and indignant, he
rushed out of her presence.
Her voice recalled him.
Don't go now, Ben. There is storm
coming, and your yacht is q fragile
little thing to ride such swells as those
yonder.
Il hope we may both go down to-
gether," was his quick unreasonable
answer. "Life Is worthless to me now."
And with these rash words he left
her.
Agitated, and with an ominous dread
heavy on her heart, Kathleen sat be
side the window overlooking the sea
watching vainly for o sight of her low
er's sail.
He won't be rash enough to venture
out in the teeth of that wind, surely"
she thought, an1iously, as tie wind
grew louder. and the great swells began
to rise and roar
The storm came ON swiftly in a brief
but furious hurricane, to sweep madly
across tine sky and sea, leaving both in
one short hour glittering beneath a sun
of marvellous splendor.
Then Kathleen ssw white cleaning
hull driving, aimlessly, straight upon a
low cluster of treacherous rocks beyond
the cliffs. She knew it was the Golden
Gull bv the graceful, gilded prov that
cut through the green scrolls of wave
and seething ridges of foam, and the
shining sea-birds of gold that topped the
fallen mast; and wild shrek broke from
her lips as she saw, lying PROSTATE be
meath it on the deck, human form.
The helpless craft drifted nearer and
nearer, and just as her flying feet stop
ped upon the sand, it was cast up like
a cookie shell, to the left upon the rocks
by the receding billow.
With supernatural strength she wound
her two young arms about her senseless
lover, and dragged him-a dead weight
beyond the reach of the cruel waves.
"Oh, that L can bring help before it is
too late," she cried, as she laid her ear on
his heart, and knew that his life still
fingered in the bruised and breathless
body.
| AS she turned corner of the cliff,
white and wild eyed, she came face to
Elce with James Vorhis, who was walk
ing slowly up the beach, quite uncon-
scious of the catastrophe.
at is your work-yours and Aunt
Anna's" she exclaimed, as she recogniz-
ed him. "Only for you and for her, 1
could have kept him from the storm that
has been his deathl7
He looked at her, marveling ifshe had
gone mad.
my murdered lover she shrieked,
and the man started back, appalled, by
her words, and the tragic gesture that
seemed to implore heaven TO curse him.
But out of his vast amazement he
found voice at length to quiet and
question her.
And in few moments the young
was born back to the house he had left
so rashly.
At last he opened his blue eyes to find
Kathleen bending over him, and her
tears falling ON his face.
The old gentleman and lady were
standing near.
4You might have lost your life, my
boy, instead of getting a slight bruise
and ducking," said his father soberly.
Il had rather loose my life than Kath-
leen," was the reply.
THAT is the lalk Of lover who has
never been scorned and Tilted" in tones
that had for Anna Kehoe deep and
cruel meaning. However willreverse
my decision"
Il do not reverse mine" said Aunt
Anna
Still hating the son for the sins of the
father" he returned, bitterly. MAY
your niece be kinder and more faithful
in her love than you were, Anna.
MAY he deserve it," she said.
For the first time they looked straight
into each others eyes, past all cause of
quarrel, and saw again the sweet, dead
time when, they too, had been lovers.
The man was the first to speak.
"We are too old to taunt each other
like children" he said. Let US be friends
for the sake of the young people"
She put out her hand silently.
BE took it. and the touch warm and
lingering as of old, completed the recon-
citation.
| The old place was not sold, and Anna
was convinced that the blame belonged
to the agent, and that Mr. Voorhis had
known nothing Whatever about it