Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-05-24

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He looked down at her. but for .
momeet be Did not speak. Then be said
"H could alwsys have yoa aesr
me i would b. IN easy matter 10 Be
go2d. e .sr ge. q aat ;. 5 la
Ceeeli9s heart was revesled 10 her.
Sne, tpe EPeor.seds vile rof thai good
man. icved sn's recklsse, nnbe!isyiag
man. who Tor ten years had led Boz
henna bfe, ssandiag beyond The pale
20 re;pesisnle scc,sts- Whist . sisfsl
EIe'cn sne tno1ent hsr:elI cne would
never sPsss to csm egsin. abd. scarcely
.nowtse WAL ahe Bas eoengs he turned
% ny.h Il gss.,. .s.r..ss.uss--s :
VI manuse ssnce vas1al
vs. Hs..iec oy . ery =.
See.ne' 10 her oiind nignt: had run
ess; e.; .ne S sSee o. lne clan. missed hss
iooung, ana sne was now hanging ~
rSe s"ruos 'ns' grew some ieet below.
mere was no rope or anything else
s1oul WIN wnien ne could save her.
-" n".. us. uIsesnu 'nose Jo't.ng rocks.
ooI u! came mihuy from
Seceha' as' iook'ng up. sne saw what
ne was ABOUT 10 90. Il am ready to
"As, oo' yos are not.
ms only answer was Tor her to keep
nrm hoio rev moments longer; and
. lew moments longer, fairly hanging
petween SKY ana sea, ms arms were
aroono ner.
AND now came the Per''ous ascension,
CURING "n'cn every moment seemed an
e'e.nlty::
Ceceila heiped Vance bravely BY
e:icning az every rock ana shrub, but
ms strengtn was Iast ia'iing him.
Suick! raise yourseh! ne gasPed,
- rney,neareo tSe top:
ceceia Drew nerseif out OF his arms,
safe on the Cliff once, but before she
could look around there was rolling
away OF rocks, Ioos'ng OF shrubs, and
"Cece!ia, ! love you; pray Tor me-
my Tod
She turned in time to catch one
glimpse OF his white face. as he disap-
throw;ne nm h.r ,,m. w;.h : 80. :,
AGONY ,be fell fac. ,,ownw.rd -. a..
Green sward and the Cecei;a Osdsn
that v,nc. var;.r L,.w .rd Iov.a 80
rose ,oa,n.
Tn her stead rose =, calm .orrow9,,,
woman.
The pillars oftbe church said fba, .be
ministers daughter had a change oTh..r,
She went sbont ou;e,Iv ao;n. b.r
dutv toward her father and b;.sHsr,sh.
opers in q mswuev-,641tv vsr ,si;t.v.
could mot helm .nnrov;ng
All; Il was we'll that the-h..r+ of
Cecilia was revaled only to her Mater
and herself for in its secret chamber
wa, en,hr;ned a name tha, neve, n....d
her l;ns and that was wbv tk.y .c,,ld
never bring her to marry. and wbv M
Graham cot him a wife at lasi from the
next coasty: a dummy. a bbeerv l;t,l.
woman. who alwavs wondered What
her husband could evefahave found in
Cecelia O.den's male. sad kcc and w;st.
ful eyestSm.ke b,m ,eek her for , v;s.
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WONDERS OF A BRAZILIAN FOREST.
An English writer in 6ood Words
sseAHs soioWing account OF morn
dmg sgvlsn 10 a brazilian forest: "As
we eee1nto the skirt OF the forest the
cRorning broke. but the reveil IN Bra
cahan forest IS wonderfully different
srom the slow creeping on OF the dawn
OF summer morning at home, to the
monc OF lwo thrushes answering one
anofhersI10l rich notes from Ieeighbor-
ing thorn trees. Suddenly . yellow
hight spreads upwards in the east. the
stars quickly fade and the dark fringes
OF The forest and the tall palms show out
black against the yellow tky, and, al
most before one has time t6observe the
change, the-xun has risen straight and
fierce, and the W hole landscape is bathed
in the full light of day. The woods, so
absolutely silent aad still before, break
at once into noise and movement.-
Floeks Of toucans futter and scream on
the tops Of the highest forest trees,
hopelessly out Of shot; the ear is pierced
by the shrih Wild screeches of little
band OF macaws, which fy faring past
like the rapped-up ghosts Of the birds on
some gaudy old brocsde. There. is NO
warbling, no song, only harsh noises.
abrupt calls, which those who haunt the
forest soon learn to translate by two or
three familiar words in Portuguese or
English. Now and then a set of cries
more varied and more dissopant than
usual tells Us that a troop of MONKEYS
are uaSsinv arro.. from, ,ra. a. .~.~