The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03

boat and showered down their foam. that
was caught midway by the guests OF wind,
till at length billow, taller and blacker
than all the others, overspread the deck
like black pail, and the death-cry OF
six men was heard amid the triumphant
din chorused by the waves and the
winds.
Then, by one of those strange effects OF
| chance. the waves seemed to grow ap-
peased by this human sacrifice. The wind
| fell. and in short time the sea became
as smooth and as polished as sheet OF
silver.
The seaman's wife had remained on
shore until she had lost sight of the YES
sci, and then returned home, little think
ing that the boat had been upset so short
a time after. On the contrary, her heart
felt lightened at the sight Of the stars now
peeping forth from the sky, and she
/ waited more patiently for her husbands
return.
4 The landlord waited also.
A week after bill was stuck up on the
house near the harbor, bearing the words,
"Te hueren terstond" Ito be let with I'M
mediate possession.) A lifeless infant,
wrapped in towel, lay exposed near the
, door amid a small lot Of furniture ex-
} posed for sale-tenant's death not having
discharged the debt; while a mad woman
: sat on the jetty at the very spot where the
, seaman's wife had seen the vessel for the
last time.
And every day, at the same hour,
this poor desoate creature would come
and take her seat at the same place, in
spite of the rain or the cutting winds
that blew in her face, with her head
' bare, and her eyes fixed on the horizon
scanning each billow that rolled toward
the shore, as though it would bring hel
e the beloved object that vas missing
Then as soon as the weather bright
d ened up she would return to her lonely
home: for the cottage, by just feeling
! of revenge on the part of the people
had never been hired by new tenant
" her husbands return.
She would lay on the table the brea(
q received from her neighbors' charity
70 and serve up the soup to him who wa
Is never more to eat, while she kept wait
'e ing constantly for him who would neve
return again.
le At other times when this modern Min
happened to descry vessel, and she stoo'
a watching on the shore, would she brighte
ar up, and seem to be busily searching fo
al her husband among the crew; she woul
OF then wave her handkerchief, shout alouC
Y, run after the vessel till it put into tn
ne harbor. There she would look out fc
her missing one, and pitch on one of til
to crew whom she mistcok for him, and tax
a him home with her.
1t would be impossible to describe tn
r, extreme respect of these poor seamen IL
~ the unhappy madwoman, and the relis
ious complaisance with which they foste
"a ed her illusion, by going to sup with he
and paying for their meal.
y, The police, however, thought it SO higl
We ly immoral that the poor woman shoul
et choose living husband every day to re-
en- resent the dead one, that orders we
given to put her into confinement. 81
" was near dying Of burning fever in h
y, prison.
MS Some time after she was set at ibert
Id and the first use she made of it was to
ne and take her usual seat on the jctty, al
IN, to gaze at the ocean.
to 1t was evening; the sea was rough az
Tic ClOuuS DIS threatening dS vi tHc Id
DIV day that made her widow. Present
i've she espied vessel at anchor in the sar
ks direction in which she had ceased to $
,ht the boat that formerly bore her husban
the hallucination she always experienc
On at such a sight seized itself upon
more violently than ever; while the 81
ing ilarity of the weather still further agg
1k waited her chronic illusion.
his Her eyes became dilated, her lips WI
uor parted and her arms extended; but
the vessel rode at anchor, and did ]
the approach, nervous crisis shook
the whole frame.
She thought she heard voice CALI
ing to her, and saw the phantom hold out
and arms to her; she screamed aloud, rusf
eral into the sea, hurried toward the yes
Ia It was late, the night was dark,
as weather tempestuous, and the sh
his deserted. On she went without let
ex- hindrancc, and walked into the midst
ger, the waves, until she disappeared!
OF The madwoman's house may still
ath. seen at Ostend, near the Hotel DIES Ba
nose The walters of the hotel often point it
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