The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09

Tor drive; that William, seeing Tie
equipage, ran his boat in shore; and that
as Emily declined to venture on accoun,
IF her tendency 10 bile and her dislike Of
sharks, he took his sister, Of his own
Iordly will and authority \, q der his pros
lection The bout struck X, filed and went
down; and by the greatest good fortune,
William, 4 u Dan in his arms, was able
to reach the peint "a rock On which he
vhsf wsre us issli III Y II Iaay win
dis hon she reach shpSA a1ana be-
held her chill ren ols liihssa III spot M rock,
with the sea all far oUnd1s Them Doth
almost as as glass, II Az AZ tflie, but with
tide flowing, and every minute covering
a fresh portion Of the rock on which her
babes were standing. 5s #
But in vain did her mothers heart
swell within her till 1t was well nigh
bursting, as she saw the little dimpled
hands Of her oan stretched out toward
her, and her brave boy take off his cap
and wave it cheeringly to her with a
manly courage, which he drew from her
own generous blood much more than
from his sires. HIS
But could nothing be done9
Sir William now appeared on the road
which ran along the shore. He was fol-
lowed by the old gamekeeper, by Emily
Carter, who had recovered, by Sarah
Cham bers, who wished to see with her
own eyes what the precise extent of the
danger was, by the housekeeper, the
stable boy, and a rat-catcher who hap
pened to be passing along the road at the
time and was drawn to the beach by that
love of the terrible which kings, philos-
ophers, high damsels and low, noble
marquises, baronets and rat-catchers share
equally among them. .@8 /.
Well. was there no one there who
could swim2 NIB " III. D.
Unhappily Sir William could not. nor
the gamekeeper. The rat-catcher being
applied to BY Emily Carter, looked at
that young person solemnly for several
seconds, and then quietly closed his eyes.
and thus addressed her: rs
s'Young woman, do you see this here
rat in this here cage2" 3..
"Well2" demanded Emily, with much
dignity.
''Then, unless some on you can swim
furderer nor me, or unless a boat comes
UP, or unless. something else happens,
which sees no promising sign on,
wouldn't give the life Of this here rat for
the life Of them two children
And the tide was rising. Smooth as
glass--smooth, spacious and smiling as
a lying hypocrite it was rising, and Lady
Windus could see that it was already
licking the feet of her children.
"Look, look, Williamp p she exclaimed,
at the same time directing her husband S
attention to the rock; she lifts her up.
The water is at their feet! My Godl
can we do nothing?"
Yes, it was true. The water was at
their feet. William had raised Joan in
his arms; and as he saw his mother
direct the baronet's attention to them,
he called out, though she couldn't hear
him:
Gall right, mamma; there's plenty Of
time YETI
Plenty Of time! The sea was. flowing
in. Often as the party on the shore
turned their. eyes In the direction in
which Mr.. Ling had ridden to procure q
boat there was nothing insight.
Lady Windus had tainted. Sir Will
liam stood a picture of agony, looking
at his schildren Sarah Chambers, En-
lily, and the stable boy were grouped
round the old ganekeeper, who assisted
them in shedding many tears, but had
nothing better to offer to his young
master and Miss Joan, though he ayowed,
and perhaps truly, that he was ready
to die fer them. .5.5. s.....
The rat-catcher had seated himself on
stone. @ I'm Il. .ls is b
'sAre those your children2'' asked a
man who stood at Sir Williams side, but
whose approach had not been noticed.
The baronot did not turn to look at the
speaker. It was some seconds, indeed,
before he recognized that any one had
addressed him, but when he did, he re-
piled in very deep whisper OF despair.
''They are!f sg
The mans gaze was fixed upon the
children. Sir Williams was fixed upon
him. He thought he remembered him,
and SO he did, for it was the acrobat.
1t was Duval T. Duval. who had pray
ed for vengence as the sole favor for
which he would trouble heaven. 1t wa
Duval, at whose door, il he could be said
ever to have had one, all the miseries of
life had knocked, and at whose hearth
they had seated themselves. For did not
she, whom he had loved more than him
self Martha did she not lie in her
cold grave, with her baby by her side, IN
the same pauper's coffin2 And now,
what was left to Duval2 only to wait
for death. Nay, something more to live
for revenge. III Il
No boat made its appearance, the tide
had risen six inches more, and now they
saw the boy lrneel down in the water,
and look up as if he were praying. And
only Duvai could save him and his
sister only Duvall. He alone Of all who
stood there could breast the flood to the
rock and back again with the boy.
Why not tell Sir William 500 Why
not indeed. Is not revenge sweeta NJ
And still the tide was rising. Lady
Windus, restored for a moment to con
aciousness, but no sooner realized her
position than she relapsed into insensi-
bility. s u
ssir William" said Duval, 81 see you
remember me. Once thirsted for re-
venge upon you. For two years I thirst
ed for it. Heaven has sent it to me.
a bright light shot from his eyes as he
said this and fhan yua lied slnyul = r,uy,