The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-06
THE PROPHECY.

"Give me man who has couragel In
my eyes it hides multitude of sins"
( You are so enthusiastic on that sub
ject, Louise" said Blanche Underwood,
as she stood before the mirror in their
private parlor and adjusted her ruffles,
:" in looking for that quality, you'll
overlook the want of some other, and
find you have made grievous blum
der"
Can't help it if lido. It's my nature
to worship that quality-in man es-
pecially though | admire it in any one
He may be plain looking, but he is glori-
fled forever in my eyes if he displays
true courage" and Louise Rand passed
her white fingers lightly over her wavy
black hair, and resumed her reclining
position on the lounge.
"And you don't think Redmond
Clarke has courage?" Blanche said in
] terrogatiyely, turning to look at the fair,
4 flushed face of her companion.
mo, of course | DON'T" said the
other with renewed animation. 81
never saw any of these blonde men show
courage-don't believe it's consistent
with their natures. If Redmond Clarke
ever gains my love he will have to prove
himself a man by somo unquestionable
daring"
lnere is moral as well as physical
heroism," quietly suggested Blanche. |
don't think my cousin is deficient in the
4 former.
9 want to see them combined" said
the imperious beauty. Physical dar-
ing is the outgrowth and seal of moral
Scourage. But we shall have to drop our
discussion. Here comes the gentleman
himself"
They heard a tread on the stairs, then
the door swung open and Redmond
Clarke entered
A careless, free-and-easy exterior, a
gentlemanly bearing. Undeniably hand
some, if one admired the style Louise
professed to despise-blonde mustache,
indolent-looking eyes, and very brown
hair.
Have you heard the news, ladies?'
he inquired, as he threw himself, with
easy grace into she depths of comforta-
BILE chair, and pushed back his heavy
hair from broad white forehead.
No. | didn't guess they dealt in such
a commodity in this quiet place" said
Blanche.
Perhaps isn't local news" suggested
Louise, idly winding some bright wor-
steds, while Redmond Clarke noticed the
contrast between the glowing colors and
her snowy fingers.
q Yes, it is local news with a VEN
geance. A prophecy uttered by a seer
sixty years ago regarding this town is
on the eve Of fulfillment.
e@ DIaoCa avnIoip 10th
growing interest.
Tomorrow night this hotel, known
as the Cocassett House, and a space of
two miles from it. in all directions in
cluded, is to sink, and instead of the in
habited village, the morning sun is to
rise over a broad expanse of water,
which has covered the doomed inhabi-
tants."
Pshaw" said Louise, impatiently.
"We were unfortunate in our selec-
ton of spot to rusticate," pursued
y Redmond, watching Louise closely, with
out seeming to do so. eve came here
! to escape being bored by fashionable So
@ciety. If we are swallowed up by the
@miniature flood aforesaid, society will
@be rid of us, which would be loss on
both sides"
Perhaps we had better pack our
trunks and leave on the strength of this
threatened danger" said Louise, with
quiet sarcasm.
Suppose we make a short visit to Ash
3 dale and return if the place yet stands
when the dangerous period has pass
ed" said Blanche.
There is the dinner bell," and the
oD, apIaJ c,,paowbot OH pt1
The trio descended to the quiet, cool
dining room, and took their seats at the
table
at is said that the first part of the
prophecy has been literally fulfilled" a
gentleman was saying, as they entered.
We may reasonably expect the rest to
be true"
"What are the circumstances? said
a middle aged lady. "I have heard only
the last part of the story"
4 will tell you. Sixty years ago
traveller stopped here at hotel, where
this one now stands, and engaged board
and lodging for fortnight. But the
first morning he made his appearance
with a face white with horror, and in
formed the landlord that he could not
stay as he first intended. He narrated
that during the night it had been I'M
Folded to him that horrid murder had
been perpetrated within the walls of the
building a short time past, and that, as a
curse, all the children afterwards born
here should die in infancy. Further.
that new hotel should be erected on the
Site of the one then standing, in fifty
years, and in sixty years the hotel and
part of the gulf should be engulfed, as a
further lenthening out of the curse.,'
1.-The middle-aged lady looked much
suppressed.
aAll this happened where we now
are."
al yes, the Cocassett House now stands
On the spot where the dire prophecy was
suffered, and we now wait anxiously for
the final contamination"
Have they made allowance in their
reckoning for leap year," fiippantly in
aquired a youth who sat opposite the
serious gentleman.
You should not jest under the shadow
of a great calamity" said the first i'm
pressively, regarding the youthful un-
believer severely through his glasses;
then to the lady" the traveller was
observed to have JET black hair the night
before, in the morning it was snowy
white
Part of the people at the table looked
serious, part were amused. Among the