New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-17

the other, "do not go !-----h, do not go!
You will be ]ost!'
Z. Mot II III do feel it the least shaky
will return at once. Let me CO." And
he shook OF Eand's grasp, while the old
man still held him.
"You will not find it shakey at all
until you step into the gulf itselE,' cried
the old man. g Oh, do not 90, msicu.
Think of young madam, if anything
were to go wrong with you'll"
! "Tut, it is all nonsense!' cried Ralph,
as, with a resolute shake. he freed him
1 self. Then. amid the cries of the people,
he strobe quickly to the very centre Of
the treacherous sand. There he paused
] and turned towards them.
:" Well!'' he cried, in the tone of con-
quer, "Wiat OF the shivering sand now?
It has not swallowed me up yet, and
But perhaps it prefers natives to strang-
ers." ~,
"Oh, 'sieu, do not mock, and you
SO near your last!" caied the old villager
"God has guided your feet to where you
are. Pray to Him that he may guide
you back again.
ooh, will return as I came,' he re-
piled; but when he looked for his foot
marks he found them here, there, and
everywhere, as if the surface had shifted
in all directions.
''Do not move, mi'sieu! oh do not move
until you have rope round you!'' cried
the old man, as villager began coiling
one for a throw. eff God has given you
a firm footing, stand on it till you get re-
lief"
"Tush!!" cried Ralph to himself, what
a laughing stock shall make of myself,
if, after coming here to prove them fools,
| let them drag me back like bullock.
And if this spot is firm, so must the rest
be-"
As he spoke he made two quick steps
toward the people; but the secon, seem
ed as if made in water. and he strove to
stagger back.
1t was too late! Next moment, while he
threw up his arms and uttered wild
sharp cry, he found himself drawn down
into the sand as if by some irresistible
power beneath.
His CRY was answered by one from Ed
ma, who, bursting from the crowd of
women who would have held her back,
dashed towards him.
A moment she matted On what seemed
firm footing, and held out her hands to-
ward him. And then as she saw that he
scarcely took notice Of her, but sank yet
lower, she gave a low cry, like that of a
bird in pain, and with three steps was by
his side, and wildly trying to drag him
from his living grave.
This only tor moment Next instant
she too, felt herself dragged downtown
into the heart of the cruel sand Her
breath grew faint, an attempt to cry out
again failed her, an in what seemed
mere pulse-beat of time she felt herself
as if buried deep in the bowels of the
earth
Mother of Heavens they are both
lost" cried the old dame. :sBut it is we'll
for Morlaix. The shivering sand will
trouble us no more"
AS the old woman sp ike, the last YES
tige OF the devoted couple disappeared
beneath the sand. Then. while the peo-
PIE uttered an 'sAmen" to the old wo-
mans prophecy, the shivering sand itself
began to sink, and in less than halt a min
ute had entirely vanished, while the sea.
as if boiling violently, rushed in where
it had been.
cit is very pititul, very pititul! y nut
tered the old man who had tried to argne
with Ralph; "but he was headstrong, and
would have his way, And she-ah poor
young madam. would give thousand
francs to see her alive and we'll again"
AS the old man said this he turned and
gazed out upon the sea with a yearning
look. All at once he started
"The bodies do you see uhem?' he cried
wildly, as he pointed to a spot in the bay
about hundred yards out. "The sea
has robbed them from the sand and
thrown them up again. A boat! boat''
Instantly a boat from the schooner
alongside was run out, and the old man
and three others leaping in, pushed off
for the spot where the bodies were Just
disappearing again.
Scarcely had they reached this place
when the two fair heads appeared above
the water. Next moment they were
seized by strong hands, and one at a
time lifted into the boat. Then this was
rowed back quickly to the beach, the
bodies taken ashore, and with very little
hope Of success, every effort tried to re-
store life.
Presently, to the wild joy of every one,
young madam moved one arm and from
between her lips came sort of signing
breathing. The same moment Ralph
shivered all over, and his eyes half open
ed.
"Saved! saved!'' shouted the crowd,
while the women went down on their
knees in the sand and wept with joy.
After little more exertion, and when