The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
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,WH6hns ! zift more glorious than thine.
Musician7 In thy hands are held the keys
= Unlocking to men vexing mysteries; So
Surely no art than thine is more divinei
q For at thy pleasure thou canst make hope shine
Into dark places; and as summer breeze
Comes bearing scent OF flowers that no one sees,
So thou TO those who hear thee bringest sign
of some great good to come, which makes their
s.a.saIl ill unssdsep, opens The blind szs,. -
AFAIA f0R LIE.
Fhe merehaheship Drdid' from Boml
bay for London, lay becalmed off the
west coast Of -Hindostan, 'between Goa
and Mangalore, where the Chants Noun
tains were seen, towering in savage
grandeur thousands of feet in air, with
wild torrents leapingA down the rocks
flashing through the dark green shrub
berry, and rushing with the din Of
thunder. .ssst zn 3ssB el-a,
"Ifzthe wind doesno rise before to-
morrow morning we vii have toanchor,9
said the captain to Robert Winfield, d
handsome young naval lieutenant on
leave of absence from the frigate sta
toned at BombaF,- don't want to
Law the ships bones ON the coast, nor do
like to gettoo near it, i have heard
bad stories Of the natives there; at any
rate, / believe that almost every Hindoo
is thief and murderer by nature"
Bell Upton, daughter Of Major Upton
who was on his way home from his
India regiment, on sick leave, heard the
words, aud. sslfud dderings drew closer TO
her invalid father. - p
oar quick glance was exchanged be-
tween her and the young naval ieuten-
ant, whose reassuTing look seemed at
once to dispel her fears.A 80
Major Upton, noticing the glance,
frowning, said to his daughter, " Come,
Beli, let us 90 below" = f@R eE~RYy,
WinfeId had been a suitor of BelPsl
sirice she came to- visit J her father at
Bombay, some months before. The girl
favored him, but not So the major Who.
wanted her to choose a wealthy lover.
xBell was besatiful, with a form of
: unrivaled grace, brown eyes, a. clear,
! pearl-white skin, with little color, and
dark golden shairs that fell IN ripping
masses over pair of magnificent shoul
ders. The lieutenant watched her ad-
miripgly until she disagHearedTin d the:
cabin. e 80 1A@kA 80
"No harm shall befall her, notwhile
] live, he thought as be now glanced
uneasily towards the coast. We have
arms aboard, have we notf' he added
aloud to the captain. ..)T-i.s7
Gay, ay, sir; but it is not likely we
shall be attacked. We are full two
leagues from the coast, and before we
are near enough to be boarded a breeze
win spring up. have no doubt.n
a few hours later night closed round
the ship. The sly was covered BY thick
cle-sds which ohscufed the moon and
seemed to betoken that breeze would
spring up before long. - 3 s4sla
Meanwhile the shiphaying drifted a
league nearer the coast, the Geutenant'
thought the captain. very careless not to
have more than his one lookout posted
forward on so dark night.
Before eleven o'clock the quarter-dec
was deserted by all save the officer of the
watch, a lazy fellow who was now
stretched on the carpenters chest half
asleep, while the. watch forward, as
> Winfield who, stood leaning over the
rail lamidshipse could perceive by the
light of a lantern in the fore rigging, lay
reclining on, the hatch, some of them
!, snoring. Es&E #SSz&@ FAS
Not feeling sleepy, the lieutenant re-
solved to 90 aloft ON the mizzen topsail
yard and watch for the first sign of a
breeze. Arrived on the yard, the gloom
was SO intense that he could not see the
waters below, although he still gazed in
that direction. Was it reality or imag-
ination?" He thought he could detect
the dim outline of something shooting
around the ships stern.
He was about descending, when, the
moon parting the clouds, food OF sill
qvery light vas poured down on the ship
and water, revealing sight that flled
the young man with horror-a scene SO
sudden and unexpected that his heart
seemed to stand still.
While he was aloft Bell Upton had
come out on the quarterback, and now
stood with her back to the rail, about
two feet from it, her head bowed as if in
deep thought, SO that her beautiful
white face shone like polished ivory in the
bright moonlight. Then unseen, un-
heard by the young girl, a Hindoo, with
long, 1.-the body naked to the waist,
had clambered up the side from a large
canoe containing halEa-dozen of bis
companions, and had contriyed, to glide,
serpent-Eke, on the, outside. of the shin
until he Mad. gained q position directly
behind her, when he drew large dirk,
which he was now on the point of plung,
ing into the snowy neck of the fair pas
sengere that she cmight not give an
alarml
The heutenant's hand clenched the
yard like wise, as he beheld the young
1ady's peril. He must save her-hee
Z would save her. he thoughtSyet, how
was tito be doneY To give an alarm
would only hasten the girls doom; ts
descend, no matter. how quickly, by
means of one of the fback-stays, would
be no use, as she must perish before hi
could reach the deck and attempt to' stay
the deadly hand.
There was no time to- lose. SIn three
seconds the dirk would descend. and the
: gin would be killed at one stroke, SO thai
the murderer's companions, who had al
ready begun to ascend fthe Vessels side
could pounce on the dfowsy male occu
pants Of the deck, and, staying them
make themselves masters of the shin al
most before warning could be given.
Like lightning fash, the instinct O
loyeSthe resolution TO save Bell,in SOM
way from his Immediate attack, sent
sudden thought through the brain o
the agonized spectator.
The Hindoo murderer, in his position
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