The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-31

were knee-high-leasiwise, long enough TO
ask you who the other chap is.' ....
ia swell, Egwood, says she, blushing right
through her tears, it's Guy Harnett, the
young artist ' ''.o
a5 "What 7 cried, sort of dumbfoundered
like. 'Why.he's young gentleman, Jessie!
And though the gentleman he be, he amt
got no more than a quarterly remittance
ftom London, and that's hardly enough to
keep him from starving
II did not sell my love to him, Elgood
GARTH says she mighty proud. And be-
sides, his remittance is going to be increas-
ed, and he says he knows a way to make
money enough to enable us to get married
in fine style
well l hope he may, aud wish you
joy = says bitterly; and I bounced away in a
huf-it made me mad to hear her summing
up so coolly her chances with another man
when had known her ever since she could
toddle, and had carried her to school on my
back, and fought the big boys that made
faces at her, and all that iaH#
But l soon thought better of it and
even began to like the young gentleman,
too. ..f..' ....F rms. t.. ..t..
Nearly every one liked him. There was
a sort of mystery about him. He was known
tn get small sum from London four times
a year, with which be occupied large,
cherries room over the green-grocer's, tax
| ing up most of his time with sketchng and
painting the wild scenery .of the coast ex-
cepting at regular intervals, when he would
mysteriously disappear, and be absent tor
many days, looking, on his return, ready to
drop with fatigue and the anxiety of some
thing weighing heavily upon his mind. But
he was as handsome as a picture, dressed in
a free-and. easy, picturesque way and had a
bold, off hand, familiar manner well fitted
to please simple townsfolk and, as said
before, every one liked him, while many
girl looked on Jessie Holt, with envy when
it was given out that she was engaged to
him.
When l was convinced that | had
thoroughly conquered my love for little Je.-
sic, felt so far satisfied with myself that
took an early opportunity of giving Master
Guy my hand and wishing him we'll with
his marriage.
He laughed merrily, and yet in a sort of
feverish way, it seemed to me, saying that
he was striving to make all the money he
could, so as to be married as soon MS posi-
ble .....................,... ...
an, ara unrBtnos I'll nj Il
ling great many pictures ? says l., en-
couragingly. .
He looked at me in vacant way for a
minute, as though he didn't quite under
stand me; and then,said, with short laugh:
'Oh,yes, I'm working very much harder than
any of you know of i..
After this it was noticed that he disap-
pesred much oftener. and remained away
longer than had been his custom, always
coming home haggard and worn, as if by
extreme fatigue. Worse than all, noticed
that Jessie appeared to share in her lover S
uneasiness, as though he had let her into
some secret, and, from the merry, light
hearted girl had always known her, she be
came silent and suspicious like, and would
scarcely speak to anyone.
But as the cold autumn months drew on
my duties on the coast grew so srduous and
constant that had little time to think of
anything else, aud even moved my lodging
down to this little village here. The times
we're troublesome, and vast deal of SNUG
Cling was said to be going on under our very
nose, though the coast guard in this district
was doubled and was made full corporal.
A large number of the poorer gentry in the
interior were suspected of being in league
with the smugglers. uH
Watch as we might, our plans were near
ly always defeated Bales and boxes-of goods
were landed ou the lonely shore at midnight
and carted far inland before We knew what
| we were about. 17 ''
The most notorious Of the smuggers was
a bold fellow named Allan Burt, who had
been wonderfully successful on the Cornish
coast, and afterward gave US his individual
attention. We laid innumerable traps fol
him, but only got down on the shore in time
to see his swift schooner scudding away be-
fore the wind, and to scratch our heads ovel
the probability that rich cargo from hel
hold was already on It's way to the wine eel
lar and private store rooms of some of tn,
estates of the interior. .-t...
'At last, however, we discovered that tn
freebooters had cave at Glensmero. TIL,
entrance was very small, and could only bt
approached-and then with considerable
difficulty--at the lowest tide. Two of GU
men entered to explore it, and never re
turned. So we concluded that they had beef
slain by men concealed within the very cav
ern, and were very cautious in our plans.
| The lieutenant in charge of the coast de
termined to make a grand effort to captur
the cave and all the smugglers connecte
with it. He received trustworthy informa
ton that Allan Burt was to make an attemT
to land goods on certain night, and too
his measures accordingly. Il
"A revenue cutter was hid away benin
the Long Headlsnd, ready to steam out at
moments notice, and cut off the escape of tn
schooner, should she put in an appearance,
The majority of the gusrd-some thirty !
numbsr-were concealed under the cliff
, along the beach, ready to tackle the smul
gers as they landed at Glensmere and
with four men under my command. was
take up position in that little footpst
; which you saw winding down the face of Il
> crag toward the cove. ~.
"Garth,' said the lieutenant, when Il
preparations were about complete, Il
thieves have many eonfederates ashore, an
!, in case of discovery believe they will NAL
1, signal, and an attempt will be made
blow up the cavern. which have all alor
suspected to be mined for the purpose. Yo,
position will be directly over the cave, al
= you will have the opportunity ofgrabbil
), any incendiary who may be lurking arount
. "Yes, sir says ], scratching my head al
= feeling anything but cheerful at the prospe