The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-04-22

ihAn ever, and would peuis, ia pnlling
an old cellar door on the eroQutt gFouud,
aud elullering Up tbe doeryara with VI u
belonged st lhs back OF the house, why,
abe would feel more Ike running away
from thsn receiving her expected visi.
tots.
Bat The eve soon aoenstums iiself 10
oddities, and after a few days lhe OLD
boat ceased to be an unsIghtly object 10
Hetty Morish, who found q necessary 70
have frequent talks With Tom Kennedy
In regard to the proper entertainment OF
Nav and sidney, whom she took pains 10
extol very highly, that Tom might have a
realizing sense Of their superiority.
/ Tom happened In At the BeSlses' one
evening ia July, ostensibly 10 exhibit
some abelonA shells which a friend had
just brought him from Calliornis, bat IN
reality to be near Hetty, whom be could
not help admlring, because she was 80 un-
like the other girls 10 Crowded. TWAS
the dnlest, most dead.snd.alive place in
the country, aud those who staid there
the year round, and never went outside
for materisl 10 grow upon, remained
stunted 10 mental stature and perennlslly
green,
This July day had been most oppressive
! and the evening WAS So sultry that The
STARS seemed 10 shrink aud swoon with
lsngnor. Everybody and everything
seemed 10 have lost their wonted vigor
except the mosquitoes, whose attentions
we're most exaspersting.
Tom found the family assembled In the
sitting room Mrs. BeAles asleep in the
rocking chair, Hetty crocheting or pre-.
tending to, aud her father studying over
the map which Tom had left In his poe
session.
I'm maziu' glad Z see yer, said Obadiah
Take cheer. Seems TO me it's about
time for that ERE tid'l wave to come long
ain't Il?
Shouldn't wonder, said Tom, as he laid
the shells on the table where the light OF
the lamp would shine down upon them
and reveal their prismatic beauty.
Irl rack things, said Obadiah.
Yes, II will, said Tom, busy in listening
to Hetty's description Of some sleeve but
tons and other ornaments that looked like
immense opals or pieces of the sunset
sky. She thought they were motherof-
pearl, but hspdsomer than any Of that
material she had ever seen, and was now
convinced that they were made of these
abelona Shells.
All at once a sirangerolling sound was
heard In Tho air, like the roar OF artillery,
and Mrs. Beales, starting from her nap,
exclaimed, What's that? as II she detected
In the sound something more terrible than
the approsch Of thunder. Then a food
OF rain struck the house 90 suddenly that
it seemed to reel, and brought them all to
their feet.
It's coming said Obadiah; it's the tid'l
wavel
And there was no denying the deluge
that swept down from the sky as if II
meant to carry everything before it. Het-
ty began to cry at seeing her father and
mother so agitated, and clung to Tom as
II he alone had the power TO protect her
from the fury of the storm.
We must go up stairs, said Obadiah,
leading the way, lamp in hand. Pm
ready for IL I've got the boat hltched
fast to the chimney, and it's big enough
TO hold every one of us.
Tom might have smiled If Hetty hadn't
been there, but her alarm was so very
genuine, and Mr. and Mrs. Beales were
go convinced that Long Island was 10 be
swallowed up, that hs sympathy quite
overcams bis sense Of the ridiculous. I'll
was, indeed, rain OF terror, from which
an ascent to the upper regions afforded
no measurable sense Of relief The roof
leaked horribly, the wind tore of the |
shingles, aud but that the thoughtful
Mandy had provided couple Of umbrel. |
las, there wonld have been no starch left |
In any Of the party. Obadiah stood near
the window, waiting for The waters 10
ise aud bring the boat GU level with |
bis hand, when, in less time than il took |
Noah TO embark, he would put himself
and family on board, inclndlng Tom,
and locate somewhere above hlgh.waleT
mark
Tom clasped IIetiy il his arms much
closer than was necessary, but she made
no objection, aud the umbrella was not
very large one.
Heity, said Tom, 10 whisper, II this
wss the end Of the world what would you
say to me9
I-dou't-know, said Hetty, tncking
her bead more closely TO bis breast.
Couldn't you Bat at this moment
Obadiah called Tom, and the indiyidnsl
felt obliged TO relax his I'D Of the terri.
fed maiden.
Don't go don't leave me, said Hetty,
feeling as II without Toms support she
should sink TO The floor, aud become 3
prey to the angry elements.
I'll stand by you forever, said Tom,
speaking rapidly, II you will only say you
love ne.
I've always loved you, said Hetty, the
darkness and danger iavoripg 50 bold
confession.
Why didn't you tell me 40 beforel said
Tom, dropping the umbrella as II there
were no further need Of any spch pFolee-
tion, and finding his wkv 10 Hetty's Inns