New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05
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IL was a wild autumn night. The ram was lsii !h
In torrents the WIND was moving now the Vcaraes
roared and rushed though lit wouid teh tue VIZ
roots of the earth away and sat IN the darh' III
my own room, listening and waiting:
II was past midnight and all the house had gone
TO bed nut sat by the window looking otiI lh.o
the darkness. All could see were the outlines %
the trees and mountains. and sometimes the wnte
sheet OF seethng water in the distance ny the
lightning that streamed across the SKY. ouuusnIy
heard unified kind OF NOISE agalhs. .S su9 tb p
the house and then gentle tapping ,agahsc t tho
window: and thought ! saw by IA WIN WI n,Isni ny
figure of a man standing dark against the p'I"
was frightened at tine first, but soon rscoNoiou
myself When Won ale very miserable. even
danger a relief The tapping was repsil.gga
softly and cautiously opened the "lndow' LIghe
and supple panther there sprang INTO NY I1oll
something: in the darkness / did not KNOW "hhI
or who it was. | only felt large mass OF wet vel
vet: then two arms that took me up from IIle
ground bodily; and warm bearded race that
kissed mine. -
Idar whispered a voice; And then knew what what
my heart had already told me. IL was my COUSIN
James-my beloved my deliverer!
Can You brave the night Y he said.
He did not ask could trust him He knew that
With you' Yes. i could brave anything AL
Put on iyour hat and cloak, then. and come
said my cousin. Never mind what yon leave oe-
hind YOU: you shall have double all You lose
L have no things | whispered. They nave
taken away everything except what am wearing
No hat. no cloak. 10 boots And tried 10 laugh
NV cousin swOTe between his teeth. ,
The night Will kill you he said. on the
damned cruel tigers
Just then a driving gust of wind and rain shook
aud deluged the room. The lightning flashed more
wildly the flashes were more frequent, ana tine
thunder roared with more tremendous power l
clung to my cousin. Even J. strOng-nerFe sS
WAS shIank from the idea of facing snch storm IN
a thin muslin dress and with only bedroom slippers
You afraid, my darling, my beauty he said
very tenderiy. =, u,
/ trembled as I chung to him was cold, only
half-clsd. and had been for fortnight so poorly
fed that | was more than half starved besides.
the moral anguish / had gone through had shaken
me 4; az wonder Lembled-
cannot even Ark you in such weather he went
on to saw soothingly. We must blde our tune ana
wait for a farer opportunity but have a carriage
at the foot of the hill the ship sails tomorrow" and
our passage ~ taken e., ,.,.. - -
head ; 1t is only trial. and then shall be
safe. ,
lie pressed me to him rapturOusly. : thought
knew my brave GIRL he said One effort, Ida.
and Won are free. =.
Omck IA Thought he wrapped me in his velvet
coat and bucked 1T round my waist 20 tnat u tId
not Inconvenience me then he stepped ont INTO tine
darkness holding my hand and softly telling me
not to fear. ! followed him and CROPPED my way on
to the ladder that was placed against Inc " mao"
and IN a few seconds ! was on the gravel walk
slipperlessl But | did not tell him TINS We lelt
way IN the dark through the gsrlen 70 eae EH1
bv the summer house. where at the foot OF the MIL
the carriage was waiting. urnlng back 10 lo&
al the Nicarage for the last time, Thought ga"
s.,all rcd fame flicker out OF one OF the WINDOWS
7 looked again and saw 1t more distinctly. An
other and another; then came the smell OF burning
wood then the Kissing of the rain 40 IL fell on the
RAPIDLY increasing flames, while wreatns OF leu
smoke wound up into the air and were lost IN the
blackness OF the night. There was no doubt now
the house was on hre. . 1900 -.
cousin James quietly. Ny darling we VIII not
be parted even tOI this .
he kissed me- and rushed back TO the honse Just
ne the names were licking mp to the floor of my
sisters bedroom and ! saw him disappear INTO the
smoke and ire. | could not stay where was
rtllA4 A np A fhD
the heat drove he back | called TO my cousin.
Above the din and tumult OF the hire and the night;
NY voice, flung up with the slriii sharpness Oh
agony reached his ear. lie was then CARRYING
down the insensie form of my slsteI Mr.. Isgart,
clnging to him. crying; and AS soon as ne nsa
placed them IN safety ne came PACK 10 me saying
cheeIily Here l am Lds' no' uai'eo D~u S"0
He did everything so coolly, so much as matter
Of ronrse but though he said be was no worse,
there was a great cash in his strong arm, and the
blood WAS streaming from IL. ,
Tie il up. my beauty, he said to me pleasantly
IA If nc were mere scratch let NE set IL you are
hit to he Cslifornlan's wife -,
And when I mad tied up the wound, which did
~ Lravev a. | could for knew that would please
him more than sympathetic treInors and tears-he
kissed me again and said with such love IN his
voice that my very brain reeed lot ,oy uod piess
you girl thought you were cieaf sri' al 'nrousN'
and now i know IT. , -. A..
moment. , A.. A.
town and the place alive But COUSIN James
having done all that lie cared To do-saved Nora
and Mr.. Tagart, and assured himself that Tie ser
wants were sate-toOk me aside and III the confu-
SION we were lost and made our escape without al
tracing notice. The next day we embarked or
hoard the boat bound for California, and clergy
man on board married And a. he read the ser
vice looked up with strange sensation. and 30
not think me absolutely Insane-l declare I'd you,
on my word OF honor and | hope to be saved,
saw CIV Lawrence, beautiful as giorlhed angel,
and az il floating i'll mld-alr, gazing down on me
with tender but wel-peased smile AS looked
tho vision faded away but him ~ distinctly
"a see YOU now, and knew in my heart that he
was dead.
found a telegram TO arrest my cousin and me- on
| charge OF arson and manslaughter; though don
| know how they made that out exactly: But III
seems that poor Guy, hurIyng 10 the burning mouse
and not able to find any tdlngs OF ME dashed
headOug into the flames. calling out my name
! and-I cannot end the sentence! Poor Guy poor
loving faithful Guy | wonder If l am wretch,
as Mr. Tagart says.
II was a poor kind of reward, however TO my hero
for his bravery in my sister and her husband
from such an awful death, to be arrested the mo
ment he set foot on his native and. But California
s NOT unite like England and cousin James made II
right somehow with the Consul and the judge ana
20 make assurance d0uby sure he TOOK me away
the next day to a solitary raylne among the nouh-
tains where no one could find u.s. and where we
lived absolutely in the wilderness I'll every thlng
had blown over aud | was nv own mistress ana
of age Up to that time Mr.. Iagart did not cease to
prosecute me but were too far on 10 be
touched and when cousin James told our story
the popular feeling went entirely with us that II
would have been more than a mana Ire was worm
| TO have attempted 10 modest Ms.
So here ain at last lvlng-tree, blessed. ana be-
loved and though sometimes my heart turns pack
to dear old England with love and yearning. have
only to look M my Hcr0-only to take my boy. and
his to my hcmC AMI forget then everything but
that | am cousin Jamrss wife and the hapDest
mother in the whole OF THIS bright, beautiful grand
! New World!
DREAM PEDLIRY.