The Sunday herald., 1881-03-13

and threw out n SttCk OF wood. II dliVcd away to-
ward the hay. She scoopel M some Of the water aud
put It eagerly to her irs II was fresh and sweet. II
was the tivef aud not the tide
uMas ihcn-o, God lie praised for his goodness
she did neither faint or fall II was them blessed he
the saviour. Tor " his merciful hand that touched
ani strengthened hcr In this awful moment-ihat
icsf dr-riscd fron her like a garment and her trcmh-
iine ccaed, " was then aud thereafter she was
cool and calm u was then and thereafter that she
ne'tt st hci selt.conmand through al the trials OF
that giromy night
she drew the tcdstcad toward tho middle OF the
ronn sud piaccd table upon ~, and on that she put
the cradle The water on the floor was already over
hlf snties, and the house once or twice moved 50
r0lcepuhN, aud seemed to ho racked that the
tlsd doots all Few cpen. Then she heard the same
sit.ugs usliur aud humping against the wall, and
a.nt "ai 'aN thai alhige ultupiol nee which haa
ain ueat TIE ruad A. The uppct end 1.-THE pasture had
nHiiesi down Co. the house Luckily Its long roots
dgsci iu ihe ~ and kept from moving rapidly
cltott, even the Hrung nails aud bolts In the piles
cauh uoi have vithsiood the shock. The houndha
ciei uTon iis tnoty surface aud ctouched near the
rH.fS shlVeiiag aud whining. ray " hope flashed
att ff hei nind. she dew heavy blanket from the
/ ttt ana wrapping u about the tahy waded In the
| detlfnlnE water o. thU doof. As the tree swung
| anl trsube. she ieared on To- iis tn,nk By Gods
| mccoy he steceslcd M obtaining footing on Its
sifety suftare, aud twiniug atm about It's roots
/ q hrii in The othef her moaning chld. Then some
ffrt % the house shc had ius quilted fell forward
iu3 ~ ttiilc tall on their kuces before they lie
use ,wuug tcuud ani dried away withits living cargo
/ tote ne tisss night.
10 aA Nlt Ukfitrturut auN danger, Tot All let soott-
ius " hct rfytug bAby TOT sn iis whisinug ot the
uui. fof sllthe uncertainty of hct situation, she SIN
tnInsi o. hooked 1t ,he deserted aud watcr.swep,
t,u folish she was 10 think otl a that time that
! sIe wished shc had put another dress and the
tahi's hesi riuih,s aud she Kept PRAYING that the
tnuse soud tc spared ~ that De, when he returned,
| wruh have something 10 come 10, aud u wouldn't
| b. quite ~ Observation-Disclosures could he ever know
| What had bc,uins II her and hahys And at the
Taught shc stew sck and faint. Rut she had some.
ihtg else to DO tesldes worrying for Whenever the
FIHfHf fHN NTF Hf. fH.
tiuut made halt gcSoluticn aud twice dipped her
iuio TIE hlagt eatcr The hound. who kept dis.
atlihg het ~ running ~ and aud down the tree aud
f,wung AZ lat fell II one II these collisions lie
swan uf sumc tins beside hct aud she iticd TO get the
tsf beast uIn THE tce. Tut he acted sliy and Wild
aida hst shc lust sight ut him forever. Then Site
| aui her bsiY were icit alone,
The ught Which had burned for few minutes In
| Tie dcsrttcd cabin MS quei,chcd suddenly. she
ruM nd tei then Nhlihsr she was drining. The
outline of the white duurs on thcpcninsula showed
iinly ahead aud she Judged thetrce was moving In a
| ne VITA the liver, u must hc about stack water.
and she had probably reached the eddy formed hy the
r1innrnre ut The tide aud the oyctfowng waters II
s ti,er tuics the tide tell .oon there was present
dangrr u het drifting 10 ts channel, aud being
| prti aNettcd " shc wctc earliest out the cbb
t'ward The hay sie might hope o strike one Vt the
s~dei rromoniolies Of the peninsula, and rest TN
| dWueht, Sumeiincs she thought she heard voices
aHd shouts trum the river. and the hrowng of eat.
| lc aud hlcatiug Of sheep. ihcu again II was only
tie ringing Ia hct eats aud ihrUhhne of hct heart
| "he found At alpu this time that she was chilled
and sill'ucd w het cianIci position that she could
~ Atcrls move, aud the baby cried when She pt ID
I" her breasl that she noticed temllk refused To ow,
aud She Was - frightened NJ that that she put her
| bitterly.
when she raised her head again the boom of the
suii MAS heind hci, aud she Knew that her aTk had
| again swung around. She dipped up the water To
co"lhcr patched throat aHd found thai II salt
| h'f teaiH. There WAS u relief though, Tor hy this
| sign she was drifting with the tide.
II was then the wind went down, AMI the great and
| awinl silence oppressed her. There scarcely u
ripple against the urruwed sides nf the great trunk
an tl I.NInI
gloom aud quiet SHE spoke To the baby lust To hear
herself sleak aud 10 know that he had not lost her
voice she Thought then-lt was queer, but she could
| not help thinking i-how awful must have been the
| hisht when the great ship swung over the Asaiir
Peak and the sounds OF Creation Were blottei out
| tlom the world. She thought, too, of mariners
| chhgihg TO srart, and of poor women who were
shed to RATS and beaten to death by the cruel sea-
she iied to thank God that she was thus spared aud
| lifted her eyes fiom the baby, who had fallen into a
htfu sleep; Suddenly, away to the southward, a
and hicsered, and ilckered AMI flashed again. Her
heart fntered quickly against the baby's cold cheek
II was the lighthouse at The entrance of the bny As
She was yet wondering the tree suddenly rolled u
| little, dragged little, and then seemed to lie quiet
% aud s,lil. She put ont her hand and the current
| gnfgled against 1t. The tree aground and by
the position of the light and the noise of the surf.
| aground. upon the Dedlow Marsh.
Had II not been for her baby, who was ailinp and
cro,py, had 1t not been for the sudden drying up of
that sensitive fountain, she would have felt safe and
relieved, Perhaps It was this which rendered to
make all her impressions monrnful and gloomy. As
the tide rapidly fell great flock of black brent fut-
teed ny her screaming and crying. Then the ployer
new up and piped mourntully. as they wheeled
around the trunk and at last folrlcssly lit upon 1t
like grey cloud. Then the heron dew over and
around her, shreking and protesting, and at last
dropped Its gaunt legs only few yards from her
But strangest of ALL pretty white bird larger than
a,o"ns m"sIe ,nG neHa' @ eIt not peean.circled
OF the tree quite over her shoulder She put ont her
hand and stroked its beautiful white neck and II
that she thought she would lift up The hady To see it,
and try to attract her attention. But when she did
so the child was so chilled ani cold, and had such
blue look under thetle lashes which It didn' raise at
all thatshe screamed aloud and the bird flew away,
and she tainted.
Well, that the worst of it, and perlaps # was
not so much after all to any one but herself. Fo,
when she recovered her senses 1t was bright sunlight
and dead low water There confused noise OF
gnt,eral voices about her, and an old squaw singing
sn ss "Sl , . y, n, and rocking herself ron
which, She the recovered wife and mother, lay
weak and weary. Her first thought was for her baby,
and she was about to speak, when a Young sauaw,
who must have been mother herself, iatholnea hei
thought and brought her the ''mOUich,' ~ pale hui
living, In such queerlitle willow cradle All bound M
lust Ike the squaw own young one, that she aug he'd
and cried together and the young squaw and the old
sqnaw showed their big white teeth and gnted theil
wagec may come plenty soon, thai she could hav,
kissed the brown face In her Joy And then she
found that they had been gathering berries On til,
marsh IN the queer conical baskets aud the skii
OF her gown fiuttering the tree from afar and IN,
Old squaw couldn't resist the temptation procuring
new garment and came down and discovered III,
. 'wagee' woman and child And of course sh,
! gave that garment to the old squaw, as you inay
Imagine, and when he at lasi and rushed up /,
her looking ten Years older IN his anxetyshe felt
faiht again that they had to carry her to the canoe
For you lie knew nothing about the Hood until m
met the Indian at Utopia, and knew by tile signs ta
The poor woman was his wife. And at the next bigl
Tide he lowed the tree away back home, although
wasn't worth the trouble. and built the bonse isni
the old tree for the foundation and called IL afte
her, 90 Mary'5 Ark But you may guess the nex
house was built above high water marx. Ana that
D all.
This is the prominent incident Of the Delloy
Marsh. Bnt you must tramp 1t at low water
paddle 1t at high tide or gel lost upon il ono
OF twice In the fall as haye-to properly understan
the full force of Marys adventure duly appreciat
the blessings of living beyond high water mark. -
a GOideH Era.