Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-09-15

IAFcWcll n lew minutes afterwards"
I'VE viii talk for half an hour said she
gaily, "and then we must take active
measures 10 procure our release
"None will be needed. Some of the st.
Malo people are sure TO see us and come
Of their own accord. Each instant I ex-
pect TO see boat put Off"
"Then. in point of fact, our adventure is
not an adventure after allf-
"No; it is nothing but an opportunity
for a quiet half-houTs conversation
(which we could have any day we
hked.r said Lucy.
He shook his head, and said, "Not many
more such pleasures for me-"
Lucy did not know what to say. She
began to speak Of hooks and pictures; he
followed her lead, AMI talked so well that
she let the signal handkerchief fall, and
was completely content To stay where she
was. The sea was struggling and moan
ing below them; they did not heed it; the
hours were passing swiftly. they forgot to
mark their fight. He talked aud she lis
tened. She listened and he looked at her,
and each moment he was more and more
convinced that she was the prettiest, and
sweetest, and gentlest, and most lovable
girl he had ever seen in his life He
wished the conversation could last forev-
er. Could anything be more romantic
than to sit here wave encompassed, alone
with the beautiful girl who had played
such part in his historyH She, all The
while, was thinking what dull lie she
had lived till now, and what dull, dull
people she had dwelt amongst!
Mr.. Richmond's sketch book. the one
Lucy had found, was lying open on her
knee; suddenly deep shadow fell upon
it. She looked up quickly, and exclaimed,
IL am very much afraid there is going to
be a heavy shower!"
He, too, looked up in some alarm, and
said, 1--WE must really be thinking of get
ting on shore-I wonder no one has seen
u.s."
"Is there not some danger if they do
see US they will conclude that we belong
to the yacht, and have a boat coming for
us, and are independent of them and their
helpP
81 don't know-but if so, we had better
take means to undeceive them" He
sprang on broken-down wall, tied his
handkerchief to long stick and waved
it backwards and forwards.
A few heavy raindrops fell. Lucy said,
ave shall get very wet; and you, Mr..
Richmond, are quite wet enough already"
Il am dry now. 1t is only salt water"
He looked to see what provision she had
against bad weather, Her dress was of
some soft grey material, and she wore a
little ,fchW Of the same-that and para
sol was all she had to defend herself with.
He had not even an umbrella, and now
the rain was beginning to fall fast. He
gave up for the present the idea of trying
to summon help from st. Malo, and ran
here and there to look for shelter. The
storm was coming from the st. Malo side /;
he ran towards the opposite cliff, and after
some search found on the very edge of it
a bit of overhanging turf under which
the loose soil had crumbled away. This
rooted in a little space, but very made
quately. He took Lucy there; and as the
rain came in slanting direction from the
other side, this place of shelter which he
had found was sufficient to protect her.
81 won't stay here unless you do," cried
she. "Am to be dry, and you get wet 2"
"There is very little room," said Mr..
Richmond.
"There is enough for both of u.s." said
Lucy-so he crept in and sat down by her.
The cliff sloped away before them in brok-
en- terrace-like descents of half hills, half
precipices. and they could perceive the
heavy rains falling on the now leaden sea.
"We are tolerably dry here, but we lose
our chance of making the st. Malo people
see u.s." said Lucy; however, the rain is
so heavy it can't last long,"
TO BE Continued