New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

r.o,n Tile 81. Lnmes.s Ga-el,e.


Until she was nineteen years OLD, Dorothy lived
"a very uuevrntful life Tor one week was ituch ihe
same az another in the placid existence oil tnT VI
laae On sunday mornings, when The churcA-oe-ls
d. o,u 10 rlug YOU would meet her waking over
tho moor with sprmgy step Her shaw was SraN,
and her dress was If the most pronounced cOor
that could be bought ID the market-toWn. leI
brown har gathered M net anu heI cuin
ewes looked from under an olG-tashioned bonnet oI
straw. Her feet were always bare, Dut ohe carried
nor shoes ana stockings ,lung over her suouluti.
When she got near the church she gao down III the
shade OF "a hedge ana put them on theh -hc WtiheH
the rest Of the distance Win O4"NP'A ''4' 81 -
Everv boat in tie Village went away north one
evening and not mau remained ID the hoN eA-
coming three very od fellows, ~hO were lOAg past
Wort, of any kind. When fisherman grows help
less with age be Is kept Dy his own people, ana MS
days are passed IN qlucty su'N'ug Oh Al ' i
set e or IN looking dly out over the sea 44on IAo
bench at the door y ,outhegy gaze, WIN q
sourntrly sea. came away IA tue hlSut' ana Jiic
hnat- could not beat down from the horihWalh.
Rx davi.-at they were al safe Ia d harbor about
eighteen mics north % tie village. me
sen -Iew worse and worse, ana The usual CLOUDS
INTO the fields beyond. " hen The wind reached Us
hrIrt tAC sounds 10 made ia tLc n0lIoN5 were INT
distant urug OK small arms. ana ,ir waves III ."D
hollow rocks seemed 10 81 axe lnr SI"tnu Nv WV
cliffs \ Atlle schooner came round the point luA-
uup before the sea. she might nave Sot C4eHI
away. because Do %as easy enough IOI her hid sue
cltNrl "a ,.ort way out, rsAIu2 jhe p'dM seil 20
have made she hGrbor where the h'Acis were. DuO
the skipper kept her close ln, ana presently sue
fff1t on
out eastward inc tops OF ner uAaots seemed hidIly
10 meet so II appeared as II she had brOAen her
back Inc seas flew sheer over her, ana me
men mad 10 climb INTO the rigging All the
women were watching and waiting 10 see her go 10
plesrs There was 40 chance 81 getting boat OUT
- fine helpless villagers waucd 10 see the men
drawn: and the women cried IN their shrll, pltcOus
manner Doroth said: " " al she break up IN dl
I"rrt II rno.,t . Dee could hing there would Oe
/ away for the htebOat.' Bur the old men -aId
on can never cross the burn Four miles south'
behind the point, there Wa. village where "A nc
boat was kept; but JUS halt way stream ran mo
tine sea and across tnls stream there was ohS
/ plank bridge. Half nile below the bridge luo
/ water spread far over the broad sand and became
vert shallow aud WIDE. Dorothy spoke no more,
/ except to say III away she Fah acIOss
/ tho moor for a mile and then scrambled down 70
The sand so That the tearing wind mt not lhP'u'
her IL Was dangerous work Tor the next In'o'
/ Eyer, ward OF the way she had 10 splash through
/ the foaIu because the great waves we're TCllhg up
/ Wv nearly to the loot of the ellis. An extra
str6np sea might have caught her OH her Ieet, Out
liz dd NOT think Oh mat. she only thought OF saw
ing her breath Dy escaping the direct onslaught OF
/ the wind When she came 10 the mouth OF the
buru her heart failed her Tor little. There was
| three-ouarters OF a mile OF water covered WIN
| creamy foam aud she did not know but what she
miant be taken out OF her depth. Yet she determined
! 10 risk and plunged III at run. The sand was
| hard under foot, Out as she said, when Tue plIeu
foam came softly up to her waist. she " felt gey
funny.p Halfway across she stumbled INTO a ho4e