The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-20

down the cliff, where he turned for mo- ment to wave his hand before passing out of sight. and then, as if moved by the same impulse, Ella Lorton and Edward Murray left the table and went to the window, the latter taking lorgnere from where II hung in its case. and then wait ing until the white sail of "a boat glided out from beneath the cliff. and as the lit- tie vessel danced away on the foam-cap- ped wavelets, Murray watched its course till the boat was mere speck upon the waters of the bay.
 ''Lorton sat silently in the stern of his fishing boat, never once speaking to the man who held the sheet of the white sail. and who wondered why II was tha, his skipper did rot put out line or two to whiff for pollack.
 But no line was put out then. Lor,on steering his boat in as soon as she was a few miles away, and then running close beneath the cliffs, turning and threading the rocks that kept showing their weed crowned heads above the foam He ran on in his way back toward home. bu, completely screened from anyone look ing ou, III tha, direction by Iu,,ing polnt ot ID Ky land. beneath which he ai Last ran hi, boat into a little cove and Ian led. bidding his man wat.
 What ais the skipper. wonder :: srowled the rough fisherman. as he cut oti 4 piece oi tobacco. 'ShoGidn't won der ii there's something wrong a; home and my lass Is rigiIt. But i,'s nothing ;o si3 with me- and n tnis strain he made the boat fas, and wen, to sleep
 Meanwhile ohn Lorton eimoetii yite cliff, and, striking across granite-strean piece of heath. went cautiously along for q couple of miles 10 where one of the many combes or gullies ran up from the shore, and cautiously proceeding here. he crept in and out amds; the grose. heath. and taiaarisk, which there grew abundantly. Stepping more carefully as he went on. he descended into depres- sion and crept to within fifty feet of the clih 5 edge, and then lowering himself into what seemed to be mere crack in the earth, he elambered down into the darkness till he stood where he could peer between some fragments of rock. and into and through zorn or cavern, whose fern-iringed mouth opened full up on the rocky shore. giving him glori- ous view of the sxniit sea. alive with gilt ,erlng foam. and seeming like some won drous picture in grotesque frame.
 Here ha erouehed, waiting one hour two hours-three hours, uttering from time to time low moan. At last he started as If stung by some venomous beast. for the murmur of low voices met his ear, then the opening to the cave mouth was darkened. and he saw Ed ward Murray enter with canvas and easel ln one hand, while with the other he as sisted Ella over the rugged rocks
 ," ohn Lorton erouched there with his forehead pressed against the granite. gag ins through the narrow opening. seeing all. drinking Tn every word, though sepa- rated from his wife and friend by the huge mss of rock. And there he stayed for a full hour before drawing back. and softly cl..mbering up to the level oi the earth once more. where he sank down upon his knees and Ctouched there wi;h his hand covering his eyes. as if to keep out the I'ght oi day.
 My darling my darling he moaned twlcc II r1tcTyatS, and then he spran. 10 his feet arm aa1 erect and walked rap ally away. h@s i4ce setting fast into a nAcd eomposu.c.
 The skipper looks queer. said the old fisherman lo himself. but he torso: il al directly. and four hours la.er. when the boat sailed back in.o i,s li,lle harbor. | was wilh a heavy catch oi i,,h on board