The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-07-04


wife ia ease. /. mas 4 hard t.iai 20
aim and a hard trial TO his y"uI 6
wife; but poverty was his mrs, de
had thought Iirst "f delSying tn day 4
Of marriage until his retnTr. brt this
had already been delayed, sEd both (
were to deeply in love to reaso'.. In +
stead of reasoning they got msrrisd.
A few hours of exquisite bliss asa they \
parted.
The white sails uf ths vessel Nhich .
had brought the young husband to /.
Astoria were spread and slowed around
to catch the wind; the vessel sIiied f,
away on her homeward voyage the 7.
citizens watched the sails until they I
became = wkite spsck on the ocean,
and then became undistinguishsb'e
from the distant clouds on the huri-
zon.
The new member soon settled down
and became like the rest OF the CON
muni;y, and it was not long before he
acquired those habits which were com
mon 10 all. At first he was the priu-
cipal speaker at the old store, and
would describe to the little baud OF
listeners the great and nusy world So
far away. Even the dogs of the y'i-
lage would sit on their launches aui
look up into his face w;sa a lock Il
seeming interest as he spoke. And
one time he told Of the sweet gen;Ie
wife that he left behind hiul, and -
he described her in glowing tef.ns MS
Listeners leaned forward with their
elbows ON their knees, and one old
| pilot took of his hat aud lsid :. %
the floor az the young man described
the lovely face like thai Of N aneal.
and spoke Of the golden hsir and the
eyes like the blue oi heaven
But after while deep melancholy
took possession ef him. az De- hardly
spoke to the rest. And lie was Of
temi seen to wander up and down III,
beach IN the evening after the day :
work Mas done. He became ,be sui~
ject of conversation, aad the viiisrss
all solemnly agreed--apd esps-ia.'' )
did the old lawyer conclude that h
was out OF his element; that ihst wai
no place for him.
Still the days dragged rs ana t'i'
rain came dreariiy down; sill the In
= dians in their canoes padded ihcl
u usy over the smooth surface vi tl,
river, and still the river carried o.
> Time in his invisible boar c..,, See ''t
ocean.
" One day an lndiaa came H'%"--rftl
u store and informed the people thersi
&c that big canoe was ont ~ the occsI
" They went out, aud sure enough o
the far horizon, and ''ievtle to nor
ie of Sand Island, as rough old sai,o
TO expressed it, was sail. The "a
moved across the mouth of the Tiyel
and many were the cUnjectures Us Z
~ whether she would come into the rave
" or not. At last the question vi
70 settled when the vessel rounded II
a. north end Of the sand-spit on the be
In two hours the vessel, Nith all sai
> set, passed within quarter Of mf
y Of the town, and went on up the rlve
~ The vessel was "a beautiful c.ipp
packet; one of the splendid line
0u jackets that sailed between this c0u
try and France fifty years ag'; one .
ia those vessels that were htted ~ ii
y" a palace; that were built OF oak a.
" pine and were fastened with COPE
bolts. This vas the Siiei0 ds O..
= and she had majestic appearance,
she moved with all sails set Oaws
= up the Columbia.
=, Every sPy-glass in the city "
!, leveled at the vessel as she Gid
90. onward. A lady Oh the puoP-se
was waving handkerchief, and =
= glass showed to the young clerk {
this was the wife he had left N
England. The day had been brt
eP, one, and the sun was sinking az
W uiu mouth OF the river through a hes'
of golden clouds,
e ~ The young husband got In;o
NV life-boat with four companions
" rowed up the river after the YES
' The sun sank, and the clouds of g
,o.o in the west took a crimson hue.
n g 1t was suddenly noticed that
= vessel had stopped. She had str
,h. upon a hidden rock. The vessel
;na NAMED in the same position Tith
,os;. moving. The boat reached her,
the young husband seized upo
been rope that was hanging from the
4 we Of the vessel IN order to keep
the boat in position. The ebb-tlde
1 of rushing rapidly around the boS
was the ship forming whirlpool in
was course.
ton. During the voyage from Eng
from the young wife had had cons
, tie presentiment that she would end