Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-18

Should no give Robert this chance OF
seeing Annis, and of perhaps asking
her to be his wife, during this very
night, while he stood and worked to dc
good, and in Gods providence tried Ia
be the means of saving the lives OF
people who were nothing to hmP
Thus his thoughts ran, over and
over asalh, Repeating themselves like
the voices Of mocking deMons, while
outward hc l1bGtod Gn ~ tinintCrinit.
tingly rs no influence of The kiud was
st work, piling on fresh fuel for the
flames, or pushing some burning log
into better position, and in that wGY
he won tho victory.
Peace succeeded to tho wild storm Of
agitation which had momentarily
threatened TO cnSulf him. Thus the
night wore through.
With tho morning camo great
calm. One would not have thought
that the sun-ilCcEcd waves came leap
ing IN, whiic-crcstsd anl tumul.uCus,
to meet the stctr batsier Of rocks, and
crawl up. up almost to their sumlHits,
could be aught but playful in their
force. All, it is u treacherous beauty,
that of sea.
Too tired to notice the beauty of the
transition from storm to sunshine,
Owen walked slowly home. His work
was done and he must rest.
Late in the day hG started out for II
walk. lIc was in that miserable state
OF mind which oftentimes follows some
great cHaltetion Of spirit. Tho thought
that Annis had gone away without his
seeing her again weighed upon his
mind like an unwelaomc incubus.
At the voice of Robert Hunter, who
stopped to a2cost him, he shrank and
trcmblcd rs though in pain, but he
listened rs in!chtIy rs though his IFS
depended upon what he was about to
say. la he proposed to Annis, aud
had he been accepted?
"Glenn,n he began, II wish you aud
| could change places about last night 5
work.
cts rather late for that now" was
the quiet answer.
"l'm fully aware of tho fact, and
that's what | regret about IT, I'm
afraid Pm disheI III ccitain dircc-
tiUn.n
"What doyou mcan?" asked Owen,
with sudden interest.
"Why, if you believe it, might just
as well have left my visit unpaid last
night; indeed, indeed, | had far better
have done so. Annis was so Interested
about the chance Of their being ship
outside in distress that it was all |
could do to prevail on her not to face
the storm and como and help she
said, aud she gave nc some pretty
hard rubs, | can tell you, about me
leaving You alone to do the good
work, as she called it. don't believe
little Aunis VI look at me again without
thought in her mind what ought to
have done and didn't"
Such tide of 10y rushed through
Owen Glenn's heart that he could
hardly speak, and while he was strug-
Cling TO hide his emotion Robert went
on with his revelations, little realizing
tho effect OF his words:
"She's not going home to day Just on
that account. She told me to tell YOU
to come and see her and tell lier all
about it. wish il had been my LUX
to make such 4 hit Women are great
on any one who touches their feelings.
You ought to have seen her eyes snap
and sparkle when she was lccturing
me about not staying to help you. |
never saw her look so pretty. But,
halo! what has come over you2" For
Owen was hurrying oil in the direction
Of the cliffs.
Ashe went Robert caught look up.
on his face which told him more than
Owen iatcnded. lie stood staring after
him, thinking to himself:
81 see it all. Ny failure will be
Ovens opportunity. Well, he's good
fellow, and as long as can't have her
what odds does it makeP" Aud | saw
last night that she cared no more for
me than if | had been stick"
When Annis caught sight of Owen
approaching tho cottage she ran out
with an impulsive, "Oh, how glad
Illl W cNC loN6 W. oO Wuuu W
you what think OF you"
Then she stopped short. Something
in Owens face filed her with confusion.
But her outstretchcd hands were al
ready within his clasp, and his low
murmured words of love were sound.
ing in her ears:
81 am as glad as you that | have
done something to please you; for, oh,
Annis, love you SO dearly that | would
do or dare anything for ysur sake"
And then she never knew how il
came about, but his arms wero about
her and his kisses were upon her lips,
and she found that she loved him so
well that she was willing to promise to
be his little wife, whenever he should
be able to earn enough to make homo
for her.
They were both young, and it would
not be hard to wait, as they were so
sure of one another's love.
The prospect at first was that sew
eral years might elapse before their
marriage; but suddenly all was changed
for thom as il by magic.
A letter camo from abroad within q
twelve-month. 1t was addressed to the
minister of the little seaside village
and asked for information as to the
person or persons who had kindled a
beacon light in answer TO signal of
distress from sailing vessel on the
night of -, giving the correct date
and the time when Owen had sacriticod
inclination to the dictates of duty and
of humanity.
That light had saved valuable car
go from being lost, and the writer pre-
posed to give half of the proceeds to
the parties who had been instrumental
in the matter. Also medal was to be
struck of commemorative Of his graft.
tude that the lives OF oil on board had
been thus preserved to thair families,