The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-15
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"There is no doubt but that calamity
has weighed" he responded in the same
spirit. But, my dear, it ism necessa-
~ that you should inform the whole
ships company that you are an adopted
daughter Dana Oliphant was never
anybod9 but Dana Oliphant from her
baptismal day; and she never will be
anybody else, if | have anything to say
about it, though these young chaps are
casting sleeps eyes at her already.
Tell them it no use, my dear; there's
a cruel parent in the background who
will have none of them
The cruel parent handed her over to
one of them ten minutes afterward, and
retired with his wife to the ladies' par
lor, while Dana fingered TO watch the
April moon rise in FURNISHED globe
out of the sea.
Somebody else watched it and her:
somebody curled his lip in disdain and
murmured puppy at her attendant
cavalier. but it was DAYS afterward be-
he was duly presented to the ELEPHANTS,
father and daughter. who looked into
his pale face and felt sorry for him.
Mamma is laboring under the disa-
bilities of NAL ne n1er. said Dana, ''but
papa and / are exempt. Come over
and sympathizeNwith her: am sure
you can and the next moment she was
presenting him as Mr.. Harrington. of
New Orleans. Ny mother. Mr.. Far
rington. Don't they look like two
lilies, papa. bending palely on their
stems? and Dana's mischievous laugh
could not quite be restrained.
"Iou ought to see my coRpdgnon du
roydge." responded Mr. Harrington
Il am used up and bleached out. but
killuth is spectacle beside me. |
doubt if he shows himself on deck at
all before we reach the other side
killUth,' repeated Mrs. Oliphant,
holding up screen between the pale
face and the bright sunshine. "Where
have | heard that name before?"
8 If YOU are in doubt he will be en-
abled to enlighten you." smiled Far
rington. killuth is regular bio
graphical dictionary in himself. If he
has ever known you. Mrs. Oliphant, he
will know YOU again, though twenty
years have gone between"
= Oh. what a CHASTITY color that blue
Shade gives YOU, mamma" Dana eN-
claimed. ''Or is it the waves? The
sea Is roughening. don't you think so.
Mr.. Harrington? You are not, so sus-
eeptible TO these changes as mamma is.
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horses of the stormy Atlantic? To
look at it now one would not think it
could be stormy, ever"
The young couple had the converse
ton almost entirely to themselves.
Mrs. Oliphant lay back in her chair:
saying very little, that little generally
addressed to her husband, who was
never very far from her side; but her
eyes rested once or twice on Mr.. Far
rington' : animated face, with troubled
look which Mr.. Oliphant was quick to
decry.
"What is it, Rose?" he asked. bend
ing over her chair. "Some ghost out
of that far past, dear, coming up to
haunt you?n
How quick You are to see it. Oh,
Power, l am afraid-afraid, That Mr..
killuth knew papa-knew me. What
if the whole horrible truth should come
to Dana. through him? He knew her
father. too
If it gives You one qualm of uneaSi-
ness it viii be no hard matter to avoid
Mr.. Killuth."
81 don't know about that. Look at
those two. Dana is giving our whole
history TO that young man whom she has
not known for an hour. Look at him,
Power, and tell me if You think he is
dangerous. would not for the world
have her grow interested in him.
He looks as if he might be in some
danger himself" responded Mr.. OH
plant. But Dana has never had any
foolish notions in her head Don't put
them there, l beg of you. Rose"
Dana had never had any foolish no
Gons, and she had had her admirers
from the time she was ten. Mrs. Oil
phant dismissed the vague apprehen-
Sions which at first beSet her. Mr..
Harrington gave much of his time to his
invalid friend, who only appeared as a
great, swathed bundle upon the deck.
with not thought in the world beyond
his own misery. The passage was
rather 4 rough one. No cloud APP
peared in the bright blue sky. but high
winds and waves prevailed. to the great
discomfort of at least one-half of the
ships passengers.
They came into the region of fogs .'otf
the Banks A thin white vail closed
over sea and sky, and fell in fine,
penetrating rain upon the deck The
fog-horn set up its piercing scream; the
speed of the great vessel slackened I'M
til she seemed to be only crawling upon
the unseen waters, and in spite of all
these precautions there came a shock
and recoil; ii .Ilsh of feet overhead, a
confusion of voices in shrieks. curses and
commands The great ship had eollided
with bark, crushing in the side of the
latter, which filled and sunk, almost
before the hapless creatures on board
knew what had happened them. The
ship lay to and boats were lowered to
search the SPOT; q half-dozen of the
bark crew were picked up; nearly as