Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-11-01
MARTINsBURG, W VA, SATURDAY NOV l. 1884 4

did and said. Wayne used to sil
and watch her furtively, and as i
she were a creature ofsome unknown
race.
Three days after that first e, enine
and hammock, The ideal & fine wo
man" had died out of his mind
and never to return, and before the
week was over, he had said to him.
self-he, the practical, coolheaded
Huntingdon Wayne-that life with
out little Hetty would be hardly
worth the living, and that he must
have her for his own or die. Prac
tical common-sense men often take
the hardest form of that disease
called love.
He spoke to DR.. Marshall before
the middle of the second week, and
asked his consent to win Hetty. The
doctor listened with "a good deal OF
surprise, bat no appearance Of dis
pleasure, and when Wayne had fin.
ished, he grasped his hand cordially
"My dear fellow" he said with
something between a smile and
a sigh, "you have my heartiest con-
sent and my best wishes, il
you can get Hetty to say Yes You
are almost part of poor Jack, aud
there's no one else l should SO glad
ly call my son. OF course it all rests
with Hetty; and / know she does
not dislike you, and you must trust
to time for the rest. Love such as
she gave poor Jack, perhaps the
same woman never gives twice over
but there's no reason why she
shouldn't love you welland make you
a good wife. The grief of two years
is passing await is more the ply
steal state left by the shock of that
time that wears on her now. Per.
haps she will never be very robust.
but you will take good care of her,
Pm certain"
"She shall be strong again, please
God, if can make her SO happy by
my DEVOTION" said Huntingdon,
while vision of unspeakable happi
ness danced before his minds eyes
"a ow-white yacht cruising among
smiling islands in a summer sea
seeking health for her who was its
queen.
"I'll leave the business to look
after itself,' he thought, with glow
Of rapture, sand travel round the
world with her till the color comes
back to her pale face, and the light
to her eyes-yes, and the happiness
to her heart"
So the fortnight wore away, and
another was well nigh gone, and yet
Wayne fingered at Newton-on-sea.
He was never away from Hetty's
side; he fetched and carried for her
ike a dog, he was slave to her
every wish. DR.. and Mrs. Marshall
regarded him with nndisguised
favor. Tom, the enfant terrible of
the family, voted him "no-end
jolly" and Hetty-Hetty like him
well: her eyes frightened when
he came, she missed him when he
was away; be was so thoughtful, SO
kind, so good, no one could help
being fond of him.
One night there was storm, and
and by noon the next day came
on the news that a great ship
from the Cape had gone to pieces
the Razor Rocks, not two miles
away. Nothing would do but that
Hetty must go and see it. There
were no lives lost, they heard, but
the lifeboat people must wait on
the tide before they could get off all
the crew, and Hetty was eager to
see the rescue. So Huntingdon, of
course, volunteered to drive her and
Tom to the scene of the disaster in
Hetty's little pony-carriage.
What a drive that was! Wayne
will never forget it while he lives.
The hedges were all aglow with the
June roses and the honeysuckle, and
breath of summer floated up to
them from the narrow winding lanes.
The pony was fat and indolent took,
its own time. Wayne would not
have hurried one of Its steps. The
sun was setting when they reached
the solitary bay where the steamer
had run ashore, and golden glory
shone over the sky and sea-edging
the cloud banks with unearthly splen-
dor, and dying with crimson the
shallow pools left by the retreating
tide. The cliff path to the shore
was steep and nerrow. Wayne had
to help Hetty with a tender care.
Her little light shawl lay over his
arm, her small hand rested in his
clasp. 1t seemed to him the world
was bounded by Hetty.
Never had his heart beat so high