The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-09

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II ant 81 glnd son hf0 Eut hpmn
Benz she said, coming and laying her
hnnd On his arm
Ito saw ltow white she waa. and no.
tlcod the hand on his arm lromhlci
"What, nervous little woman ho
mked. smiling.
IL was 80 afraid the tfoos would blow
over and frigiten the l0fse when }ou
came through tie woods" she replied
with n little hystcricnl sob Aud tho
sra Just hear itil
IN IL In the storm ntwcll ne In tho
calm, Myrn.' he said, grnyoly Bat
seeing how nervous she was he did not
tell her how near her fears lm1 come
10 tho truth. 4 great Pine, standing
close 70 the road, had gone oycr ~ be-
came by, Just clearing bis head, md
grazing the back Of the wagon. One
Instant later and II wonld have crushed
him 10 death. and Myra would haye
wnited In vain for his cOming'
where Is KalphP" he asked, look
Ing round. n sudden fear that no had
gone down the harbor oyortaking him.
81 never saw such u boy unless IL
was brother Tom Why, he IL rugged
up IN your old jacket, up on the hill;
he would go. lGo thinks this IL 'splen-
did this terrible storm and wishes
he was outsider she added, with n
shuddcr
"llcaypn help those who arc outside"
Mr.. Anderson replied, sobcrly.
"Do you think there aro any vessels
on the coastNAs she asked, a~nxi0usly.
"Ihey had been looking oil with
their glasses from Coles Hill for an
hour or two when | left town. There
was q large ship just disccrniblo IN tho
distance. Tho spray was so thick
twas next TO impossible to make her
out. ] hope she managed 10 keep ont
TO sea; with this wind driving her, II she
became unmanagcablo from any cause.
II would be u hard look
Father there's n sail outside. and
rs driving In toward The point" Ralph
cried, cxcitodly. opening tho door,
which sent u sudden sheet Of llamo and
smoke half way across tho room.
Come in. Ralph Mr.. Anderson
commanded.
"Butl want to 90 down to the beach,
father. ~
Come in. | say,n he rcpcatod, s%tcrnly.
Ralph shut the door aud came slowly
through the porch into the kitchen. II
would not do TO disregard his com.
mands. he had learned that thoroughly.
His mother he could "bluf oll,n rs he
called II, but he never tried Il with his
father.
"You could not stand on the beach
IN instant In this gale, Ralph. and the
spray drives clear up 10 the windows
secl' Aud rs he spoke Il grow sudden.
ly dark, and the wind whirled the rain
aud spray, and great handnls Of green
leaves which 1t bad stripped from the
trees, against the glass, almost shutting
out what little was left Of tho rapidly
waning light
Ralph sat down by tho window in 81.
lenco, while his mother set the table for
supper. Outside the storm and dark.
ness increased till the long line Of beach
grew CHASTITY aud indistinct, and iiiful
shadows crypt shiycring through the
rank March grasses, like lost spirits
searching for rest. Suddenly tho dull
boom OF u gun broke with q slow. sullen
crash through the pauses Of the storm
Ralphsprang TO his feet. and followed
his father 10 the door. The wind caught
y from them, and liitod II from its
hinges In an instant Mr.. Anderson
drew To the inside door MS quickly a,
possible. Int not before the light had
Haired aud gore out, leaving them In a
shadowy sort Of darkness that was full
OF a dim, brooding gloom Mrs Ander.
son erept To the window. and listened
with her car against the pane. Out.
side, ON tho broad stone step, ben
Anderson, with Ralph by his side.
listened 10 the crash, crash Of the min.
ute guns that camo up through the ter.
riblo rumble and roar, sometimes with
startling distinctness, and anon caught
up by the fierce wind. and tossed
TO and fro till Il fell back into the sen.
aud was lost in It's hoarsc dinpason.
The guns suddenly ceased, and tho
sky lowered darkly over tho moaning
sea, and though they waited and
listened, no sound save the shock Of
waves aud shick Of winds came mn
again from tho stormy east.
The lamp was rclighted. and the fam.
ny sat down 10 supper with white. grave
faces. The simple grace" which Ben
Anderson never omitted, had In Il a
WORT Of earnest supplication that "IIe
who holdeth tho waves In the hollow Of
Ills hand would keep those Of IN.
children through this hour Of terrible
peril who werc east upon their mercy,
and II II was His win. bring them ali
safely To land"
There was a little prctense Of eating,
but none Of thcm alto moro than three
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