Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-22
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Slowly Mabelle took her way through
Abe garden, gstherisgb here and tbena
some sweetly- flower, and inger.
ing amopgstI the many fragrances as i
ssne could not bear to part from them.
1nen. by degrees. out of the garden and
INTO the first fields surrounding ths
house. No sooner had she arrived there
han something jumped up against her
Dress. and looking down she perceived
-shsfnssy-looking person Of Df. johnson,
VINO had seen her proceedings In the
nan from one corner Of, one ere but
who had only just persuaded himself to
leave his delicious corner on the sofa,
and whose wfiggling body and pleading
tail now said distinctly: 'You can new
ser think of leaving me behind!p1 Es7A :
oh. DR.. johnson, you want to come.
100! Well, you shall, if you don't run
alter the Sheep" she observed, which
observation the Doctor, perfectly com
pretending, hailed with three active
bounds and as many sharp, excited
barks. while Mabelle's step FASTENED
Itself somewhat in sympathy with the
creatures eagerness.
a walk of ten minutes along the we'll
known field-paths brought her to the
cliffs. and to the agreeable little hollow
where she and Grace were wont to sit
with their books and work, idIing away
the sweet. long, summer days.
From this little cove one could look
down upon the wshore, and when the
tidSvas high thGe vas nqhing TO- be
eeeet Da&but q he~ ing green depkh.
clear as crystal, and indescribably beau
fl.ai One might dwell for pages upon
the stranges ssints and sshadows,A the
changing, mysterious lights and CLEANS
ard flashes OF foam, and sudden dark
ness of that noble sea which washed the
cliffs about Foulhaven, but that the de-
~scription might wax tedious. and could
not give the faintest idea of the whole.
Once, when some person was feebly
and hopelessly quoting the words about
the light that never was, on sea or
land, - Mabelle suddenly burst forth:
- But YOU ape glite nidakens it q
1Af& IlREf sesait III isths gtes4
night on the waves at Foulhaven. And
the company laughed, and did not Le-
heve her; but Mabelle sspoke the words
-0f truth and soberness nossSiths dfn0.l
From where she sat this afternoon
she could not see, without standing up
and craning her neck for the purpose,
= Sr.f v<yr n
with each an odd, stumpy=iooking light
house at the end of it, between which
the river ran into the sea. SO that they
helped to form kind of harbor, in and
--out of which the fishing craft went sail
ing. sailing, every dav,s with their red
.spsedaks 8 sss 3fsszs B sa sbg could eonId
see, as she lay back with her hands
~clasped behind her head, a little speck
.eof the top of the Kre& East Cliff which
was SO high and mighty, and in stormy
weather so grim and terrible. And
upon that speck stood the defiant-look-
ifg ruin of a very ancient abbey, ycleped
Sc. Ethelfieda- -
SO where one would in the neighbor-
hood of Foulhayen this frowning ruin
confronted one, and seemed to DOM
if.ate every part of the landscape. 1t
looked grimly down upon the VOYAGES
liz ships at sea; while the bld6 Sky
g.eamed through the broken tracery of
it% fine old swindow& By land, no mat
ss 9 NhsIs; Z w. notb efssa.h, ssoe
=setme lofty bank, some bend in the road,
-or some hedge of trees yet, emerge
-ospH more and agaiAl yoi saw q. atoKer.
ing above everything elseranx ancient
guardian, endowed Nfef tbe impfesGfell
mss which only such strange, hoary
buildings can have-the survivor of a
hundred kings, and the beacon for
miles around to those who ''go down
zirto the deep in ships. "~----- .--------------
Now, Mabelle Fairfax lay back and
gazed at the gaunt old ruin and specu-
lated about it, and wove the webs of
her hopes and fears, and her wonders
=as to what life held >fes her az she
watched Whit clouds sailing se4ward
% How good they are to me-" She
thought. They actually want me to
stay another month. and 4 have been.
! should like it, August now, and they
don't expect Philip home till October,
$50 have plenty of time to stay a
month, and be gone away for ever SO
long before he comes.-0f course
can never come here when ne is at
home; the very sight of me would make
him furious. should Think
Here she sighed and half closed her
ewes, while her houghts wanderea away
slpQnsoNer track and DR.. sJohIbon sat
bezde&ee blinldnf 1t Die ruinsof the
eab6eY with his tongue out, ard ocea-
zsioaally turning his head and slancing
at her over his shoulder. with half
-smile. as who would say Wa are well
off together"
Thus she had remained for aome time,
with Der eyes now open, nos shut, with
tho faint breeze ftfully touching her
cheek. and the deep, mysterious muir
muir of the ocean below, like q bass
chorus to the joyful song OF nature.
"You might have called me when you
went out, )" cried the voice of Grace, ana
Mabellesstarted, wide awake now, and
! RI Would lot, hive Weakened tsu Mr
4he world from such refreshing s1um-
her, she said. laughing.
..Andsyou have .alienated the sfec-.
afoassof my dog tosaeh an sextene shasl
he alwaf@ follorys youF now, am never,
me. +sDfs Jshhsoi. ar, cone Eere!ss
said his mistress. seating herself and