Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-06-06


them had any trust in the hope.
He had seen in the moment when
; they looked at each other that she was
indeed younger than his first SUPPOSE
! tion though hardly so young rs his Sec
ond, She might be five-and-twenty. 1t
was not the face of a girl. She had re-
turned to hor former position, and now,
leaning back against the chimney, lift
cd up her faco TO the sky. Her eyes
were closed and her lips drawn in.
There was but time TO look once before
the lips curved again into smile and
the eyes opened to calm gaze.
The man sitting by her heard the
changing and deepening tone OF the
water as IL came up and up.
"You are too young for this" said
he, abruptly.
His voice had changed and decpened
like the tono of the water.
"No, no." she answered, after mo-
mcnt. "Don't trouble about me-"
81 do trouble about you. It's horri-
blel horriblelh'
She again kept silence for little
space; then she said: "When ] heard
you say-that in the boat, and get up
to say, | felt suddenly, as ii 1t was q
cruel thing not to stay with you. too
as well as to save Them
She had been obliged to speak the
last words loudly; for the wind rose
suddenly and fiercely, and the shock of
the waller broke poisily on the walls.
And rs she ceased came terrible
crash; the whole building crcaked and
swayed there were heavy splashcs in
the water, and water spouted over
them as they caluht and clunp to each
other. Long hair was blown before his
face. They held each other fast pant,
ing ana trembling. She freed hand
and drew aside her hair. There was
sound OF water. running, trickling and
dropping. The calm moon, ulsuing
her leisurely pathway, passed out from
ucli.nu clouu' anu showeu .heni VnhC
,no p'aV.1in uU .no oVl,e. - CIV y. 'ne
mouse h'tu gwen way anu the stach vi
chimneys nm opposite , hau iallen. Ia, zen, l.,
r, M ~ niu pcoii .nuse. sur, sne'
u.,, hhuy @ urouoneu ne,.ea 'oSrsnot' r oacn
sun io.I W wy o''.I.. .t Nv iIai hnr III
S;,.;d,d Siom n' nv i;, we" ~, 'i,U h, .s", W ooS
;I:'' m. - 80,
,Gusn.P. !, no J m'.s VA, Me.' ,'s ms.o.'
i,snns, % ~ ''eiie'' WIN ii'''s ''''i''
h'"SH'S 81, jCtih ho ,o,o. ,o,,, ), s,;, ,,,o,,,r
IN. .',' ~, III ~ ~ us no"' '"'" 'ho man
rto IT,, @ a"n SUI. &C., rs, ,
~ ~, VII I'LL Nv ihoio III, le''aS n,o-
IN horj Tho Wild o,,st of ,,;,, ! ohat-
cd. thn moon found . w;Sn onnn "rnh-
wav amnn~ tho niordS' ,ho 200 % os tho
waiors rrnw bv comn,rison stilI or,in
"Ard 90 ,, said bn ..;t was for n,o
Won st,i5 and avon ~ tho and GOVT
90 awav in nnoce without nrIiinr dorn
somo 80 ono - e(so So And % wou % ,vha st,;d s,o
arc -, stranger and we shall die bsrc
to@ethor strengers oh tho i,onv nf
this world ! AII INV life I have bccn
solitary and desertoJ II b,s hoon NV
fault. and now lite is over It,s all .oo
l,tn and tbnre,s No t;mn -
She remoincd silent and tho ,nonoto-
mons nulsc of tbe water throhbrd be-
Low
edo wop Wall tbo donths rorhors
of each otbor but mt tho shol,pws II
we were to he saved wa should fooI lilo
friends iii we cana to InnJ onJ +hnn
vn, would go yon, ,,,ay onJ ,,,;na.
and if we we're to meet once a woeI
for n twelvc-month we should snaal to
eoch other at first and tben wo should
noJ and smiln and hv and bv we
should mass and take no norice No
what knnwlsdre ~. f,.;end sl,;n ,yo bova
does not belon9 TO This lifc,i -
"You believe. then. in o,otberpn
"Tt is hardly that helinve in onotbor
life so much ne that 7 c,n,t heI;eyn in
death We could NOT he canohle of sn
mnch and desirous of so much and
NOTHING come. We have MT half
enonoh feel so much. much more
No. I am not afraid. There's more ),
He in his turn was silent, Perbnns
he foreborc ont of nitv, to mt forth a
word AGAINST her hone: nerhans in his
soul, too, n like hope, which he had
taken to be long dead began to stir
and murmur.
The moon had put on minuto Inv
minute. a fuller glory: il was illnmin.
inr an .rcb of c1onjs and hovand tho
arch Inv meosureIess lionid h,ciJ
denths She looked and nointed nm
ward The fulI glow sbpnn on bpr
face. He saw in her dark owes n slow
ineffable softenino: in oIl the limos of
her features breatbed n snirit of ey-
infant rccention
"Tbe omen doorway of infnitv ~ soid
he dttinG to this radiance its ant nootic
description. but without ANYTHING Of the
poets rapture or belief Her Inns lins moved NJ, va"
to n recognizing smile N
"And eor rnn lool- nm 90 .h.. 49,,
aos,lainon @ S"I shS ~" a,.nJ lo0A up " 'pa' anu
o's1I ..That baS "' nSAou, nn voioe for ma t. :,
Zoo r' fan oW ,'' . ~ s;i s1ice ior ine. IL Is
That glorv NAV come hack nc serone
to LOOK down On nv drownod fooo Rmt
Won have TO die with me What homo
there is in life or death Won have shown
me. I don't know tho, If is I,stin~ ~,
that il is uood for much. bnt such ss II
is. il comes from you,n ' '' -
| Anoin tho w,,ors oo,,o ,h;.
tho }alIon I ohinmonS S" and i.S tsnr 1veI
out IN unomnntar,; " my iooneu n
% %tha suddon tnrraS. "pphoSion ppphSiInI puI ou
waters wa ] went on r;s;nn ] on.;n si"ml, h',u 'ne ne
hefore arus "'"' "" i'''s "s"'h Slowly 's
He then ou;et,v rroooodo,. .nno