The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-19
"LOhD or ALL"

IL she were pursued BY the furies, Vim
cent, calm as English gentlemen are
wont to be in tbs face OF great emery
ency, stood and watched the sailor in
the little ships boat lie had no man
ner OF doubt who II was. 1t was the
magnificent figure OF n young Hercules
that leapcd out and hurried toward him
with blue eyes afamc with passion
which turned the ruddy brown OF his
face curious gray~psrhaps ak foot
three In hcight: certainly mol less. Vim
cent looked like pipmy by his side,
and in spite OF the distortion of Jealous
anger tile fellow WINS dlyinely hand
some. Vincent saw this with Ills usual
bitter candor toward himself; he saw
tho golden brown beard and curling
hair. the fine aduiline nose. the viyjdly
blue ewes. These were what had stolen
Mary Treyarroch's heart. which had
been ice 10 him, II was all over. The
sea had given nm its dead TO blast the
hope of his life. lie answered viii
penruddock's incoherent Gerceness of
question and invectiye with a quiet:
"You are the sailor, Pcnruddock, who
was supposed 10 be lostYr
~ am. And that IL or was my lass
my sweetheart. What dared YOU do
with herYn
II was going TO marry herr
"You-d-n youl"
mo, Won needn't do that.m Vincent
returned with careless grace. "She
thought you dead-naturally enough. |
suppose. and she was so good ms 10 he
willing TO become my wife. without pre-
tending to care for me. There Is no oc-
casion that can see. to swear nj me. 1
have acted in perfect good faith. so has
she.m
tShe yvnnta IN marry a pentipman I
suppose, not poor fellow like me"
Win began. irving to sneak more calm
Nv. but breaking oil again: "but I'll ask
her. III he sure before 1 90 away and
get drowned. as she thought | was. She
shall say which of us II is to be-
And leaving Vincent. he leaned IN
the rocks of his own familiar shore in
pursuit of the girl who had fled from
his awful vision, as she believed. of her
dead love. He stumbled over some
thing, and looking down, he saw that IL
was n woman living insensible--a mere
heap of clothes il seemed at first, but
STOPPING and turning her, he saw Mary
Treyarroch's face. with closed ewes and
white parted lips. VIII gathered her
to his bosom with sudden change from
passionate anger TO passionate tender
ness. rocking her i'm his arms. irving TO
warm her lips and cheeks with kisses.
When her ewes fluttered open they fell
on his.
"Will,r she said family, but smiling
pa if she had awoke i'm heaven, sis IL
you or your ghostY"
"Me-my living self-darlinQ of my
heart. Mary, who shall part usY You
don't love any one but me? God surely
never brought me back-.the only one Of
the crew-fnr that. You're my lass
still-mineYn
The words brought Tcmemhrances
which the first anguish of her Joy had
blottel out. She sat up put her hand
to her head-it was the hand that Vim
cent had kissed n few minutes agol She
looked at it strangely, and rising to her
feet tried to move 1t without Wills
help, but her limbs failed her. and she
leaned against the rocks a little turned
away from him. viii stood and looked
at her with curious mixture of love,
and lierceness, and terror in his face.
| At that moment Vincent Randall came
| slowly up and stood before them. Mary
| looked at the two men with quivering
| face, and then, putting up her clasped
| hands. she dropped at Vincent's feet
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get nm ana | meant TO do good. On,
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As he wrote the last. words the even
ing darkened so fast lie could scarcely
see what he had written, and he laid
down the pen. At that moment some
one Knocked; lie opened the door and
saw Mary Trevarroch IN her peasant
dress. lie took her hands, which were
damp and Icy, cold, and drew her into
the room. She looked ut him, trembling
in every llbr" of her frame,
They tell me you're going early To-
morrow, sir?' she said, In scarcely
audible voice. =.
Yes, my dear"