The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-05-14

Snan commence making love to you
and perhaps | might marry you. Wha
would you think of that?"
'Love" she laughed, as unsteady
as a sea-nymph, ''love? Love betwix
cousin and a couslnp Prepos
terousr'
Il dare say" l resumed, pretendin.
to pout, you wouldn't marry me be
cause I'm poor"
"Poor!' she repeated, looking very
firm and earnest now. ''lf the man
loved were poor I'd carry Il creel TO
him. I'd gather shells for his sake
but L don't love anybody and dom
mean to. Conner
So that was the beginning and tn,
end of my love-making with Cousin
Maggie.
And Maggie had said she had never
meant to love anyone. Well, we never
can tell what may be in our immediate
future,
Hardly had we left the cave that day
and put off from the shore. ere cats
paws began to ruffie the water. They
came in from the west, and before we
had got half way to the distant head
land, steady breeze was blowing
We had hoisted our sail and were run.
ming before it with the speed of e gull
on the wing.
Once round the point we had a beam
wind till we entered the ford, then we
had to beat to windward all the way
home, by which time it was blowing
quite a gale.
1t went round more to the north
about sunset, and then, for the first
time, we noticed a yacht of small diinen.
sions on the distant horizon. Her in.
tentlon appeared to be that of rounding
the island and probably anchoring on
the lee side of it. She was in an uolv
position, however, and we all watched
her anxlously till nightfall hid her
from our view.
l retired early, but sleep was out of
the question, for the wind ragged and
howled around the house like wild
wolves. About II o'clock the sound
OF gun fell on my ears. l could not
be mistaken. for the window ratified ia
sharp response.
| sprang from my couch and began
to dress. and Immediately after, my
aged relative entered the room. He
looked younger and taller than 1 had
seen him, but very serious.
The yacht is on the b." he said
solemnly.
They were words to me of fearful
significance. The yacht, l knew, must
soon break up, and nothing could save
the crew.
1 quickly followed my relative into
the back drawing-room, where Mag
gle was with her mother. We gazed
out into the night, out and across the
sea. At the same moment, out there
on the terrible Ba, blue light sprang
up, revealing the yacht and even its
people on board. She was leaning
well over to one side, her masts gone,
and the spray dashing over her.
Come cried Maggie. "there is
no time to loose. We can guide their
boat to the cave. Come, cOusinr'
l felt dazed, thunderstruck. Was
to take part in. a forlorn hope? Was
Maggie-how beautiful and darling
she looked now-to assume the robe of
a modern Grace Darling? So it ap.
peared.
The events of that night came back
TO my memory now as if they had hap
pened but yesterday. 1t is page in my
past life that can never be obliterated.
We pulled out the ford, Maggie
and [, and up under the lee of the is
land, then, on rounding the point, we
the whole force of the
sea and wind. There was a glimmer-
ing light on the wrecked yacht, and
for that we rowed, or rather were
borne along on the gale. No boat save
a Shetland skiff could have been trust.
ed in such q sea.
AS we neared the Ba, steadying her
self by leaning on my shoulder, Mag
gle stood half up and waved the Ian
tern, and it was answered from the
wreck. Next moment it seemed to
me we were on the lee side, and Mag
gle herself hailed the shipwrecked
people.
1--WE cannot come nearer" she
cried; clover your boat and follow
our light closely
''Take the tiller, now" she contin-
led, addressing me, land steer for the
light you see on the cliff Keep her
we'll up, though. or all will be lost"
We waited-and that with difficulty
for few m1nutes-till we saw by
he starlight that the yachts boat was
owered, then away we went.
The light on the cliff-top moved
lowly down the wind. 1 kept the
,oat's head a point or two above it,
md on she dashed. The rocks doomed
black and high as we neared them, the
waves breaking in terrible turmoil be.
leath.
Suddenly the light was lowered over
he cliff down to the very waters
,dge.
"Steady now" cried my brave
'ound point and into smooth water,
With the yachts boat close beside us,
The place. was partly cave, partly
moss" We beached our boats and
lere we remained all night, and were
I'll rescued next morning by fisher.
mans yawl.
The yachts people were the cap
ain, his wife and one boy-Nor-
vegians all, Brinster by name.
My story is nearly done. What
iced to tell of the gratitude of those
whom Maggie's heroism had saved
rom watery graveP
But it came to pass that when. a few
months afterward, a beautiful new
iacht came round to the ford to take
hose shipwrecked mariners away,
Jousin Maggie went with them on
;ruise.
1t came to pass also that when ]
,aid my very next visit to R, in
he following summer, l found living
It my relatives house Major BrinsteT
md Mrs. Brinster.
And Mrs. Brinster was my Cousin
Maggie, and Major Brinster was my
cousin Maggie's ''fate." - Gordon
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