New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-26
WINNY.

isdisn CCT dseH dine early in these new-world
PIT. ~ Well yes. nsaH sr cs ssu s.a . ses
place', corn fields woods and creeks-ail be,
asstanit Stock tOo-they call II the best-stocked
farm ~ Y mine: and yet came to Canada twelve
renk 400 without even the traditional half-crown
my pocket so or G0f TSeres GOOD half
o"r to dinnertime yet and It's story never 're
~ telling. somehow, :,
~ S"nth of England. You know that class pretty
t nJ dare say. and what gulf was liked between
c and the vicar OF the parish AND yet I sr yef
"S Ssm the time she was seven years on ahG
,vsn and she fell down in the dusty road outside
'sa,,oenter shop and cried, aud picked her up
u1J smootbed the little crumpled pinafore ana
ena tbs dust out of her golden curls, loved but
ana sri in the world. and that was the Wears
daughter winny Brans,ome na r..o
man is bat a man. and woman woman ; and
ioye comes whatever one may do There's no class
distinction recognized by eh S aha b %s Mea
pchooi If Miss Winny had had u mother no doubt
things would have been very dneren. a cu co mo
were alike In never having known woman care
and the old vicar was blind to everything ou' niS
pns when she came back from her London board,
,,r school a beautiful young lady, all Smiles ana
iaces and little lovely ways-then knew. i MA
tried b.st to study and TpT mss ao bnt What can
mpa aS in an English village dot lust had enough
",ncaton to make every other lad In the place nate
me- and gos a astonishing figure Yet the love of
Ssr was 80 beyond all else in me, that mad hopeless
as felt It, had no power over tIs Mocds-she
v",ded mo. l saw and had to watch Tor chance
u told her the whole story, and waited for ber
.nsver' She grew scarlet-a rash OF color that
dwsS her fair sweet face-then deathly white.
EDck,, she said, and she was trembling Iro ION
head 70 foot. "you knowit can never never no s Se
rou know you are wrong even to dream Oh such
yna Some girls would think it INSULT know
Won better but if my father heard OF this lie would
Ssw Won had abu sed his kindness to you ne woutd
never forgive you. Forget your madness" Aud sne
ran iso hsr CO. Ibad seen the blush and the tremor
and I guessed that If had been Mt Lotus, the
vonue squire instead of DICK Hawtry, tne earpeh-
iers son, her answer might have Deen aimerG.s
great resolve sprang mp in my soml, and tooK a
ssoemn VOW in those June woods. That very night
/ sold the old shop tmy father was dead. ana nad
lament an outfit aud started straight for Canada
II WAS pretty tough work at first: but worked IKE
and pneneu anu for the hoaL.
Ar M half the night to read and study Well, In
this country the man who works and doesn arlnk
NV 'I head. By and.by bought some land dirt,
CHEAP and sold 1t for three times what gave ior ~
then began 70 mdke ss Ines in luck and didn't
prefer to think was helped by rover lar a4i s
than own At last ten years inc vefS daS
Creek Farm and began to build this house. All
The neiqhbors thought my good fortune had turned
my Sv Draw dawn TT to little rockingham by study
4ahIs. and a work basket with tiny gold tumble
in it, Aud when all that was finished took tue
Ten Years builds city over here It doesn't make
much change in peyonsh,re village afa h Sery
only the people little Older and tTifs more
stunid: and there was new vicar pa MI. Drans-
come had been dead ak months died very poor,
tSav told me there was nothing left for Miss
Winny. Nv heart gave one great leap when heard
that And Miss Winnyi Oh, she mad gone ,, g9 T.
aSs aud the shin sailed tomorrow from Liverpool
The Liverpool express never seemed 10 crawl SO
saSsn on board the and the captain
ing at the nonagpearance OF two OK inc &C fre tS
without seconds pause offered ior one n oi a sne
I'VE enough and though the captain eyed ine ratner
nskance--I had been to West End tailor on my
ssk sny 0uestioDs. So sailed on the ship with my
GIRL little she knew It, saw het the mrss , ,iay
or two looking pale and thin that sne was IKE
the gbost of her old SELF and yet sweeter TO y eyes
than ever before The children she had charge Of
were troublesome little creatures VINO worried e;
aud badgered her till l loDged to Gun Them ven.
Knit there was a gentleness and o patience about
her mite new TO my idea of Miss Winny, and only
loved her the more for it. After tme seconh s gay ou
We had an awful passage 1t was late in Novem-
ber~an early winter. and the cold was intense. 1t
blew one continuous gale. and some OF our
machinery was broken-the screw damaged-and
we could not keep our course. AS we drew near tue
other side of the Atlantic we got more anu @ srer
! somewhere OF the banks OF Newloundlahn, put
where no one quite sure II seemed 70 me ~
had ALI happened before. or l had READ IL. or
dreamed IT. At all events it " as hardly surprise
to me when on the tenth night. just after midnight
the awful crash and shock TOOK place sens,o ~,
the lcast-and we knew that the Antarctic had
struck. l.. .,;, 80 :. .
great steamer filled with living souls III the iuii
Tow of lite and health, and Ia one monell. t1o caii
coming t. each of them to dlei DeIoig you Uo an,
-crjes terror confusion, agony-U. IT was awful!
trnst never to snch % scene again niaue my
way through all as If had neither ewes nor ears
and GOT 10 the stateroom had long ago found out
was the one which belonged to my 9ifl. l knocse1
ct the door with heavy hand; even at tnat awiii
moment a thrill ran throaga me at the Thought Oh
| standing face 10 face with her again;
aWinny p cried, &" come out! make haste! there
The door opened as spoke and she stood just
within ready dressed. even to her little black nat
The cabin light had been left burning a Sy , te
in my sailors jersey and cap; wondered ii sue
would know me- / forgot the danger we wero m
forgot that death was waiting close at haDd-forgot
that the world held any one but just her and me-
Dick y she cried" Oh. Dick, Dick" and she
fell forward in dead faint on my shoulder; ham
All my senses came back then; and threw ner
over NV arm and for the deck. great fur
lined cloak had been dropped by the aoor OF the
ladies cabin: There was no lieht. out stninoea ~
over 1t as | ran. l snatehed 1t up ana carried IL
Up ABOVE all was in the widest chaos tho boats
over.fed and pushing oil tho ship settling rap
idly: people shouting crying. swearing. One hears
tales of camness and courage often enough at snch
times. which make ones heart glow as one reads
them; but there was not much herolsm shown In
the wreck of the Antarctic. Inc captain behaved
spIenddy, and so did some OF the passengers, but
the majority of them and the crew were mad with
terror and lost their heads altogether.
isa,y there was not chance for the Over-crowded
boats In that sea- and sprang for the rigging. 1
was not second too soon q score OF Others iol,
lowed my example, and with my precious burden
should not have had chance two minutes later.
As it was. / scrambled to the topnast and got
firm hold there Winny was just coming to herself.
/ had wrapped her round like a baby In the fur
~. Ia Il my