The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-23

ram 2. ana breaking sea. They see faint
lights on the shore. !: q. 3E,sSs
Are they. making an attempt to land
IN this sea e. they ask. lsg1 8 ,,1;l' 3
We are stranded. The lights
are :on--head shoals - ~ $as Z. Il :
The signal gum are sounding-the
signal s!g station z men have responded, and
al wait in shiyering suspense the arriy-
AZ OF life boats. Every moment the
yesseldk rocking, plunging; crunohinp.
ike q smadd ening thing; any minute
may come the crash that will end alll
With wild screams OF delight tley
welcome the lunging life.boat:s Above
the noise may be heard the "hoy- ho,y,p
OF her men. and the work of 4lowerinl,
women and children begins. 81 is5I3I
Dolly-little ID olly-sees them lover
her. mother and sister. -Dacre Is stand.
ing BY her side, white ard stern.
she throws her arms + about Il his
neck In farewell; Tears and sobs
lfohoke her speech. "Oh, Dacre, if the.
NE boat does not return in time, T shall
never never. see you again. And you are
50 good-remember I shall ALWAYS >. y
A. rough hand is laid upon her arm.
She, too, must now 90. ~ l.s.55.ss,iE Fl
For one instant Dacre holds her in q
clasp from which no hands can tear her.
Some one is lowered in her place:
then Dacre pushes her forward quickly.
May not an other instant see her
dashed into the sen. FPS i ;.
This acquaintance, this friendship.
this love begun ten days ago on ship.
board, has it lived it's life, and is this
the end2 t - x.
Away goes the life-b boat, and still the
vessel RACES on, and still there are swo-
men l left to wiring their hands with hor.
TOR at what seems now certain DEATH si
But:again the life boat comes before
the sturdy ship yields to her furious OPP.
ponenJ, and againit puts off, leaving
the few stout hearts behind who had
longest waited. IA .i., ..5'i ~ ,. 81
No boat will survive the storm, vet
quick wit and skill have strung together
9 raft, and when the. Life boat leaves
them, the crew and remaining pas
sengers lash themselves to this. Dacre
Farleighstone is among them. II s = /;
At last the break comes, and an hour
later, when the dnll leade day slowly,
surily dawns upon the scene, he5wreck
is no longer; within range of their Wis
ion, but ten drenched human beings
are floating along in the deep sweep Of
ugly water. The wind has at last abat
ed, but the rain still pours down.
Around them vast nothing, unbroken
BY line Of shore or CLEAN Of sail. * 81
Will they, ere long, also become
nothing?
- - ,s1+.5& III +;5,55 j. $50 +
Within cheerful, fre-lit drawing
room, Mrs. Thornbnrn is seated with
her two daughters, a, Il, ,.,,,, ,s,.,,s
It is eight months since their visit to
Europe, and they are once more COM.
fortably established for their winter
season in New York. 5ss ;i.,553ss 81 &
t Poor Dolly's tender parting with her
lover had been the first intimation which
her mother had received of. any attach
ment between the. two Consequently,
Dolly had not escaped ID vigilant snr-
VIGILANCE thenceforth, Notwithstanding
the fact that Dacre is reported among
the missing; the mother, evidently,
would never trust Dolly out Of rsight
more. ::.s.sy. VIZ I, &. Z: ST. 5a
A downright scolding Dolly had re-
ceived, but, owing to her evident ILL
health, "as II consequence Of their mis-
hap" the mother said, she was spared
further reference to the subject. $I,s 5;
Il shall marry her, as soon as posi-
BILE, said the mother, in confidence, to
her elder sister. One is. never safe
with such! q girl on ones hands. = ~
y Consequently two or e three rich
bachelors had "been thrust at her, y as
Dolly expressed herself TO her bosom
friend, Jessie "and, =" Dolly would add,
in the midst of her sobs, FALL ugly as
they. can be And Dacre was SO hand
some and now, poor boy, Ishall never,
never see him aguin ! Mamma thought
he was too young and too poor, because
he had only his salary; but he was then
on business for the large firm with
which he was connected, and he told me
had he the prospect Of rapid advance
ment. And now thatS.he has gone I
shall never, never marry. Think how
little I would seem to value his memory
to turn about and marry the. first ugly
rich man Imet !n - A. u =
So Mrs. Thornbnrn found more diff
Guilty with her daughter that winter
than she had anticipated. q /, |. 4 - q:
She would go TO no parties. She
would see no gentleme y 81 81. ~,
"It Is Mr.. Hadd on, called for tile
third time this week, said Mrs. Thor
burn, glanolng at . card handed her by
waiter. II told him once you were