Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-05-08
Down among the rocks she crouched.

Quitc iuVtlSuitsS, HST eyes StiaiASo Std-
ward. She appeared unconscious of
time. The afternoon waned, the neon
came ont of the drifting clouds; still she
sat absorbed in thought. Suddenly a
shout from the beach caused her to
start to her feet; she saw tws or three
men hurrying toward her.
"What has happened:' she asked.
"We are looking for boat 4 party
has gone to the cave on the coast. My
sister is among them, aud her lever, Mr..
Han ilton. The t:ds is rising. They
are lost! What can we do:''
A strange, cruel sleam leaped into
Kathleen's eyes, gleamef fierce joy.
"Drewned!" she muttered. "What
is he to mes Ihate him." -
She paused an iEstant-wavered-
then, with sudden cry, darted down
to the shore where her own boat was
rocking on the water.
81 must go alone she called; ''the
boat will not hold many"
She took the oars and with steady
stroke steered for the cave, and appear
ed.before the party assembled there.
"Quick, for your lives!" she said ;
''there is no time to waste"
She did not raise her eyes to the tall
man standing on the jutting ledge, sup
porting a stately woman by his side.
The party stepped into ths boat hurried
ly, and in silence.
"There is no room for me-" she said,
quietly. "You must return for me-"
"Neyer!" cried Hamilton. 81 refuse
to go. Twill remain
Kathleen pushed him roughly into
the beat. A young man grasped the
oars.
| Hamilton gave one backward glance
at the sweet face of the fisher. girl il
the gloom OF the cavern. She sat or
the rocks, with her feet in the rising
tide, her eyes bent down, her hands
folded quietly in her lap. Thus he saw
her last, a phantom to hover near hin
through all the years to come-th
phanton OF hitter memory. The wa
ters rose; the night came on and passed
and in the dim, gray morning light, on
with the ebbing tide, foated the dea'
form of Kathleen.
The possibility of cholera out
break on this side of the Atlanti
has been much discussed in medica
journals. That we should be pre-
pared for such an invasion is un
questionable. The maxim, al
time Of peace prepare for war"
as pertinent here as in the spher
Of its literal application. If tn
enemy should get foot-hol
among US, let him find no allies j
cur own houses. Preventive mea,
ures are always sound wisdom
Our sanitary defences should b
made as complete as possible; an
the more SO, because we shall b
the better off for all the care an
expense that arc bestowed upe
them, whether the dreaded foe al
; pears or not. The fortifcatior
e built to protect city from foreig
armies or fleets may be useless fe
= any other purpose; but improve
VI drainage and all sanitary Safeguard
S are good investment, whethe
i cholera comes to test their etficie
It cy, or spends it's terrible force
Is distant lands.
'r 1t is proper to add, howeve
It that the best medical authoriti,
Of appear to agree, that the probab
t. ity of any extensive outbreaks
cholera in this country during Il
d coming summer is small. The d
IS casa is now in the third year of
20 travels from India, and it's vir
l. lence is clearly on the wane
<. Europe. While we should be p,
ID pared for it, we have no spec
Sc reason to indulge iii serious app
er hensions of its advent.