The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-20

Janet. well knew that Marx ieopardizsd hi,
"ie in aiten ptinV 70 sail bis frsii craft witt
suea sea running.
How her great love for TIE gallant vounr
sailor surRed through heT being, as she
watched the boat ise and Sail ike a duck
no" careeuiDE beneath the ssrce Of the wind
a. though she would sure5v capsize. and
anon Fighting and holding Der way bravelv,
true 70 the sI0ag hand THAI held the tifler.
ard the Keen eye that minced not the salt
spray.
What are YOa watching So slosely9' asked
Mrs. Barton, coming 10 her daughters side
Janet did not answer, and the sharp eyes
OF the matrOn espied the boos now some dis
lance from the shore, WHICH was struggling
50 braveIy with the clemens
Whose boat is that she asked.
And Janet answered faiasly-
1T is hEaEk Graysou's-
'Wuvre is De going such tlavas this 90
again asked t'a mother.
over tn his ship,' slia the white faced
Eiil, shiYetins as she spoke, lie is going tU.
sail in the Vulcan
He VIII never reach there alive, returned
Mrs Barton, in q voice which caused Jane.
'WHat is the matter @ said the start.es
mother, strokiRE the curly head or her weep
Jag daughter. Have you and Mark quar-
relied p
1aHet's only answer was a wilder outhurst
of tears.
Did lac ask you to marry him % question
ed Mrs Barton raising her daughters bead
aud looking into the tear stained face
Anl e-rH.H
And you refused him %
4 wouldn't give him any answer She
said, her s0bs breaking forth sfresh.
And You have wrecked your life 10 order
that the man you Iove might suffer o. said
Mrs Barton. L see it plainly
Then an exclamation broke from her Inns
as she Looked sea ward again.
Where is tine 5oat % she cried. and Janet
forgot her tears in a moment
The gallant little craft was nowhere ia
sight, and Jauet's blue eyes burned with a
terrible fear.
He is drowned she cried, and have
murdered him.
Then she looked anxiously forth again.
her frenzied eyes seeming TO penetrate .he
angry waves which rolled so mercIessly in
the bay.
4 can see his boat she cried at length.
and it is drifting sh0reward. Tel father to
come to the shore as soon as he can when be
gets home
Her words were uttered with a strange
calnness, and in spite Of her mothers re-
mOnstTance, she hastened from the house,
and ran swiftly down 10 where the surf was
beating on the rocky shore.
She shuddered, and closed her eyes, aud
when she looked again, a cry OF horror burst
from her lips, which were blue with cold
The boat was even now amidst she rocks.
where the waters seethed and fuamed like a
couIdrOn.
A huge wave lifted its helpless victim.
and dashed him forward relentIessly.
His eyes were fixed upon Janet with a
last despairing look.
Her gaze seemed held by horrible fasci-
nation,
The boat crashed amid the breakers. and
then, with Mark still clinging 10 il. was
hurled forward again, and remained wedged
het%een two rocks, the hungry waves lean
ing again and again as though they woulc
clutch and drag back the half-drowped
wretch who clung to the shattered remnant
OF the boat
speed Of a deer.
She reached the spot where Mark Gray
son lay. aud a smile frightened his sss-
drenched face as she came near him
oh, darling g he cried, hoarsely, You can
do nothing to save me am crushed and
maugled I can't help myself
His voice had a hollow, unnatural sound.
and the smile left mis- lips as sea. higher
than the rest. broke over him and Threatened
to dislodge the boa.
But the wind was going down with the
sun, and the waves beat derceIy and janet.
despite the cold water, reached her lovers
side and grasped bis icy hand
1'H die with You, Mark p she said fer.
veDUiy. But perhaps I can get YOU ashore
In vain she eXeried her puny strength.
Though the Wi1d Vas ahatiug, the tide rose
higher aud higher, and Mark, whose strength
was rapidly waning, begged her to save her
own life while there was set time.
She would not go. One arm was clasps5
about bis neck with the other she clunP 10
the boat
loved you ali The time, she said and
Will atone tor my sin by dying with your
The boat to which they elung svaved and
rocked as the tide rose higher. and the sttu
turbulent waters beat about them, and q
strange numbness was creeping over both,
when a cherry voice reused them, and Can
tain Barton and some fishermen came TO the
rescue.
Janet continued her atOuement by making
Mark most capital nurse, as he slowly re-
covered, and promised to further do penance
by assuming his family name. providing he
Will forswear the life Of sailor, which be
promises faithfully to do
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