Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-18

gown and straw bonnet tied behind, to
give an air Of al freseo dignity to the
entertainment.
"where be they? Mr.. Harry, my
dear? j have everything prepared just
beautiful. And will you please to look
at the garnishing Of the ducks, and IL
you please tn say il the ladies will take
green tea?"
Poor Harry could say nothing, but
that he supposed there was some mis-
take, and he went and sat down by the
waters edge, watching for possible
boat to make its appearance round the
corner Of the little cove, while Mrs.
Loveys's eldest boy, "Sonny," was
instructed to keep watch at the cross
roads behind the farmhouse and report
the approach of any carriage from Tor
ferry way.
The morning and midday were passed
now, and the afternoon crept on, get
ting closer and more sultry as the sun
dropped among a pile Of clouds banked
up in the western sky, and only showed
at intervals, gliding the edges of the
purple mass with thundery-looking
gold. Harry Tredennick resisted all
Mrs. Loveys's invitations to come in
and take bit of dinner, in spite Of his
disappointment. He only filled his
pipe again and agan, and sat moodily
staring across the clear water Of
The cove to the open sea beyond.
And suddenly, with a little breeze
that crept close along the surface of
the waves, the white wings of the Hal
cyon came across the picture at which
he was disconsolately gaziDg-the Hal
cyon, with all sails set, making for
Torferry as fast as she could; for
weather-wise sailors knew that those
clouds in the west, and little sudden
noiseless breezes springing up unex-
pectedly, meant mischief. But the
storm was not upon her yet, for there,
plainly visible to the miserable, despair
ing eyes of the boy, was Kate Verey,
in her blue dress, leaning back against
the taffrail, and one white, ungloyed
hand was lying on Gerard Anstey's
dark head, that rested against her
knee.
The Halcyon got safely into Torferry
harbor before the rain came down and
the breeze freshened into a regular
squall; the great thing was that the
ladies got back to Myrtle Bank safe and
dry. Every one said it would have
been such a bad ending to their delight
full day, if they had been caught in the
storm.
For there was good deal of damage
done that night. The yachts and the
fishing-boats had to get in where they
could, and put back the next day with
different accounts of their difficulties
and disasters. And in the afternoon,
with the high tide, the poor little Mer-
maid drifted into the bay, with her gay
cushions gone and her mast snapped
short. and nobody to bring her to at
the steps, as Harry Tredennick used to
do so proudly. Captain Anstey brought
the news up to Myrtle Bank: the
young squire was missing; but he
never thought Of connecting the lost
master of the Mermaid with Rates
disappointed boy.
Harry never came to shore again.
There is colored window in the church,
over the altar pew, that keeps his name
in memory, but where his body lies in
the great sea is an unfathomable secret,
and when the family vault was shut
down, after old Madam's funeral, it
closed upon the last Of the Tredennicks.
Miss Yerey's engagement to Captain
Anstey made an immediate difference
in their plans, and caused their returnto
London to be considerably fastened.
Kate is Mrs. Anstey now, and the Cap
tain has the right to be as dictatorlal
as be pleases, but his wife is much
quieter than of old, and has tanned
down in manner that surprises all her
old friends. 1t is wonderful to see how
she has completely given up all her
Little ways" as people used laugh
ingly to call them. She has scarcely
anything to say now to any man besides
her husband, and society in general
thinks that Mrs. Anstey is a nice wo-
man spoiled by matrimony.
And Kate Anstey knows that, in spite
ofany happiness that comes to her in
the life she has chosen, she will always
carry about with her the reproach of
some words which she heard in Tor
ferry church long ago, and which ring
in her ears day and night: There is
sorrow on the sea; it cannot be
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