The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-22
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sTellaR Z | called, aTellal,'
In my despair my feet grel
heavy, my knees quukedi a horrI
rible nightmare was upon m,
clammy petspira.ion oozsd frcr
every pore
Another flash; che was on th
brink, aud | not thirty steps ava,
was poweIess 10 save herl Bu
tberel In the dying light a gtes
black body sprnng forward an,
seems to Ripgle with The white
There comes a startled cry, a dul
thud, and all is stillsayei the disl
ofths rain that had now eommsuc
led 70 iall in torrents.
A moment more and ! was bend
ling over a little white figure, ly
ling moaning on the sand, viii
hair Of gold bedraggled over fac,
and neck. g.sts
Thank God, it was Tslls, un
harmed and safe, She cried pitt
fully as | took her in my arms
seemingly too bewildered to speak
But who was it that so proyi
dently stayed he, al that awfuI
npment2 The fash was so short
could not tell, though | fanCied il
was Gabc. If SO, whore had h,
Disappeared
As il grew light again l lookei
toward the edge Of the bluff. Just
beyond the spot where Tella had
lain, a large gap was broken in
the bank, as II some heavy body
had crushed il of by sheer weight
OF in a struggle,
Quick as thought it dawned up
on me that Gabe-if it were he
had caught the child just as she
vas about to fall, and By a desper
ate effort had cast her sale aud
sound back upon the sand as The
crumbling earth gave way, ant
precipitated him down to tb,
sands far below.
Asqulckly as l could l made N,
way back to The house with The
child in my arms, The door wa,
wide open as | had left it, and al,
was silent.
Laying Tella on a sofa called
my mother, and on her appearance
gave her q hurried account Of what
had passed.
l reused our darkey boy Yep out
of bed and sent him TO call seyera
Of thehauds, with orders tuvComr
at once 10 the house.
The boy appeared in shurr
time with five of our negroes, al
about half asleep, and all wonder.
ing a! their abrupt awakening,
Briefly l explained what hac
happcned, and having secured Ian
tets We together set out to learr
the worst in regard to Gabe,
| was sure nov il was Gabe, ful
Yep had found his cabin door open
and Aunt Diuah seemed 10 slesE
alone,
Down below The entrance to oul
carriage way some 200 yards th,
bluff declined in q gentle slOpe tt
the waters edge.
I
To this poiut we quickly hurried
end were coon on the white, sandy
beach, high up which the waycl
we're rolling from the force Of the
now spent storm.
A minutes time and we had
reached a spot directly under The
break in the ledge above. Az frst
/ could see nothing, but a Low
groan drew me to a sort Of recess
washed in The face Of the bluff.
In this lay Gabe, moaning in
pain, with face aud neck bathed il
blood.
AS l bent over him with the
lanterns light he looked at me
and ondeayOted TO speak, but the
effort only caused fresh blood tc
gush from his nostrils and mouth.
Tenderly We took him up be,
tween US aud carried him back
along the beach, up the bluffs side
with the light of the star, shining
on earth, for the storm had passed
as quickly as tropical storms do
aud was muIteriug OF iu tattered
masses toward the India Islands
Along the roadway up the garden
drive, over the piazza into the
room We bore him, placing him
gently on a couch that had been
hastily prepared.
] dispatched one Of the hands in
all hasle for DR.. Reynolds, our fam,
lily physician. but as bis residence
was some two miles distant it wa,
nearly an hour before be arrived.