The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-10-16

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everwsll out yondsr, - and I pointed to til
Leave that to me, Elsie, ma darlin',r
He had no right t. call me His darling
Nue Was beginning to be very much afraid
and 90 said nothing about that But al
at once = rush. . whirl, and roar causss
little craft and made It heel over, victim,
me to the skin at the same time. As
matter Of fact, We fisher lassies are not q
all brave upon the sea, though 10 may b.
althost oar native element There are yerj
lew Grace psrlinRs af6ong Ia. Indeed v,
hardly ever ventdre iatd . boat II ALI St
Age should fail utterly when we began X
g: take z. home, !, Eg;d!.m, Or know wei
But be tool no iiotic6 more than TO pti,
things right and tight in . skillful way
could not but admire, however angry ]
began to feel toward him. q 49,
Are you never going to turn, Edam
Carp broke out ct last.
A suspicion which had often heard
breathed in the village came back to me
then. and 1trembled for our lives They
said that "Edam Carr was gettin' the same
queer look his fayther had afore be went
out of his head and drowned hisselfI' and
mother had ~6ispersd, ( inclined TO- shinH MI
be was mad At TIMES When / spoke hs
laughed out loud. Is was the first tindc
that I had ever heard him laugh, and il
gave me an odd feeling.
$50 you're afraid, ma bonnie Eltisi It's
2 long time since you and were as much
alone together Is We are now; nothing but
world o. water! Eli, but it's 6ne to have
you all to myself like this" ,;s
"Arey you madl" exclaimed my thoughts
taking words all unconsciously. 81. 80.
Edam laughed again. that horrible, cruel
laugh which had no mirth in it ssf
May BE-. Sometimes l think am my
solf. but ii / am, it's for love o. you lii
HIS eyes were so bright and SO wild i
could not bear to look at them, and his
fever.
.sFor msrcy's sake. Ed am. take carol II
ye don't mind we'll be both in the water',.,
"An' what o. thats At any rate we'll
drown together, and you'll never belong to
I clasped my hands in agony OF terror.
what q fool I had been not to have,
guessed what might happeni Thoughts of
the poor BARNS at home waiting for me
now to give them their suppers, and hear
their prayers, and tuck them up in their
beds, and the tears rolled down my cheeks
at the thought Of how long they might have
10 wait 80
20 Edsm, didn't think yecould be 50
cruel!" said between my sObs. But even
the tears failed to move him.
You have been cruel enough to me--it's
ny turn nowp' he answered sullenly, as
he altered the sail .t..a ~ n, VS. -
By this time the lurid CLEAN had almost
lied out from the sky, and all was dark
around as. The wind was blowing strongly
Ind hurting the mass of clouds across the
ieavens at head-long speed, and tearing at
he water until the air and the waves
mingled in one wild fray. How our little |
han can understand. In the hands of q !
ess experienced boatman we should have
ZEN lost in no time. 4 - tAos /
do have pity on me and the poor little |
mes that have only me to look to. Edam
"Ay, it's dear Edam now you're in my |
over, but how long would It last il let |
QUILL be my wife I'll make for the shore |
his minute-if not''
What thenr' ] faltered.
"FIf run us straight ON to the Ribs o. 1
'eath, and there'll be an end on'tw
What was TO do! / tried to be false to
Willie for the sake OF dear life, but It was j
o use. Icouldn't get out the words which
'ould make me So! II must die must,
nd there was no help for tt; but, Obi it
as hard, while the young blood flowed
uick and warm in my veins, to be plunged
eadlong into eternity. 1880 er.
1gave ono loud, despairing cry.
%. Willie, Willie! can you not hear me?
you were only by know you could save
70. It's for your sake die, Willie; but
Then die, Elsie, for ye shall never BE- his
sank down in the bottom Of the boat
40 closed my eyes. could not look at
y death, though knew now it must
'me. "A dull stupor crept over me- and
70 agony Of fear which held me before
a. gone: Was it my disordered imagina- I
which sounds perfectly incredf-
o! II was getting too dark to distinguish
afnly. but, surely, that was Edam Cars
e form I saw ut the other end Of the boat I
Doping over . coil of rope. Then who Z
Is the man busted with the sail in the | :
inter- OF it, We were shut of from all
imam help there in the midst of . bowling ! =
mpest. and yet some one had managed
come on board, and evidently to give us {
: assistance. No other vessel could DOS Z
,ly have approached us while my eyes !.
ire shut, certainly not without my hear
3 It,. Where, then, had this stranger .
me froms All these thoughts flashed
ls too stupefied to wonder much. NY
culties seemed dulled, and could neither I
6er nor fear any more. / simply l.
lited for the end. Icould see dimly the
arp ridge OF rocks we were nearing, and
I'm which nothing short of miracle '
" could keep rs But this miracle did h
e place All at once our course changed !,
d the boat turned from its dangerous
y. Then. and not till then, did Edam q
I'M to awaken to the knowledge that he Il
8 NO longer managing Affairs. With | a
fden oath he started up and .crept for =
I'D.
When he got to the figure standing with v
back toward him, saw him raise his g
d to thrust it aside. Then slowly, slow I,
tt turned and looked him straight in the Il
o. tf y
le cried out wildly: ssGod help me, for I
! mad now, anyway p and, throwing MP 81
arms he leaped overheard into the v
thing waves.
watched him strike out when he rose, =
! 1 was too paralyxed to scream, even. Q
had not chance in that terrible sea, | e.
was thrown like bit Of floating weed a
IN the very rocks he had been steering =
, chung there . moment, only to be !"
spt back By the return OF the waves. Ii a.
: this in the last lurid streak of light 1t
ich flashed across the water before the b