San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-14


/ ton, as his sister appeared, what is
the meaning If this? What is it?'
II don't know. brother. | left the
3 poor child quite well. Dear, 1ear!"
Did you hear her cry
II did. and came at once. Oh, Flo,
Flo. speak dear" cried the old lady.
! "Tell us what it is. my darling. How
like death she looks. Lift her on the
sofa, Brother"
As the colonel prepared to do 50, he
| perceived newspaper half hidden be-
meath the young girls GreSs.
This can't have been the cause" he
exclaimed, Selling it. at came to me
| this morning. sent by whom cant tell
for hadn't time to look, | was so busy.
| asked Flo to scan it through. to see If
there was anything, and let Inc know
at dinner. No, it couldn't have been
this
With a nervous dread that it was
this, - while speaking. the colonel had
been hurredly running his eyes over
the columns of the local paper.
He had not to look far. There was
the truth-the terrible truth-in the
largest, blacklist type:
"FOundering of the Australian ship,
the Clan buchanan. Loss of 30 lives.
The cOXSwain alone saved.
Great lleavenS!' cried the colonel,
THAT she should have seen it first The
blow may kill her. WhO-who could
have been the COMPOUNDED friend to
send the intelligence in this wayp"
what intelligence, brother? Oh, do
speak"
That the Clan Buchanan had found
cred i'm the South Atlantic. and-and
liza. Il.tl l,If hA al,
nel'S voice trembled-'iS drowned with
give you strength to bear this"
STOPPING. he pressed his lips to her
cold forehead, While two tears stood in
his eyes.
Would she bear it? Would she sur
vive it,
They were the two questions speedily
asked by all at Shady Creek, where poor
Flo lay deliriOuS at times, calling upon
Philip to return, at others to save her
from the fearful waves she imagined
were rushing forward to Overwhelm
her.
But finally youth triumphed, and af-
ter weeks prOstratiOn Flo came slow
ly back to consciousness, and, as it
were, to life.
a week further, thin, pale, spiritless,
she crawled down, with her uncle's
help, to the sitting-rOOm.
ncle, she said, Ill low tone, re-
tanning his hand as he was gently ar
ranging her pillows, tell ME, is there
any hope that Philip might"
She could not speak the word. The
officer would have gladly given hope,
but as he looked into her large, wistful
tSe % nc Go Sd" IL "o''iu oe uei Aliio'ieSS
NO Flo deor ;, no rsioined SodIy
..Rear II NV dariin% IiEe tba bragye
Christi iV nS u uam Ro G h
man1 m,n,t Sni yy;t b ~om y ei "o"
ssS{iii ranember - falt.r;,o,v
there Tas ono saved nncla "si''
saTba c"YSwein q vo u strong atb-
Lotto and % v;mnror S Syimner e Tho
Sb;n fomndereJ and oil nariSbad Cawe
him P y n00ioN' anu Oil p0i''Aou save
Flo turped owav bar face awhile than
without looking ronnd said in a low
tone.
"iincIe fell me all about If. tben-
tban 7 bona M one will mantion II
AGAIN forPfor cannot hear II Rnt 7
,,5,ISt InOw how II hannened
The colonel made bis story &c brief 40
he was able to
The Clan buchanan had had q fair
VOYAGE mill nearin% the euuator when
il was struck by a tempest of a cyclone
descrintion For time the shin was
deSnaired Of hnt finally the hurricane
had ahated and the crew and nassen.
GERS We're rejoicing with Iight and CRAZE
fni hearts over their esca6e from death
when the heavy roll Of The vessel in
formed tbe nractised seamen that anew
dancer Threatened, leak had been
snrmnq and the hold was rapidIv filIinG
Men We're ordered to the pumps but II
was futile.
Already the shin was water-lopqed.
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