The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-29
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CHAPTER THE THIRD.

Ten years from the time when Alice
left Drayton-on-Sea, the sun shone
no longer down on a little fishing VII
lage, but on a growing place of fash
ionable resort. The houses which
dotted the hills were closer together,
and at their feet there stretched ter
races and streets, and on the once
lonely shore were the marks OF many
footsteps on the sand, and rows OF
boats for hire, and sailors. hanging
about, seeking for idlers who would
sail beneath the summer sun or listen
to their yarns.A ~ dHiti!s 'tats@i3l}il
IA glorious dayYima'am,'' Tom
Hardy said to an old lady, who, feeble
and tired, sat down on ,one OF the, few
seats scattered about "Aiil d efdfil
GUS day. ma am. Would the young
lady like q sail? I've q neat little craft
yonder.'f' ..s-.,.4.sc, co.,
"No, thank you," she answered auill
etly. May, dear, give me my knit
ting" and the old woman and the
young girl sat down, shaded from the
fierce rays OF the setting sun by the
life-boat' which wtts drawn up on the
sand behind them. ,,.,,5 4, ,.,,, 49,, ,,,i.
"Is the paint wet?" the old lady ask
ed.
"No, nn' ans ltaint wet, I" the sailor
touching iup. iIt isn't llong nb'Yelhad
her, you see : They Say it vas $ a a Mr..
Freathead whofmre1ted:he npt it's
great heart that gi1esit,~ ,~fthink:1-A "A la
dy gave that to Drayton-on-Sea Just
year ago this August. It's saved a
good number Of lives already, too.'
There was no reply from the old Ia
dy. but the bright face OF May. Trevor
looked up at him, for ltsWxs she and
her grandmother, Mrs. Braudleth.
They had come to see and stay a
month at the place in which Alice's
married olif6 1b,ts 1bsss, speiit and had
left hs. aaHAt thu 6edgihgs,l,too tired
ssys aesry SoSk III atS rs tsrfbe
past hist0rys:to Her sizes, miss,"t he
went on, encouraged BY, the look, II
foWe my life to, q lafe boat-not this
hone, but to a ife}boato many q year
lAgo-that is, nine, this Hast spring
I'VE were took up by one, me and two
lothers, just as we had given up all
Ihope and were clinging to almost the
last bit iofsparl left! She was tile boat
OF an American that took us up, ard
belonged to IA ship THAT was 5bonhd
outwards There were only us three
saved from the wreck, and one OF us
died"
"And did the othee live2o May
asked. @ iih's iit,e 5,'t's''4asi tors
"Yes, miss, but he kept, it secret.
He was poor, you see shid his wife's
mother mad behaved badly. anu let
him and his wife and children almost
starve,s though she had plenty. So
when he'd made enough TO come
back, without, a penny in his pocket
and came here and found that he was
l.counted, dead, >s.nd that his wife had
fgone TO her mothsr 'withnthe little
ones, he thought it no use to take
them back to starve again, so he de-
termined not to let her know. he was
alive till he'd money enough to keep
them. So he went back to America.
He wanted me to 90 with him, but L
says, No, sir, 'tisn't money l want,
but Just the sea.faring life Eve been
used to, to make, me happy How
ever, hs)Ugpts and hels madesa Iot,nf
money; twas he sent mes thesmoney
to get yonder little craft with, now
that l feel Gincliped to- settle downsa
bit; he wished ms I'd icon,sG acre be-
cause it was where he lived before he
set sahiha a1abn1s q sTam1gd ra1a 8
Mrs. Brandleth looked ur at him