The Arizona sentinel., 1886-06-12

Suppose you discharge him from your service" I said. That would de- stroy his income, and they could not marry"
 He looked at me curiously, and did not speak for long. Then he said:
 '.I have been thinking of that; but it will not do. Poor as he'is, they might marry now, in spite of us. No; we will let him go out again in the Con- queror That will separate them for some months, and give us time to con- trive."
 Some time after the sailing of her lover I observed q great change in Faith. Her cheerfulness departed. She grew pensive and silent; once l found her in. tears. could not speak to her of the old, distressing subject, for it es- tranged us. I feared still more for her mind, and treated her with the greatest kindness. Her eyes thanked me, and she always kissed me now upon going to bed And more than ever did pray that peace and security, as of old, might rest upon our home.
 One night there was rap at the door. My niece was out among her flower beds, and 1 answered the rap. The caller was Squire Bradish.
 "Where is Faith?"
 I told him..
 T have bad news, Miss Rachel. She must hear it. Please call her in"
 She came in, with her sunbonnet in her hand, not at all agitated by the 'squire's call.
 s'There is bad news to-day, Miss Eldridge." he said. ''Can you bear it?r
 She fixed her eyes intently upon him, but showed no emotion
 1.-The Conquerer has just rounded the lower point A swift cutter coming up brought me letter from the mate. It tells me that Captain Converse was drowned on the 14th of June, in mid ocean.
 I looked to see her scream or faint. She did neither. With he hands lying loosely in her lap she sat there, with a far-away look in her eyes, which seemed to see neither of us. went to her and laid my hand on her arm.
 ''Do you hear, Faith? The squire says that Captain Converse is drowned. "
 s'It is not true," she said. 'I saw him on the 14th of June. He seemed weary and troubled. I can believe that he has been in danger and perplexity, but he is not dead He did not come to me in that way"
 There was nothing to be said in the face of such perversity as this. The squire took his leave and next morn ing, after the ship was at the dock, he sent in the particulars of the captains sad fate In the height of storm the lurch of the ship threw him against l the rail He must have been stunned, for as he lay doubled over it he did not reach out his hand to save himself, but toppled into the sea. No boat could live in such a gale, and nothing could be done to help him. The mate saw it all, but was not near enough to aid him. All this I told to Faith. She merely shook her head. l grew angry-I could not help it.
 ..Foolish girlr' cried. twill you insist after this that he is yet alive?"
 'I know he is," was her calm reply.
 ''Faith Eldridge. beware! You are flying in the face of Providence. These visions and dreamings are not of God the adversary is in them. Confess your wickedness; ask Him to forgive your impiety; mourn little, if you will, for your dead-and then, in due time, mar " that excellent man who is patiently waiting dor you"
 II think" she said, ''that God made my betrothed come to me that night that I might know he was still alive.
 Her shocking irreverence took away l cd ire earlier in her life I should have chastised her severely, and felt like doing so as it was. But twas no use to labor with her. Prayer was the only weapon left me, and I yielded it most vigorously. Months passed and Squire Bradish ventured to speak to Faith about his wishes. 1 never asked either what happened in that interview. had no need. 1 saw him leave the house with a clouded face, and knew there was no hope for him. And soon something happened that startled the town. Inexpressibly shocked as I was, the averaging hand of God seemed it. The squire was strong and robust and in the maturity of life; but, as often happens to such men, he sckened and went rapidly to deaths door. When the doctor told him that he might not have another day to live, he had his lawyer sent for.
 "Tear up my will," he sad, which gives everything to churches and char fties. Draw another; let the old house. keeper have thousand dollars, and all but that goes to Faith Eldridge."
 It was done and duly executed,
 Hell her." he said, ''that it is all the reparation I can make her; the Captain of the Conqueror stood in my way, and hired that ruffian of a mate to remove him. He did it; he caught him una wares one dark and stormy night when the crew were all aloft and forward and none could see, and flung him over the quarter. The mate told me he did it when he came for his blood-money; and he has left this land forever. It was my work-God forgive mer'
 So it came to pass, through these as- , founding events, Faith went one day to take possession of the British mansion , and the wealth of it's late owner. She took me with her.
 Yes. thanks be to God, Captain Con- verse returned, alive and we'll, when three years had passed since the Con- queror bore him away. Twas present ] at his happy meeting with Faith, and on , that occasion, l am constrained to say , he kept his arms round her longer than | strict sense of propriety would allow, , And she did not either scream or swoor 7 this time. She simply said: 'I knew 5 you were alive, Earl was sure you