Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-27
SAVED FROM THE SEA

Mr.. Richard Ryder, attorney at law with u
-, ,nsoeer practice, reclined upon lounge
IL bachelor room, holding all open letter
Alis hand. 1t was a pret,., well furnished
W. "a the front of house on one Of the
w. ~, fashionable up town streets In New
p u.s. and presented such cheerful appear
hat we might fairly suppose that even
a' ,'.chelor lawyer could lie happy within its
umit,. Yet Richard Ryder was far from
saing contented, and the letter in his hand
xss Tie cause OF bis dissatisfied frame Of
h4'N "RED SHELL BAY-MoNDAY.
.nu.REsT DICK: 1t is long time since
xrots you, but hope you have not thought
,srr ri of me. l could not write before, and
,or Il Is almost breaking my heart. / can
.svsr be your wife, Dick, for | am going to
~.rrv Walter Rock well-and | hate him.
n. nick my love, how tan | ever marry
A.. man when my heart is youisl Yet
,,,s. must Do not scorn me, Dick, but
,i,y me. viii you come and see me once
r,ors dear, before thehi If so, come on
Thursday. MiLDkED.
n was now Tuesday evening, and Dick
,ondered what good could come of another
,;a, to his love. Dick Ryder was good
hs.rted fellow, and loved Mildred Trevor
d.srly but he felt little sore over the CON
tents Of her letter. He was pretty well ac-
.cnsinted with the circumstances which led
mn IN this decision OF Mildrel- -'az Srevors
bsd been rich and had raised their only
d.upbter amid all the luxury and refinement
which wealth could coinmaAa. Two years
before our story opens, however, Mr. Trevor
L.,
much poorer than ought to have been the
case,
Mildred herself loved wealth and affiuence,
bu, her mother much more so. The latter
had led her daughter 70 believe that the one
obiec. now to be attained by her was a rich
husband. So when Walter Rockwell. a
wealthy Young merchant. offered his hand in
marriage she accepted his offer She never
byed him-never pretended to love hiin-but
then up to that time she had never loved any
one. And then Dick Ryder, handsome, clever
and good hearted, came upon the scene, and
Mildred Trevor loved him and he loved her.
Perhaps il Mildred had been left to herself
and her feelings i'll the matter she would havn
broken Der engagement with Rockwell and
married Dick. But strong outside influence
vas brought to bear upon her, especially 10y
Dor mother, Mr.. Rockwell too, pressed hi,
suit and tried to hasten the date for the we'd
ding, while Dicks practice grew very slowly.
50 the end Of it all was the letter which Dick
now held in bis hand
Mr. Ryder could not make up his mind
that evening as to whether or not it would
be wise for him to go to Red Shell bay, and
retired to spend the night in troubled dreams
Of Mildred and the Rockwell ogre
Next morning he was no nearer solution
Of the difficulty, but as 10 o'clock drew near
be remembered that he had promised to see
bis chum, Tom Stevenson, embark on the
Eturia for Europe. He hurried to the pier
ant found his friend. They chatted away
amid the hustle and din around them. and
Just as the sailors began to clear the decks of
those who were not passengers Stevenson
said:
by the way, Dick, l heard something
day or two ago of your rival, Rockwell |
heard be was married to an English girl in
London year or two ago AMI did not use
Der very we'll l think there is more truth
han fiction in the report, too"
Step off the gangway, SIR said one of the
hlps officers to Dick, giving that young man
agentle shove on the pier.
But Dick was aroused by his friends re-
eta, and at the risk of being noticed by the
crowd, shouted: -Stevensonl Tomi'
Nj Stevenson appeared at the side Of the
seamer. Try and learn all you can of that
matter Iom for Gods sake, and telegraph
me-
An right replied Stevenson. as it SO
uaa a. 'nat' Wen, goodby, old fellow, I'll
nOtiorget" But Dick was too much en-
sTcsed IN his own thoughts 70 bid his friend
soSoy or wish him bon voyage. One
aIng lhek Ryder resolved upon. He would
s'aoSn to Red Shell bay and he would start
that very evening.
a.. i,ed shel bay is an out of the way quiet
niue summer resort on the New England
0s~ besides the one small hotel there are
f'lSps dozen cottages-altogethe too in
sHiHvaht place for the railroad to include
S.]Ss is 'ihe. 30 the ilon horse passed Red
1su 'ay KUN ten miles to the westward, and
s'1Anuiicaton with New York and Boston
tNps up oy means of a steamer, which, dur
trips
tas was Wednesday, and the steamer left
"" iofX Tuesdays and Fridays, SO if Dick
'OuM De at Red Shell BAY on Thursday he
49,. AAe Inc train TO Derbyville aud walk
ofive the additional ten miles "Well
~ 49,, ue, have often walked it before,
Wall , su'iA / can do it once more; l can
O'er early in the morning.
n. 'e'er' DICK missed the night train and
no.4 'nat left New York on Thursday
mil Hs old not bring him to Derbyville
49, soSioek in the afternoon. Meanwhile
.w M 'e'egraphed TO Miss Trevor:
sv.r;a walk over from Derbyville Thursday
~ Try and meet me at the old place.
u1a NV Dcroyville road lay for more than two
a,~, sons the top OF the cliffs before it en-
Dbl t ,us seaside village OF Red Shell bay
And ,ans a oeeh wont to leave the highway
sy.saI " the sands, where Mildred had
nu. ~ .'ues met him to bear him company
~.ue close Of his walk
a.@ Just shutdown when D;ck cams 10
The ~ "nere he usually left the road for
mir 80, anu although it was the close of a
Nusilr ~, iu August, the ocean appeared I'M
S,t suNen, while the sky looked wild with
serv snse mixture Of thick biacSness and
seuneSs which we sou,otines sea befo,,a
'srrble storm ''n'o''iiies sec peio'e
Va, = oesaa to think that he WINS IN for n
NnlNin' II for nothing else and boncd thst
tie hon. SOY" u not started out. Hardly had
ssya,ai esoaped his thoughts when from his
krhapS Ps'doh he saw in the fading light
a "fuaTter Of n mile down tho shore,
g. Ouirtan 'lie'nbered girlish figure-Mildred
Rsiblo ,,a'S n!' footsteps, and as speedily as
al, him "ssyVhoed to the beach. II did not
bort snan lure Than two minutes, but in that
Changed !" OF time tho stormy twilight
erk-so pt,chy darkness. twas fearfully
Waves, thonn tN that Dick could not see the
Is tes, he could feel the surf break at
nil rpprin AN! 1t was a high tide, too, and