Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-19

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exriaisEsl hehow ~Then ieAve her here %
ny ses.sier mercy. and 60 cut into the sorid
end ~rz your fortuna Go On t.se tramp
lie your gsrsJ ancestry
Leave NY mother 10 pour nercy~ erhoed
Mshasah To ths mercy Of yoC. ~ho GUILD
cut your poor erased brother over the fnsers
sita . great horevnipi To you. who have
nang AID ssahtsd a. my .ei. respect til IL b
ssspefsi. xns have treated me. whom you
prufas 70 lore. - soald GOT treat . izaAssh
hri-r Mover Though my heart may DC
stunned o. Dad, yet have sufficient instinct
10 stand By and protses her Who brought me
into the World and nursst me ~hen ! was
ssirL>A A. for you. do not bate you any
ss4se than love you You are nothing 10
ne bas . coarse. III conditioned DIG
Size salksd modify away and rrxstned her
ruzn Size went 70 the window, the window
that Looked toward the Ray, aid drs wing tbs
curtains tsaind her. remained there, her
h-ssi u.isk. ouI her eyes never wagering from
tin l>aa. rhere her bons bad been when she
We L. y Ter heart free, and her self respect
u1i.-a.-, I'D 10 passed hour after hour There
wsss sga. moon. tut the sky was covered with
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west wind Tie Moon vas dalisd but hardly
ot.sured now All then, and lext moment
glAred cut in NAKED bril- fancy.
Everything IL the aouss vas hushed Eli
iaa hal gone 10 tod AahAIae had heard bis
navy rrea.. IN tue stair. ADD the lang Of bis
door - be shut IL. is bad reused her, she
turned her head, and her face grew harder in
the cold moonlight
Then she looked back towards the Ray.
There yon.cr on the marsh was something
very white, ike paper, Tapping and flushing
In the moonlight What could II lei IL
moved q httiS way, then blew up aud fell
and lappesi again Was It sheet Of paperi
II 80 now came 1t not " be swept away by
the rushing sindf No, It was no sheet OF
paK=r Mehalah's curiosity was roused She
ouens.i the window and looked out Al the
s,iue moment it rose duttered nearer. eddied
up and fell a. ain cloud drlft-d over the
moon aad mais the marsh gray, and IN the
shadow tic restless object WAS. lost. the lash
u white wis blOttsd over When ths moon
KI..afnri out again, she saw It once more. 1t
DID not move. Tho ~ind tore by and shook
tn. easement Ia her hand. but did not h!S
snd Glow away that Wits object Then
there sas iuu Tue air WAS still Tor
miurnent At that moment the white object
moved again, rose once more and huttered
up. 1t was fying, II was nearing-it fell On
tie roof u the bakehpuse under the window
Now siehalah xa ~ what this WA It was the
vounti.sl gull the bird i.ehow had shot
Tbs miserable creature was struggling with
. broken wing, and With distilling blood, bo
es.afe to sea to die and drop into the dark,
tossing fuau.tng waves, to lose itself in in
dnity 1t could not expire on the land, It
must seek its native element, the untained.
unconfine,i sea. 1t could not give forth its
soul uti the earth
Was IL not 80 with Gloryf Could her free
sDul rest where size now vast Could II Ell
dure forever this tyranny OF confinement
within inipalpaols waisi She who had
lived, free as a bird, to t4e blown here and
there by every impulse. when every impulse
was fresh and pure as'the unpolluted breath
Of Col that PUSHES over the ocean Was she
not wounded by the same hand that brought
down the white newt There she was hutter-
ing. rising a little, again falling. her heart
dim with tears, her hfeb vigor bleeding
away. the white OF her bosom smeared With
soil that adhered, as she draggled In the mire,
into which he had cast her Whittier was
she tending, She turned her face out To sea
it lay before her ink black Red Hall and
Its marshes were to her prison. freedom BE-
yond its seawall
She was startled by sound a. Of bricks
falling She listened without curiosity.
The sound REQUIRED again, and was followed
after awhile by a grating noise, and then
rattle as Of iron thrown down. She heard
nothing further for few minutes, and sank
back into her dull dream, and watching Of the
poor NEW, that now beat it's wings on the roof,
and then aid on and disappeared Was II
dead now' 1t did not matter Nehalah
could not care greatly FOR bird. But pres
emily from out Of the shadow Of the bake
house hoate.i few white ieathers The gull
was still wcnding its way on, with unerring
instinct, toward the rolling sea. Just then
Mehalah heard thud, as though some heavy
body hal fallen, accompanied by a short
clank u metal She would have paid it no
further attention had she not been reused by
seeing the mailman striding and then jump
ing, with the chain wound round one arm
| He lookgsi at the moon. his matted hair was
over his face, and MeIlalah could not distin
/ yuish the features lie ran across the yard,
and then leapd the dixie and went OF at
.ong bounis. like a Kangaroo. over toward
! the sea wall
Meh.lal drew back. What should she dot
{ ouo.Ib snt' ''t>e Liistn anu ueti ulul tlat us
brother had wrcnchci oH the grating Of his
window and wurked his way out, and was
low at large in the glare Of tue moon on the
marshes, leap.ng and rejoicing in his free
iomi NJ she wouli not Let the poor
creature taste Of u,,erty. inhaIe the fresh.
pure air. rHper and race about under no
canopy lat that " Gods making. She
would not curtail his time Of freedom by an
hour II, uturtl .1iff.r s,.,-arelv fpr
sion on tue morrow, whe1i Elijah would call
out bis nan, and they would hunt the poor
wretch down like wild beast She could
Gee ltebow .tand over him with his great dog
whip au4 strike hin without mercy She
reuse K bowl She reconsign the maniac to
his darA dungeon. with Its dank floor and
sitting a. ,.o,pherel The gull was forgotten
\ now; its little strivings overlooked in Nh xiety
for the mightier etrivings OF the human sui
fercr
4 Yet all these three were bound together by
= common tiei Each was strainins for the
Eiuhnitc aud for escape from thrali,om. one
with n broken Wing, ono with broken brain,
one with a broken heart There was the
wounded bird Tapping and ed,ius it's way
outward to the salt sea. There --as the daxed
brain driving the wretched man In mad garu-
bols along the wall 10 the open water There
was the bruised soul OF the miserable Girl
ysarning for something she know not what,
wide. deep. eternal. un.i,nitei. as the all en-
bracing ocean ln taat the bird the man,
the maid sought freedom, rest, recovery She
could not go to bed and leave th. poor ma
niac thus wandering unmatched She would
so out and follow him and sce that no harm
came to him
She took OF her shoes. shut the window
Her mother was sleepin. soundiy Size I'M
lid the door and descended the stair. They
,reaked beneath her steps but Ret,pw, who
lad slept through the noise nm lie by his
brother In e,fecting his escava was not
awakened
As she passed. the Oakehouse she lit on the
wounded bird In spasm Of sympathy she
bent and took It up 1t made frantic effort
10 escape, and uttered its wild. harsh screams;
out she folded her hands over the wings and
held the bird to her bosom and went o.
The blood from the broken bone and torn
.esh wet her hand. ami dried on il ike glue
She heeded 1t not, but walked forward By
tho raw moonlight she saw the mailman on
the wall He had thrown down hi. chain
tie heeded it not now There hal been s,iffi-
lent intelligence or cunning In his brain to
I'd him siesien its clankins when making
mis- escape from the house
He siiThug into the AIR and waved his arms.