New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
mother. I'm an old CONAN. l am-ninc:y-one

IL was hopeless TO elicit further information from
her, and set off down to the shore trustInS TO nna
Bill and TO get more lucid directions from MIN
as TO my best way home. -,
had not walked far along the sand when !
came upon the fine lad "a gray haired man o!
about fifty. who was at work repairing poa'
that was hauled up on the shore 49,,
Whereabouts Is ST Bridects. aAd can you
kindly tell me the best way to get TO It27 lAsked
him. 49,
lie stopped in his work, and looked up at me
from under the brIm of his " sou weNt"r
g Aye, aye, sir! | can tell you right enough
St. Budgets lies Just round that point of land IS
you sees before you there -
. Thank you / said " Then, of course. 1t will
be much quicker for nae TO walk along the sands
than to 80 back by the road by which | came
''' Not BIT Of it. sir You will just have to
90 back the way you came
" But, my good man, that point OF land can
bc much more than five hundred yards oil. ana u
St. Brdgcts is only little the other side Of IT. IT
must take ne shorter time to 20 5 t IS,T way 'h'n
" For all that, sir II Is ny the road you must
20. see your stranger here, Sir or you
wouldn't talk so calm oil walking 70 d. bIlueeis
along the coast. The Lord help you. for no one
else could, if you got into those anus g. thoucbt
tia, onII, for nv chance meeting with this man
! should, in all probability have %alNed hi Ii
consciously TO an awful doom. 40 llcN JIG Oe
tween Us and the pointF
locked along the level sands The rain h9d
quite stopped The sun was low down on The
horizon. and the wet sand VAS cleaning in ne
setting rays Here aud there the retreatng i'd,
had l,f, pools OF water behind It, ana IN l',sr
could see the reflection of the pale yellow Ddiu
of light in the middle Of which the sun was >ih'-
ing TO rest: To my eyes II all seemed one l"iis
strctch-wth nothing 10 tcI OF ,r mn
the unwary traveller
All! sir! you might look long W WIZ ; @lore
youd see the Witches Sands sad lail; nteI,
Iretino my nnzZled expression. - here's but one
mark yon can steer by-leaNen's danger signals
calls them. DO YOU see SIT Il WiIic hi1Ii III
down tn face Of the rock about one huoteu I"In
this slc of the point. and another mark thc sine
about one hundred and iifty Yards alolE lrp I
where you are standing now? Well you re naeG
,hem They re some sort Of white moss As grows
down the cliff. and only for them there many .
one would have lost his lfc lneIeS SOM nle Co
they're putting their precious lives IN dancer
wI'out gvin' thought 10 the mother OF vic th.,
maybe dependln upon them. AZ ,aI ,G rowud 10
St Bridccts. But YOU see. SIR, the, cilll nan
over good Bit and tits nasty shaisy sun !, ~; as
gives no strip for hands ana leet' anu u ~ s', E
v.nv under yorktown you 60, straight on u lne
Guicksands. and then nothing but miracle couiu
save YOU 1900. t,,ro,o mot vou
bcrc for | should most certainly have tried TO
ind my way nome across the sands IT IS great
shame the authorities do not pal up a hoUcV-"O'l"
10 warn people OF tneir danger. ,., 49, Il,
Ave sir there was a warning boari up AZ
through the summer. Dut ihe hfst storm III VIC
winter carried it away ana y"n see. s'i. 1t T,lS
nnrn in WAY 49, visitors comes here dlorc JuHr
NV Juiv: so | suppose how they thought 1t
wasn't worth while 10 put 1t up 81 500" i"'
AMI lie - stopped short md shaded his eyes from The
dalZlc Of Tie scttine n. u-. .t,
Good heavens" he CALCULATED. what Is tla'
Can Won See sir Nly sight IS no; 80 sood as j.,
was.EIs THAI anybody riding round the po'h'
Sudden. sicilcning prcscntlmcnt came over
me. My heart gave bouho, anu t l,e" and cazeJ
stand still shaded my eyes Wv an" 49,
OUT to the point. 1,ua,,. foruord with
Fnr in that one glance had recognized beyond
3oiI" ibc Outline Of Unclr Matte eve nrclcd
mar, silhouc;tcd with painful dsuhc'n'SS aE"nHnt
HE pale yellow of the Sky. and rlding her-S'oTB
-; -; o"r d,rcct;on-a lady who could be no othcf
The concentrated agony of years seemed no. to De De
oU crowded into that moment OF une. NAN
cried clutchins Eill by the Shonldgr, n n.,i -
nv wife. My wife, tell you litn' rum
lin 60 | waved my AIMS wildly. TO ""cN'
- ,Tc wind blew the words down my throat.
And ,tiIl ] coald see Celia slowly hut Sui'N
anuroaching the white mark Heaven danger
with With no distinct idea of what meant to doi
/ was beginning 10 run towards me "u' "lo ..{H
rider still waving my arms rs tn9ue" 10 Pusn
her lack frcm her awful fate bIli caught nc
""WWnnt are YOU dom sir? You, won't sac
her that way. If she secs you al All SIlr HIKE
XIX, Is. think Won are bcckoning her on than iehh5
L,r H. 90 back There's only one thln5 you can
do sir Kan for your lie TIL yOu let Wiihh
Of
then lake &c the rocks, the way ! was tciiln- yon
INST now. and mayhap-maylap you'll get across
in time
| heard no more. | had torn Of! my coat AM
hat and w;,s flying alon6 towards the Whi'c hi'f"
~ u do noi take me long to reach the spot
| where | must leave The sands for me rocks
I'clorc beginning my WrIouN ciin2' J 'a1 In ur
| NASTY glanc" in Cehds direction Was 'lr'"Gy
| TOO haze? No. thank God W-tcrlcaI son
Of ioy arose in my throat rs saw that some "hIm
| Of lie moment had induced her 10 stop - hcr
1v,.rd ,yavf in order to try 20 ohligc her horse
| 90 walk INTO the sea / had Just tmC 10 see that
| tIc horse was FESTIVE and kept hacking away
| from the advancing waves INTO Whlch she vas
| evidently bent on urenl il, and then my whole
cncrqirS of mind and body had 10 be concentrated
on the difficulty o! making my way 'iChg Tie
| Shalcy taco Of the cln
losing strai gllt up from the sand for about
! twenty feet wa sheer, snooth slab OF rock
winch afforded absolutely no foothold. but above
| his came 1!r strata Of >halc along which VAS
! trembling as best could. The nVcrhansinS clli
| above me looked rs though it were longing 10
| fail Over and push me doWn-doWh d" 10 INC
| Lnrriblc. hungry sands below The shale cut
| nv hands and broke away from under Ihy i'rf
| at each sep, and all the time there was the
| haunting fear that | should 'r too nate; that
| before / should have got MP to thr second WhIte
| mark the sands would have swallowed up my
darl:nc forever. I remembered or quarrel win
sort Of drl distant dod p crdm;c ,o ' ny tbr c%p
! life never knowing whether she had forgiven my
| hastv words, or whcther she had cone 10 her
| awful death still sn1rtlng amer tH'ir lhlHNIc'.
| could only have been about ten minutes, bnt
il seemed 70 me to be hours before ~ la>t reached
| fine NOISY white marx. which showed me ! had
| come TO 1hr edge OF the qulci>and. |. was only
| a. crossed il and scrambled down 10 the shore
| below that | dared 10 look TO see if my worst
| fears had been realized
| How can | describe the rcvn!S0n of feeling
| when. rs nv feet touched The sand J heard Cclias
| lau.,h and looking up saw Ter on he c~encclled
mare within yard of me
Why you silly boy she cNchimcG "wlmt
| o,a- ro1dc Won that way? ! have Dr"a
| .otinI here for the last three minutes. expecting
| rvrrv second to see You tumhling down.
| You ought to take better care OF yourself now
Won are a steady married man"
| could say nothing. staggered like drunken
| man For three minutes she had Deer >tnndin.
| there within few yards of certain destruction!