The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
UNION @ H. SOUTH CAROLINA IsEPTEMBER IS 1889.

UNION G.. H., S
How could 1 tell the difference in
the dark2 1t looked like her and I
thought it was her."
well, you've got me into a deuced
hne mess, but you've got to get me ont
OF 1t. 1t was bad .enou yh to have IN
run 'he risk for the swag, but hang me
if I'm going to row right into the face
and eyes of the river-police with a
strange girl don't care rap about in
the boat!"
They lapsed into silence, and Oracle
had an opportunity to realize her situ.
alton.
TWAS evident that she had been mis-.
taken for some victim, and that having
discovered their blunder, the rascais
were anxious to be rid of her.
For the moment the love of life
stirred within her, and she silently
prayed that they would not make way
with her TO shield themselves from ms
tice. Discreetly holding her peace.
she heardatfie man in the sterns sav
Z 14H1fct Il f3dntly r. :. 49,.
Fun IN shore and we'lI ship her.ra.
III she comes to, she'll suueal like
stucked pig, and get MS into trouble. ,
Well, make hnste about il and she
won't come to before we are rid of her.
1 answer for that; she's in dead faint.
I've seen lots of 'em like that"
All right Which shore?"
West, OF course. We can't make q
landing on the Brooklyn side for mud. {"
Rattle went the rudder, and with
powerful strokes Sandy sent the little
craft skipping cross-wise across the
waves.
AT last the keel grated upon the
shingle, Sandy rose and iumped knee.
deep into the water; the boat was
drawn up illigh and dry, and closing
her eyes to simulate insensibility
Gracle felt herself carefully transferred
from the boat to terra firma.
In silence they laid her upon the
wind-swept grass, and paused for IN
looking down upon her.
by the Lord Harryr muttered the
man whose name was not Sandy, cts
N shnme tn lcRvn n xarasAy Ay,-r,s.i-Isi--4I.
allyn here unprotectedl"
"Oh, get along with you, you chicken
hearted foolf" growled Sandy; "you're
q fine rooster to belong to the gang.
you arel She'll not lay here ten min.
utesi I reckon she'll stay at home
nights in future Come on we're we'll
rid of a bad job!"
And taking his companion by the
arm he pulled him down toward the
boat, and in less than ten minutes the
beat OF their oars had ceased to vibrate
upon the air
Then Oracle sat up and looked about
her. She felt a trife dizzy and her
head was light, but otherwise she was
perfectly herself. Before her lay the
river; behind her n wide expanse of
unoccupicd land upon the far confines
of which the massed lights of the city
glittered. She judged that she had not
been carried fnr downtown, and she
was correct.- -,
Strange as it may seem, tho hnnd OF
fate had led her within q gun-shot of
the old granary where at that moment
Max Boyden and Nicholas Garland had
met ITO talk business"
She rose and filed her lungs with
the cool night air and felt refreshed.
A new strength came to her, and the
fire of great resolution filed her
eyes.
"God has saved me from myself"
she murmured; HE has put me into
this world for some purpose, and will
fulfill His will, cost what it mayl"
Then, arranging her disoriered attire,
she started bravely forward toward the
glimmering lights. But she had over
rated her powers of endurance.
Frail girl that she was, ere long she
degan to feel the remnant of her
strength deserting her, and she would
have sunk down by the wayside to rest,
had 1T not been that a house reared it.
self before her in the near distance
promising her rest and protection.
This was the old building!
So pulling herself together, she
trudged on and soon paused beside the
door which swung invitingly open. Be-
ing of IN easy conscience, and COM
pletely exhausted, tho silence and lone
illness of the place had no special terrors
for her.
She felt that if she could only sleep,
she would nsk no more. SO she crept
into the darkened portal and strained
her eyes to discover what manner of
place she was in.
Wmle she STOOD therc, voices above
her reached her listening ear-yoices
that moved her strangely, voices that
seemed fatally familiar to her.
With bounding heart she deserted
the dim stairway, and mounted it with
the swift, silent footballs of q cat At
the door above she paused. The voices
were. raised in excited alteration.
Suddenly came the crash, succeeded
by the struggle for life and death, and
ere she could realize what was taking
pf0f q man pa6ting ike q terfifselI
animal, burst ont upon the landing,
brushing so close to her that she was
forced to spring aside to avoid being
thrown to the floor.
The man was Max Boyden, and it
was Gracies rapid movement which
had so terrified and put him TO fight.
She heard him crash down the stairs
and slam the door; what she did not
hear, however, was the cautious shoot