The sun., 1889-11-24
THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER a. l8s9TwENTY-FoUR PAGES

all would be OF q snow-whlte softness above
US; and sparkling line OF bulwark rail and
and q va ke OF floating and hesvinG silver roll
! ing fan shaped TO us. ,,
ns and rssed So fieS Il oSsl V VIII the BuwaTE
Dl4ocd qpon e, ana shostiy 4 looked IN that a. az
i!eht and mooniisht not yet brishtenine out q
its redness- -RhastlY. IN the nakedness OF It's
need at that hour 70 conceel II under a Tag nnd
Finn pulled a thin volume from his pocket anu
pesFne S0s9 sddR S@Is6pe Sh sS
up courage and made start He pr0n0u11Ssd 1Ssd
face tyitching and working to his, recital as he
tie snern sSt GASs touehng hs - skin I'M into hue
q sulphur that made one think OF II as the
yeoS 6SSn baek SS BTt The mystery
breathe, hot as the night was in an ice.cold
sense Of humor must have been Of the feather
weight quality ofgn idiots TO nqtter in the
the grating, whose chill secret, suhduing in
epirations were uuspeakably heightened by
out of the weak glimmer Of their countenances,
vaguely shaped by the rays OF tho oil 1ames
upon the obscurity. by the silver gaze OF the
countless euuinUctlal henven surveying US over
the yardarme and through the SQUARES OF me
ratlines and amid tho exquisite tTacery OF the
low down In the m measureess dark distances OF
the west and north and south, as though they
were the eyes Of giant spirits standing d on ip by
the slow soaring OF the moon that was now
icing her crimS IN yisago with crystal an ana dii-
ern sky, with an edging already OF brilliant
glory under her upon short length OF the
that drection ire hS ' look as " though its boGnl
were beating In ivory foam against the wall OF
was standing with my back to the com
panion hatch; my eyes were rooted upon the
white form which in O. few moments now
would be tilted and sent flashing with u heavy
cannon ball at its feet into tho black depths on
which we were floating. The man in lie had
%esteS asa 5s snS Re d b9 hfd dSa
his grave was this mighty Wilderness Of watels;
not hole in the earth to which those who
downward What remains of him is here, but
a tomb rivalling the heavens IN imne4sty
hs as 5RE his ss
to be launched. was but a drop of the dew that
glittered in the moonshine upon the grating
That bundle was a text to nl me with mci-
aneholy musings. and 1 was thinking OF the
man as 1 had beheld him in the morning.
worn, indeed by shipwrcck aud privatlon, but
stately: erect soldlerly: his cheek crimsoning
to the blow that Wifrid had dealt him; lie
and passion strong in him, when was startled
out OF my thoughts by Finn ceasng to read.
l glanced at him and observed that. no was
object with eyes that protrudel from their
sockets. looked to see what Ind called on his
attention, aud remarked a tall female figure
cealed by a long dark veil, standing close beside
the head OF the grating, perfectly pou3nl9ss
swaying Of the. yacht. She had appeared
among us, with the stoathiness OF a ghost, and
she looked like one In that conflicting light,
with the faint, Glepm of her eyes showing
through the veil, and the stitched-up form on
the grating to give darker and more thrilling
accentuation to her presence than she conlI
have got from an empty grave or Il Tuptured
coffin. The sailors backed away from her
shouldering one another into the gloom with
much wlpinG Of their leather lips upon the
backs OF their hands; was startled on be:
6odaE heF but qnieky rallied raj to sense Of
this illustration of emotion with her language
and treatmept, OF Wilfrid that morning
man and shorten the service, too. If you can"
he croaked out afresh but the poor fellow
far @ as It had gone had been chin. dolefuiI. de,
rressinR enough before; but n character
almost Of horror to my mind now came intoit
that stood-scarce won by the lampllght and
the moonlight, from the shadowness that
ashen .tinctured length lying prone and resem-
bling a hammock upon the grating. 1t was the
moral her ladyship's presence put into the oe-
SO hideously gaunt, so Wild SO inhuman. strik- |
ing, ice-like, t9 the heart. For hi; she had
for tbs she had abandoned her hus-
band had priiGked the bubble Of her
nonor, eNtlngulsDeu lne lnSDlfalun OF !
es hoiest eens %hat hut 4os an sgRs
vision could that dead man wrapEed in his sea !
and pleasure intot Something. one should /.
think. to blind the very eyes OF her soul. But. ,
honor she did herself by this subtle. sneaking |
attendance ut the funeral oI her shame with |
the ghost of 1t 10 clip with her TO her cabin !
again. aud to act, maybe, as sentinel to her |
for the rest OF her natural life, stalking close
at her heels, so steadiast there as to make her
Finns croakng delivery ceased.
"Overboard with it," he rumbled, for his
gesture to tilt the grating had been unobseryed |
stood.
The sailors raised their arms; the glimmer-
from the side to the accompaniment OF the
noise OF a long, creaming wash of water sim
saagR the he notS 6S 9 sed Yus sheE Tnfa from
Lady Monson. She flung her hands to her face
and reeled as il she would iall. sprang TO
seeing who was she waved me from her with
motion OF whieh n the pa slonate haqghtinoss.
liSdain. and diSllk We're too strong for me to
miss, confusing as tho lights were. She then
99fYS4 81 she E@s 6s f6SRE So eooY ag" and
low. The man is buried. and thank God lor
Lady Monson, however. walked 10 the ey-
rene end OF he vessel, kneeled npon the little
rating ahaft the wheel and overhung the taft
all, apparently gazing into the obscurity asterp
where the white wake OF the yacht was glitter
nR. like dusty summer highway. running
worry like through II dark land on moonlit
hight / watched her with anxiety. but with
nut daring to approach her. The sailors un-
litched the lanterns. and took them forward
Llong with the grating
said to Finn II hope she does not mean to
His head wagged in the moonlight. Sir"
le answered 'the likes OF her nature amt
luick to kill themselves. II she were the wife
II the gent that's, gone I'd 500 to it. But she'H
lot hurt herseli."
Nevertheless ! kent my eye upon her. Tho
Lwning was of the deck; the planks ran white
vas now brilliant. and all objects showed sharp
Ipon that ground, while the fitting of tho
bony shadows to tho heave OF the deck was
Ike crawling OF spectral life. ! spied tho
elbow at the GlisteplnE wheel turn his head re,
.eatedly toward tho woman abaft him, rs
hough troubled by that wrapped. voiled, kneol-
ng presence. Finn's rough, ofl-haud indiler-
nee could not reassure me. The fear of
eath. all horror induced by tho cold, moonlit
esolate. weltering waters upon which her
yes were fiXed. might languish i9 the
norse Of grief. of desnair, There were
hapes Of eddyinG froth striking out upon the
ark liquid movement at which she was gazing
dim. scarce deflnable conigurations of the
ca glow which to her sight might take tha |