Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-24

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neatly executed and at City Prcics.
have net moment 10 lose. shal
Try 10 reach yondsr point" he said
inserrupiing her with one mad EN-.
brace. aud fervsnt kiss upon hsu
white trembling lips.
In another instant be wss out Iuto
the raging foaming tide. with bis loved
burden clasped closely 10 his heart.
With fsw words Of encouragement,
: caution not to cling 90 clesely As to
impede hisprogress. be began his bali
Gle for life. After the fret shock Of
the cold water was over. Nellie lay
helpless as an infant In bis arms. hsr
eyes fixed upon bis agonizsi face. and
watched the mighty eiToris he vas
n4tins ehe>sw >kol ~ xsins upen
bis broad and white forehead stood
out like wlipcords. that great drops
Of moisture lay thick upon his clus-
.sring hair, while his thin nostriIs
were dilated by the breath forced
through them in spasmodic gasps, and
that his set white teeth cleaned in
the 6tfll moonlight.
But she was fast losing all of sensi-
bility, and her last feelings, which
shaped themselves into thought, were
that thus she would be happy il sls
could float on forever, and that they
would pass through the portals Of
death in that loving embrace. her head
resting upon his shoulder. and his
strong arm around her.
On, on they foated in the mad dance
Of waters. buifeted by wrecks and bro
ken debris Of every description. Now
and then a dead white face would
glide BY them, as If to say, "Give me
way to pass TO eternity just little
before you" or the carcass of some
brute would contend the right Of way,
Ind then sweep on down mid the
Iwollen tide with the dumb eloquence
If an awful fate.
"We are nearing the bend. Cour.
lge, dearest. Whispered Charley Ar
loid, clinging still more closely to the
orm which was fast losing the elasti-
ity Of sensibility.
The blue eyes opened to smile, only
o close again and know nothing more
Intil two almost lifeless bodies lay
lrsnded side by side upon shore
'iisd hish With brok<n timbsrs ssd
Ogs.
Nellie was the frst to struggle into
consciousness of their condition, to
nd her gallant deIiverer utterly sx.
sustsd and almost breathless. Ter
or called her faculties to life at the
bought that alter all his life had been
acri6ced for hers. With a cry ofdes-
air, she clung to him and pressed her
wn white lips to his whittier and cold.
r ones.
"No life o God ! he is dead /"
Az she spoke she was working over
im with rength no one could have
elieved she possessed, while her cries
rought assistance from woodlands
ut close by. The inanimate form Of
HARLEY Arnold was at once conveyed
hither. placed upon bed before q
Daring FIRE, and the ample draugbt
e spirits the good man poured down
lis throat soon brought him around,
md be wss able TO smile upon Nellie, !.
md thank their host.
Sunshine aud bird.song were rife in
he valley the morning after the storm
md food which had left 20 many FAM
lies homeless and bereaved. The
warm rays fe:l upon little donkey
;art, with the sorry looking lovers
sitting upon a seat OF straw, wrapped
pp in old blankets, which the kind
stripped from his bed to
farnish them. And these children
from q modern ark were hsiled with
every expression ofjoy as thsy reached
The Arnold homestead, where the
Widow Casey and her little ones had
fonnd rsfugs-s refuge that Was for
a short time quite hospital, for Nell
lie and Charlie were both the victims
Of severe colds. But they were soon
petted into convalescence by the dot
ing mo.hsrs-petted each other into
rosy health and = united life.
The great hearted people OF that
region. although sufferers by the de-
vastating food, built .aore substan-
tial home for the Widow Casey upon
her bit of land that tue river could
not reach, which her wealthy son-in-
Law furnished. az sort Of peace Offer
ing for having taken from her Nellie,
whe, he often declares, was tossed to
him by An especial providence-"out
Of the food !"