Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-17


sympathizes How could I wrong your
mother and sisters so and let you
throw away your life for mel who
an so unworthyg"
Are you sure you quite realize.
Helen" be asked. slowly. what il Is
you are asking me TO do2T
And she answered him: Yes"
That Is enough. then II it should
come TO tha. | will do il"
The las; scene drew near and each
knew it. though neither spoke Ouce
he lifted her hand absenily. and looked
at it 40 though something were want
ing.
You never wore a ring for ne.
HelenFr
She glanced down NO; it didn't
need that
Slowly he drew OF an old-fashiOned
sigues ring hat had belonged to his
father. and placed it on e finger.
she watching dreAmily the while. with
her head on his shoulder.
We will have il now" he said;
that Is our understanding" and then
80 near 70 death. could find no words
10 say. With all eapAbiliiy Of ex-
preston. it IL sad at times how little
we can do After all. our language.
perfect though ii may be. Is singularly
Incomplete We feel its narrowne~s.
and know how impossible il i 10 ex-
press all that we could wish There is
nothing we say but what may be mis-
construed or misinterpreted. and. werc
il not for hat higher communion be-
for which lips are mute. perfect COM
prehension would Do rarely possible
He stared at her in a dzzsd way.
What Is it you r asking me TO dos-
Il want you to promise ne that. be-
fore the last when /; may become i'm
possible for Us both 10 be saved. you
wil leave ne and take are Of your
self
Il can not promise that. he said
Mot to make me happy
III i asking too much IIeica.- ard
he turned away from her pleading.
-After all these years yoa are mine
nos. ~ IL Only for N hour. and /
dare not leave yol
AID yet you must. you inns. I
van you 10 do what IS right IGO1s
want you TO chOo~c the ea-r way be
c1Ese IL il ezsie=. n--zt lis very
difficulty shOw you TIA; The other Is
righis
You are asking too much. Helen
Life would be unbeArzble afterwNrd
But do1', think ot tha. she said.
only whether il i right row
Il can't think Of any thing bat you,
it's impossible. inpo--ible-
She broke down for few minutes.
crying silently On his shoulder -YOa
must not. Paul; Oh. yOG must rot, l
am not worth t. This il the las,
thing | can ever ask you. the last
thing y0s can do for ne Would VOC
make my death miserzbIe-make ne
die feeling tia, l had killed your
tod forbid HeIsn- / would do
any thing for your happiness
Then know that ron ought 10 ,ry
it Is righi-for their -ake-. and
whatever people may say sfserward il
you are saved do not heed them. ~
member Only that l undersiood-win
your
Then he held her hand in silence
till the last trial came
Out Of the gloom came a heavily
laden boat. the oars rising and falling
rhythmic@lly in the inky water. Here.
on the scene OF the disasier-here.
where they had last seen the lights of
the doomed ship-they waited and
watched e<saying TO save any who
eve now might survive Little to
guide them in their efforts as they
rowed. now in this direction. now in
that A white hand here. and there a
dark. indissinguishable object; a mass
Of floating wreckage. to be avoided.
and yet again a figure cliuging t % a
broken spar. That was all-liitle. in
deed. but still enough to reward them
for their work Then. tired and over
laden. they rested on their oars till
morning-till the first dawn showed
the haggard faces of these few sur
| yivorS.
A sea-gull sailed leisurely overhead
as the golden sunlight broke aud rip
pied over the calm sea; so soon will
the old world smile again over mans
little tragedies, Only a small boat.
on the vide immensely. lay like a rec
ollection-the faint memory Of a last
nights dream
Something Of all this it was that
Paul Jennings told his friend as they
sat in his rooms in the Temple
This past had been long buried; he
had never thought to see a resurrec-
ton on earth So much a part Of his
being was it that it had been like open
ing an old wound; but a chance word.
an overheard remark that that's lit
tie Jennings. fellow that bolted and
left the girl he Was going to marry TO
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