Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-02-28
CHAPTER xxxt.
MILLIONS oR-Noru1NG!

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With start, he awokc from his musings
over the past and hastily began to search
for some proof Of the vvoman's identity.
As he opened the loclIet nc staggered
backward in amazement In ono side was
the face Of an old gray-bearded man, a face
he never could forget. In the other, bent
and worn, small tin-type OF q young lad OF
eighteen or nineteen.
The first was the Greek merchant Of Tan
giers; thc Second, himself, the college
sophomore Of eleven years AFRO. He renlem-
bered fishing il ont Of his sea-che5t and Civ
ing it to Haydee just before hs sailed.
And was this Uaydee! lis child pupil,
Haydee. Come from iac Tangiers on that
burning MOROCCO shorcl Cast up by the
sea, here on these rugged, rock-bound
coasts. The woman Heydec, como thus to
recall to his conseiencc-smitten soul the
recollection Of his broken promises, after
these many years had passed!
Horror-strpck at his objectionable neg
lect, he bent over he. and lnurmured:
20, Haydeel my little Haydecl And ]
forgot you SOP
Hidden in the folds OF her robe, tightly
pressed to her bosom: was sewed q roll Of
MS. Blurred though il was by the sea.
water, he could yet read it. Closely, yet
neatly written, its English was terse and
clear.
The pupil had well profited by her masters
instructions.
cat last'-so began the Ms. - ''we are
steaming within sight OF his native land and
Heaven soon win put an end to all my long,
long weary years OF waiting
II know not what unseen power impels
me to write this or guides my pen to shape
that mournful word, LaivsgeW / know not
what fills my terrified soul with vague fore
boding. But like not tho lowering looks
of those bad men, and, when that villain,
Matted, bends upon mo his evil eye, my
heart fiutters like frightened bird, and I
grow sick and faint.
II sec their many, secret, low muttering
groups. catch their nasty chances Of fear
and malice toward my good captain and his
mate, Luigi And am oppressed with an
horrible dread.
"Ah why did / seek this vessel9 And
yet, when Alf'-her Eubian slavo-''breath-
less and terrified, camo rushing in, that fa-
tai night, with the news that the Suitan's
minions were without ready to drag me to
his barem, could we do aught else but fly
down those narrow, sitting lanes and seek
safety on the first outbound stoamerl
mo sooner had | stepped upon her decks
than my soul told me that death abode
there. Too late For she was already leav-
ing the harbor And, now, daily and hour
~, NY eye ana verify that ss,y fal Ire
sentiment.
Last night NV father stood beside me,
clad in his death-shroud
" Fear not, my daughter said he, with
his rare, sweet smile Of old, the end is at
handr
SAY! the end is at hand But, if it be not
to meet thee, beloved, it lies in this sharp,
steel dagger, or m yon chilly waters.
10 my teacher Of the olden days my love
Of now and ali time, .farepeH Thou knew
est that loved thee, then, with child's
pure love. And | have come to prove to thee
that love thee now, with the deathless
love of awoman whose vain yearnings have
been pent up within her bosom for a half
score years of ceascless watching, And,
come life or death! thou shalt yet know my
love was undying
''None, save and yon strong box, wherein
is hidden the clcw to the place of conceal
ment Il would have left it with Abou Has
san, my dead fathers scribe; but, alas
that cruel flight forbade), and Ali, who
bears about in his breast the papers which
he has sworn to protect to the death, until
he deliver them to thee-none save we
three know where lies that treasure that
shall make thee the peer of the richest
Prince on earth.
"And, when it comes to thee-as come it
sasreiy shalt-givc but one thought to that
little Haydee, VINO, living, loved thee, and,
dying, breathed out her soul in prayer for
thee, and she will ask no more"
Tho brain of many q better man has been
turned by scenes less trying than those
through which Fairfax had been passing
and when he finished reading these words