Telegram-herald., 1890-05-05

usde TIE buaeinx sake 70 fss foundAr
non Al scsrted troSa the-f s7s.-s' ll-A~s-
sEing il the shock q al s4rtn4~-~sb -
rtas ol3 father res cap ~@s eo-2-As
sus0g them " A. u. ssEr0rs A-sy
listened for = nzOasnt. tut e-As IS<fs
TO ran peltlDg As4lGs1 ne ~i-''"-,
and tie ~lEd ho~ling among hle 1esA
The explosion was soon explained y TIE
sgparinon of al old Degro's laid head
thrust IN a. the door. his white soSSis
eyes contrasting with his lsks5 k'o-A
which was wes with ram and shoile Ike
bottis. In = Jargoa bOs hall inte-llsl-
BE be announced rhzt ths kitchen ehit'a-
ney lad been struck with lightning.
A sulen pause of the storm "hloh
now ruse and sunk IA gusts pro
duoed q monetary stiffness IN ttlls
interval the report Of EauSKet VA
heard. and q long shout, almost hke
vel, resounded from The shore. Livery
one crowded 70 the window another
musket shot was heard, and another
long shout that mingled wildly WITH
rising blast Of wind Ii seemed IS II the
cry came ap from the bosom OF ths
waters. for though incessant aAshes q
lightning sprs.d light about the shore.
no one was 10 De seen
Suddenly the window q the room
overhead was opened, and locd halloo
uttered by the mysterious stranger.
Several hailines passed from ooe party
20 the other, bat In . language which
none Of the company In the e<rroom
could understand; and presently they
heard the window closed, and sgeat
noise overhead as If the furniture N-ere
pulled and hauled about the room. The
negro servant was summoned, and
shortly after was seen assisting the vet
eran 10 lug the ponderous sea chest
down stairs
The landlord was IN Au,azenenL
"What, you are not going on the water
in such storm?
Storm" said the other scornfuly,
"do YOU call such a sputter Of weather a
storm?'
You'll get drenched 20 the skin
you'll catch your DEATH" said Peechy
Prauw, affsctionately.
Thunder and lightning!" exclaimed
themerman, don't 'tpreach about weather
10 4 man that has cruised in whirlwinds
and tornadoes."
The obseQuious Peechy was again
struck dumb. The voice from the water
was again heard in tone of impatience;
the bystanders stared with redoubled
awe ct this man of storms, which seemed
10 have come up out Of the deep and TO
be called back to il again. AS, with the
assistance Of the negro, he slowly bore
| his ponderous sea chest towards the
shore, they eyed it with superstitious
/ feeling; half doubling whether he were
/ not really about 10 embark upon it, and
/ launch forth upon the Wild waves. They
/ followed him at a distance with q
/ lanthorn.
"Dousc the light" roared the hoarse
/ voice from the water. No one wants
light .here!"
Thunder and lightning~ exclaimed
tho veteran; back to the house with
your
Wolfert and his companions shruInk
back ia dismay. Still their curiosity
/ would not allow them entirely 10 with
draw. A long shoot of lightning now
! flickcred across the waves, and dis
covered boat, filled with men, Just
under a rocky point, rising and sink
ing with the heavy surges. and
swashing the water at every heave.
It was with difficulty held to the rocks
! by boat hook, for the current rushed
furieusly round the point. The veteran
hoisted one end of the numbering sea
chest on the gunwale Of the boat he
| seized the handle at the other end TO lift
| 1t in, when the motion propelled the
/ boat from the shore; the chest slipped
of from the glnwale, sunk into the
waves, and pulled the veteran headlong
| after it, A loud shrek was uttered by
all on shore, and volley of execrations
by those on board; but boat and man
were hurried away by the rushing swift
ness of the tide. A pitchy darkness sue
coeded: Wolfert Webber indeed fancied
/ that he distinguished cry for help, and
that he beheld the drowning man beck
oning for assistance; but when the light
ming again cleaned along the water all
was drear and void. Neither man nor
beat was 10 be seen; nothing but the
dashing and weltering of the waves as
they hurried past.
Tbeecmpany returned 30 the tavern. for
they could not leave it before the storm
should subside. They resumed their seats
and gazed on each other with dismay.
The whole transaction had not occupied
five minutes and not dozen words had
been s0o.cl. When they looked at the
oaken c.r they could scarcely realize
the fat chat the strange being who had
so lately tenanteG It, full Of life and her
culesn vieor should already Be corpse.
There waAs tho very glass he had Just
drunk from: there Law the ashes from
the pi7e which he had smoked, az it
were. with his last breath. As the
worthy burghers pondered on these
things they felt terrible conviction of
the uncertainty Of human existence, and
each felt as il the ground on which he
stood WAS rendered less stable by this
awful example.
As. however. the most Of the company
were possessed of that valuable philos-
ophJ which enables a man TO bear up
with foTtitude against the misfortunss
Of his neighbors. they soon managed ia
console themselves for the tragic end Of
the veteran. The landlord ~ss happy
that the poor dear man lad paid his
reckoning before ne went.
He cane IN storm and he went in a
storm. he came in tho night and be went
in the night; he cane NOBODY knows
from whence and lie has gone nobody
knors vhsrs For anEht ! knoW he has