Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-15

to see the fishing Night came on, and the
sailors went TO the cabin to sleep until the
breeze should spring up and give the sig
nal for letting down the nets. Myriads oil
stars were shining brightly IN the clear
sky. Sea and sails were motionless, and
the silence was unbroken. Pierre and
were sitting together in the bows, and
seized the opportunity OF asking hin the
reason OF his settled sadness. In reply be
told me his story as follows:
1t Is hardly necessary for me to tell You
that Marie and love each other. II you
ask when our love began / can only say
that God put It into our hearts when we
were born, and made it grow with our
growth. AS little children we were always
together-our first smiles and tears, our
first sorrows and our first joys, all were in
common. We even seemed to know each
others thoughts. and the old people of the
village said that we had but one soul be-
tween us. When was old enough TO go
TO sea nv pretty Mariette was inconsolable
until | came home, and she used TO wade
out to meet me till the water nearly reached
to her waist, and then would put her on
my shoulder and carry her to the beach.
We were very happy; why could we not be
children forever
In the winter time we were always to-
gether, and when our early childhood was
passed we used TO join the village dances.
oh, what merry rounds we would make
together, and when the dance was over
how joyously we went home hand in hand
through the moonlighted meadows What
plans we made, what loving promises
what hopes were ours, what dreamsi
When we were old enough people began
| to talk about our being married, but we
paid no heed to them.
hat h. = Il.
are very happy as we are, and nothing can
make US loyeeach other better than we do.
Marie hiid her mother, but was an or
phan, and my brother. Cesaire, had
brought me up and been n father TO me-
1t was he and the good cure who urged
my marriage, and ut last proposed it TO
Marie's mother. Jeanne was much richer
than we were, and Marie was her only
child; yet the good widow, notwithstand-
ing, accepted me as son-in-law
They were made for each other" she
said.
So one fine day we were betrothed. l
took holiday, of course, and wanted my
brother to do the same. but his wife,
Cesarine, insisted that he should go to sea
as usual Some OF the neighbors blamed
| her Tor That, but 1t was only just that she
should think of her little children. They
must be fed; their father was poor and
could not afford to lose days work. The
morning had been very bright, but toward
night u lew ciouds gathered over the sea-
Marie ana did not notice them, for we
We're SO happy. We and the other young
people We're dancing, when suddenly
nash OF lightnlhs startled us; then there
was peal or thunder, and the rext min
at9 we near9 cries Tor help
we rusned 10 the beach ana saw Cesaire's
ooat upon the rocks what storm that
was! never mas such terrible one been
known upon TINS coast;
u,u al could Ihree tunes dashed
INTO the water with rope, and mt last was
s sn,o"n unconscious on lne SAND: But
dio not die, aiasi and when | regained my
SENSES | saw my oeioVed brother lying
near me breathing ms last.
er,e, ne saspeo, pe orotner to my
VIZ .9 anu d ia'hgr 70 my cnlIdren!
4. -, w ne'ei te,' 'neli' Cesaire' swear
Is' We" my iePiS' Auu 50 ne uied IN
tne Pieparalions LOT the weading We're
s'opPeu az once' anu anu harie ana exclaimed
III one prealh, we can walt" kissed
my urotner ehliuren, claSped their moth
ers. manu-, ana lei. Inas there was com,
20. oee~een Us lust as oihding as II all
'ne noearieS IN the worid hao witnessed It.
1N nonsas passed. ana people began to
but Something I do not know Win, II ,ss
seemed m bayo scaled =, H., Ia
sneak of the matter 70 any on ana 81 Isst
the widow Jeanne herself broke tbe ica
Have you adopted your brotber,s chill
dreus" she asked me. and / answered.
ssYso -
And his wife as we'll, Pierres"
Yes, his wife as we'll"
Really adopted them all, forever"
Yes, forever. mother Jeanne.''
You mean that you will never leave
tnemF she persisted, and with my heart
turning cold said:
cannot leave them; promised my
There was a long silence and than che
"e ..I on:
49, ", aul perfectly Wiling
sn-,,,,o. 80 ne q SNARE Oh your
,hinki5.r % IN -, ,,, as you NE sm not
But know vonr ~ a. az ~, ~ Is nos ,nat'
yon do and win No, onaaa,'. Is %en as
~ uo, anu WIN not consent 10 let my
- -e VIZ ner' OF 10 nave Cesarine
sau, . -, 49, $500. " I'VE, NeVer
.noLa %. to lls as 'he 0lu woman
nor all M,ria =. Ia. sue vas rigne' could
II kne,r &C ~ -, III my Sis'er-in-ia"
~ do not ,o-b,S -
mar saio
I'M put teil you the conditions.
v lay 10 you say?
,,..a "i go. my head ana saw that Marie had
~ ne ihto tne room and was looking at I
,e m'.n ner "hoie soul in her eyes, and ,
, aas lnae must either perjure myself or ,
's Sc ner lors'er- ,
, oh, Sir, l do not know how I lived
trough those few terrible momentsI ,
'har 1 7
nere was a ringing in my ears and
TRANCE lights dancing before my eyes, as ,
i hsd FEVER. seemed 70 be Sitting ,
TO be losing my mind, NV heart nv ,
oul-all. at the same instant.
ecide at once SIS r. ~ - ~ you must
arineF ,
was just going to pronounce the name {
my darling when seemed TO see before 1
ne the mangled form Of my brother and
o meet his dying glance h1t :, - ~ ,
ne look OF peace that I had seen on b,s
ace when gave him my promise-bis eve. s
'ere full Of sadness and reproach. made
eanne, promised INV brntberS' IA .~ ,
le mouse like mailman. As want
caught sight of Marie's face; there was \
smile upon her lips and she murmprad
Iftly, Bravo Pierrepi f. =