Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-11
CHAPTER III.


 The uay went by and the night passed ere Tr;tvo ';.nor ;wol1c. When he came out the q IT the sun was shin ing and the c"r!h seemed fresh as heaven. Tho c'i,i:!rpn were racing about, and ano!t'c t&C ID little Gale was flying her curl, :,rnnr the pinc-spiccd wind; she could n',i sorrow. the air was so sweet and the m 'rrinr was so fair.
 Paul was up witH tt.r dawn and had caught big salmon down by the rocks, and his mother was frying it on the stove under the shed. When Armor, still a little unsteady of step, came through the low door he caught sight of Gale.
 "IIa, there! Where arc ye flyin' to, little canary" he cried and the child ran to him and he ssHd her lightly up and down. How big and strong and gOOd-nutured he seemed. The children chung about his knees when he was washing his face and laughed and shouted when he dashed the cool fluid upon his fcvcrish head and sprinllled them with the bright drops. When he was wiping his trembling hands he in quired for Paul.
 "He got his breakfast early and went up the shore with the boat to sec if he could get some fish," said the mother. Hell be back about noon and take the clean clothes to the mill"
 The man looked down. An expression of shame and unworthiness passed across his face. When they were seated he ate but little, but drank great draughts of coffee.
 You see, Lucy, when dropped down out of Deep creek into the sea-" he said in answer to her inquiry, q smelt a storm comin'. I wasn't very clear ir the upper story, guess, but thought could make the bay afore it struck, an I rowcd tremendous. But the harri cane came on like a race horse, an with the first scoop it lifted me an the boat clean outen the water. l hung in Ger | though good many times I thought she was goin' upside down, but she lzcp on 'er bottom some way an run on 1T the darkness an lightnin' like all pos sessed. nabbed holt of the rudder an kcp' rightin' her when the lightnin' fell which was about every second. The sea looked white like kettle of water bilin' over, an suddenly see a ship wa. about to run over me from behind. was hyin' afore the wind like all crea tiOn and jist missed me. l heard thing! rippin' and breakin' on her an shouts and screamin' as she passed; then some thin come crashin' agln the boat anC knocked me outen it. The next seconC l sec by the lightnin' that it was biz platform or stagin' of boards, an climbed up onto it. As soon as l go my breath l heard something cryin' by me and looked around, and To and be hold! this little thing was layin' ther tied fast to the platform. I got he loose an she cotched me round the nec1 and hilt me fast, an doyou know, Lucy in my scare an confusion l thought wss Breeze? Wal," he continued, afte n pause, II hilt to her an she hilt to me an thought, my soul and body, we' be throwed ofen the pitchin', rollir raft, but it went straight for the head and all of a student I looked up an saw the front of the cliff as white ar terrible in the ightnin' as the face of corpse, and the next minute we strucl with a crash, and me and the child wa shot up one of the pillars, and I clinche, holt of it and got footin' an hun, there till Paul come with the rope" A heavy silence fell between them