Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-10

instant whirled it out OF sight into the all
surrounding gray.
With a short "Stand quite still, please"
be hurried after it.
How odd it was to be there all alonel
There was something SO solemn, 80 awful
in the silence, the isolation and the som
berness Of the placel To be able TO see and
feel nothing save the rocks at her feet and
the noiseless mist floating by; to hear moth
ing but the moaning of the wind, to real
ize that she might be within few feet OF
a precpice and not know It'll
1t was like standing upon impalpabie
air and grasping at it helplessly with the
world slipping away into the distance
Madge shuddere3, and there must have
been something in the look that she turned
upon Bob, who had appeared out OF the
gloom at her side so suddenly and noise
lessly as to almost startle her, that showed
the relief she felt in having him with her
again, for his face, that was set and seri
Gus, softened into reassuring smile, and
the swift eager glance Of the eyes that she
had noticed once before during the after
noon might have warned her that he, at
least, was on dangerous ground. But 1t
| only caused strange little iiuttering OF
/ her heart as she replaced her hat and took
| his arm without "A word
In utter silence they traversed now what
seemed to Madge to be long distance.
1t had been but a short time since the
change had taken place, but already the
wind had risen to Il gale, and the gloom
had deepened into n black wall around
them, while in the distance could be heard
the roar and rattle and crash of the ap-
preaching storm, that was already heralded
by few wandering fakes of snow that
were whirled along too fast to find rest
; ing place.
Their pace had unconsciousy slackened,
and now they were simply cropping Their
{ way over the logs and stumps, around the
powders and between the swaying pines
I that arose one after another through the
1 mist like IA struggling column OF retreat
ing soldiers, when suddenly Bob uttered q
surprised exclamation and stood still. MOI
n We feet in front Of them arose solid wal
{ of perpendicular rock, its boundaries lost
$ in the mist
d Madge's glance of interrogation revealed
y 10 her the perplexity, anxiety and trrita
ton outlined in 8ob's face and caused he
:, 10 ask earnestly:
Il "Why, Mr.. Barker, have you lost you
e wayf"
a. Her only answer was jagged, quiverlnl
,f glare that seemed to euvelop them iron
90 every side, frightening up the scarped ell
"A in front and showing them upon its snriac
5 the cold, dank tufts Of dark green moss b'
te tween which the moisture was slowly tricF
Id linz To the base. The very earth undo
them trembled, the air recoiled in terro
. and the mountain seemed to split to II
OF base with the almost simultan' Gus cras
r that followed.
re The storm had oycrtaken them!
ne Madge tried to smile after she had rem
v quished her hysterical grasp of Bob's arr
ut but there was no answering smlte tro
ne him. and a vague fear swept over her.
ne 81 don't recognize this rock he III"
zee tered in low tone. - seem TO nave 10
ng the trail Let's work our way along u
OF face Of this little"
Ier Once more the slow and hesitattng mare
,es was resumed.
he The Autteying fakes ef suow had chang
ne Ia tiny hailstones that were rapidly whlte
an ing the ground. The first grand rush
Ter the wind wss over, and it had quiet
as, dawn into a sullen moan that was mere
vas AN uudertone TO the great orchestra
mo heaven whose reverberatlng notes We
ringing from peak to peak and rolling n
.tle jestically down the valleys
loo Faster aud faster beat the hail, NJ
Oh. RAPIDLY changing back TO snow; colder a
div. colder moaned the wind as they wear
oh and silently picked their way along IN
il shadow Of the dreary cliif.
Madge shivered perceptibly and Is
kad turning quickly, tore off his coat, and "
irst a peremptory put it on, please" threw
over her shoulders and buttoned IT arot
ally her neck, paying no attention to her n
nee expOstuiation-
new She did not persist in it, for his man
and voice allowed no refusal. She telt
,me this time that they were in some DAM
ex though she could hardly tell how or
the True, it was growing very cold ana
her showing heavily, but such combina'
his was not new TO her, although she
her rather lightly dressed. And what u
an n had temporarily lost their wayi The ST.
.om- would probably soon be over even u
sci didn't find the trail before then.
wed might catch very bad cold. Ana
Inc would have been about the extent OF
% anxiety il il bad not been for her com
adge ions actions.
ia She had never before seen him 80 {
- and preoccupied Heseemed TO AVOID
/, The inc at her, which was certainly very
- usnsi for him. His almost constant :
4 the WAS gone and his mouth firmly SET.
,o,Iy seemed to he watching and listening
he, an animal who knows there are enc
what ahead. II ne "oui" o"'s ~"
suringly it would remove this vague
nipht easiness.
. n,sn She could stand it no longer, and
,Liao asked, rather timidly for her, VINO
been used to the most childlike iran
Il, she and directness with him:
rious ''Mr. Barker, is there much DANCE
d lost you thinkT
He did not turn his head, but ansv
, oh with a deliberation which ONLY iDcr
mildly her anxiety;
great NOT AT present. Duv -, =.
nj he for the moment, and ! am afraid "
simply making a circle and returni
ham the spot we started from. hope &c
hack the trail again in a moment"
ANAL Glow can you find IL when the sn
Of the covering it all ups'
= cen The question came FROM her impuls
n ON, and somehow she felt sorry the me-
,onuh she asked IL.
1es Of Poor Boil
He had not deliberately lied TO he
ns,k he hadn't told the whole truth; and s.
aimed given utterance to the very question
Il she was in his own mind.
II think could easily find my W
yasned landmarks If the cloud would lift"
yyered swered evasively.
She suspected now that he was CT
ouite ing the truth from her, and her tenn
~ Gov courage rose with the crisis. She 81
fling" ergetically;
/ take sit is very unfair OF you, Mf. baf