Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-06

driven rom hIa mind lEs sentiments OF
evil lately breeding there.
.4rh ; must be 4 u1-sralke, re renal 49,
win much q his accustomed lsnIness,
.rFT. blow vas meant FOR the Caribbean
was ii such another On 5arnAAlDes ="
7aa7.. aro. It's nothing. it'u soun pass
~sf,-5-3a prevailed On his mother and
s,-b.r -s az down. but IL was l11Possi bic
;, 77ai-rafn an Indifferent expression Of
cou1tenauce while the house was rocking .
sI-,osr Ike 4 boat at sea. Each sacceeu-
~, N -,rg Of the wind was heavier than u .
predecessor. already the spray from the .
tayou Wa beating on the walls and WlA' /
d9ws like level rain
amt whgrs Is Armentine? She Is not
nsre. Can she be sleeping inquired Ins
old man IN a qUzruIous VOICE
Inst then a chord Of music, strong
.zU-et phrase struck from guitar, came
in a. II On the surface Of all the tumuIt
- 6oorn Of the storm and a rich baritone
voice began singing an old French love
sony tender. thrilling, strangely In con
. trast with the elemental bedlam OF noises,
Placidg Rouquette and the actor looked
AZ each other wonderingly. They know
the voice. but what could the man mean
Il WAS Felix Bruyerc, come 70 SerenAue
Arnentine OF all times this surely was
the most unpropitious for such perform
ance. on.
THE idiotr exclaimed Phcide lie
should be confined in an asylum.
The song and accompaniment ar"9o u.s.
the storm arose higher. stronger, swooucT
morn appealing Sometimes the strains
we're il seemed. tossed about by the tenn.
n..t and sodividrd that they sounded Ike
n multitude Of echoes scattered through
bubbub OF waves and lushiug The tree
boughs.
Presently the stress OF the wind was so
,,reat that they felt the house moving from
its foundations. rimbgrs strun'd anu
cracked. and at last a pIrt of the ruol went
of with a terrible noise
Placide ran to Arngutina's chamber Sue
WAS gone. Her window WAS open 10 Ih'
night. and through it ne could $40 tA'
yreat trees leaning almost lcyC, under thy
! pressure OF the wind current Ito ran anl
leaned out. The moon was covered WIN
racing clouds. but ne saw distinctly wv,
. shadow forms flying under the trees 20
ward the bayou.
? Gould they De Felix Bruycro and Armen
: tiue2 ,.,, "a,
5 Before he could more than think Oh,
u final crash came. and the mansion went q
pieces. IL WAS a sudden ''rVH %. las -.
y, pest, So 70 call lt, furious N.Sn' WIN "'
q snpallin- medley Of wild noises, arcntlnS
y tearing, drag-ins. bursting N''''''"'''' ''.''
q roar anu 'Heu '. ~. We ....,-,.,,, NJ
- Strange 20 tell, Win Ioe tN>'t''o" u
i. slight cut ON P.lcldts manu- no men ~,
!, Of the household was hnF', '-,"'-'@N '''
- mansion was quite ceS're! GU. ..,...,
= The cyclone ro-tl uA '-A US " NV. =
!, destruction ac length spent l-N I'ENs u
away in the wild >"Amp~ oSt o'--@ u
moon low IT'D '-e w. GAY. ,'-.-.- -.
more the CNplEse ot the '.------7. ~,
= covered bayou. sweet ana SOU -
breath Of "a child was the oTee-e '-'- --
stole over the scene oi -e'g-a,te--
=, The hOusele-s lg1>--l.t % ".-- -
n place drew togcth .r'n q P''.... -
~ on the sanu o- 'ae "9--- - -.
- and diagoually viewed across the %!
~. they saw a sail gently leaning 70 the uFeS
N' and swaying with the roll OF the wave
Both Placide and the actor ie-t a 9ll---l
70 Of the heart The catastrophe whose tll
Je bled ruins lay all around them was IL
Il gotten in the sudden overwhelming sen
II. OF something awiuuy Significant IN IN
-. N spectral sail slowly recedins IN the waite
i'n distance. Soon it disappeared.
~. Armentine was gone. Search TAR
' io'l wide was made for her atterwaru Ou ", I
she - ,-.,,.,,-,i,, soa,, an, the bayou.
oh ] BEugete ever aga ~ ~ - \.