The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-16
p III.

-''and some have left me,
And some ore taken from me; all are departed"
In the heat of my feelings. l had gone
further from Seacombe than / had intend
ed to do. but 1T was q comfort to be so far
away from the world / hated, and to have
no witness to my weakness.
Imagine my evaporation when Mr.. Close
rounded the corner of the rock on which l
was perched. dumped up; as l did so my
eyeglasses swung round, the jerk severed
the elastic to which they were hung; they
fell on the ground at my feet and were
broken into fraginents-this loss was a Sc
rious one.
The wind and waves Numbered and
FLASHED all round; Mr.. Close shouted at me
thro' the din.
Why on earth have you come heref
For q walk"
"You must be mad. You can see the
danger board behind you. You know that
people have been drowned here before now
FOolhardiness is not pluck"
asked him defiantly what interest he
had In my concerns.
My friendship for your father" he re-
turned, as though he would have implied:
mo other. i assure YOU"
Then your duty to my father is done:
don't waste any more time on me. Go back
to the tennis; / am going on"
My remark. no doubt. was partly smoth-
cred by the storm. Turning M back on
Mr.. Close. with my face set westward. /
continued to Chamber over the rocks in the
direction contrary TO that OF SeacOmbe. 1
wasfairlv sure of foot and walked rapidly.
not looking back, until had reached the
point of the cliff and rounded the rugged
and perpendicular peninsula.
had thought that Mr.. Close was follow
ing me; however. when | glanced behind
me i found my mistake. He was not in
sight. / was alone-alone, and O little
frightened. / could In anger brave death
when i hoped TO punish maukin in general
o seagull was witness to my daring. such
pluck as l possessed oozed out frcm my
finger tips.
looked out to sea; sullen waves. mount
ain high, and crested with foam. came
tearing IN upon the broken err gs, breaking
with n crash like artillery upon the rocks.
i was blind without my glasses. when a
shower of spray fell full upon ms upturned
face. deluging me from head TO foot. q
panic seized Inc and l hurricdly turned. in
tending TO retrace my steps. In doing so
ny foot slipped; no dOubt my dim eyes. my
Sudden fear. my haste com bined in making
me unsteady OF gait. On the Shiny sea-
weed L tottered, tried TO save myself Ivy
catching at the jagged splinters of rock.
and failed.
1 fell, fell on my side. and. rolling over
the edge of the rock upon which 1 had been
standing. alighted a dozen feet below upon
aridge OF rock which lay intentionally
near the angry and incoming sea.
Just for u moment i lay there where
fell. half-stunned and breathless; the pain,
the agonizing shoots of pain In my left
arm turned me sick. But the instinct of life
preservation reused me. struggled TO my
feet and began-though every movement
Increased the pain 4 suffered-so clamber
mp the rock ont OF reach Of the waves.
My injured arm hung like q log. useless
and MANNED. oy my side. My skirts. sat-
urated with water. chung close and heavy
To my limbs.
The rock which l endeavored TO scale
slanted somewhat; Its surface was broken.
Under other circumstances could have
ciambered TO the top In a moment Now,
with clouded eyes, swimming head, trem.
bling limbs, my progress was slow indeed.