Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

jest naturally slipped away from her
and TUX 10 goin' with Miss Julie Webb.
Miss Julie was mighty pretty. with
frowserly light hair "a mouth big
enough 10 swaller doughnut hull, an
rows Of teeth like pearls. hcercd Mr..
Grey say They looked strong enough
10 bite nails, an she showed 'em all
the timc. When she waren't tallSin'
she was laughin'. She he'd "A voice like
n stcam-whistle. There warn't nothin'
bein' Mr.. Hugh was allays doin' him
self, they spent most of their time TO-
/ gcther.
Miss May used 20 watch EN- with
that heart-brealSin' look on her dear
face, an finally Miss Julie took 10
! JolSin' her, sayin; May, don't you want
/ 20 play tenuis? or IN run you "A race
ON the ponies this afternoon May or
Why don't YOU wake up Mayo What
arc you dreaming about2 But Miss
May never answered Miss Julie u word,
an finally they stopped even that an
left her altogether alone.
TIN gettin' 10 my story now. hain't
never told IL before. IL hurts oven now,
after all these years
I've given you an idea pretty much
how things went on till the afternoon
they cndcd-for me. anyway for /
never sailed that boaU again
1t was tho tenth Of August. The
month haG been very hot, an we hadn't
had any sailin' breeze for four days. but
that mornin' nice stifr breeze begun
10 come ia from the sea. IL was n
squally breeze, an l didn't Jest like Il,
but after time it settled down, an |
concluded IL would stay clear tin next
mornin,
Wei, was settin i'm my door mend
in "a sail FOR my catboat, when heard
the crowd a-c min. I allays knew 'cm
10y Mis-, jules voice. / most generally
could hear that by the time they left
Miss Hollis door.
They had couple OF city fcllcrs
down from the city for the day. an
nnthiu' would do but must take EN-
sailiu' ] wouldn't have gone, but lest
at the last minute little Miss May come
up an tut, my old brown fist in her two
little white paws. an seq she: oh.
Uncle Jerry, do go. I'm going home
tomorrow, an / want one more sail.
an this Is me last chance. An SO IL
was, poor LASS but not in the way she
meant Well l couldn't say no. She
made me think of the little one lost
twenty years ago, an so-wc started.
The tide was ruunin out, an the
wind was due east, which made the
whitc-caps fly; but put i'm tack an
started for the mouth Of the bay. Jest
about the imo we got out from under
the ellis the squnll struck us, an saw
my mistake.
The Foam hcelcd over till her storm
deck wu, two feet under water. / threw
her head mp into the wind, but as She
came around % cross sen struck her bow,
AN when looked for Tom 20 take in
sail, Tom was gone"
Uncle Jrvrv laid down his paint
brush just here and gazcd with dim
eyes over the smiling bay, living over
again thc great tragedy OF his simple
life. And ! sat upright, and burving
my hands deep in thc white sand about
me, tried Co absorb all my faculties in
the uct of listening. following Uncle
JcrrN's lluot'y forchngcr as il pointed
20 Cine distant horizon hill, and gave
meaning 90 his words
'Nc,l J didn't dar, tell them young
things what had happened. saw
iurt % nycd an tHc'r courage before
they got homc. IL the Lord ever let thcm
get ttgrc at AN.
''l lool.cd 40 Ht,Ic Miss MAY. nm thcrc
She sat, Fhcui ou her knees. her two
little hands over her iucc- somehow
she'd mower looked $50 small bcf,r,
Jest tnvu She raised hcrhcad Shcwns
white hu; then She always was that
'r, lean tell you cold chill won't
down uy baeN when I heard her give
90 great laugh Thought she'd i-anc
c.c1u ont ot her mind with fcar. but IL
N' "oth.n' ot che Nind for the next
mHm,rt she says sim icl,,n like The
ia-a ~ TOMS bsiu' .uch a coward,
hHrb. Will YOU au the bows gin down
u.' sail Cor the captuu9 Toms below
au can't do anything
thcu tncH ~Ht know, am thar She
Saw Quar- aaus rs plain a> 7 uid.
tHg boy, >prJug iur'ar1 tut they
ol or'e o. rrcf &c. SEQ .bsr f.,st cut
.' away au t.'ct Cos r..f th. ih I'm
.tr. Those boys wrau. wen. bus
r,'sI minute v., precious. au SC did
seem to me they tovb GOA bogr to gct 30
done
tue mast bent USca f,h.pal.. am
EVERY minute 0 Thought To- hcaritcrack.
Al. tus tnc tHc water was comm.
'rr iac ..a,. an Ht,it Miss Npvstood
0... up 90 h.f knees iu 10. ,rsXiu.
...rr srca. Heaitly hat, aa' -.r,,. ara,
'..i. whom she couldn't keep 'cn
Hu..t NttHuu.
Who're WAS no u-, uaNn light o.