Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-23

! diers, constables, and men and women
OF all sorts.
Mr., Duke wished his daughter to re-
turn, but she would not 60. She has
tened TO one OF the grassy terraces over
the cliffs, and stood there, with white
face and Quivering lips, watching tee
scene below, praying, Oh! so earnestly,
for Georges safety. Ia her eyes his
peri at the hands Of men, was as moth
ing now TO bis peril from tho sea. II
only his life were spared that was all
she asked for.
The rain began to fall heavily soon
after father aud daughter reached the
terrace. He laid his hand upon her
arm and begged her 10 come away.
But she paid no heed TO his words-juss
shook her head without removing her
eyes from the scene on the Bay. She
! stood there oblivioUs Of wind aud rain,
watching the battered hulk TO which
her young lover chung, %shutdering as
each burst Of spray shut him out from
her sight.
,Oh, why don't they hurry?" she
said at last. "Why don't they do
! something-qulckly-oefore ii is too
late? l don't see that they are doing
anything"
As a matter Of fact, all that was pos
sible at present had been done. Will
mott was not so innuman as to let a
number OF his fellow creatures perish
before his eyes without making an
! effort to help, and at very considerable
/ risk he had brought the yawl within
| stones throw Of the lugger and had en-
deaYored TO get a rope on board. Fall
ing in this-his movements so hampered
by his live cargo-he landed half a
/ dozen OF the constableS as q sort or guard
on the breakwater, where they had the
| lighthouse 10 shelter them from the
/ spray and a boat TO use II need be. Then
/ be made for the beach, replaced the rest
| Of the cOnstables by a couple OF sailors,
ana sailed back TO the lugger. This
time he was as near as possible being
| caught among the rocks, the yawl an
| swaring her helm badly without her jlb,
but he Just managed TO get clear after
J throwing a rope TO the lugger. For
this feat Wilmott was deservedly
/ cheered by the crowd on shore. lie was
/ considered 10 have fully justified his
/ claim 10 be a Scadden hero.
But all his efforts were OF no avail,
! for Ben Fayle would not allow the rope
10 be made fast. They were safe enough
where they were, he said; there was no
/ chance Of the lugger going to pieces Just
yet, for the bottom was smooth and the
sea falling already; il they delivered
! themselves up TO their enemies they had
only the goal 10 expect, whereas II they
waited until night they would have
| some chance OF getting away. Acting
upon Ren's advice, the crew OF the
/ lugger pitched the rope overheard
again.
In consequence the efforts OF those on
| shore were afterwards confined 10 pre-
venting their escape. Constables were
posted along the coast, boats were
equipped and held in readiness for use,
and messengers were sent 10 the town
| for provisions. These waiting tactics
/ did not satisfy Willmott. Although &C.
%cupying no official position in the expe-
| dition, be had forced himself TO the
! front, and at his i]nstigation some Of the
boats were launched. But they could
not face the broken waves which
seethed around the lugger, and after
one OF them had been swamped and the
crew nearly drowned they had to put
back agagain. Even Wilmott had TO
admit that, until the sea subsidized, moth
ing more could be done.
Beyond the lighting Of a fire, which
the rain speedily put out, very little
was attempted. The wind fell I'M
doubtedlv during the course OF the
afternoon, but the effect upon the sea
was scarcely perceptible. A. the ap-
Uroach Of evening the position rcmaiuad
! unchanged. The crew of the keStrel
/ stuck TO their diSmantled vessel, the
yawl lowered about rs near as was safe,
and the constables stood at their posts
| along the coast aud on the breakwster.
That was the situation when darkness
came and hid them from one another.
All this time Hattie had been on the
| cliffs. Her father, unable TO persuade
! der 10 come away, had borrowed an
umbrella for her and had wrapped q
/ shawl around her, but in spite Of this
protection she was as cold as death.
/ She had seen George leaning over the
/ uDturned side of the lugger, and so he
/ had faded from her sight. She never
| expected 70 see him again. She could
not believe that the cruel waves which
/ RACED around him would let him pass
/ through the night. When at length she
Welded 10 her fathers e%ntreaties and
turned to walk homeward, it was with
the conviction that she had said ner last
word to George and taken her last look
at him.
Hattie had no sleep that night. Long
| before sunrise she was knocking at her
fathers door, asking him to go back
with her TO Gorragh Bay. lie had not
the heart 10 refuse, so they went TO-
/ petber. 1t was still dark when they
/ reached the cliffs, but gradually the
light crept into the sky and the whole
scene came before hem, though only
dimly at first, Tbt coastables were
/ still at their posts, O yawI was cruiS-
/ ing about inside the hreakwater; the
| lugger lay on her sC, in the Sea-a
/ calmer sea than last night, but pretty
! rough still. she had suffered severely,
a great gap being visible in the hull
near the bow, but that was not the only
| difference-there was not a soul on
board. George and his friends the fish
/ ermen had vanished.
CHAPTER NV.
MY FATHERS HEIR.
have said enough to show that my
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