Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30


yet to ep,ne ior wi;h the GroncMug
and the ft,cat tiorY vas every chance
OF u Sarous illness 10" his loved ono,
but how WAS he to g2sS her home FROM
this now barren is!lns without II boat
isn VITA Two good miles of shining,
wa$Gr bttw aea her cNlsl her fathers
home
Tie question was II tljtlicult one, and
ono Shat Kitay, with all her womnns.
ingenuity, WAS hardly yhlc to answer.
Mt last tiey Sensibiy decided that
innctiun would not dM and slowly
and carefully they made their way
along the very edge of the water in
an attempt to cXplors the entire
| island, to find, il poasible,' some
st,unded craft that might br balcd and
caul!icd with withsrai moss sufficient
| ly to cnabla them TO rslS the home
ward journey.
The fire still ragged at ono extremity
of the island, but at the other the
| blackencd and dismautled trees stood
out like skeletons a,ncrg shoulder
ing uEdegbrush ana fallen branches.
Suddenly k.ttia exclaimed with Il
Ait'! ~ 4sttts "a ''NNs NtCttLNIsfu' 4iGlC 10
Herbert liiltou's boat. How strange
it should be here without its owner"
and the face, at first illuminated with
happy smile, was suddenly shaded
! by an anXious look of terror.
at IS strange" Roy Dallas answered
her little soberly, as she thought
flushed through his mind also that
Hilton might have boon either per-
petrator CT victim of the Sudden con-
iiagration, but without hesitation he
seized the ~1Etar and drawing the
boat up closely 10 the shore lifted
Kittie in before even he glanced
about to see if any one was near him.
! While her lover held the boat as
steadily as possible, l[ittic made her
way carefully to the stern but before
she had fairly reached her seat the
sound of Il blow fell upon her ear, and
turning, she was just in time to see
her lover fall head foremost on the
| ground. when Herbert Hilton cut the
dangling rope and springing in pushed
the frail craft far out into the water.
Kittie shricllcl aloud in agony as
she saw her lover fall, but the man
who held the oars stood threate eningly
before her and, graspin% her wrists
firmly in his hands, he muttered
( fiercely between his teeth, BE still,
Miss Minturn, if you would save your
own sweet life. saw you when you
started for this afternoon's excursion
and have followed sotcly to secure re-
venge for the misery you have brought
upon me.
~ loved you once and offered you
my heart AMI hand. which, as you re-
member, was rciusel by you with alb
solute Indifference.
"Now VIII have my turn! / will
denounce YOU in the village and swear
that the blow / struck your lover was
solely to defend your weakening hon
or! | will swear he cut his boat adrift
for the purposs of keeping you here
all night, and your fair name will be
smirched forever, unless''-but Kittie
had endured enough without waiting
for his villainous conditions.
With one sharp wrench she tore her
hands from his and threw herself
across the beat in Il wild attempt to
see her lover, and Herbert Hilton,
moving quickly to preserve the bal
ance OF the little craft, stumbled and
fell clumsily ahead and in another
moment wa1 foundering in the water.
Quick as thought Kittie seized the
oars anG pulled madly for the shore,
and Hilton, recovering from the shock
struck out boldly as possible as he
started after her in fierce pursuit.
The race was short, but what would
be the ending? Kittie turned her head
and saw her lover still lying helpless
oa the sand. He could not defend hel
from this angry man, and she gave "a
quick dcspairing glance in the direc
ton of the swimmer.
Another minute and he would reach
the boat, for Nittie was unskilled al
: the oars, but even as she felt hel
strength give way, Il great, black OBJ
iect rose upon the water Immediately
behind the struggling man and, drop
ping her oars with q warning Shrek
the poor girl tainted at this added hor
ror.
A moment later the bay was tinget
with blood where Herbert Hilton dis
appeared beneath the CLASSY water
Wind and tide alone drove Kittie'
boat upon the shore and grounded il
beside her injured lover, and when,
half hour later, party from thu
mainland, attracted by the smoke ant
fire, came suddenly upon them from
the bay, it required much vigorous
skill and action on their part to re
store either Roy or Kittie to thei
reason.
a few days later some one rowin,
By the place discovered Herbert Hi
tons body lying on the beach, an
when approached the awful fact wa
}. revealed that both his legs had bee
n devoured by shark, but no one eve
4 knew the entire circumstance of h
e death; for Roy and Iiittie, shudderin
at his fate, decided he should rest
,g "a a. lint tinn