People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-15


and sleep will extinguish the pain. 4"
She languidly shook her head with
another smile full OF tenderness and
devotion.
Christopher" she whispered.
knelt by her side.
The man came to me-" she said.
in weak voice, land gagged me.
1t was pitch-dark. | awoke in the
blackness, half suffocated by the
binding about my mouth. and l felt
him tie my hands together. l could
not utter sound. He raised and
carried me down to the boat anG
then left me, but returned quickly
with the sail and the breaker. He
thrust the boat off the beach into
water. and after this | remember no
more until | woke to find myself far
out at sea alone with the man. and
this island a dim patch in the dis.
lance"
She paused, breathing quickly and
distressfully. l kissed her hand and
bathed her brow with cold water;
and after little she continued, but
speaking lower yet in the accents OF
one in whom life is slowly but surely
ebbing.
He had freed my mouth and un-
bound my hands. The dawn had
broken, and the sun was rising. l
raised myself from the bottom OF the
boat He moved as il to help me,
but extended my arms TO thrust
him away if he approached. He
told me that was his wife, that il
made his heart bleed to be compelled
20 use me with such violence. but
that | was his, and that he meant tc
have me for his own-for his own
was; and he told me he would have
killed you had you risen from your
sleep at the foot OF the tree aud at.
tempted to hinder him from takinp
me with him from the island.
scarcely needed his words. He eyed
me wildly, and knowing him to be
mad, | had resolved to throw myself
into the water when he was not look,
ing. But-but-"
Her voice failed her again. Once
more | cooled her brow and put
water to her lips.
Hush, dearest - endeavor &c
sleep" whispered. The rest YOU
will tell me by and by"
A new shade Of paleness had en-.
tered her face, her lips were ashen,
and noticed the fingers of her hand
Hickering as it were about her heart
"Iour knife lay at his feet" she
continued, so feebly that | had ia
bend my ear close to her lips tc
catch her words. Il stole it toward
me with my foot until my dress hid
it Presently he left the helm to 90
into the bows for a drink OF water
from the breaker. l picked up the
knife and softly crept up to him.
and while he poured some water into
tin stabbed him with all NV
might in the neck. He sprung up
and fell in the middle of the boat
where he lies now. The island was
still plainly in sight, the oars were
heavy. and there was a weary waste
OF water between you and me,
dearest.
Her voice failed her. her ewes
closed, and her hand fell from her
heart She never spoke again. All
through that evening, all through
the long and horrible night that fol-
flowed, I continued to kneel at her
side, moistening her white temples
pressing kisses to her lips, bathing
and caressing her hands, and calling
upon Almighty God to have pity
upon my agony and to spare her TO
me. When the first of the dawn
came creeping dimly into the cave
1t found me crouching motionless
beside her dead form!
MIR. Furlong's narrative concludes
with the above words. Thirteen
days after the death of the girl a
brig named the Somerset" a trader
in those seas, fell in with him at a
distance OF some twenty leagues to
the eastward of the island on which
ne and his wife had landed. He was
little more than a skeleton, and had
to be lifted out of the boat. HUNGER
or thirst appeared to have supple
mented IN him the work of grief
The people of the brig supposed him
crazy though the story he gave
them was ineligible enough so far
as it went; that is to say. he spoke
OF the Lady Charlotte" and told
them OF the collision, and explained
how he had managed to escape: but
all who heard him conjectured that
there was more behind than he chose
to relate, and this reserve, coupled
with his behavior, his profound mel
ancholy, his frequent mutterings to
himself, and extravagant breakings
away as it were from his thoughts in
demonstrations OF crazy passion
persuaded all hands that shipwreck
had impaired his reason. He left
the brig at Valparaiso, and a fort
night after proceeded thence in a
ship bound to the river Thames.
THE END.
Everything Goes.
A Washington woman, who dared
to do as she pleased about going ont
soon after the death of a memher ~