The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-28
"THE WATERS MOU'."

\ Scotch dialect with HeXlpulty ana
grace not excelled even by McI.aren;
and ne commands the chords of human
feeling with sureness Of artistic
touch which Is paramount to all dia-
lects, In a handy volume the Apple
tons have issued the latest OF Mr.. Sto-
ker's novels. which In Its title, "The
Waters Mon'," suggests the spectacle
OF maddened ocean waves dashing
against forbidding cliffs. that forms
the storys background. 1t is , tale OF
few and modest incidents--tlhe plot, In
a word. concerns the heroism Of Il
smuggler's daughter who braves the
stormy sea to warn her father Of i'm
pending danger and perishes ON the
journey back to shore-yet the fine
touches and strong delineations in Its
10000 words would suffice to vitalize a
whole shelf-ful of the average anemic
fiction of our time.
IA Bit Of Description.
Bran Stoker plunges at once into the
midst Of things. and in his very first
paragraph gives US a rare specimen Of
word-painting:
1t threatened to be a wild night. All
day banks OF sea-fOg had come and gone.
sweeping on shore with the southeast
and losing themselves in the breezy eX-
panses of the high uplands beyond. AS
yet. the wind only came in puffs fol-
lowed by intervals OF ominous calm; but
and the sky had on the previous night
been streaked with great mares tails"
running In the direction of the dangerous
wind, From the, waste of sea came a
ceaseless muffied roar, which seemed
loudest and most full Of dangerous i'm.
port when 4 came through the mystery of
the driving fog. Whenever the fog-belts
would Mt or disperse. or disappear IN
lan nd hafora "a nf wind the
would look as though swept with grow
=. ing anger; for though there were neither
I big waves, as during storm. nor great
\swell. as after one. all the surface Of the
water as for as the eye could reach was
lowered with Ettle waves tipped with
white. Closer together grew these waves
durl OF the white water where they broke.
lin the North sea L does not take long
fpr the waters to rise; and all along the
ehstern edge of Buchan 1t was taken for
gkhnted that there would be Wild work on
tile coast before the night was over.
U.-'Twixt Love and Dnty.
News Of an expected run" by the
sn lugglers abounding in and near
BID chan had reached the excise man,
an one or them. a fine Scotch lad,
"S ailor Willy" Is especially anxious to
y hibit vigilance In his scrutiny for ILL
bing. because thereby he hopes to win
pmotion and wed Maggie MacWhirt-
the daughter of an old fisherman,
had seen his best days. Willy. ot
sht. braves the storm to watch sus-
eted point in the coast known as the
tiers Mou,' and Is there suddenly
ronted by Maggie. who with many
ptoms Of excitement and dismay
II to induce the lad. for love of her,
abate q little Of his official stern
\ss. Willy, astOnished. questions her
her reasons, and amidst shame and
rs she tells how her father. at the
plusion Of cruel creditor had been
to head a smuggling sortie which
expected in that night. There fol-
this scene. Vivid In it's true real
stopped affrighted, for Willy put her
him to arm's-length-not too gently,
and said to her, so sternly that
word seemed to smte her Ike the
a whip. TIL she shrunk and quiv-
nd covered away from him:
gg!e, lass, what's this you're say
me? 1t isn't fit for you to speak or
hear! It's bad enough to be a
|gler. but what is 1t that you would
urer and traitor. too! God! Am !
aiken? Is it you, Maggie. that would
this Of me? or me! Maggie Mac
u II this be your counsel. then
puS both. You are no fit wife for
an instant the whole truth dawned
Maggie of what thing she would
ke Of the man she loved: whom on as sns
ong and brave and true. In the sud-
revulsion OF her feelings she flung
self on her knees beside him. and took
hand and held It hard, and, despite his
rts to withdraw 1t, kissed 1t wildly In
humility Of her self-abasement, and
red out to him passionate outburst
leading for his forgiveness. OF JUS
" fer her father
Willy, willy! d.nna turn frae me this
My heart IS sac fu' o trouble that
nigh mad; d.nna ken what tae dae
where tae look for help! l think and
and think. and everywhere there Is
BIT but dark before me. just as there
ckness oot over the sea when ] look
father. And now. when ! want ye
me--ye that are all / hae. and
6ly ane on earth that can LOOK tae
my woe and trouble-1 can do no more
Ian turn ye frae me! ye that loye-oh,
What Shall / dae what shall dae? what
shall dae?" and again she beat the PAINS
Of her hands together IN paroxysm of
Wild despair. while Willie booked on with
MS heart ful! Of pain apd Ply, though his
resolution never fl.nched And then
through the completeness Of her self,
abasement came the pleading OF her soul
bravery, but hope can sap the strongest
resolution. And the pleadings OF love
came from the depths Of that Pandora's
20 willy. Willy! forgive me: forgive me!
was daft to say what did! | was daft
to think that ye would be so base! daft
ss. 70 k hs Eorfvs wGna s Wiz VII y0s orsys s ss'nay
and tax my wild words as spoken not tae
We, but to the storm that makes me feel
, sac for my father! Let me TAX 4 all back.
ma leave me desolate here with this new
Here as she Kissed his hand again, her
lover stopped and raised her IN his strong
arms and held her to him. And then.
when she felt herself In a position OF Sc
curity, the same hysterical emotion came
\ sweeping up in her brain and her blood
tn same self-abandonment to her lover
'overcame her-and the current Of her
thought once again turned to win from
him s0meth!ng by the force OF her wo-
mans vile and her womans contact with
.'Wiily," she whispered. as she kissed
- on the mouth and then kissed his
on the side Of his neck-"Willy. ye
forgiven me. ken; and ken that
That more she was. going to say she
nlly knew herself. As for willy. he felt
nd nd unconsciousiy NJ CO. % his sinus muscles les % st!if-
until he held her from him rather
to him. She, too. felt the change.
eld him closer-cl0ser st.ll--with the
ity induced by q sense of coming
er. Their d.fIiculty was solved for
b, for just on the instant when the
est.on Of treachery to his duty was
Bing on her lips there came from the
ge below, in q pause between the
e OF wind. the fierce roar ofa flying
let.
I1r.-Ths Victory Of Duty.
answering Of this rocket signal
|ut to sea brought Willy to the
Of his official responsibility. It
served as . stimulus to the girls
enfarily overpowered conscience.
scene which follows is one of the
lRent ones In our memory. with each