The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-05

away ana ne bhlu IeeDly: lnhuh you
I'll go to my bed a wee can think no
mairs l can suffer no mair, till l get
strength"
So Christina opened the door OF his
room and he tottered in, swsying like q
drunken man, and threw himself upon
his bed. Five minutes afterward she
stepped softly to his side. He was sunk
sorrow, whose waves and billows had
gone over him.
"Thanks be to the Merciful!" she whis-
pered: when the sorrow is too great,
then He giveth His beloved sleep"
CHAPTER III.
Oh, the dreary wastes left by the love
who have deserted us! These are the va
cant places Of life which we water with
drew would have said: at is the Lord !;
let Him do what seemeth right in His
sight" II was the manner and the
means OF his loss which filled MIN with
a dumb rage and sorrow, for in spite Of
his mothers and sisters anger he would
say or do nothing likely to give Sophy
the slightest trouble or notoriety. He
remained In his room or took boat and
went alone on the sea, but he made no
compla int, and though the village was
ringing with gossip concerning Sophy,
not man or woman ventured TO name her
In Andrews presence. Still, for all, he
was in these days what Janet Binnie de-
scribed as ian Ill man to live VII, man
out o. his senses and falling away from
his meat and his clothes 4"
For two weeks this misery continued
without abatement, and Janet's and
Christmas sympathy began to be tinged
with resentment. Then one morning a
cousin OF Sophys' came up to the Binnie
cottage and brought with her two cards
hAr xxyff of uflx mi
They We're Sophys' wedding cards, and
she had sent also an Edinburgh paper
containing notice of her marriage to
Archibald Braelands The ceremony had
taken place at st. Andrews church and
the women remembered that one of the
Braelands serving lassies had told her
the family sat in st. Andrews when they
were in Edinburgh during the winter.
The news was satisfactory TO Janet. 1t
gave her q kind OF pleasure TO carry il to
Andrew. He was walking moodily
about the bit OF level turf in front of the
cottage and she put the snow-white cards
into his brown hands.
"Sophy's cousin Isobel brought them,"
she said, with ap air OF resentment. He
looked steadily at the message and the
struggle OF the inward man shook the
outward man visibly. But in q moment,
with quick upward fling of the head,
he regained that self-control which he
nau NoiuntarIly apulcateu' ou' III tell
Isobel, he said, "that | wish Mistress
Brselands every good thing, bath for
this world and the next. Then he step.
ped closer TO his mother and kissed her.
Janet was SO touched and amazed that
che could not speak. But the look of
loving wonder on her face was better
than words. She saw him put the cards
In his pocket and go down to the sea,
and she returned TO the cottage and gave
lsobel the message sent. And when
their visitor had gone she said to Chris
tina:
"Your brother is a. right now. Andrew
Binnie isna the man to fret himself
about wife, not his. He'll break no
command for any lass, and sac Sophy
Braelands will have to vacate his vera
thoughts. Pm glad she's married and
done wiz, and Pm wishing her no mair
III than she has called to hersel"
"She has brought sorrow enou' to our
house, said Christina. "All the DAYS o.
my ain courting hae been darkeped VII
the worry and care O.: her. Andrew
could ma even feel WI me when Jamie
went 10 places far ava, foreign and a
that. And you, yoursel, mother, have
ma found time nor heart to talk wi me
about jamie. / wonder where he is the
day!"
Janet thought moment and answered:
"He would leave New York for home last
will maybe reach Glasgo' next Tuesday.
lie could be In Pittencraigie few hours
later" "He'll no. be. let come and go
as be want to, mot her. He'll hae to obey
orders steam ship and a fis hing boat
arena equal things at all. "
"Tut, tut, lassiei 1t would be poor
like captain that didna hae feliow.Ieel-
ing for lad in love. Hope weel and hae
weel. ~ ---
With such cheerful counsel the work
went happily, and the shadow lifted from
the hearth, and when Andrew returned
the old grave smile was on his face, and
Janet said to herself: "He has had bis
wrastle and come out wi a victory"
Just before dark Christina was stand
ing at the door looking over the immense
cheerless waste of waters. Msts, vague
and troubled as the background of
dreams were on the horizon, and there
was feeling OF melancholy in the air.
But she liked the damp, fresh wind, with
its taste of brine, and she drew her plaid
round her, and breathed it with sense
OF enjoyment. Andrew came TO her side
and said: "Christina, got letter to-
day and am going about the business I
told you OF. .pll start early in the morn
ing; sac put UP what I'll need in the wee
bag, and say naething to mother till a.
ing about new boat and she never asked
a question. She's a blithe creatures; one
O. the Lords contented BARNS ~
81 wish we were bath mair like her.
She just leaves yesterday where il fell and
trusts tomorrow wi God, and catches
every blink o. happiness that passes her"
"It Is a dour, storm-like sky yon,"
answered Andrew, pointing eastward.
''We'li hae a snoring breeze anon"
Then he remembered jamie Lauder, and
he turned the conversation to him, and
he let Christina tell her hopes and fears,
and ask his advice on many matters that
his trouble had hitherto prevented her
n aiming TO him.
After eating some bread and cheese
with the women, Andrew went to his
room. The storm he had foreseen was
then raging around the cottage; the blus-
tering waves making strange noises on
the sands and falling on the rocks with a
keen. lashing sound. The mother and
daughter hardly heard II, they sat talk
ing OF Sophy's marriage, and Jamie's re-
turn. speaking I'm a low voice and often
obliged to wait while the sleet-laiden
wind howled down the side chimney. In
one OF these pan es they were startled by
, human cry, loud and piercing, and
quite distinct from the turbulent roar OF
The wind and waves. IL came from An