The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20
VISITORS At THE GUNNEL ROCK.
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. 9 NT.H fNwf boz
rr as r. should ha. tHs next thing vas I'D
I puf up tho hsrr- There wasn't time
: That holiday like 4 fool 1 had beeo
. diIv-dallvfre TOO long thourh believe
ulvv I rrfrft have asked her a month be-
fore, So the wedding was held in the
. April following. ms father going out D.,
/ tho Gunrsl for a r.un1e Of davS SO that
' OBJ John might b.. ssnor. 10 efy. his
F tau-ffer away. Tho most r1isf OF the
. v...I.Iiu-. was the wonder az l.ehoIii1g tho
ola chan there boo a lore--ai-eI coat hay
lug never -..u him fgr wears bun I'M his
4 oiI-kfr-
We'll the rt~t az that va.r seemed
pretty rnurh Ike I'm tha others axcet.t
/ that coming home was better than ever.
/ sm when Christmas went bv and Feb
I rlilrt- came. ana 0.fr turn 90 Doc offt ON
] th- GuuI, 7 went with a dismal feeling
Z / hadn't known before Tho fa.. is
I sathsEeha xss drawing near her time.
I ,fsistb. sorrow was that she must 20
fh~olrh 10 without mo Sha Rad ,,.tllef'
/ down 10 the uuav with us TO see u. Off.
Ind alethe WY she chattor,d and laughed
las cheerful as chcerful-but never let
Ming hJ eyes rcst an me noticed. and
! \ saw what that meant When 10 came
/ to rood-by there was a catch In her
I breathing, and q quick. short Tightening
I 81 her arms about me that I'd never
4 known before.
D lf Nl'I man. IT, h0lit f.A'A "a rs lNIlN
| time with me the next two or three weeks;
! but. by the mercy Of God the weather be-
| laVed furious all the while. leaving man
no time to NOPE Twas busy all, and
busy enough to keep a clear light i'm the
lantern and warm souls inside our bod
les. All through February u blew
hard and cold from the north and north
west. aud though we lay in The very
mouth Of the Gulf Stream, for ten days
together there wasn't "A ballard we could
| touch with the naked hand, nor n cloth
| nor ahandful of cotton waste but had
20 be- ihaWed al the stove before using.
| Then, with the beginning Of March the
wind tackled round to the southwest and
stuck there. blowing his guns. and rails
ing swell that was something cruel.
10 was ore Of these gales that tore away
the beel from the lighthouse, though
| hung just over score feet above water
| level AS for us, / wonder now how tho
| lghtship held by its three-ton anchors.
there being three hundred fathom OF
chain cable exposed to the strain ana
Jerk of o.: but with the spindrift whip-
Inng our faces ana the han cutting them,
we uldn seem 10 nave lllne to THINK OF
lha' l"lhshepe thouSht OF H. though.
ia ner pto AT hoIne-as i We heard since
ana lay awake more than one night think
ing OF IL.
Eut the third week in March the weather
''''' '''' 90 ''t''A ''' sun F"'ii 'diNt pult
ana ] began 10 think. on the second af-
'ernoon OF the fair weather ! climbed
Up under the cage and saw the islands for
the first time. Coming down / said TO
my father:
Suppose that Batnshcba is dead"
We hadn't said more than a word or
two 10 each other for a week Indeed.
till yesterday we had to shout in each
others ear to be heard at all. My father
filled "a pipe and said:
Don't be "A fool"
81 see your hand sh2kng." said l.
Sud he That's with the cold. At my
age the cold takes a While TO leave a
mans eNtremities.'
But went on, In an obstinate
way suppose she IS dead -
MY rather answered she IS well
built woman. The Lord is good" Not
another word than this could l get from
nm
That evening the wind now coming
easy from the south. and the sveIl conc
down I'm a wonderful way. as / was boiI-
ing water for the tea. we saw a doyer
fishing boats standing ont from Tho
islands They ran down In within two
miles Of us. and then hove-to Tho pots
went out. the sails came down. and nv