Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-30
the pangs Of jea'ousa and he was glad
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that Edgar was uehu--~@hyn.6'
lie ventured to plead Vita Lady Inch
CAPE for q sight Of the :sick girl, that no
might examine her spsedieaJly, out
earned for himself aSe OF my lady's
naughty relusals, aude had TO content
himself with tompouEdiAR and sending
Ulva a medicine for. @Htersh co d, and
retiring to his own bqx&ess with raging
spirit
Another day passSa;; GnQther night
fell This storm was. succeeded by
nerfect calm. This night 'rhe fisher peo-
nle all went to rest for there was no
longer any hope of recovering Edgar's
hody. Sircombe had sdsft dn account or
the accident to the aaahorites Oh the
mainland, with bYief Mid obscure ac-
count Of the attending circumstances
but Kenmore had not been one OF the
crew who manned the boat.
Kenmore had not slept, had scarcely
broken bread since the catastrophe; foc
| his heart was breaking over Ulya And
| now that suspicion OF Sircom6es had
| come to haunt him, he wandered from
the tower to the shore, round and round
| the cliff paths; into every Granny and
ropsn. like a restless wrath; pursued b.
| phantOms
About two O'Clock of the night he flung
himself down by trickling rlil to resi-
and drink The water oozed from ii
cleft in the cliff; pure aud spark ng from
the living spring sea ed up in the co
heart Of the rock. The pare was close
down by the seq beach which here
formed o natural haven, small but Sc
cure. The wide Atlantic sti etched be-
fore the little bay;-it was Il so .tary
spot, wild and mysterious.
The summer sky was white and silyery
with broad moon; Kenmore could Sc
objects far and near, with those keen'
practiced eyes, as If it were noon-day
AS he sat, too weary and sorrowfGl to
think any more, with hl' back bra Ell
against the rock, he heard oDg-draWn,
u.vering sigh at his very car
There was no terror in his mind as no
looked round, and then stood up TO SEQ
better for there was so much human
distress In that sigh that his instant i'm
pulse was to help the sufferer
But no mortal was visible.
Great horror fell upon Old Kenmore
His heart melted ike wax within him,
his knees knocked together, the ha CT
his head stood up
He t ,ougAt that he was In The pres
ence of spirit-the spirit OF drowned
Edgar had come back to haunt him ior
tn, simple hate he had borne him wbie
he was alive
The devout Highlander most c2Ita n y
believed in ghosts; had he been asked by
n modern skeptic il he believed in the
supernatural, he would have said, lifting
| IL lOH0
sac"
He now fell on his knees and cal cd on
God to deliver him, in tones that echoed
far and wide through the rocks. An
answer was instantly vouchsafcd, bt.,
an answer that perfectly confcunded
him.
aKcnmorel Kenmore! / am ose bes &c
ycu-behind the rocki" called q human
voice, wild with Joy. "He p me, can t
get QUIT"
The old man leaDea to his feet and
with La .ds c asped and eyes starting
from their Sockets, glared at the un-
broken fare of the cliff; terror, doubt
and 10y chasing each other through h 5
brain
"Oh, Captain Edgar yere live man
vet, the ord be thanked" shouted he;
"but de'i,'s in it, Gamma see ye."
"Wait a minute, old friend" said tho
voice more family, and Kenmore knew
that the reyu sion Of feeling had over
come the young man, and he had hard
ado TO keep from bursting into tears
himself
och, Captain, wherc come y frao' or
" tell me that?" said lie bewildered y
1v m
III living grave before go mad" sac
Edgar, in great excitement 81 nave
wa; dered in the bowels OF the 70 k
how long, Kenmore"
"Twa nights an q day!" said Ken
more who was peering a up and dowr
the b ank face of the rock in the var
se; rch for an aperture. "liow am ] It
get 1T We, sir?" shou ed he In desDera'
tion
o, k at the foJt of the re k where tho
wat r trick es through" came the an
swer, "you must begin work here
Kenmore saw pale hand creep o."
W. ii tie water pouring over It,
hc gIa ped it with cry Of Joy an(
or ef, tor it was cruelty laterated by III
vain eGorts to tear down the hinty wal
Thank God, I've got no d OF kindl.
human hand once more, for | though
nv day was DONE" said Edgar, tlinglnl
pteous to him. snow, brave 0
friend, off with OIL for help, and get mi
out.
"Faith can hardly let 60 OF ye sir.
said Kenmore. husky. "We've mourn
cd We as drowned so bitterly"
q" rowned." echoed Edgar. amazcdly
"did not Mr. Sircombo-drowned! NJ
God"
There was a brief but pregnant 81
lence; Kenmore was straining his ear
for more all his suspicious Of Sircomb
on the alert; Edgar's very blood ra
cold as it, for the first time, IA he'd upo
him that Sircombe had played him false
"Who said ! wa drownet?" cried h
! "Naebody hinted at anything else
said Kenmore, significantly
( aKenmore, want you tc get me on
of this without rJusing SOUL" sal
Edgar.
"rhat will ], sir. Rut l hope th
ladies can be told that you are safe
"BIess your loyal heart. But don
tempt ne, my fine fellow; you MT
know there, of with you FIR your picl
J. and get me out; that's the first duty
Kenmore strobe away without furthc
parley; and was back in an incredib
. short time with a bag of tools irO n b
. own shed: also basket Of food an
good High and whisky.
Z hen he went to work; and, after a
: hours industry with CHI sci and male
bo bod hroLon thrOuch an opprtnre Wi(