The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17


And at this Jimmy. remembering that there
were other bells In town had instantly oIgsni.ed
way they could and MAKE the seipies s rock and
the bigger bells; and when one OF the lads heard
the peal Of the other sound out like the boom Of
fro bells, and answered H. With the peal from hie
were almos, bursting with the delight in the clash
and clang and roar beating QUIT the air about them
mo,h wish, their father was ho1,n Of the
the cold glass. while tie snow drove BY something
less furiously "Twuuld RELY tickle him It's
joe wRefe DO ge And as the eG bells peesf on
she was Walking up and down tho lirlo house
s o a, every turn 70 pei through me pane
To cry outwish voice that the wind pressed back
soundless, making her feel her helpeseness be
destroy, shutting the door and walking up and
down again as she wrung her hands, and paus-
ing at every shudder Of sash and door to listen.
20 I wha1 son q Chris mus this' she cried
Bu, even while the bells were ringing y seemed
es ns sp T,nd s Sers ns ssG ,Ss
One o them quick squalls o snow. But ono
q them can founder . ship taken unawsres.
And 9, y must have took him unexpected or bod
What a long interminablc hour il was before
the great, glad uproar OF the bells was over And
tnen presently she was sure IL was time the boys
and Sis were at home and without staying 70
imagine they were plunging and slipping and roll
wind having sSe,ed as suddenly as i had arisen
husband and children alike were lost TO her and
like one possessed when the door burst open and
chorus OF glad voices smote her-,sweet, %
o sn IN ,ss peal Of all ss
travis much richer than he had expected and
he was 80 busy in stripping them and IN batting
To the rising Of the storm till It's fury was ali about
him "Twont last long like this. Them sud.
den, ones 81 as they come Jss keep her head
out" And then tho snow was wrapping him,
blind and thick, and all at once the dark had
ccrned big coal steamers don't come rippen' along
III weather IL, It's tussle. But were good
for IL -cf the stick holds-Pleasant and me"
strength to keep the boat trimmed 10 meet the
squan and riding on the top Of the great seas
ne, came roaring and kissing on; and only lust
Pleasant And when the furious hour was past
he would havo given all his fare Of fish to lie down
The sea was still rolling, in long swell sue
csedlng swell and the snow Was falling in a thick
She, through which NO, glimmer Of light pene,
about lin ~ lie ieii THO, the boat was drifting,
but he could not tell In what direction he though,
perhaps the tide was running in, but as he looked
about him there was nothing by which he could
make sure. The Ipswich light, he said, ought
81 the light at the shoals ought TO be ON the other
hand Plum island light ought TO be over his
shoulder II he could but seo a spark OF one
q them he would know how to shape his course
But there was not ray over all the wide welter
Of the water Through all the dim veil Of the snow;
for the dull blare Of the whistling buoy. but the
snow mufed every sound and one wave tossed
him still 10 another
I, had grown cold The snow stung now like
seet Rope and sail we're stiff wi h ice by George,
I'LL be my wind ng sheet" he exclaimed. And he
f.lll
terror and grief struck him TO the heart like a
knife II was Christmas eve: and the children
would be capering and CARRYING on. opening
oysters on top Of the stove roasting chestnuts and
apples, and looking over their shoulders for him
70 be coming in the door. And he would never
come OF them! o God! what would become Of
them! lie gave great sob sob Of pity for them
and for hinisclf and in the next momenth he caught
was music. Certainly then he would soon be
dying. dying Of the cold and storm. They heard
bH "Rfn w sfsX dsd Hrjs 1T came
ono moment resonant on the black air then re-.
pca'ns Itself IN whisper a sigh Again came
shower Of tones. skimmcring oyer the water like
n hight Of gray and silver Rulls; and now one
SS ga s and aT and roll 5oif above them
stcely flash Of the North Church bell. the hum
ri the old town bell, the Quaycr Of St Paul's.
And then the wind sung in blowing the sweet
Of tho mist and snow through which they had
siited And only faint exquisite echo sighed
ana ulrd away.
But waat matter Now he knew where he was
Salisbury Sands To- tn left Of him, old New
bury 10 the right About ship, and up sail, up
sHil for the channel across the bar, Slowly he
brought the boEt round. here was old NCwbury
now On the leit. here Was tho North Breaker sit X
ing likr a rest ni eagles, ud Plum Island: yonder
nu the right rose tn" screams ~ the great South
Breaker sucking down the Salisbury shur,:
here was the fuar ui the waves tumbling un ihr
bar \ spark CLEANS with Wild. haIy halo
through the snow Plum Island light Al.
other the Bug light The harbof Lights Hr
knows every inch II the way now Thr cham,
grows clearer III" Pleasant il good Tor II. lie
steers through foam and fury h. sw,''ps Nv III"
liumpssnds and BlacS rocks into siill'r water.
h. rIShes straight Ia the moorlng
The children were Just Knocking tho snow oil
their feet at The door "a he ran up from the wharf
food was IN" touch NJ solid earth, and swecur
thdn any STRAIN Of music in his cars was his wife $
shrek II JOY Didn't say | alluS come home
b" cried, Iovnusly, catching her in his arms.
On Joe" she Sohb"d III We live . hundred
years we shn'nt ever have such Christmas eve
rs this agin Com children, como night IN on,
~ the snow. ! gu'~S you've had frolic enough
tonight pos" 81 was you rling the bells.
You hct n was" Sad Jimmy, unwlndIns his
comforter
wal said Joe. siamminr the door behind
them, faint often work an play does the Same
thing But your frolic did lnt 81 work 10 night.
Fer cf hadn't heard Them bells ihero'd o been
no father an no Chris mus in this house, Got a
bowl oi COFFEE wife George could eat the
hull hran.nD