The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

sir, but there's a gentleman ere with
a cut cad, sir, an Mrs. Tressider
thought perhaps you wouldn't mind
attendin to it, SIR
"a gentleman with cut head, " DR..
Thorne repeated as he watched the
gray haired old waiter draw up the
blind. What's he doing with a cut
head r.
There's been a wreck durin the
night, sir, off the point; schooner
she's gone to pieces. but they saved the
crew. This gent was the only passen-
ger, an they brought i'm on ERE.
Didn't you ear it blow, sir?''
"Why, no. !" the doctor answered. al
dropped off to sleep at once, and /
never woke until you knocked. Is the
gentleman badly hurt2'
"N-o, shouldn't say @ is; at any
rate, @ made a capital breakfast an
'e's smokin is cigar in the parlor now,
cir. E seems one of the ard sort, sir.
Why, e drunk as much brandy when
they brought i'm in as would ave
A4llcu many Ou6.
"Well, tell him I'll be down in a
few minutes, = DIR. Thorne said as be
prepared to RISE and with a word of
assent the old waiter withdrew.
The window overlooked the sea, and
the masses Of seaweed and heaps of
wreckage with which the beach was
strewn testified to the violence of the
storm.
Having completed his toilet, he at
once descended to the sitting room.
The door was partly ajar, and he en-
tered without knocking, only to stagger
back with loud cry as his eyes rested
on the man who was sitting smoking
by the fire. This man, broad shout
dered young fellow, with handsome,
reckless face. dropped his cigar in as
constituent.
'efhe d-e-v-i-ll'' he calculated slow
" then with a grim laugh; ''Come in,
man. I'm not ghost. though perhaps
you think it,
Thorne, his face as gray as the
morning sky, dropped into the nearest
chair. He seemed to be aging rapidly.
Here, have pull at the brandy, !"
the other said roughly. 81 dare say il
does give chap the funk when he sees
man he thought had gone to Davy
Jones and the one man in the world he
wanted there, ehf Cad, it's rum go,
is this. suppose you'd given me up
long ago, eh ~
"Ye-es. Thorne stammered, wipine
his brow. "News reached us that the
Kangaroo had gone down with all hands
on board
"Ah, well, all hands didn't &c
down, the other replied, with mali.
cious grin that the bandage round his
temples rendered hideoua ssthough II
was near shave. got hold of spal
and dashed myself to it. Then wat
ehucked up on desert island. a regu-
lar Robinson Crusoe lived there siz
months, principally on shellfish an6
sea birds eggs. Then this Spanish char
picked me up, and last night was ship
wrecked second time However, I'm
none the worse for my adventures, with
the exception of crack on the skull
A falling spar did that. That's my tai,
in a nutshell Now let's hear about
Loo9 You're not spliced to her yet,
hope"
mo, no"
"But you are going to be. I'll lay 6
dollar.
"We-e are engaged" Thorne sale
in low voice.
"Gadl knew it," And be laughed
boisterously.
"You see, the other went on in al
explanatory tone, II thought you wer,
dead, and she cared for me before yor
took-before she met you But O
course our engagement is at an enc
now.
II should think SO indeed.
Eyes, l shall leave here at once Yo1
will explain perhaps
with pleasure. She is staying dow,
here, chr
eyes; they have a cottage"
"Goodl I'll try and toddle over whel
I've had my head seen to- TIN be
| surprise for EN-.
Wouldn't it be better if you CAV,
them a little warningf" Thorne sug
gested. 1.-The shock might prove
"Then perhaps you'd like
mo, no; couldn't.
His companion laughed and thel
submitted himself to the other skillfu
hands In few minutes Thorne ha,
dressed the cut, and he at once wen
up stairs to pack When he reached hi
room. however, he sank into a chair
with that hopeless look in his eye
which only comes to man when b
loses the woman he loves
His story was little out of common
This was the second time he had beef
engaged to the girl he should so sool
have led to the altar. He had made he
acquaintance during visit to tn
country three years previously Sh
was the daughter of a country parson-
a pretty, shy girl who had spent ever,
day of her Is years in the seclusion O
a sleepy hamlet. In day he learned +
love her, but several months passed be
fore he dared speak Of his love. Evel
then he had taken her by surprise Sh,
had yielded to his passion. however
and they had plighted their troth in tn,
rectory garden. She was only child
and he was a man-1a years her senio
and rendered grave beyond his years b.
a long struggle against adverse circum
stances
After that she had gone to London t.
visit some friends They were fashion
able folk, and they had laughed also a
her big, awkward lover. They brough
her 'out. She met many men, anon
them his cousin He had made love I
her-in fashion that was the direc
opposite of her lovers undemonstrativ
way-and she had been dazzled, as
moth is dazzled by bright light
So she had chosen. He had accepte
his fate without word. II was naturs
that she should care for this younge
man.
Then Craven friends found him a
easy berth in one Of the colonies. II
was to proceed there at once, and a
the end of a year he was to retur
home and marry her He had suffere
shipwreck, however. and he had bee
given up as dead. In due course Thornt
whose love had not abated a jot, ha
renewed his suit She had told hil
that her heart was with the dead, ths
she could never love again. but that
he liked to take her knowing that
well. once again they had become Ell
gagged. and once again fate had intel
vened.
With heart full of bitterness b
waited for the London train. 1t ws
late, and he strobe the narrow platfor1
impatiently He was eager to get away