The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-01-21

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ions-s ouC from gu the wofld-Zoes
yono the reach, TOT the m OF all earthly
presehces OF lhhuences-thn slender rope.
Whlch WOULD come down with its weighted
silp-knots presently, swaytng IN the wind,
5.ie1, sore moae OF with
Inc land Where their low-creatnre lived
- /. , On lne lsllek feef OF Irsgarthen,
VIII huhufeas 9 lieet 81 irownlng cragf
uoove sneln, ana Dehind the1n the rising
I'VE W le WIG sea; ana,the black, bat
se. IN. ..uiA " s,le lil.laeed CattfooE
y, innle. : az were IN Ameris
-, ~ sa,a. Saalu9 y. her, almost
al puss'o,iisy ulAnel luensltS. .hoW
:" :" ~. son'o hsle W saw our ilfes!
! !. os,n y nolieior y Week' BIZ,
sue nsMsteu S,n'plS' andl came dow
uee,tuse y WI VINO
~ uesecnu nlse, WIS pauiy hnre. There
{. w y e.ss. was nos airald-noi
49,, W." WIS il2R1 on ths
enc one else Int vorp he echoed win
kindlinr ewes. nNo one else with yo,r
rure heart and brave snirit. nm snrc.
but they might have fonnd someone else
whose weipht nigh, have haen haa yiar m
the rome. but whose bodily frame wnnld
hive heen hetter nh1e IN a,,dnra sxnos,re
and hardship than this NOR little one . he
said. with a melancholy smile. irving to
shelter the drcnched shivorino for,o ..yo,,
knew what ships crew e wns thot were
wreckedsn
Yes. the stern with the narne na;nted
on IT. wns washed in This morninp
"Yes yes y he snia hi. hroul ,iorl,on{nn
sadly. INV Gallant did rL5,tonr M navor
tread n plank Of her nroin-mv Moor aid
bcautv,n tha soilor frrnnno1 Nc ,oioa
SINKING and the teors ,;ndino his a,,es
as he turned ia gaze Mt the sl,nna,ess ham
of temnest-riyen nlanks hao,ing 10 ato,ns
on the sl,nrn rocks II newer thoY,rbt tn
part company from her lika TINT, 7 fael
as if / had done wrong to Ia stnnding
here safe and sonnd. and nv hrava ehin
TINT has carried me- througb VIVA and
weather these ten Years or more zone to
her dooml Bnt no mo,ta, no,ver conid
have saved her. I never loft her ,,nti, sha
was parting nmidshins mr. Hvo o,cInci. th;s
morninp-the second n,o+a ma mrsaitans
moor Symona He VINO b,r.0nna - h,s
ribs crushed I thinl,.nrd ,ve b"d ~ hn15
him on the connie Of mani. md han.aons
we had dashed tooetbcrn
"And where nre MI tho rest, 81, Winnie
asked. fearfully.
N cannot, teun storb., Troaann;,,
said. rloomilv Zone hnot,a cro,v nnshaa
off ns soon ms she strnck-nt thrsa p,niaor
and were womno In n fa,y ,,,inntaa,
they went down before NV oros@tan ~
| eleven men. The newt hoat VINO stoSa IN
rs they tried to launch her Then anothar
boats crew started-nffaen 7 tIinrNnna
!; we lost sight az them in tla dnrl.nass ~
| nm instant: they wore last tno 7 dnra GOV
And then, when the shin Wa anine ~
pieces, the rest iulnned over witt, snare
oars. or ANYTHING thew conlI Inv hold ~
Six of them 90, IN INV t,ofora a. ,,.a
| Symons, and myself-the rest MI ner,sbad
Fifty of my men and NV shin pnneMtha
Chtttoor and nearly nil nv moor allows,
We were short Of hands ton or tbars
would have been twelve more zone. and 7
Il was sparedln he erooned utterly
Captain Trcdennick. winnie said
graveiy; ARE Won disnlenscd with uenysn
for sparing -FOUR life,n
MOI he returned. modify LEANING an
the wet rock beside her. "T nm NOT nm
grateful to Heaven or to Won. INIT If I
could have saved nv men md NV sbin T
! would have been WILLING never ~ enc +ho
sun shine no n is shinin9 nrar ~. -
81 Think objected Winnie. striyino tn
speak calmly with the greatest difBcnltv>
that you ought to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Won
speak so-what the loss Of yonr life wonld
be to others-what it would be to see Won
washed in l~ike-like-one of the moor fel-
lows corpses this morning. What wonld.
it be TO your annt-the moor old ladv-
Madam Vivian-to Lady Monntrevor. who
loves you as If YOU were her own brotberpn
True enough, Winuic.n he returned.
but without raising his head. .h,t. nv
- - ,sg,.,
feels such n thing as fhnt ,vh;c,, 10. han-
pened to nen "' A"
~ think r con ;m,n;na a. r..t.n
ennjck. !" she snii Gently 49, snahaIasu-
n word more in her sv,nnathr s.end
ing patiently beside him whilst A. Ella
March win chilled her thro,,ah arorr
vein and nerve. and the cold salt mo;stnrs
dripped ic1lv from her Wet hair nnd drass
over her %shudderinp i;m,,s
Here is the rome a. lnstin he excl,;m.d
rousiuc himself from his nainfnl thon
"My poor child. Won mnst ho froza,,pS
He took tho Grant dorbIo noa,. =.
slim it over her shoulders Int thu noor
little benumbed hands held bis in raeist-
ance.
"Captain Tredennick Won urst ~ ers+
Won m1stin she soid nossienotair
"They nre waiting LONGING .rerv mnnant
TO see your face. poor T'edv Nfi1drad 10
Whiting. nravinr honino and drondtna.
Won must % firstfnh rnn n,,,s,MaS
please leave me behind nnti, tha ne~f
timer Door Winnie entrcaten with con-
yulsiye sobs feline har STRENGTH goina
her limbs falling an ICY chill hel,lossness
creeping over Ler very soul n s.enad 70
her. and dreadInp Lest. Stenhen T,reian.
nick,s determination shonlS nrev,il ami
that after MI he ,nioht, ha loft - death
and danger.
.And leave you,n he cried. hi, face
flushing. "How many more lives are to
he Lost n,d I s,vods yorr l,fo too-vet
chilled. benu,nLed. f%aintinp almost as YOU
are! Winnie. what, do Won think Of nv
manhood that YOU could propose suca a
| brntnllv selfish course 70 ,pa,p
"oh. cnunot-I cannot-I will not leave
you here, she said, her broken voice ris-
ing to u faint scream Of despairin1 en-
treaty, os he adjusted the roncs around
hor, and lifted her IN his arms 10 tho fiat
rock, over which tho rising tide was be-
ginning to rippie. from which the ASCENT
vas to be made. "Do not make me 80
first! would rather die, And 7 can't