The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-01


town. their sorrow changed 10 Joy im'
, measurable in thar onc amazed glaac,
" mutual recogui,ion- such is Jhc ro'
nance that marks the reunion ~ Frank
II, Parrish and his pretty young wife.
The story " that tragic mIdulgh,
parting aud i,s sequel, the happy noon
day meeting, is a strange story VI
chance; story tha, canno, but revive
hope in any despAiring breast, FOR It
provcs that although there may be only
one chance in many millions ot attain
Ing The hearts desire. It il worth while
TO wait ana watch Tor Il,
Frank Parrish and hts wife, swcp.
asunder Ia the tempest'S rnar and the
darkness " night. without one clcw 70
follow In finding each other when ;hc
morning dawned and coRSlOusaess re-
turned save up an ,hough, " meclag
again In The world There was no ap-
parchl reason Tor surprising ,ha; either
! had survived the horrors ~ that tate
tul night.
And Vet, ther, was a chance-dm. un-
certain. wer-nIgh improbable, but new
er;htless chancc-tha; neither had
gone down into the .ombless graveyard
" the sea,
Bu, So slIgh, so shad,wy, seemed Co
hem that chance when weighted
against reason ami considered aloag the
line % ordinary occurrences. ,ha; ,he
hely;-broken husband and wife cas-,
lsdp ~ m lmp1ssiangy. ne hunsertng
though, ~ which merely Knocked their
despair and made their loneliness the
sal Ter
They had not then learned how
strange. how elusive. how kind a thing
-some,.m's-ls Chance.
t. chanc, they owe the union NJ
;heIr parted lives. Chanc, slenders, x
all threads though 6. De, has llakel the
broken chain iha, bound them. It has
brought abou; their second honeymoon.
FOR Frank Parrish and his wife are just
now as supremey happy a pair of we'd
ded lovers as could b. 'ounl the world
over.
when the tide rushed INTO Galveston
and houses were splinterel in ;he
mighty grasp of he storm: when caugh,
In the teeth of the tempest. and stunned
by the dashIng waves, men, women and
children were engulfed and los; forever
10 the sight. or cas-, ashore IKE human
dri.,wool the breath II lie beaten out
ct their bruised broken bodies. when
the world itself seemed 70 come 70 an
end In chaos most horrible these two,
shaken from theIr slumber. wthou;
time FOR prayer or farewell word. were
hurled with heir house into the angry .
nooi. Clinging 10 each other In the /
darkness ,hey We're flung into the very
vortex OF ,ha ln-rushlng sol The !ast
Instant u consciousness was fraught
with anguish keener than any hurt 90 /
their body. for each fel. the other slip I.
ping slnpp,ng weakly away into the
bhck. i-solats waste u wa'ers. With .
their cries chokal IN their Nr5ata. with /
even ;ha wish 10 de together denlel /
them, he man and .he woman Jos, each .
other IN the fury NJ the hood.
The ca.as'roph, occurred In Sep,cm
her of las. year. ten months ago.
Th4 other Day, By the one chance hat .
these two sorrowing souls had never
Jared to hope for they found each other I
alive ami well, in the town o. Roswell .
New Mexico.
With all It's millions of lnhlbI,an's .
,hi1 world Is "a small place" after all .
when two Of The atoms that crawl over .
i's surface. suddenly thrust lpar; in Tho /
night, are as sud lenIy brought together .
amid surroundings entirely different and .
in the full llgh, of day.
l, was Ike awakening from shud-
dersome nightmare to a sweet. sunny /
reality.
When the food came Mrs Parrish was I
caugh, and plnIoned ny the swrlng |
waters In some wreckage that drlfted |
back within a block Of the spot where |
their house had stood. Here she was
finally rescued, badly bruised and hurt,
but without broken bones
Her husband was carried the breadth
OF the bay and far inland. where be was
found by a kInd-hearted stranger a man
who AZ first thought him quite dead.
But the nearly drowned man partially
recovered consciousness. murmured the
name OF his wife. then sank into a
semi-comatose state and wavered be-
tween life and death for six weeks there
after
Meanwhile he was tenderly cared for
In the home Of the farmer, upon whose
hospitality and humanity the sea had
thrust him unnvItel.
Two months passed before the sick
man was able 10 return 20 the scene Of
his former happiness. Suddenly and
des0lately, he wandered over the ground
whose landmarks had been swept away
by the anger of the elements, ground
once so familiar, now 80 strangely alter
ed. He fingered by the ruins Of his
dwelling as by a new-made grave. Ev-
srywhere he asked the same question,
and everywhere received the same dis
answer.
No one had seen his wife since the
night Of tn. food.
His heart grew heavy wI,h despair.
He bid goodbye 10 the wreck Of his for
tunes and the resting place Of his broken
hopes. Then he turned his face toward
a new field, to begin life over again,