Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-24

pe' ~ tie surges his own old Au-
pn,s clrl. the jade! ~ 49,.
pau hon he saw her for all the
NOR Of the waves ana VIM, NC
u I'll ont on her string oil aDnse
ul"' grch strength of throat that ev-
laughed although they were
I'll, sorry for her. Then wheh
- NON, came IN at the quay he mad a
y, of dlscharging his ballast OF CIVIL
as he called it, all the while un
~, his fish. that drew around his
0iu nm Mace all the rapscallions and
oafers Of the port.
- ,o,,e out of his mouth sometimes
Nn,s cannon shots, short and awful
o.,,oes like peals Of thunder that
'nad ont for live minutes such hur-
,ape of objurgations that he seemed
have in his lungs all the storms OF
heaven, ..a ,oo+ an,
al himself face to face with her, in
middle of crowd of idlers and
ssb,romrn. he fished out of the bot
If his hold whole new cargo OF
s1nlts and abuse ANA escorted her
mo with these, she in front, he be-
,;rd. she CRYING. he shouting.
Alone with her, the doors shut, he
.r,cl. her on the slightest preteXt.
.nvtbing was enough to make him lift
Nc hand. and once begun he never
s,onped, casting then in her face the
,aal grounds of his hate. With each
+,on with each thump, he vociferated:
.Ab We penniless wench. All, We rag
coJ hungry jadel A pretty thing /
sia the day | ever washed my mouth
with the rotgut of your thief of ia
ther"
She lived poor woman, in a state OF
,ncessaut terror, in a constant trembie
al soul and body in affrighted expecta-
lion of outrage and blows. And this
1osred for ten years. She was so tim
orous that she would grow pale when
talking to any one and she thought of
notbjnr save of the beatings hanging
over her, and she had become lean,
dry and yellow.
one night. when her man was at sea,
she was awakened suddenly by that
wild beasts growl which the wind
makes when it comes on like hound
rnleashed. She sat up in bed, alarmed,
then, hearing nothing more, lay down
again. but almost at once there came
believing in her chimney that shook
1bp whole house. spreading throughout
The entire heavens as if a herd of mad
dened cattle were rushing through
space, snorting and lowing.
She rose and fastened to the har-
Dor Other women were coming from
every direction with lanterns. The
men fockcd out, and all watched,
lighting up in the night, on the sea,
the foamug whitecaps of the submits
Of the waves.
The storm lasted u hours. Eleven
sailors did not come back, and Patin
was among them.
They found on the Dieppe coast the
wrackago of the Young Amelia, his
sloop They recovered down by st.
Valery the bodies of his sailors, but
never found his. AS the hull of his
boat seemed to have been cut in two
his wife for long time waited in
dread for his return, for If there had
been a collision it might have happen
ed that lhc colliding vessel picked him
up and carried him to foreign parts.
Later, little by little, she grew used
to tle idea that she was Il widow, still
trembling each time that Il neighbor
woman, % ucggar or Il travelling ped
llcr came In on her Unexpectedly.
One afternoon about four years after
the disappearance of her husband she
stopped before the house OF an old sea
captain lately dead, whose furniture
Nas being sold.
just no that moment they We're put
'ns Mp parrot, green parrot with a
0iue bead, who looked at all the people
WltA disturbed and discontinued air.
Three francS," cried the auctioneer.
\ bird that can talk like a lawyer, 3
francs"
4 friend of Nine Patin nudged her
lou ought to buy it, you that are
i.ca said She. 1T would be company
lor YOU Its worth more than 80
francs. hat bird. You can always sell
again easy for 20 or %"
"loar francs, ladies', francs" re
ieatea the man, "He sings vespers and
Teae. Ike a cure. He's phenome-
Bona u.raele."
Nine tltin laid 10 sous more, and
'AeF gave her in a little cage the bird
WI" r looked beak, which she car
relaa
~. - him up in her house, and as
WIZ "....I the wire door to give hin
'-' She got peck on the fin
e'I " nut the skin and drew blood
Aa. ugly" said She.
less she gave him some corn
.I seed and left him preening
and watching out Of the
eye his new house and
rrpS-.
ls beginning to dawn next
Zen Mother Patin heard.
a ana distinct, a voice,
ous, rolling, the voice Of
up"'