Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-06

darkness alHid Il lathcr of foam. The
carriage. now we'll out in tn" channel,
drifted with the current
Don't cry. Pashy." said the captain,
-endcavorius To cheer his sobhilg COM
panion "Wc amt shark bait yit Eve
shipped aboard of most every Kind of
craft. hut blessed if | ever expected to
be skiP3er of Il enrryall.'
But Miss Patience, shut up in the
back part of the carriage like q water
nymph IN her cave still Wcpt hystcfic-
ally. so captain Perez continued his
dismal attempt At righteousness.
The main thing" he said. lis TO keep
her ON an even keel II she tcctcrS to
ono side you treter to t'othcr. nrat
that fox" he calculated. Il thought
when Webs place burned we'd had
fire enough to last for one spell, but i
never rains but il pours'
"Oh. dear" Sobhed the lady. Now
everything 4 burn UP an tie lh'a;.er
me for H. Well III be drownlcd any
way so shan't be there to hear 'em.
Oh dear. dear
oh. don't talk that way. We're
driftin' somewheres. but we're spin
min round so cant tell which way.
! Judas" he exclaimed. more soherly.
IL remember now. II amt but a little
! past : o'clock and the tides goin' out"
They 1oated in silence for a few
moments Then Miss Patience, who
had bravely tried to stiflc her sohs,
said with chattering teeth. Perez I'm
pretty nigh froze to DEATH
well, now you mention it, said
| Captain Perez lit is cold. amt it? I've
good mind to jump overheard and
| try to swim ashore and tow the carry
all
Don't you do it. My land, If you
| should drown what would become of
| me?'
It was the tone of This speech as
much as the words, that hit the cap
tain hard He himself almost sobbed
| as he said:
"FaShy, | want you to try to git over
on this front seat with me. Then ] can
put my coat round YOU. and you won't
be 50 cold. Take ho.d Of my hand.
Miss Patience at first protested that
she never could do ii in the world. The
carriage would upset and that would
be the end But her companion urged
her to try, and at last she did so. 1t
was a risky proceeding, but She
reached the front seat somehow, and
the carryall still remained right side
up Luckily. in the channel between
the beaches there was not the slightest
| Semblance of Il wave.
CAPTAIN Perez pulled off his coat and
wrapped it about his protesting com
panon He WAS Obliged to held it III
place, and he found the task rather
pleasing.
ooh. you're so good" murmured Miss
Patience. "What should | have done
without YOU
Hush! Guess you'd have been bet
ter off You'd never gone after that
fox if it hadn't been for me- and there
wouldn't have been none of this fuss
ooh, don't say that. You've been sc
brave Anyhow, Well die together
that's a comfort"
ly. Its mighty good to hear you sd!
that.
rs it, she SAID softly.
"Pashy,' lie said huskily, 1--WE beer
thinkin' Of You consider bic lately
Fact is. I-I-wcll. ! come down toda!
a-purpJsr to ask you some,Ain
know it's queer place to ask il and
and l s'ppsa it's kind of sudden, but
wil!-wil vall- breakers, by mgAty'
1, I,l 1
rock ana trere were strcaks of foam
about it. Vow it gave "a most alarm
ing hcave. grounded, swung clear and
tipped yet more.
"We're capsi@in'," yelled Perez
Hang on 10 me, lasby..'
Bat Miss Patience didn't intend tC
let this, perhaps the final, opportunity
slip AS she told her brother after
ward. she would have made him say il
then if they had been two fathom un
der water"
"Will what. Perez" she demanded
The carryall rose en two wheels and
begun to turn over lut the captain did
not notice it. The arms of HIS hearts
desire We're about h:s neck and he was
looking into her eyes.
"Will you marry mo- l." gasped.
Yes" answered Miss Patience. ant
they went under together
The captain staggered to his feet anC
dragged his chosen bride to he's. The
ice cold water reached their shGtih, IS
And, like flash, as they stood there
came a torrent of rain ANA wine
that drove The fog before it Ike Sm Jkt,
Captain Perez saw the shore, with il;
, silhoucttcd bushes, only ii few -:
away. Beyond that. in the blackness
was light. Il Pickering blaze, that ros'
and fell and rose and fell again.
With his arm about her waist Pcre;
guided his dripping companions as faS
, as they could run. toward the light
And as they came nearer to il the,
saw that it flickered about the black
ened ruins of Il hcnhouse and Il latl
. fence.
I 1t was Mrs. Mayo's henhouse an'
Mrs Mayo's fence. Their advenyuTou