The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-11-23
"a happy hearl beats IN my breast,
But n heavy Weight unon " lies -

W ti'r ki1J thWuf tne neHNy uOor yield.
ed 20 the blows Of the sledres, and
opened the way 10 the lantern. She
sat upon the topmost step, her hands
clasped about her knees her glitter.
ing eyes gazing out into the twilight
across the foaming sea.
Heavens, The girl has gone mad"
muttcrcd one Of the men, as they were
brought 10 a standstill in the narrow
stairway, while Mayra took no notice
OF them whatever
The storm had spent it's fury. The
sobbing of the sea told how great IL
had been. The pale twilight still
yelled the traces Of It's rage from eager
eyes--thc breach in the outcr-dike--
the inundation OF the meadows. and
above all, the hull Of large boat.
which. rocked by the waves, was az last
thrown upon the strand. while pieces
of the wreck still noated upon the
waves--a plank, cask, spar. The
twilight yelled. too. bark. which. as
the storm abated, sought landing up-
on the eastern shoe of the island. It
had suffered great damage; its sails and
rigging hung in shreds from broken
mnsts. but the hull still held together.
On board were number Of men, pale
and exhnustth, who had been picked
up half an Hour before from floating
fragments of the ship, which. during
the night, hal sounded In vain its sig
mails OF distress. Land was reached in
safety.
Take the men 10 the lighthouse TO
be cared for. ! am going on ahead to
see what has happened there" said
Hans Frerik, the commander of the
boat. Five minutes later he was on his
way.
Let me go 10 her." he cried. when
they had told him of Marya's strange
conduct.
AS she heard his voice and saw his
haggard face appear on the stairs at her
feet. she uttered shrill laugh and then
burst into bitter weeping. without
another word, Hans took the unresist-
ing girl in his arms, carried her to the
little room below, and there, her head
upon his shoulder, she told in short
confused and broken sentences all that
had happened on that dreadful night
| She had cxtinguished the lights in tn,
great lantScn In order To render impos
siblc Hans Frerik's safe return and had
prevented her grandfather from relight
ing them In their struggle ON the gal
lery in the darkness, he had suddenly
fallen To tho floor lifelcss, and Mnrya
had kept watch the whole night
through. They had brought down tn,
body of the old man--faithful Peter
Eilt. who had died at his post Of duty
Marya had but just concluded her
confession, when the heat of the fever
came upon her again, and in a short
time she was raving in the widest self
accusations Near her slept her littl,
daughter. The child was the only on,
over whose happy spirit the terrors OF
the night had had no power.
For weeks sadness reigned over the
little island. There was. indeed, great
cause for mourning. Besides seriou:
damage TO valuable possessions, besides
injury TO the bikes and sea-meadows
which could be repaired only by great
sacrifice. the islanders had looked their
last upon the simple coffin in which
| brave Peter Eilt was carried forth upon
| hl tourney across the marshes t.
\ tn niTtStsriJf. here, in consecrated
ground. he was 10 have his last resting
| place. Then. too, they sought in vain
for two brave herdsmen; they had beer
swept away by the raging food.
The Frieslandcrs are not heroic IN
word; TO those that wage constant war
fare with the sea, speech is an effort
| There was less said than usual for q
! time, but all the more Jealous was the
/. labor. The bikes were repaired, anc
those whose boats were spared on tha
terrible night fastened TO repair then
| that they might take advantage of the
catch TO earn what they could, Al
hands bestirred themselves to retrieve
their losses. Hans Frerik took no rest
lie hauled up his fishing smack 10 MAKE
il again seaworthy and hammered anC
worked upon II as increasingly as II h
| hoped thus TO rid himself Of some rest
less torment. Physical excrtion wa
the escape valve for mental distress
caused Hy thoughts of Maya. Ont
would nc h have suspected such inward
| tumult rom his quiet, almost stoli,
countenab ice. Hans had been able /,
overcome many q troublesome Difficult
ty, and { rs passion he would conque
too. Wi every plank he put into hi
boat he B blk part of the selfishness GU
of his oyS8 heart--he would no longe
wish for arya for his own sake--no
of course hot-what one loves SO dcarl,
one mus III not trouble. With ever.
clink thk hammer drove into tn
seam he patehed some foolish wish
He found (hat man lives best when h
does not Wve according 10 his owl
selfish d Isircs, but considers all that
in the co, Irse OF nature, travel through
life on nd Wright and ON his left b.
the timoEthe new mast was flrml
wedgod N Its place, Hans had decide
that he h IL been very rude on tina
mcmorabft evening; how dare he elias
SO abruptW such delicate. form in hi
great, rod eh arms?
A greak trouble still weighed upo
his heart. un