Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-12-08

been furled upon the yards. Mortal
hands could do nothing for her. BY 3
o'clock In the morning the gale had
reached its height.
The sea, pouring down through the
burst hatchway, tore the door Of the
cuddy from its hinges. Sylvia found her
self surrounded by wildly surging tor
rent which threatened to overwhelm her
She shrieked aloud for aid, but her voice
was inaudlble even to herself. Clinging
to the mast which penetrated the little
cuddy, she whispered last prayer for
succor. The door opened, and from out
the cabin came a figure clad In black.
She looked up, and the light Of the ex
piring lamp showed her a face that was
not that Of the man she had expected to
see. Then pair of dark eyes beaming
ineffable love and pity were bent upon
her, and a pair Of dripping arms held
her above the brine as she had once been
held In the misty mysterious days Tat
were gone.
In the terror Of that moment, the
cloud which had 80 long oppressed her
brain passed from II. The action Of the
strange man before her completed and
explained the action OF the convict chain
ed to the Port Arthur coal wagons, Of
the convict kneeling In the Norfolk Isl
and torture chamber. She remembered
the terrible experience Of Macquarle
Harbor. She recalled the evening Of the
boat building, when, swung into air by
stslwart arms, she had promised the res
cuing prisoner TO plead for him with her
kindred. Regsining her memory thus,
all the agony and shame Of the mans
long life Of misery became at once APP
parent 20 her. She understood how her
husband had deceived her, and with
what base injustice and falsehood he
had bought her young love. No ques-
ton as to how this doubly condemned
prisoner had escaped from the hldeous
isle of punishment she had quit occur
red to her. She asked not-even In her
thoughts-how 1t had been given to him
to supplant the chaplain In his place on
board the vessel. She only considered,
In her sudden awakening, the story Of
his wrongs, remembered only his marvel
GUS fortituds and love, knew only, In
this apparently last instant of her pure,
Inflated life, that as he had saved her
once from starvation and death, so had
he come again to save her from despair.
The eyes Of the man and woman met
|
out her white hands and smiled. and
Richard Devne understood. in his turn.
the story Of the young girls joyless life
and knew how she had been sacrificed.
In the great crisis Of our life. when,
brought face to face with humiliation
we are suspended gasplng over the great
emptiness Of death, we become conscious
that the self which we think we knew SC
, III - -
pacitios To describe tempest Of the
! elements is not easy, but to describe =
tempest Of the soul Is impossible. Amidst
? the fury Of such tempest, thousand
memories, each bearing In its breast tn,
, corpse of some dead deed whose inHu
l ence haunts us yet, are driven like feath
Q ers before the blast, az unsubstantia
] and as unregarded. The mists which
shroud our self knowledge become trans
! parent, and we are smitten with sudden
7 lightning-like comprehensions OF our owl
misused power over our fate.
This much we feel and know, but who
can coldly describe the hurricane which
thus overwhelms hlmi AS well ask tn,
drowned mariner to tell of the marvel,
! of md-sea when the great deeps swal
lowed him and the darkness Of death en-
% |
, human beings felt that they had don,
, with life. Together thus, alone In tn,
very midst and presence of death, tn,
distinctions of the world disappeared
Their vision grew clear. They felt a,
beings whose bodies had already per
ished, and as they clasped hands, thei
freed souls, recognizing each the lowell
ness Of the other, rushed tremblngl,
together.
In stately home In dear old Eng
D land" bronzed, serlous-faced mai
T., knows the peace and contentment tina
h come only with the calm after the storm
A the rare Joy of love requited, the sol
. emn satisfaction Of innocence indicated
: the glory OF sunlit lawns" and gree
' pastures and still waters"
!. They who had robbed Rufus Dave.
convict of the best years of his iii
could not restore their golden promis
or atone for the shipwreck of youth an
!, early manhood.
!. But they could tear the false veil frou
. the past. The storm that swept tn
Lady Franklin to the cruel rocks drlfte
o to a friendly shore the man and woma
. who, clasped in each Others arms. say
. love ineffable In each others eyes 70
. the first time.
> Rufus Dawes escaped to England. Syl
!, via Frere followed ON the next steamer
for. at the first port, she had learned O
n the death Of Maurice Frere. Drained b
a the manacles Of convict he had sosd
ed TO desperation the very night Of tn
escape Of the man he had so cruell
= wronged.
Then the world knew the story Of tn
man who had twice saved her life
= knew as well Of his innocence and MI
!. North. reformed. repentsnt, from \ quie
parish in Australia, supplied the fms
I. evidence that cleared his name Of ever
: black vestige Of guilt.
As Sir Richard Devine. as shiE
wrecked mariner safe with home. low
t. and mother, the old RWas Dawes b,
4 came man among men. notable 70
= charity, probity and justice famous a
, the first to lift his hand to strike froi
the fair. false face OF Tasmania IN
. hideous mask that had converted into
:. living hell an earthly paradise. the for
plague-spot of the universe to which h
had been condemned For the term @
= his natural life"
/, Crhe end)