The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

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i.s details real -zEes al1-e l-l-r
c-uit-s5 fc- otv.--s reasons
HerrT Bradford .eft bis Old Cc-r-T
t--e o. a bright sumner day 10 s=z.
tlF fortune be- Seu T0-k
re lad the best vIs.es O! every
t11v. ;1T b uzs de-a-t soy. 4-i al
w.o kuew bin liked his manly ways
Ezi be tc-zt the metropolis a tough
rrrp1stio-- TIE sarce p1shi1E- fight
frrufe u1-Eseeke-s scstle1 ard
c-orte1 hI- terc1t AZ. his previous
cc-cert5ors. and BE- 20; having tie
fzr-,ty q retaIiafiIE i1 kid, found
himself pushed 90 the sail
He gct eup.oyn elt. % Is tr-s. but
hs c51ld not hold S, fgr any lsngth q
time. owing largely % bis lack cf
krCuiedEe % urbzn conditions, and
z's0 20 much bad luck
So. after four years struggle. he
gave e up and acknowledge himself
beaten. The struggle had been con
tinaous and altogether one-sited. ard
As he Eas upon the striaEp.ece q an
East river pier. il was borne IL upon
him that he had made as good a fight
as be knew how. And lost,
And uoS. when Failure had com
pleiely snyeioped him In her somber
cloak. be felt there vas nothing else
20 DO bat to return 70 the old town
There. al least, he could live. and he
among those Who knew him and would
sympa,hizs with him OF the two dol
lars which he possessed. one dollar
would pay his fare 20 Providence, and
81 would be a small matter for him to
walk the intervening miles 10 his old
home.
This plan he carried into effect. and
the evening OF an early October day
found him Ia Plymouth. which adjoined
his home town. He vas tired. fOotsore
and discouraged. Plymouth always
held a fascination for him. and he be-
took himself TO the Burial hill and
there. on a lonely bench. he looked
down upon the lights Of Market
square. TO the riding lights OF a few
craft lying at anchor in the harbOr
and further. TO that great light on
the Gurnet whose erulgent rays
guided and warned local and coast
wise mariners. Long be sat and
brooded. One by one the lights were
extinguished, and as the town went
20 sleep he felt the necessity Of doing
likewise. He stumbled down the mar
row path TO Market square. across the
main street and, as though drawn by
some magnet, to the waters edge.
There the gray canopy with its iron
gate. which shields Plymouth Rock
from the yandal and the relic hunter.
reared its head. Everything was IA.
niliar 10 Henry, yet his eye dwelt
longingly on each object. Here was a
short strip Of pebbly beach. and drawn
f'gh up on II was fsherman's dcry.
The boat contained a pair Of cars. a
spritsail and mast. a coiled seine. and.
IN the stern. a small breaker Of fresh
water. Without hesitation he stepped
aboard. and. adjusting the thwarts and
oars and arranging the sail so that ID
would act as a cover fOT him. he lay
down aud in two minutes was sound
asleep.
Henry Bradford was a sound sleep
e.. very sound sleeper. else this
stroy might never have been written.
he knew nauEht Of the stealthy rise of
the tide nor OF the lift % the dCry as
she became water borne. nor did be
know that in his earlier arrangements
he had loJscned the nooged painter
from the b0wlder over which it had
been slippcdf He did not feel tha
impact % the gentle southwest wind
which waited the Eory slowly but sure
p 20 The point o. the beach.
The outgoing t'Ie .1 Plymouth BAR
51r a much i.se q ulII-Hace as Et aar.
rlas t1 the greater waters ot Bora
stable bay
Henry Bradford lwnEa with chat
te-lur teeth and staring eyes. ro lr1
Lis boat being lifted again lg tE
mighty hand OF his dream. Eis -Ia.r
aroused senses EpprseI him 20 Ita
situation He Ezew himself 90 De- 6.
the tOTy. and he also realized that lha
tJry vas ZElat and Cg-tsudinE vlEh
q phase O. ocean disturbance vi.l
EhicL be was not familiar. The next
-plft was % much less volume than
!ts predecessor. and after three or
four minor fluctuations be felt that
his bat vas rislaz and falling 20 the
uCTmaI Atlantic sEell The air was
heavy. damp and cIsmmy. and was
Allied With many od0rs difficult q Dc.
scsiptlo1. but al a the briny sea re
cautiously raised himself 20 a stand
Ing p1zl,.oa ard surveyed the horizon
The arc O sea and say before Inn
~aE utterly blank. As be slowly 6Eulz
his body 10 complete his view q the
kOrizon. be EzE On his EtaEhoarE guar
ter. aEd sell asterE % him. the val.
EnDwu ELazm q Race point light At
tie same moment there burst ca Llz
ear q thI-deruZE. Teyerberatlug roar
such q sound a. might be caused
by a mighty VIM Devastating a great
fOreEt, or b. the discharge Of q thou