Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-10-08

shore. love II. yet fear Il. IL is TO
me like the serpent that charms the
bird to destroy II. Fancy this tranquil
scene transformed by tempest. There
is nothing In nature that Is TO me so
miraculous as those waves See that
leviathan out there rolling In. True,
his name IL glldcd by the moon. but
his body is black. There is terror in
his very silence. There. II breaksl
How II pounds the beach!
81 dread the water In amy FORM" she
went on after a pause. Even when 1t
IL tranquil II IL trcacherous. One who
cannot swim may drown within a few
feet Of land A current will glide along
like cnwllug reptile. carrying one
who may be caught In II out into the
great. dark. unmeriful ocean. Oh. I
hate the water! | don't know why
came here. will never come again."
Madam" said Warrington. you
speak as one who has been caught In
the tolls Of the watcry element. You
have had what swimmers call scare.
One who has suffered from fright in
the water will never get over II. Once
conscious of its terrible grip. one can
never be induced to trust II again."
You are right" she said THE re-
lentlessness OF any inanimate force is
terrible. but II seems to me that the
power OF water Is the most terrible OF
all. How can people cross and recross
the ocean? II would seem that one
ship being sucked down into the nav
OF the monster would be enough to de-
ter others from trusting themselves
upon its treachcrous BOSOM"
Warrington was sure that the lady
had experienced some mishap to give
her this dread Of the water and was
curious TO know the incident But he
was too well bred 10 ask direct ques-
tion. Moreover. II occurred 10 him that
possibly II might have given her a
mental rs we'll as physical shock
from which she had never recovered
II have had" she went on. what
you call scare. II gave me an incur
able dread OF water. but in itself II
gradually passed into comparative I'M
Importance. There was that connected
with II which has affected my whole
life"
"Indeedw
The word Indeed" Is an extremely
well bred expression and means moth.
ing. II doesn't trespass on any ones
feelings. asks no questions. invites con-
fidence only IL the coniider is minded
TO give II and leaves him or her TO
proceed or turn the subject at will. II
is one OF the most useful words in the
English dictionary
when was a girl I was sitting one
evening on rock viewing scene like
this. so enrapturcd that was uncon-
scious OF the tide rising behind me-
was already cut of when young man
not only warned me. but saved me-
Only fortunate circumstance enabled
US TO get to the shore
She shuddered and continued:
mot for the world would | dwell on
that occurrence. II is OF what followed
that am going 10 speak. In novels
when young man saves girl from a
catastrophe they love and marry. In
my case II romance was started that
was continuous. leaving me with old
age before me without single COM
panion. ! could never forget my res
cuer. but my rescuer apparently never
considered me In any other light than
as one he had rescued At any rate.
he never sought me out. never came
near me. bad n number OF excellent
offers. but my mind had become alb
sorbed with one person. and / would
yield TO none other. And here am at
nearly fifty years OF age. desolate be.
cause man saved me from drowning
would prefer that he had left me to
have been engulfed."
After this burst OF confidence the
lady suddenly remembered that she
was giving It to stranger. There
was momentary silence. at the end
OF which Warrington was about TO
speak. when she forestalled him.
Il dare say" she said, that you are
surprised at my revealing TO one |
have never met before so sacred an ex-
perience. Perhaps you will not be-
lieve me when tell you that till this
moment ! have kept the secret In my
own bosom from every living soul.
When ! came upon you just now this
scene brought back the incident OF my
youth. and certain kindliness | saw
IN your eye invited me for once TO
open the foodgates ana permit the
long pent up waters 10 flow forth"
Madam" said Warrington. II am
aware OF that propensity engrafted in
humanity 10 confde. In this case you
could not have confdcd in person
better calculated 10 console you. II Is
said that misery loves company. You
and !, having been made miserable by
the same incident. should love each
others company for the rest Of our
lives"
Indeed" said the lady. In her turn
using that convenient word.
Thirty years ago saved a girl
from drowning Unfortunately was
so cursed sensitive that feared to