Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-10-10
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Mrs. Keziah Coffin, sup
Posed widow. is arranging to move from
Erumet to Boston. following the death
Pr her brother. for whom she had kept
ESuse. Grace Van Horne, ward of Capt
Eben Hammond. leader Of the "Come-out-
religious sect, offers to assist her
SMnanciaily If she will remain She de-
rage. and is indignantly refused.
CHAPTER 1I-Capt. Elkanah Daniels.
Giah q place as housekeeper for the new
minister, and she decides to remain in
Trumet
CHAPTER III-Keziah takes charge Of
Rev. John Ellery. the new minister, and
ewes him advice as to his conduct toward
. mempers Of the parish. Ellery causes 2
meeting.
.. S;HAPTER Iv-Ellery's presence is BIT
Of the meeting. Grace apologies for her
guardian and Ellery escorts her home in
me rain. Capt Nat Hammond. Eben's
son int becomes nnnt hero by bringing the pack
Elery finds Keziah writing letter to
lone one: lncloslng money In response to
demand. She is curiously startled when
;. CHAPTER What calls on Neziah. and
y develops that they have been lovers
SAnS0 yVuINs 0dUlSlS demonstrates WIN
Ing. ~ 'e''
@ ana Fesened sy i ca 4Ssy sy the
Friends.
CHAPTER v1I.Ellery meets Grace
while walking in the fields Sunday. and
day. 49, ~ eie ' '
20 M
dinner Sundays with the Daniels. Anna
baR. the captains daughter, exerts her
sen to make an impression on him. She
eyery 81 has dssse to
She watches him through spy glass.
CHAPTER 1x-Nat again importunes
had quarrel with his father. who wants
MIN to marry Grace.
marry him. She confesses that she loves
MIN. but says she fears to displease her
guardian. who has been very kind to her.
and asks time to think about it. Ellsanah
tween Ellery and Grace Eben declares
ne viii make Grace choose between him
end the preacher: Grace finds him in a
rant. ioIowfns the excitement OF Elkan-
r CHAPTER xI-Just before he dies
A1OSu GNdCIS u promise from NAT dnC
Grace that they will marry.
y CHAPTER xII-Keziah breaks the news
20 Ellery and later he receives note
and asking. him not to try to see her
again. Keziah tells the story of her own
marriage with a man who turned out to
be good-for-nothing. and who was re-
ported to have been lost at sea, and Of
her love for Nat. whom she cannot marry
because the husband is alive .Ellery sees
In the story lesson in devotion to duty
and decides to remain and attend to his
duties.
CHAPTER x111-captain Nat sails for
Manila to be gone two years. He says he
and Grace have decided not to marry un-
til he returns.
CHAPTER xIv-Nat is overuue, and II
is feared that he has been lost at sea.
Keziah gets letter from her husband
saying he is coming back. Gr:-.-s goes on
visit to relatives of the Hammonds.
rusted fast. He went up to- the deck,
found marlin spike, and, returning,
broke the glass. A sharp, cold
draught swept through the forecastle,
stirring the garments hanging on the
nails.
An hour later, two dories bumped
against the side Of the San Jose. Men,
talking in low tones, climbed over the
rail. Burgess was one of them;
ashamed of his panic, he had returned
to assist the others in bringing the
sbrigantine into q safer anchorage by
the inlet.
DR.. Parker, very grave but business
like. reached the deck among the first.
"Mr. Ellery." he shouted, where
are your" @
The minister's head and shoulders
appeared at the forecastle companion.
'.Here am, DOCTOR" he said. "Will
tou come downw
The doctor made no a6sw4y IN
words. but he hurried briskly across
the deck. One man, Ebenezer Capen,
an old fisherman and ex.whaler from
East Trunet, started to follow him,
but he was the only one. The others
waited, with scared faces, by the rail.
Get her under way and inshore az
"a I a