The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-11
Daily Short Story
After the Storm.

Spring does not come to Cape Bre-
ton until June. Then the Ice disap-
pears from the surrounding waters,
The hills ooze and drip with moisture,
and the dense spruce growth takes on
n brighter and more cheerful green.
IL Is a time of sentimentality, too.
n Of wooing. when the spring fish
Ing and planting are over.
There are long. mild evening". OF
glorious. subdued light. with Just
enough freshness In the air TO make
mere existence a lasting Joy, The
hills become rounder and gentler In
the soft. s~emi-twilight. The a
ripple more lullingl, over the broken
sandstone on the shore. Even the
silence brings with IL a thrill of glad
ness.
1t Il no wonder that lovers ait on
the rocks and watch In placid con
tentment the few vessels that swing
by. or discourse brakenly on the few
topics that stir them 20 words, They
seldom walk together. for the streets
We're not made for lovers ptrollIux.
Sometimes. though not often, they
pass tho evening drifting about the
harbor In their small boats. UsuaIiy,
however, the water does not draw
them. They know the terrorp OF the
yea too we'll 10 love Il overmuch when
IL puts on its air Of allurtng calm and
gentle p~layfulnoss.
me boulders that skirt the eastern
SIDE OF the harbor attract 4 few lovers.
tho remains OF the wreck OF die
nshlnK schooner Sally Prince Is the
lavOtlte trysting place. During one
lifted bodily by a flooding sea and car.
RED nigh on the shore, there 10 be
wedged firmly In the cleft OF a ledge
Inc null Is there yet. the stern
hanging out over the beach. Spars
nave LONG since been stripped OF. and
me bulwarks In many places are bro.
ken down. but a Arm. level deck re.
mains No tide. however high. has
reached within many feet O, the wreck
since that gigantic wave tossed II 10
dry land
One pair OF lovers was now on the
geek. Darnly had not spoken for an
hour. but his heart beat a little faster
each time he glanced up at Rachels
serene race and saw her knitting bust.
~. with no thought as TO whether n
was light or dark. for her fingers au.
tomatically followed the pattern she
was shaping.
Her face was as round as the moon.
and as calm. II was a smooth face,
With deep red cheeks tanned bv much
NE IN the open air; q few freckles
showed across the bridge OF the nose.
She had bright. shreWd. kindly blue
eyes, and heavy. wavy, wayward
brown hair. a strand OF which the
wind now and then caught up and
brushed across her eyes. as though "a
distract her from her work. Her wide
fulllipped mouth had for the last halt
hour curve ~involuntarily into a smile
that showed her white. firm teeth.
She was an ideal woman for n
shore-dweller's wife. for she could knit
and churn. farm and cure Ash and
pull an oar with almost man in
the place. Tonight she was dressed
in all her fnpry. but Danny had moi
noticed II. She was always the same
10 him, always pleasing.
Danny was heavy and slow. except
when he was OF the water: on shore
he appeared careless. even lazy. bui
he was capable Of tremendous on.
ergy and application when driven.
Good nature never deserted him. nor
apparently did courage.
This evening Danny had ;ol
Rachel that he intended 20 90 10 the
States. or 20 Boston. which Ia the
most important part OF the States
He did not tell her he had cleared
over " hundred dollars on the