The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-08-17

Observation-Disclosures
/ an Il -, who's to tai .t..n!
for TIM h@-=age hasn't j.; II h"L
'DTod. an sir doesn't make E'.l happy
even noW'-vhirh was true enough, ~
the most caSaal could observe.
MYRTLE aiming ut the witchcries Or
/ roquerry. achieved pertEeSs and
/ habit of nagging. and kept her lover in
Il state of irritation far enough re-
moved both from the hlisSful uncer-
tainty which she intended and ia"
comfortable assurance which he re
garded rs his right.
Ry and by the March gales began To
beat along the coast. The waters or
the bay rose and dashed themselves
with oceanic fury The winds threat
Rned the houses. the piers, the railroad
one morning there came a telephoh"
| report to The station that the trains
from the region west of Falmouth Cape
| would be unable to reach the cape sta
tiou and to go on to Falmouth Town
on the other side Of the bay. Floods
had washed away bridges and road-
beds in the interior. and for ~ hours,
at least, there would be no traffic. Fal-
mouth Cape settled itself to the eX-
cited security of mere watcher or
calamties; but in two hours ii ceased
even TO watch, for the storm ha1
wrought havoc with the telephone
wires, and it was cut off from the
world.
Two things drove Larry Stubb0rnly
TO town that morning. one was boy
ISL pride in the fact that he had
never missed a days work since he OBJ
tanned position; the other was that
Myrtle had been unCommOnly trying
the night before with her weak CO.
uuetricS and her bad temper, and ne
wished to escape her ncighbOrhood for
a while. He harnesSed the old horse,
wrapped himself we'll, and drove
across the road bridge that paralieled
the railroad bridge across the bay and
into Falmouth Town.
In the afternoon the section of the
road bridge next to Falmouth Cape
surrounded TO the strain of the winds
and the rising pillows. Cracking and
crashing, it was swept away, and the
flooring of the structure terminated
abruptly over the SETTLING, tar-blucE
waters an eighth of a mile from the
cape shore. The arch still stood, and
! wi. which t1,l f1nr-
ing had been laid.
All that afternoon Mrs Doherty
rushed about bcSeeching some one to
go and save her boy. Every one an
severed that her boy would not at
!, tempt to make the journey home that
evening In the morning, perhaps, the
wires would be working again, and the
town end of the bridge could be
. warned of the damage at the cape end.
, ANY way, they said, there was no
) practicable way of reaching her grand
son.
: Myrtle, to whom the old woman
went in final appeal. scoffed at the no.
ton Of Larry's attempting to return
in the evening.
"He wouldn't be such fool" she
said conclusively.
"FoOl?" cried his grandmother in
anguish and evaporation. 'Tis us that
knows the bridge is broke, not him.
All was safe an well whin he went
over this mornin'. Why wouldn't he
be comm home tonight? He'll start,
all in the dark an the wind, an he'll
drive, an therell be no seem the end
an'-are We goin' to do Rothn' at all
at allY'
"What could l do?" demanded
Myrtle, sullen, but sufficiently reason
able.
, 'If it was the man | was goin' tC
marry" declared the old woman, with
red spots in the wrinkled hollows OF
her cheeks, and glittering points in
her eyes, I'D crawl along the broken
wood, over the pillars there, till
could reach the boarded part of the
bridge. An thin I'd walk an run. an
run an walk, till I came to Falmouth
Town, an there I'd stand to wait an
warn him."
la, Mrs. Doherty, you certainly dc
make me tired" retorted Myrtle. 81
amt so dead set on keepin' a beau as
you'd be, if you had One!"
Something In the brutal egotisn
which she had uncovered silenced Mrs
; Doherty. She started and shook hel
head in dumb uncOmprehension, ther
turned and walked back to the cabin
maybe I was meant for the say
afther ALL" she said, as she moved
about putting the cabin to rights Ther
: she went out, a quaint and sturdy fig
ure with her tight, white cap, hel
short, quilted skirt, and her red shaw
crossed on her bosom and tied at he
waist in the back. Down to the plac,
1 where the bridge had been she trudged
4 Later, one of the cape children cam,
: home screaming that old Mrs. Dohert,
i was crawling along the Orders tina
remained on the demolished section O
Q the bridge-he had seen her red shawl
n
/ "a nice notion Of lOvin' you've co+