Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-14

|cioEhea and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and she was q transformed being. In
her. muslin and~taffeta, with her hair
In the manner OF the period. she looked
the duchess. and Paul was thrown into
a ''1Rs aa 2 siSes fsF si'' F and her
Distressed by his grief and hoping
to cure him Of his false hopes. Mar
guerite now told him that he was only
the illegitimate son OF a peasant. while
vinginia was the daughter Of a noble
|woman-i ~ Ft4..kfls
Paul, pressing her In his arms. as
sufed her that as he had no other
relative, he would love her the more
"But I see o why Madame de La
Tour avoids me-"
AS the thought of losing Virginia
came to him. Paul lost control Of him
self. Clasping her In his arms. he
said: 81 I'M going with you Nothing
shall part us. l swear 1t by the sea
that 1 must cross, blythe air, to which
1 have never breathed a lie"
Nevertheless, Virginia was taken
away from him while he was wander
ing In the forest mad with his fears.
When he returned TO the cabin and
found her gone. he rushed to a high
point from which the outgoing vessel
could be. seen, and there he, stood till
the darkness fell and the hight winds
began to sing their songs In his ear.
Thereafter when he saw the two
npthfs wsekink. ~ Bitterly Z said,
seek someone else to wipe away your
tears"
At last he turned his Thought to the
ka4ieh and bsa new task. He de-
termined to learn to read. He wished
to be able to- read of the country td
which his love had gone. In a very
short time he was able to read, and
when at last a letter came from vir-
-ginia~ he ~vasp-ab4e -te-read-it~fer him
self. 1t was a sweet letter, but not a
cheerful one. The girls heart was
in her happy island, and she asked
Paul to plant the flower seeds which
she. sentaupon the spot where they had
last talked together-a place she called
Farewell RpckS~
Z NAS the htpnthsspassed, envious folk
began 10 Whisper that Virginia was
about 10 marry aEe6DBleman. and Paul
was. a prey to doubt and despair.
One mbrniig at daybreak Paul saw
a white flag flying ON Mount Discovery.
lit Fassa sign thattad ship was in the
ofing. A little later a letter from
W rglnia to Madame de La Tour was
handed to- Paul. R~bbtufously kissing
1t, he thrust it into his bosom and
hastened to his homei To all tho
household madame read the letter.
Virginia was coming homel She would
soon land. Masters and servants all
embraced.
my son." said Madame de La Tour,
"go tell all our neighbors, Virginia is
coming home.'. dtaS
TO this happy household a negro
messenger anne to say that the ship
was in distress and firing guns for
help. A storm was approaching. BY
midnight the sea was hammering the
rocks with fearful roar. The sound Of
the signal guns was dreadful in Paul's
ears. All night long he and his faithful
Domingo waited for the dawn in sill
ence and dread.
At dawn the governor with a file
Of soldiers arrived at a point near
which the ship could be dimly seen In
the fog. All. signs pointed to a hurri-
cane, <andzthe people gathered in the
hope of assisting the ship to land its
passengers. ~
At 8 o'clock whiriwind swept the
harber@eleaFsof1fogEandath the shlpEwas
seen moored near the rocks. Her head
was set toward the pillows which
rolled from the open sea
Suddenly, in the midst of a terrible
Irushs of sea,Sthe gables parted. The
fsfip was thrown upon the rocks. A
CIV, of despair arose among those who
Pstood on shore. Paul. In frenzy, was
| about to throw himself into the sea.
when a Strong hand prevented him. In
order to save his Life, they bound him
fast with a long rope and let him leap
iat6tthe wsterso E1e tried to reach the
ship. only to be flung back upon the
sands.
The crew threw themselves into the
| sea. Those on shore saw a young
woman stretching out her arms in
piteous entreaty. 1t was Virginia. al
hmoat the last tP yeEain PIP P0ard. In
Ia moment she, too, was struggling In
the cruel sea-.
b PAUL unconscious aRd bleeding from
his1ast atterdpf 10 Reach the ship, vas
carried to a neighboring house, while
old. Domingo and other friends
searched the beach for the body of
Virginia. .ti .t.1
At last in despair they started back
| to tell Virginia's mother of the girls