Show OABE een let in the quiet evenings I 1 cm fenc the roll ol 01 that grand soaring out over the gulf in mel adv 01 quivering in mouin fut ampro visitation among the orange dee in front 0 his cabin door was wont to it in the warm nights kiili his wandering aves fixed on the stars singing for an hour at a time etli only aunt diah near to hear hain big black grave and kind abit is how the memory canies conies before roe to with his simple earnest way the most ungainly and vet the truest hoisted of all gods living chea luios he had been in our family for floars he seldom laughed was always sad and thoughtful had been so irom childhood it was said on any question of dispute burred among the other negroes gal e was referred to as authority to settle the matter and strange to sai he wa seldom wrong why do you lovo I 1 ask ed him after I 1 had listened to one of hii rich pathetic chants or hymns lie looked at me in a startled WA for be had not noticed my approach and said 1 I dunno myself I 1 sits heie kaff I 1 loves to look up onder at ds stars and think bame bye dere comes a tul song like as if de ancela was asing inin den I 1 sings too till 1 sc ti ed or clean gonat to leep wid all de angeli a hov in round me sip little sister beha alien a golden haired faidy of six was favorite with her ho would talk A with no others and was always near her whan circumstances permitted she too was fond of him and man little treat found its wa to him and old aunt ainali through her favor oni night I 1 it well it wann maich that mot fu lofall mouths in alonda alien the put forth their bloom rind tha and is sweet in their I 1 bad early foi I 1 WAS tired a hard d s tide up the bulf it aniel abne been bout in the when I 1 was awakened by a oah of thunder that died ia in lever brating echoes over be water U bally I 1 coill roll off to slumber aam bat anis time I 1 could not do so 1 lav afie instead the pla ot tha and w min lor tilt rain to fall laiti atmosphere wa clos almost the air d biti elat buddell nl I 1 I 1 heard the front door open and clise acain was etoal fancy caged kiy state I 1 was ina burped ampi 10 an e and I 1 did so bif to the front window which d a vie v ut the piazza 1 looked our hii blaik es night mill muttering avei head As I 1 stood there the earth was alln annalea bj 4 vivid flisa eyer thine appe annis clear as day ih erectly before me halt wa down the carnage dine the road the bluff rapidly glided a snail slender lieuie dressed in white ban tie amin back in the only A moment did the light last but in that moment I 1 saw and kne v it vas lella lella and going straight to ward the chalk bluff that rose sheer one hundred feet aiom the sands be low my mother bad mentioned aire davs before that the child to walk cintr in her sleep though her bulisa bad hitherto been confined in dooin 10 lo ight borne greik had sent her forth out along a path that must lead her to a ten ibbe fate unless I 1 could learh her in tim out in the room over the biazi down tha drive I 1 went quicker than 1 had ever gone before atio was of inky darkness 1 could not aeb an inch before me and the lightning so vivid before bad ceased alven mo ment seemed an age it tie child had turned aide a ide ill might be well if not heaven help her for well I 1 knew what must be her fae on trushel eJ half mad with suspense another flash and I 1 siw hei not ten yard from th edge of the bluff lella I 1 called dellal in my despair mv feet diew h aar my kniat quaked a horrible me clammy oozed from every por flash she na on the drink and I 1 not diep awny was pow ealm rosaie hirl but in ahti ding light a groat black bod forward and items to mingle with alie white iff re comes a startled v a dull thud and all is still AV the da h ot the rain tatt had now commented to all in torrents A moment more and I 1 was benumb I 1 over A little huie evini mom mir on iff s md with hr of jol 1 b fd avei acu icu and beik altink G d it wa arlla is acrid pid fulli I 1 nl her in in arnis too beail to p tk I 1 hal alio win it lito l lir li r it chit i tul min nt ahe feih wa abit I 1 could nit hufh ou fh I 1 emuil it wi it so add 1 e ili da I 1 As it lipel dain t to ward the of thu bluff ju t be pot wacie if lid had idin a larye cap was biourn in lank is iloine holy bad it off by sheer inight or in a quick as tl it upon me it bete h hii h ii c imbt the jus aliu wig eliout 1 t ll and by effort bad cast her ite and sound bilk upon abo dmd a llie earth avo wai ind him down to the sands lar low As amah as I 1 could I 1 nude my way bick to the house with the i lold in my arm 1 he door was open da I 1 lud left it and all nt laying adla on a bof I 1 called my mathei and on her i ber a burned alauni of whit bid passed I 1 roused our barkev boy arp out of bed aal sent him to call sever il ol 01 alie handa wild orders to como it to chrt hoube the boy appeared in a short tuna with five of our all about half ind all wondering at their ab bupt rupt awakening rief lv I 1 explained whit hid up penca and hiving secured we liei set out to lenn tho in regard to oabe 1 was sibio now it was gibe foi zep bad found his cabin door and aunt dinah genud asleep alone do n below the entzi ce to our en nage wiy maids be bluff de dined m a gentle to tho w tier edge to this point and were soon on the white sand leich high up which the bics rolling irom tho force of the now spent A minutes time and we bad leichel a pot directly under the bleak in the ledge aboin at hist I 1 could see noali ing but ii low groin diew me to a sort of recess washed in the faco of the bluff in this lai gabe moaning in pun with face and neck bathed in blood bent over him with the lanly n light he looked at mo ind to but the endeavor cited fresh I 1 lood to guch from his nostrils and mouth benderly len derly Q took him up between us and earned him back ilaug the beach up tac bluffs side with the light ot he sirs inning on earth lor UK storm had pas ed is as tropical stoics do and was mattering mattei ing Y in tattered masse alie india if lands alone the roadway up ali tn den anve over the loom we boie him placing him gently on a couch that had been nastily 1 dispatched one of alie innas in all haste for di reynolds tie family ph jitian but as hii resi lence was some two miles distant it has beirl an hour before he aimed in lie mado the pool a earv as possible awa he stain ot blood irom in face ai d neck and coding his with doth I 1 gau him a strong do e of bianci which biad ibe effect ot icv iving him to acil lut little a lie litmon igo v is ver gibat alow much hi is huit I 1 could not tell I 1 knew il e liol en bencus ingui sus tain d inn dr reynolds arr ved he made a then called me abidi and said ahe mattei ii serious belond hope his kimt to live is but a f w hours at tho most ibo onla thing we can do n to keep him us quiet as possible po sible evin now he is binl mg afeei the doctor had desired dep ired I 1 re turned beside him an 1 a ked do ou life ea ici gabe he smiled a he replied ie cuili ink but hit will s on be aih daie tin t no use teleni me to chebli up I 1 knova I 1 se digoin coin alst 1111 dmd to go but ahe lad a vill le dine he turned to who vis batt 1 aside him ind hei hail i li i his great hand now bebble and child s he said I 1 0 so alad you s sats honey so lid chath my old lite to afu so young and fach I 1 was beahl too late but ou land I 1 sated you hit makes me so happa aal vou s one of do angeh wai up daie beyond de gates boull not to get old gibe will you gonei the golden head bowed oer the rugged he golden ceils tell among the kink geay the tiesh louner lip lipi i rd r d willi lie blod of life trembled tiem bled on the pain dhawn duif had artale tears tell hei eats and glistened like among alie blood stains on alie cauch glad smile on the old mans taca as the child arose and all tha of a lull airm heart shone in his ees as he looked uon her fhe hours sped on until hie morning sun arose over the bibid waters of the gulf and shone in anmon and auld through the latticed creepers gabe w is very quiet his ees fixed on the ceiling his hand re ting on aunt dinahs A the day bi he became vis ably wt aker his coining it longer interval with labored tion his mind too beam ta wand r his vo at annea ansing in incoherent murr u 1 civi him another dose of baand and again be revived though tho elicit w is alm last ot kiture hi looked in t darpi and won dei ing way fir 1 lew moments aej spag aunt isaah citing but ily slid dait cry h n don t rr 0 o i little wl lie longn i fow dais ermilo d e v in ill eils laaen io abt in dat lan win fleeoa no moah atin aal trouble c ms ind well b i hanom deit lion a 11 nj 3 bindt i amt hi 1 roue 0 i an i on 1 e litto do k ii 1 0 i the niu lepin e minute 1 li itt ali ai in ait andrt r in 1 nu ertle lui lorf ot jhb kasttin alark din antin s il 11 n L ann ll 11 dinv inv ec ti i cl xin dd tin u ii but lit aim n li 1 h ilter 1 s wallon ia de acy s inin in de lor md n w dev beckon me to lome yes I 1 comin last thadows were indeed falling an 1 alie shoie w is PI v verj hinr hon tf come clot i in labin you hon b 11 0 o abin to i b hat fijn my will lc while ds do lambb wh n ou 0 reidy come III to ince tiou and we 11 be ip un m de new life binn acain n ou hoin iberio att pa N anro lo 10 no more pun diio lips amwel again but no came forth f hail ceased to bo and red out in an thu pooi old body fullow iun quietly after lp rew wido hii hi i breath caine in uncil it kit it ceased chere wa i lonar in the ramo and G the vvan de 10 down in a corner of our anden win re till biake twilight livo it and quiet re doid mosses make foot falls si ant is a mound with a plain mirble m irble t hb it its neaul lans ii V in 11 arm summer gunnor vc lon in i fo line canies conies bick to ns a tall tallar tr cal lio is glad to beluin to the doii old home she as it is quaint in 1 old fashioned many time i iho does lio soft licad he mow alio dead ani L alio littile mound n him who vi hk to niolon hf r lafr at the of that and 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